Adrian (known as AJ) started his career in logistics, which opened up opportunities in management and training. This love affair with learning and development has lasted over 25 years. He is a warm, funny and engaging trainer, a thought provoker, enabler and harvester of deep learning as a master facilitator and coach. AJ has a wealth of experience in learning and development. 

Amanda is an international trainer and coach. Her confident, professional and engaging style is perfect when specialising in advanced interpersonal communication. She has a particular passion for Mindfulness in the Workplace. Amanda is passionate about facilitating positive development through training, coaching and learning.

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.

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.

Christine is a native of France but lives in the UK. After a successful career in procurement and logistics, Christine committed herself fully to helping people learn as a qualified Coach, NLP and MBTI practitioner. She is a mentor for MBA students at Regents College, University of London and, when not training, she enjoys yoga and singing although not necessarily at the same time.

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 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.

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”).

Based in St Petersburg, Evgeny gained extensive knowledge within a sales environment before changing his direction to training. He continues to design, deliver a wide range of workshops topics and uses his experience to engage the audience. Evgeny loves running and football.

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.

Gerry is one of our healthcare experts, having spent a decade working in the NHS before moving into the pharmaceutical industry. He is an NLP Master Practitioner and Certified Trainer. He also has a Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy. Gerry’s interest in personal development continues in his personal life with his interest in martial arts, and to relax he teaches guitar and plays in two bands.

Gill had a very successful career in the pharma industry before moving into full-time training. She is a qualified NLP Trainer, Practitioner and Coach, a certificated trainer in Hypnotherapy and has a diploma in Management Coaching and Mentoring. In her spare time, Gill and her husband sail their yacht from their home town of Southampton.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Nic is the Managing Director at Excel Communications. As well as managing many of the senior client accounts, Nic’s biggest passion is delivering training. Prior to joining the company he had a successful career in the pharmaceutical industry, initially in sales and management, followed by a diverse series of learning and development roles working with individuals, senior teams and at an organisational level

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 over 30 years’ experience as a language trainer, coach and facilitator. She is warm and friendly with a fantastic ability to ensure all participants leave the training room with the right outcome.  She has also written several non-fiction books about the Russian Language. In her spare time, Rachel loves to travel, long-distance walking, reading, food, spending time with family and friends.

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.

Rebecca is an experienced coach, mentor, trainer and facilitator. Her experience ranges from coaching, leadership & management development, presentation skills training, and all aspects of business planning and improvement. Rebecca has qualifications in Coaching and Mentoring, is accredited Social Styles, and an NLP. She loves to travel both around the UK and abroad.

Based in Germany and Dutch by birth, Rob has been involved in many national and international training projects across a wide range of industries. His workshops include leadership and management development, recruitment and selection interviewing, presentation skills, change management and corporate culture. 

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.

Ruth is a dynamic trainer and executive coach with over 12 years’ experience in designing and delivering transformational programs. She is known for bringing her authentic self and personal journey into everything she does, giving her, a unique capacity to empower individuals toward taking steps in their own personal growth.  Based in Kentucky, Ruth is one of our US based trainers.

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.

After a successful career in the pharmaceutical industry, Sharon now has over 20 years of experience in sales, training and management. She brings a wealth of experience and expertise to her training with Excel Communications. She is a Master Practitioner and Certified Trainer of NLP, certified in Cultural Transformation Tools, an Associate Member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and Associate of the Robert Dilts Global Training Consultancy. In her spare time, Sharon enjoys walking her staffy dog, Flo.

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.

Will specialises in communication and influence and continues to create lasting change in some of the world’s most successful organisations. He is a Certified Master Practitioner of NLP, Master Trainer for Social Styles and Versatile Salesperson and an Accredited MBTI Trainer. When Will is not training, he enjoys windsurfing, sailing, biking and spending time with his two children.

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.

Zena started out in the scientific and pharmaceutical industry and it is here that she found her passion for management and training. She is an NLP Master Practitioner and holds a Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy. Zena’s interest in communication spills over into her personal life where the majority of her time is spent with her horses. Working closely with them enables her to study the effects of body language and state control in a completely non-biased environment – one very soon learns how subtle movements and state of mind can affect something/someone in very powerful ways.