Board Coaching

As well as his Board work, Ian is an APECS Certified Professional Executive Coach, trained as a Team Coach with Meyler Campbell and is a CEDR Accredited Mediator. He is also the Course Director of the Cranfield Non-Executive Director Programme, a Founder member Board Effectiveness Guild, regularly publishes on governance matters in journals such as Governance and consults on leadership matters for in-house and private practice lawyers. Earlier on in his career he had 20 years’ experience in Executive roles (principally General Counsel / Company Secretary) and is the co-author of Your Role as General Counsel: How to Survive and Thrive in Your Role.  He undertakes leadership work with both law firms and in-house legal teams.

Mark started as a Chartered Surveyor in the UK commercial and residential markets. He then served as an MP for eighteen years. He was the Business & Enterprise Minister in the Coalition Government, chairing several business boards and councils. He then became the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to the Nordic & Baltic countries, promoting UK trade.  Mark stepped down from Parliament in 2019 and has built a third career as a Non-Exec Director and Chair and as a qualified Executive Coach (Henley Business School). Mark currently chairs the board of Saltaire Housing Ltd and Located Property Limited (an arm’s length body of the Department for Education). Mark’s coaching work encompasses senior leaders in both the private and public sectors, whilst providing pro bono mentoring to the young founders of tech start-ups.  Mark believes these different roles strengthen his coaching skills and insight into effective leadership and management.

She has over 25 years’ experience in the banking and finance, business information and professional services sectors and has worked internationally in general management, business transformation, programme management, business development, and events management roles. She brings her well-developed commercial acumen to the table in supporting her clients to make considered decisions on complex issues and helping them to build high performing organisations and teams.

Her corporate career spanned different sectors and included Ford Motor Company, Lloyds Banking Group and the Lloyd’s Insurance Market, all regulated businesses.

She is an experienced Executive and Non-Executive member of the Remuneration and Nomination committees, taking an advisory role to Boards and Executive Committees. She also has an MBA, a Postgraduate Certificate in Coaching for Behavioural Change and is a Fellow of the CIPD.  She is currently a Non-Executive Director and Remuneration Committee Chair for Foxtons, the Estate Agent, and for Esure Insurance.

In a career which has spanned almost 40 years, he held senior leadership roles, many at a regional or global level and is therefore experienced working both with senior executives and board level professionals. He has led many key international projects, in a variety of fields such as Compensation, Recruitment, Organisational Change, Talent Management and Expatriate Mobility.  Over his career he has worked with Swiss Re, Kleinwort Benson, ING, Daiwa Capital Markets and most recently MUFG. John holds an accreditation as a Mediator with CEDR and is a qualified Coach with the ICF where his experience operating both within and across many different cultures and countries brings awareness of the ambiguities and challenges that can arise for Board members who are either new to their roles or perhaps operating in a totally unfamiliar environment.