Twenty years on the other side of the table.

I started in graduate recruitment at a large high-street retailer, moved into HR business partnering, and spent my last six corporate years as Director of Talent at a 4,000-person financial services firm. I sat on hundreds of promotion panels, and I saw how often good people missed out for reasons that had little to do with their work.

In 2008 I trained as a coach and left to work with people directly. I wanted to spend my time on the conversations that happen before the panel, not the ones that happen after it.

Today I work with around thirty clients a year, on video and from a small studio in Clerkenwell. Most are mid-career professionals and new leaders. Some are sent by their employers; many come on their own.