AJ started his working life as a lorry driver and progressed into operations management. In his late 20’s he completed a management training programme which started a love affair with learning and development which has lasted over 25 years.

A specialist thought provoker, enabler and harvester of deep learning as a master facilitator/coach and inept comic genius, AJ has a wealth of experience in learning and development. His purpose as a learning partner to those he works with is to help them make sense of the challenges of management and leadership, clarify opportunities, initiate positive change and enjoy the process of leading others. He specialises in management development offering comprehensive development programmes which see participants undergo significant shifts in terms of self-perception, performance and bottom line impact.

Alan Gillies is an experienced Executive Director and trainer/facilitator with an extensive background in Commercial and Strategic planning gained in the Pharmaceutical and Learning & Development Industries. His experience includes large multinational organisations and smaller family owned and run businesses. Alan has worked all over the world but is based in Glasgow, enjoys good food and wine, great coffee, is passionate about investing, music, travel and reading a good book.

Alex is a personable and very passionate trainer and coach focussing on change and transformation, having specialised in NLP, Communication, Coaching and Leadership Skills training. He studied Economics in Barcelona and in Frankfurt am Main and worked for many years in advertisement and international trade before he began his career as a trainer and coach 13 years ago. He currently lives between Spain and the UK and loves to travel and get in touch with different cultures.

Ania is an accredited Business Coach and Learning Specialist, from a Pharmaceutical Sales Management background. She is also a practicing artist, having completed a certificate in Portraiture at the Art Academy in London. Ania combines her passion for behavioural change with her artistic practice. Ania demonstrates a flexible approach, adapts her style to suit organisational needs, and works in collaboration to help people and companies develop and succeed.

Alvina is a Chartered Accountant of Singapore, who started her career as an auditor with one of the Big-4 accounting firms. After her first taste of facilitating a training session in the firm, she stashed away her calculator and sought a transfer to the Learning & Development team. In the 12 years with L&D, Alvina took on the role of the Learning Leader and was involved in strategizing, facilitating and deploying impactful learning experiences for professionals in the Assurance practice.

Anuj is an experienced leader with a track record of commercial success having developed a career in the Pharmaceutical & MedTech industries over the last 20 years. He is passionate about developing innovative approaches to organisational development, commercial execution & building engaging cultures for individuals. With a background in L&D, Anuj developed his training (CIPD, CTP) & coaching (Pf Magazine Coach of the year) practice with technical expertise in various diagnostic (LNA), design & blended learning techniques.

Åse is a Swedish, UK qualified, counsellor, personal performance coach, NLP practitioner and parenting coach. She is an experienced facilitator and coach who enjoys the interaction with people from varied backgrounds. Åse & Jenni deliver fun and informative workshops in the mental health and emotional wellbeing arena. Her spare time involves mountain biking, singing, traveling and hanging with family & friends.

Bernd had a broad career in Services and the Media industry where he held a range of leadership positions in Marketing and Human Resource Development.  As a confident and engaging trainer, he is certified to deliver a number of behavioural and psychometric profiles including Franklin Covey and Tracom Social Styles. In his spare time, he enjoys travelling with his wife and children and is also passionate about football.

Bill is an executive coach and facilitator. He is passionate about helping participants enhance their business skills, behaviour and mindset. Bill has superb communications skills on all levels and he leverages his broad business background and international experience to enrich the delivery of executive coaching and workshops across different business sectors.

Chris is an international leadership trainer and coach with specialist experience and knowledge in advanced inter-personal communication skills.  His qualifications include Master Practitioner, Trainer and Coach in NLP as well as an MSc Applied Educational Psychology. When he is not working Chris likes to spend time with his family and can be found on the local tennis courts.

Claire’s career has always been driven by an interest in people and understanding their behaviour and needs.

This thread has woven her story together from consumer insight and brand marketing, through to commercial capability building, facilitation, talent management and executive coaching/mentoring, working with large global companies, both client and consultancy side.

Having ‘walked in the shoes’ of many of her clients, has given her a unique insight into their world, which she brings, along with her natural positivity, infectious energy and warmth to her training facilitation and coaching.

Having established a successful career in sales, marketing and management, Dave has a passion for sharing his expertise through training. His Master NLP Practitioner means he can bring his wealth of knowledge to the training room. He is accredited in Tracom Social Styles, MBTI, Belbin and Emotional Intelligence (EBW) and he is a Fellow of the Institute of Sales and Marketing Management and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. In his spare time, Dave likes to spend time with his family and is a keen downhill skier.

David has extensive experience in facilitating highly engaging learning with real-world impact for leaders, teams and front-line employees in global organisations. He has a career background in engineering and IT in the manufacturing and chemicals industries. He is a certified NLP Master Practitioner and is accredited in Tracom Social Styles. Away from work he enjoys days out with his family, playing the guitar, and outdoor activities including a recently discovered passion for sub aqua diving.

David takes great pride in designing and delivering sessions that change the way people think about what they can achieve. Combining over 30 years of business experience with four years as a TV and film actor, David brings to any event a uniquely entertaining and thought provoking training style. When not working he enjoys playing the guitar and can often be found underneath his classic car in an effort to keep the “old girl” on the road.

David has over 25 years of international experience as a keynote speaker, leadership team effectiveness facilitator, executive coach, and corporate executive. Having worked across Asia, America, and Europe, he has a vast experience in dealing with global audiences and different cultures. He specialises in bringing behavioural science knowledge to deliver programmes in organisation change and culture building, management practice, team effectiveness and succession planning. He is certified in a range of psychometrics and holds a MSc in Organization Development from Pepperdine University. David works in both English and Chinese languages. He lives in Southeast Asia and spends his free time trying to communicate effectively with his Pomeranian.

Dido is an accomplished trainer, facilitator and coach with over 20 years’ experience of delivering high quality workshops. She is a certified NLP Master Practitioner and incorporates this thinking and techniques into her work. She is passionate about using communication skills to assist people in achieving what they consider to be beyond their expectations and capabilities. Dido is a keen equestrian with a depth of experience in solving equine behavioural problems; communicating through body language (sometimes nick named “horse whispering”).

An accomplished HR executive with wide-ranging involvement in multinational companies, María Fernanda is also a skilled trainer and facilitator. Due to her background in pharmaceutical and media industries, María has a deep understanding of the learning experience and interest in technology, neuroscience, and environmental sustainability.

Georgie has always been passionate about people development, culture and creativity. She uses art-making and inspiring facilitation to uncover insights to inform opportunities for people and business growth. Georgie loves using her Art Therapy within businesses; encouraging creativity for personal wellbeing and interpreting interpersonal and leadership dynamics towards enabling organisational change.

Gillian has over 20 years’ experience working in global FTSE 100 organisations as a HR Director, supporting and developing leadership teams working in manufacturing, commercial, medical, R&D and service organisations. During this time, Gillian has led HR teams and partnered and coached senior leaders and Executive members around the world. She is an experienced coach, mentor, trainer and facilitator and is passionate about unlocking potential in individuals, teams and organisations. She holds the NTL Organisation Development (OD) Certificate, is an accredited NLP Practitioner, has used Insights Discovery in previous roles, is a Fellow of the CIPD and is Social Styles accredited. Outside work, Gillian is a Pets as Therapy Volunteer with her Old English Sheepdog, Blue Belle and enjoys travel, walking and generally being outdoors.

Gilly has a background in Media. She is a highly experienced trainer and coach who has delivered global training for many years. Gilly’s approach to training is high energy and her style is very engaging. Her accolades include being a qualified Personal Performance Coach, Corporate & Executive Coach and NLP Practitioner.

Graham is an international speaker and speaking coach. He is best known for his ability to convey business ideas with a quick sketch. His numerous conference audiences have been amazed to discover that they too can draw their ideas – a talent they never knew they had. As a former manager in Corporate Training at a large airline, he was responsible for the delivery of leadership and management development training.

Originally, from Buenos Aires and now based in Barcelona, Gus is one of our international creative trainers. Gus brings energy and experimental approaches to his workshops.  Gus is an experienced musician, songwriter and composer.

After several years in the sporting industry, Harald moved to the pharmaceutical industry where his interest in training developed.   His experience as a field coach and training manager has made him one of our clients’ favourites. In his spare time, Harald of course loves to play sports, including badminton, golf and rollerblading.

With a background in public relations, Isabel has a proven track record in implementing both large scale and individual training programmes across a wide range of sectors.

Her main passion is to deliver training that integrates the experience, education and background of the participants.

To support her own learning, Isabel successfully gained her Social Styles qualification and uses this insight to allow her to understand participants and client’s own training needs.

Originally from Canada, Isabel offers training throughout South America and apart of her style is to bring a high energy to the classroom.  Isabel speaks native Spanish and has a fantastic level of English.

Excel Communications can guarantee your training will not be dull with Isabel facilitating.

With a background in education, psychology, counselling and the prison system, Jenni has years of facilitation and training experience. She’s lived in numerous countries and has a particular interest in parenting and early childhood development. Her Master’s degree focused on Adult Learning with a teaching degree in Life Orientation (PSHE). She is a Mental Health First Aid Instructor with emotional wellbeing at the heart of all she delivers. She keeps busy looking after an active family and travelling.

Jo has gained a wealth of experience in a number of industries before settling on becoming a leadership and management trainer. She is an NLP Master Practitioner and has a special interest in the use of NLP to overcome performance nerves. This fascination has also led her to study the connection between mind and body and become a qualified Nia teacher. Jo is also a keen horse rider.

Joe is an accomplished author, speaker, facilitator, consultant, and coach, who supports strategic growth and business transformation across sectors. Joe is experienced in leadership and management development, senior coaching, and team effectiveness. Joe’s creativity and enthusiastic style is underpinned by real-world pragmatism, commercial experience, and up-to-date models and principles. Based in the UK, Joe works internationally, both face-to-face and virtually, and is also a seasoned traveller, avid reader, and part-time woodworker.

Jon lived and worked in the Army, receiving intense leadership training before spending his time training new recruits. Having worked extensively in events management and qualifying as an executive coach, Jon is now an experienced trainer and facilitator, delivering in multiple industries including oil and gas, telecoms, IT, and financial services. Based in SW London, Jon has a great love of the outdoors and sports that include long walks in the hills, long cycle trips, running, and triathlon events.

Julie is an experienced facilitator, trainer, executive coach and learning consultant. She is also a Certified Public Accountant and started her career as an Auditor with Ernst & Young (EY) Singapore where she managed a large portfolio of international audit clients in various industries. Subsequently, Julie transferred to the Learning & Development department of EY to pursue her passion to become a trainer. After more than 15 years with EY, Julie left to focus on being a trainer and an executive coach. She is a certified facilitator for 360-degree assessments, MBTI Accredited Administrator, Social Styles facilitator, Corporate Etiquette & International Protocol Consultant, Colour & Image Consultant and GlobeSmart Profile facilitator. Her passion is to help her clients become effective leaders, trainers, presenters and communicators by using a blended learning approach.

Juliette has a wealth of commercial experience gained from over 25 years working with Johnson & Johnson, the NHS, and global pharmaceutical companies within Med Comms. She combines coaching skills with a results-driven and empathetic approach to people development, empowering her clients to achieve their full potential. Outside work, you can find Juliette horse riding or walking her dog in the beautiful Chilterns countryside.  At weekends, she is often watching her teenage daughters do motocross and horse-riding.

Karin is an experienced trainer and facilitator and a certified leadership development coach. She brings a wealth of personal and professional experience to her work, including a 16-year international career in a top 10 FTSE company, specialising in corporate communications, reputation management and sustainability. She is a Certified Integral Development Coach™, an Accredited Strengths Profile Practitioner and a LINC Personality Profiler trainer and coach, as well as Social Styles accredited. In her spare time, she loves travelling and has visited all seven continents.

A passionate holistic coach, senior facilitator and master trainer, Laurent brings together a rich multi-cultural and diverse international business background. Originally from France with Vietnamese roots, he also lived in Germany, UK, USA, Singapore, and has traveled extensively worldwide. Resident in Thailand since July 2021, he has over 20 years of business experience, with a focus on people’s learning and development for the last 18 years, both externally and in-house.

Linda is a qualified trainer, coach and NLP master practitioner based in Sydney, who is passionate about helping everyone become the best version of themselves. She is an ABC (Australian Born Chinese) with over 34 years advertising/media experience, including 17 years in regional roles, and 10 years in the award-winning learning and development unit of a media company. When not working, she enjoys trekking, yoga, skiing and camping.

Based in California, Liz has dedicated over 30 years to helping people reach their personal and professional potential as an educator, therapist and trainer. Liz loves excursions by trains, planes, automobiles or on foot. She likes day hikes, food and wine pairing, and growing her own tomatoes and Italian herbs.

Based in California, Lora has been working in leadership & management training for over 20 years.  She is able to tailor her training to her audience and her style is high energy and engaging. Lora is a member of The American Society of Training & Development (ASTD) and Project Management Institute (PMI).

Louise has an extensive career in Corporate Communications spanning more than 25 years. She has worked for complex global businesses and managed relationships across culturally diverse countries. Her expertise covers communication, employee engagement, community investment, senior stakeholder engagement, coaching, leadership and people management. Louise is a qualified personal trainer and loves supporting women to look after their wellness in a way that fits into their lifestyle. She loves being outdoors and is a keen runner – and is very happy when she can combine the two and see the highland cattle near her home on her runs!

Louise is an experienced coach, trainer and facilitator and is able to see people’s true potential. She is highly effective at working with teams to deliver powerful performance and greater connections. With an extensive background in recruitment and selection, she worked with major global organisations before becoming an Excel Communications trainer.

Luud has over 30 years of international experience acting as an inspirational speaker, management trainer, executive coach and senior manager. Having worked in over 35 countries on 5 continents he has a vast experience in dealing with global audiences and different cultures. He specialises in: Leadership Development, High Performing Teams, Personal Development, Organizational Transformation & Change and Work / Life Harmony and is Social Styles accredited. Luud is Dutch and since 2002 he lives in the South-West of France and frequently travels around the world.

With over 15 years’ experience as a leadership trainer and 10 years’ experience as a life and leadership coach, Magdalena’s passion is people. Her training is innovative, interactive and high energy. She currently resides in Portugal and enjoys writing her Japanese cooking blog in her spare time.

International senior consultant changing organisations and teams through its people and behaviours for the last 25 years. Specialised in Change Management, Leadership for Results, Negotiation and Conflicts, Challengers and Value Sales, Impact Presentations and Personal Effectiveness.
University degree in Management and certification is DISC and Neuroscience. Loves nature and water sports, was a triathlon athlete, a swimming teacher and a boy scout.

Marc has many training accolades to his name but since 2009, Marc has been a full-time trainer and coach. Marc enjoys spending his spare time hiking and bicycling around Catalonia, and cooking for family and friends.

Maree is an experienced trainer, instructional designer, facilitator, coach and NLP master practitioner residing in Sydney. She enjoys nothing more than working with people to enable them to be even better tomorrow than they are today. She has spent over 35 years in the Advertising / Communications industry in local Australian and regional APAC roles. She began her focus on training others almost 18 years ago with her remit including leadership, management and communication skills. In her spare time Maree enjoys running, yoga, walking her black lab Jack and spending time at her beach shack on the NSW mid north coast.

Mark is another of our leadership & management experts with his experience coming from scientific research and the pharma industry. He is an NLP Master Practitioner and Tracom Social Styles facilitator. When Mark is not working, he enjoys spending time with his family, and supporting Newcastle United (sometimes!) with his sons.

As a global HR leader, Mark has worked across the US, Asia, Europe, Oceana and Latin America, and has directly built and led HR teams dispersed across nine diverse countries. Now an experienced facilitator and keynote speaker, Mark designs and delivers leadership programmes and team development interventions up to senior level, creating meaningful solutions to complicated business challenges.

In his spare time, Mark enjoys writing and playing music on guitar. He also dedicates his time as an Executive Coach to organizations focused on serving underdeveloped countries and communities

As a qualified and experienced coach and mentor, Mark is a skilled facilitator and trainer from working within the Military, within Defence and Aerospace, Shared Services and Manufacturing teams and Senior Leaders and working within healthcare and educational settings.   Mark volunteers as a coach helping military spouses and volunteers in his local community and believes personal and team development and coaching and mentoring skills are topics that enable leaders to step towards their full potential and enable high performance through their teams. Outside work, Mark enjoys spending time with family and friends, reading and watching all sport, especially international rugby union.

Miwa’s intellectual curiosity is one of her strengths and she is also a practitioner of active listening to help her coaches discover their beliefs and inner speech. Her way of retaining self-confidence, raising self-efficacy and exerting leadership is highly valued among the CEOs and executives she is coaching.

Natalie is based in the US and her expertise ranges from strategic development, project management to executive coaching, mediation and facilitation. Natalie has in depth experience in the areas of leadership, change management, performance management, team building, diversity, conflict and stress management.

In the UK she was the lead consultant on Diversity to the House of Commons, and led the leadership drive for a private company globally operating out of 22 countries.

Her passion is training and she has conducted training initiatives to all levels of management with the objective of bringing about sustainable learning through a practical, interactive skills based approach.

With over 27 years’ experience at Australia’s largest bank, Paul progressed from sweeping floors to Executive Leadership positions. Paul works with emerging leaders, current leaders and C-Suite executives across Australia and internationally to achieve key outcomes and unleash their full potential. He is a highly experienced facilitator, coach, and business leader eager to support the wellbeing and effectiveness of business professionals.

When not working globally with his clients, Paul resides in Australia where he is a (professional) musician, cricket coach, husband and proud father of two young men.

For over 15 years, Parveen has enjoyed designing and facilitating learning experiences for professional and personal growth in the areas of education, emotional intelligence, communication, service excellence, thought leadership, resilience, well-being and leadership development. She uses human-centred approaches informed by neuroscience and positive psychology to create learning spaces where people feel safe enough to connect, make mistakes, collaborate and thrive.

Punit joined the Excel Communications training team after a very successful career in the pharmaceutical industry in a learning and development team. His qualifications include an NLP Practitioner and he is a certified Tracom Social Styles trainer. In his spare time, Punit likes to spend quality time with his family.

Rachel has extensive background in Higher Education in the UK, including coaching, academic, and professional services roles. Despite starting life as a scientist, Rachel has experience in working across sectors including tourism and hospitality, art and design, and business and management, in both public and private sector. Rachel has specialist interest and knowledge in neurodiversity and neuro-inclusion. Outside work, Rachel is a serial learner and when not studying, is happiest up a hill, curled up with a thick book, or knitting oddly-shaped garments with handspun wool.

Ralph has built up an impressive CV in sales, management and training, initially within the demanding hotel profession. Ralph has done a lot of training delivery to a wide range of healthcare professionals. He is a Certified NLP Practitioner and holds diplomas in Psychometric Profiling, Management and Administration. In his spare time, he enjoys family time and is a keen musician.

A Brit now based in Los Angeles, USA, Rob is a high-level coach and trainer, has been working with teams and individuals across multiple sectors for three decades – as a very early riser, he’s also willing to work across time zones! Always bringing energy and humour, Rob is experienced

Rolf is a truly international trainer, having been born in Europe, educated in the USA, and has lived with his family in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He has now made the move back to Europe.  Working within leadership and management, his passion is people development. His other loves are tennis, skiing, kite surfing and yoga.

Ruth is an accomplished international trainer, facilitator and coach. She is highly experienced in the field of professional development, with a proven track record of assisting organisations, managers, teams and individuals to attain business goals. She is a qualified NLP Master Practitioner and is an accredited trainer in MBTI, Firo B, Social Styles and  Belbin. Away from work, Ruth enjoys walking in the hills, camping in the rain, playing classical piano, fast swimming and slow Tai Chi – but not all at the same time!

Drawing on more than 25 years’ experience, Ruth is passionate about great leadership in the workplace. Specialising in Leadership Development, Coaching & Mentoring, Ruth also believes that learning and growth never stops and should be enjoyable, interactive and applicable in the real world. Ruth is a certified NLP Master Practitioner and uses these techniques in her training.

Armed with 27 years of experience, Sanjana has seamlessly transitioned from an advertising, media and marketing professional into Organizational Development, Leadership Coaching and high-performance business interventions. Having made the switch from managing brands to developing people, she has changed roles, led teams, worked across geographies and straddled industries.

Always an eager student of Social Psychology, she continues to pursue higher studies in Behavourial Sciences. She is also a selflearned fitness enthusiast and has designed interventions for workplace well-being.

Sarah is an executive leadership coach, published author, and Imposter Syndrome expert. She works with senior leaders, leadership teams, high potential emerging leaders and successful business owners, helping them develop the right level of confidence plus leadership and business skills, empowering them to first learn how to effectively lead themselves, so they can then create fulfilling, high-performance environments where everyone thrives.

Sarah is a trusted Professional Certified Coach, with a Psychology degree and a Postgrad Cert in Business Coaching with 20 years’ experience as a facilitator. Outside of work, you’ll find Sarah outdoors with family and friends, cycling, walking, or even surfing! Sarah has lived and worked around the world and loves spending time in her book and art clubs.

Sergio’s has gained a great deal of experience and knowledge within the Leadership & Development space by delivering a large range of our workshops for our clients.

He is based in Barcelona and is fluent in Spanish/Catalan, English, French, Italian and Portuguese.

With more energy than ever, Sergio is a fabulous and engaging trainer and he will brighten up your training experience.

A native Englishman based in Madrid, Terry gains most satisfaction from seeing confidence and charisma blossom in people’s performances and in areas where they least expected it. Passionate about language, communication and human relationships, Terry’s strength lies in his ability to relate to, bring together and motivate individuals, groups and teams from different backgrounds and nationalities. Terry is a certified NLP Practitioner and holds an MSc in Linguistics & Phonetics; Terry is a keen musician and in his spare time performs stand-up comedy on a regular basis. He is a keen sportsman in rugby, cricket and soccer and enjoys the Mediterranean lifestyle.

Tom completed a very successful career in the pharmaceutical industry before moving into training. He is certified in Advanced Coaching and Mentoring and is an MBTI Practitioner. Tom is also a Situational Leadership II certified trainer and is Tracom Social Styles Accredited. In his personal life, Tom likes to run, play guitar badly and has been a season ticket holder at Anfield for over 18 years.

Based in New York State, Trista has over 15 years’ experience in the financial and advertising sectors and Human Resources/Recruiting industry. She has extensive experience working autonomously in results-driven environments. Trista’s style is engaging and exploratory as she works with participants to identify the underlying challenges they face.

A qualified engineer and Instructional Design Expert, Vijayalakshmi (Viji) has configured and delivered training solutions to large corporations in India and Sri Lanka. She has worked as an executive coach to senior managers in various organisations, and has extensive knowledge of various psychometric and feedback tools. Viji also holds a Masters degree in Sociology and is based in Coimbatore.

Will is an accomplished international facilitator and coach. He specialises in all aspects of communication, collaborative working and coaching. A former UK Head of Training in two global pharmaceutical companies he joined the Excel team in 2001. He’s a certified Coach, Master Practitioner of NLP, Social Styles licensed (TRACOM and Wilson Learning), OPQ and Hogan Development Survey accredited and qualified in MBTI Step 1 and 2 – he also holds British Psychological Society Level A and B certification. As well as being a keen, but awful guitarist, he can sometimes be found on a windsurfer.

Yohan’s portfolio includes stress management, resilience, wellbeing, mental health awareness and mental health first aid training.  He also provides one-to-one executive coaching to support individuals, helping them to develop and deliver their personal and professional goals. Yohan has a holistic approach to improving emotional competence. He has travelled extensively, with his favourite country being Vietnam, is a keen long distance competitive cyclist and enjoys practicing mindfulness including regular visits to Buddhist wellbeing retreats to recharge from a busy professional and family life.