News

Donna Weston

Donna is an executive career coach and organisational development consultant with over 17 years experience developed in fast paced, complex commercial environments.

She began her career within the Business Process Outsourcing industry where she worked with over 40 blue chip clients in various sectors including financial services, charities, media and entertainment, FMCG, automotive and retail.  Donna has worked in a variety of leadership roles across a number of business functions including client services, project management, compliance, business assurance and risk management. 

Throughout her career Donna has enjoyed developing people and teams the most, so in 2018, after undertaking a 5 year parental career break, she commenced an MA in Career Development and Coaching Studies at the University of Warwick.

Donna’s clients value her wide-ranging knowledge of organisations and career development, plus her systemic thinking style coupled with her enthusiasm for learning, collegiate nature and drive to make work better for everyone.

“I love partnering with individuals and organisations to enable to them to discover new ways of thinking so that they can increase their effectiveness and performance exponentially, provide value for all their stakeholders and ultimately lead fulfilling and satisfying lives”.

Bob Thomson

Bob was  formerly leadership development manager at National Grid Transco and has been a Professor at Warwick Business School since 2013. Originally an economist he has over 30 years experience of helping leaders learn about themselves, what they stand for, and how they will lead authentically, ethically and sustainably.  

He has over 20 years experience as a coach and has been a supervisor of coaching for the last 10 years. He is accredited as a coach and as a supervisor by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council. He established the University of Warwick’s Certificate and Diploma in Coaching, leads the Warwick Business school LeadershipPlus module for the full time MBA, and is currently an external examiner for the MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology at the University of East London. He has delivered a series of webinars on The Essentials of Supervision for the EMCC. He also acts as an internal mediator.

Bob has written several books on coaching and learning from experience. His latest book, How to Coach, was published by Sage in 2020.

“My approach to coaching and supervision is primarily non-directive. I aim to create a relationship of rapport and trust with each client that enables them to reflect, to clarify what matters, and to decide what to do to achieve their aspirations. I also bring my self to these encounters, and will share my thoughts and intuitions when this feels appropriate.”

Jennifer May

With over 10 years corporate experience, Jennifer May has experienced a variety of commercial and leadership positions spanning digital transformation, strategy, product and customer experience across sectors and internationally within retail, travel, financial services and HR professional services. 

Jennifer currently sits at C-Suite level of the REED Group; a global group of companies delivering a wide range of services such as recruitment, learning, screening and consultancy. 

A nominee for the esteemed 35 under 35, Jennifer has been involved in some large-scale transformation projects that have warranted continued personal and professional growth and development, which has sparked a passion for the development of others. 

She believes that everyone who wants to develop can, and that the power of one person in any context – work or personal – can change a dynamic for the better. Later in her career Jennifer has become more involved in leadership coaching, with a passion for coaching high potential individuals and teams. 

With Jennifer’s current view over the world of work, she is well placed to support people with career conversations and development conversations that land within a commercial and digital context. 

Jennifer is also taking a Masters through Henley Business School to focus on learning and behavioural change.

Ed Cooper

Ed is a highly experienced leadership and business coach with a corporate career spanning over 20 years with companies like Argos and Avon. He was the Head of global Learning & Development in his last role at Avon where he developed global leadership programmes up to Executive Director level & high potential programmes for Sales & Marketing.

Ed left the corporate world in 2018 to run his own ActionCOACH business coaching franchise where he now coaches SME business owners & their teams to accelerate their growth. Within just 2 years he has acquired a diverse range of clients across multiple sectors.

Ed’s coaching and training has resulted in many successes for individuals and teams alike. One of his business client’s has increased their turnover by 85% & their profits by 48% in a year whilst successfully increasing the size of their team by 100%.

Ed works with you as an individual, drawing on your strengths, he challenges you to perform to the best of your abilities, whilst increasing both your circle of competence and confidence. 

 “I  blend my corporate background together with the knowledge and experience of SME. I know what it takes to be a successful business owner and enable entrepreneurial thinking and action in the leaders and teams I work with.”