I don’t like to sit still. I thrive off challenge, change and personal growth. I love meeting new people and hearing about their business’ needs and you just don’t get these things when you sit still.
In my career so far I’ve been fortunate enough to gain diverse experiences through roles and education in; engineering, aerospace, events, learning, travel, programme delivery and business management.
At Excel Communications, I’m lucky enough to get all of these things by partnering with our clients to help them realise their people’s true potential. I get to see every business’ unique capabilities and cultures and then support them take their performance to the next level.
I’ve been supporting our clients and learners to realise their true, incredible potential since 2012 – although I also spent a stint client-side with a global clinical research organisation! I am lucky to be immersed in helping others succeed, and every day is a new challenge. I love leading such a dynamic team of experts, approaching each of our clients’ learning needs with a fresh, fast-paced and future-focused perspective.
When I’m not developing others at work you will find me looking for opportunities to learn; whether it’s inventing a new recipe, planning a trip to a rogue location or discovering what breed my future dog will be! It’s true what they say, we learn something new every day (especially if you watch as much Attenborough as I do)!
Learning and development is something that has excited me for a long time so, when the opportunity to join Excel Communications presented itself, I didn’t hesitate for a second.
Having worked in customer service roles in various industries for the last 12 years, I have found that no day is the same, and working with people gives me the joy and fulfilment I couldn’t find anywhere else.
I am thrilled to be part of this highly professional and passionate team, ensuring every detail is accounted for and all programmes are delivered successfully.
I’ve always been into learning and problem solving… taking online courses in my spare time, doing cryptic crosswords at weekends, and obsessing over escape rooms! Despite having experience in various industries, including healthcare and education, it was after moving into management and experiencing leadership training as a career that really captured my heart.
After changing careers to train and facilitate nationally and internationally, I started working with Excel and transitioned to both design and delivery a few years later. Creative problem-solving and finding ways to meet and exceed client expectations are some of my favourite parts of working at Excel, as well as working with such a fantastic team of people.
When I’m not reading, baking, or watching regular season NFL games, you’ll probably find me taking pictures of my dog, who I have convinced myself is the cutest pup in the world.
I am lucky enough to have been part of the fantastic team at Excel since 2019. I’ve had a a thirst for learning all my life and so the decision to join the Excel team to live my passion every day was an easy one and I’ve never looked back.
Supporting people from a huge variety of industries and cultures to ensure they get the best possible development programmes is what I thrive on and the results we achieve, make it all worth it!
I love seeing how each and every programme we design and deliver impacts every participant and business in a different, positive way, achieving the results they desired.
Genuinely cannot believe that I joined Excel back in 2019… reminds me of a very famous saying about why time flies.
I love what I do for so many reasons!
To name a few, it allows me to fulfill my passion for learning, whilst helping others across the globe to achieve their ambitions in life.
Additionally, as a creative graduate, my role also enables me to use those skills in creating content, including blogs, videos and podcasts for both our website and our social channels.
I am so proud to be part of this fantastic team.
Having worked in the Client Services Team since 2008 I bring plenty of insight and knowledge of clients and the business to my Finance role.
In addition to my young family and studying for my AAT accounting qualifications, I love the work we do here at Excel Communications; making a real impact and creating life-changing moments for people.
I’ve had experience of this first hand and it’s why I’m still here!
I started my career in sales, management, training and coaching at a hugely successful and highly innovative pharmaceuticals company. There I got to work in an inspiring training partnership with Excel Communications who I eventually joined, designing and delivering learning programmes across many industries.
People are all uniquely wired and I am endlessly curious about discovering ways to explore their map of the world, sharing valuable insights that will help them realise and express their true potential.
I love to apply ideas and concepts from NLP, MBTI, FIRO-B and Social Styles in ways that are practical and useful in day-to-day life for leaders, managers and individual contributors.
As a Sales and Marketing Project Manager, my aim is to provide the support for driving success in our business initiatives. In this role, I orchestrate and execute strategic sales and marketing projects whilst ensuring seamless coordination between various teams. My responsibilities include developing and implementing project plans, overseeing marketing campaigns, analysing market trends, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve sales targets. With a focus on our growth strategy, I leverage my project management skills to optimise processes, enhance customer engagement, and contribute to the overall success of our sales and marketing endeavours.
As a postgraduate in Social Sciences, I have always been fascinated by people and human psychology. Having worked in various customer and client facing roles, I have found that working with people is a real passion of mine. Learning and Development gives me the opportunity to work alongside people from all walks of life.
I am delighted to be a part of such a wonderful team at Excel and am equally as excited to kick-start my career in Learning and Development.
When I am not working you may often find me gaming. I first received by brother’s hand-me-down classic Gameboy at the age of 8 and haven’t stopped gaming since!
8 years ago I’ve decided to turn my life upside down and take a leap across the channel to the land of Big Ben and 5 o‘clock tea…and I’m yet to see someone drink tea at 5 o’clock!
I’ve never looked back and in 2021 I was lucky enough to follow my passion for client delivery and join Excel.
Before joining Excel, I worked for one of the biggest software companies in the world. Corporate life can be fun, but not as fun as being part of the smaller and much more dynamic environment, where each day is different and exciting!
Outside of work I am passionate about learning new things and I’m a cat mom to the cuddliest 14 years old tabby.
I think continued learning is so important in helping people live happy and fulfilling lives, which is why I’m super excited to be a part of the fabulous Excel team.
With eight years of experience in project coordination and customer service, I have always loved working with people to reach their desired goals! Throughout my career I have also had the opportunity to work in other parts of the world, such as Melbourne, Australia. This has provided me with the ability to learn quickly, and to interact with people from all walks of life.
I absolutely love travel and spent four years of living in South East Asia, France, Australia & New Zealand. In my spare time you’ll find me spending time with family and friends or watching David Attenborough documentaries (He’s the best!)
Helping individuals and businesses achieve success has always been a passion of mine and I have been lucky enough to have a career that has allowed me to do just that. Having worked in a variety of industries and lived in multiple countries, I feel I have gained knowledge and experience that serves me well in life.
Joining Excel has been a major highlight in my career because their vision to help people realise their potential, empowering them to learn, grow and succeed aligns with my own. I love seeing the success of our clients as they go on this journey with us through our exemplary development programmes.
I am so fortunate to be working in this great team and very proud to be a part of the Excel family!
With experience in Learning & Development, project management and multiple other coordination and customer service-based roles, I hope to bring a broad range of expertise to my role within an incredibly exciting and knowledgeable team here at Excel.
Thriving on helping others be the best they can be, I can’t think of a better way than in assisting Excels clients and the participants of our programs in their learning journeys with us.
I adore travel and have been incredibly fortunate to have travelled extensively in Asia, Australia, USA and Europe which has given me invaluable life experiences and values. If I am not working or travelling, you will most likely find me either going to long hikes with my gorgeous dog or in the garden pretending to know what I’m doing!
Joining Excel Communications feels like joining a family, everyone lives the values (Learn, Grow, Succeed!) and from day one, I knew I had joined an inspiring business with a dynamic and positive culture. My professional background was in recruitment technology where I developed a passion for delivering excellent service to clients that focused on reliability, consultancy and finding solutions. Joining the Excel Operations Team has allowed me to further improve these skills in the Learning & Development arena. I obtained a masters in Palaeoanthropology while at university and have always had a keen interest in human behaviour and understanding how we got to where we find ourselves today.
Outside of work I am kept busy by my two dogs, Luna & Kira, who are mischievous Goberians (Husky/Golden Retriever cross). I am also big into sports, playing cricket (at a very casual level) and can often be found watching football, boxing and rugby league - come on you saints!
My passion is effective administration support to ensure leaders are able focus on tasks to achieve their organisational goals. With a strong background is business support and a Business Degree, I thrive in environments where I can provide efficient support and make a difference to the business.
I am delighted to be joining the team at Excel and am eager to support the Leadership Team.
Outside of work, I am busy mum to my three beautiful daughters and am lucky enough to live 5 minutes from the beach where you will find us most weekends.
Learning & Development Team
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Alan, UK
Languages: English
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.
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Alex, Spain
Languages: Spanish, English, German, Catalan
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.
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Ania,
Languages: Polish
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.
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Alvina, Singapore
Languages: English
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.
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Bernd, Germany
Languages: German, English
I’ve been a confident and engaging trainer, coach, and consultant since 2002. Before that, I had a broad career in the trade, services, and media/communications industries, where I held various leadership roles in marketing and human resource development. I'm certified to deliver several behavioural and psychometric profiles, including the Reiss Motivation Profile, Insights Discovery, and Tracom Social Styles.
In my spare time, I enjoy travelling with my wife and children, and I’m also passionate about football.
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Bill,
Languages: English, Cantonese and Putonghua (Mandarin)
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.
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Chris, UK
Languages: English
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.
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Claire, UK
Languages: English
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.
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Dave, UK
Languages: English
It’s about bringing it to life. When you love what you do, it becomes more informative, beneficial, and motivating for everyone involved. Once a relationship is established, it’s incredibly rewarding to witness those ‘lightbulb’ moments. That’s why I’m a trainer and coach specialising in sales, leadership, management, and people skills.
With over 25 years in senior leadership roles within global premium brands, selling and marketing are my areas of expertise. From the boardroom to the shop floor, I’ve delivered personal and business benefits across the world. In addition to extensive work across Europe, I’ve also worked in the USA, Middle East, Far East, and Asia.
One of my specialties is performance coaching for leaders, using tools like 360 feedback, psychometrics, and behavioural frameworks including Social Styles, Colours, and DiSC. Despite being highly qualified and accredited, my style is practical, matter-of-fact, and grounded. I bring a calm yet enthusiastic presence, and I tailor my approach to suit the context, preferences, and culture of the audience.
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David, UK
Languages: English
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.
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David H,
Languages:
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.
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Dido, UK
Languages: English
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”).
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Fernanda, Argentina
Languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese
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.
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Georgie, UK
Languages: English
Georgie is an experienced global trainer, facilitator and a qualified life coach and art psychotherapist. She uses creativity and inspiring facilitation to uncover insights to inform opportunities for people and business growth. She is passionate about developing people and improving personal (and company) wellbeing. She has held senior leadership positions within communication strategy, consumer insight and marketing consulting. She likes to apply this experience in her leadership training and coaching and also enjoys interpreting interpersonal and leadership dynamics towards enabling organisational change.
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Gillian, UK
Languages: English
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.
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Gilly, UK
Languages: English
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.
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Graham, UK
Languages: English
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.
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Isabel, Central America
Languages: Spanish, English
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.
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Joanne, UK
Languages: English
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.
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Joe, UK
Languages: English
I'm a multi-award-winning consultant and coach, supporting strategic growth and business transformation across a wide range of sectors. I specialise in high-performance leadership and team effectiveness through both individual and systemic team coaching. My approach is grounded in real-world pragmatism, commercial experience, and a strong blend of academic and professional qualifications.
Based in the UK, I work internationally—both in person and virtually. Outside of work, I’m a seasoned traveller, avid reader, and part-time woodworker.
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Jon, UK
Languages: English
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.
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Julie, SIngapore
Languages: English
Julie is an award-winning adult educator with nearly two decades of experience as a facilitator, trainer, executive coach and learning consultant. She is a Specialist Adult Educator (SAE), Associate Certified Coach (ACC) and Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Julie began her career as an auditor with Ernst & Young (EY) Singapore, managing a diverse portfolio of international audit clients across multiple industries. She later transferred to EY’s Learning & Development department to pursue her passion to become a trainer. After more than 15 years with EY, Julie left the firm to focus on
enhancing leadership, presentation, interpersonal, and financial competencies within individuals and organisations through a blended learning approach.
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Juliette, UK
Languages: English
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.
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Karin, UK
Languages: English, German
I am a certified leadership development coach as well as an experienced trainer and facilitator. I bring a wealth of both personal and professional experience to her work, drawing on a 16-year international career in a top 10 FTSE company, where I specialised in corporate communications, reputation management, and sustainability.
As an accredited Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation (ICF), I also hold a range of additional certifications, including Certified Integral Development Coach™, Social Styles, Strengths Profile, and LINC Personality Profiler trainer and coach.
My expertise is grounded in a strong foundation of professional practice, extensive training, and a coaching style defined by approachability, personal integrity, and a healthy dose of pragmatism.
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Laurent,
Languages: French, English
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.
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Lauriane, France
Languages: French, English
+10 years of experience as a manager, turned certified professional coach and Train Coach® specialist, I know what makes the difference between a professional who merely survives and one who truly thrives. My approach has already helped hundreds of executives, managers, and leaders reconnect with purpose, leadership, and confidence in their careers. We're taught to perform, to fit into boxes, to tick all the right checkmarks — but never to truly know ourselves or take the lead in our own career paths. The good news? You can learn how. And that’s exactly what I help you do.
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Lora, USA
Languages: English
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).
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Louise S, UK
Languages: English
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.
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Magdalena, Portugal
Languages: English, German, Polish
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.
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Manuel, Portugal
Languages: Portuguese, English, French and Spanish
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, Spain
Languages: French, English, Spanish
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.
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Mark, UK
Languages: English
Mark is another of our leadership & management experts with his experience coming from scientific research and the pharma industry. He is MBTI accredited, 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.
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Mark A, USA
Languages: English
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
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Mark B, UK
Languages: English
As a qualified and experienced coach, mentor and workplace mediator, I am a skilled facilitator and trainer. I have worked across a wide range of sectors including the UK Military, Defence and Aerospace, Shared Services, Manufacturing, Healthcare and Education. I enjoy volunteering as a coach helping military spouses as well as volunteering in my local community. I believe personal and team development, coaching and mentoring skills enable leaders to step towards their full potential and enable high performance through their teams. Outside work, I enjoy spending time with my family and friends, reading and watching all sport, especially international rugby union.
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Miwa, Japan
Languages: Japanese & English
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.
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Natalie, USA
Languages: English
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.
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Paul, Australia
Languages: English
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.
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Parveen, Singapore
Languages: English
For close to 20 years, I have enjoyed designing and facilitating learning experiences for individuals seeking professional and personal growth in adult education, leadership development, emotional intelligence, communication, thought leadership, resilience, and well-being. As a facilitator and coach, I draw on human-centred approaches informed by my PhD research, which explored ways to co-create cultures of belonging and success. Passionate about continuous learning in a world of constant change, I create learning spaces where people feel safe enough to connect, collaborate, and thrive. When I'm not focused on people development, you’ll likely find me cooking up a storm in the kitchen or finding calm on my yoga mat.
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Punit, UK
Languages: English, Gujarati
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.
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Rachel W, UK
Languages: English
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.
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Rich A,
Languages:
I’m energised by working with people who want to grow—and helping teams go from good to exceptional. With over 17 years of international experience, I’ve coached and trained leaders across cultures and industries to strengthen communication, resilience, and collaboration.
My background spans entrepreneurship, corporate training, and wellbeing consulting, giving me a unique lens on what truly drives performance. I’ve delivered over 30,000 hours of training, facilitation and coaching, and I’m accredited in Belbin Team Roles and the Executive FiRE Index for resilience—two tools I use to help high-performing teams reach new levels of impact.
At Excel, I get to do what I love most: work with ambitious individuals and organisations to unlock potential and create healthier, more human workplaces. -
Rob W, USA
Languages: English
A Brit now based in Los Angeles, USA, I am an executive-level coach and trainer. I have been working with teams and individuals across multiple sectors for three decades – and as a very early riser, I'm also excited to work across time zones! I always bring energy and humour, am experienced in many sectors and specialise in behaviour change and transformation in service of driving real business results.
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Rolf, Germany
Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese
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.
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Ruth M, UK
Languages: English
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!
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Ruth S, UK
Languages: English
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.
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Sanjana, India
Languages: English
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.
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Sarah, UK
Languages: English
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.
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Sarah B, UK
Languages: English
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.
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Terry, Spain
Languages: English, Catalan, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, German
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.
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Tom, UK
Languages: English
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.
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Trista, USA
Languages: English
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.
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Viji,
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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.
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Will, UK
Languages: English
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.