Expertise
- Transformation
- Strategic Business Planning
- Executive Coaching
- Coaching for success
- Performance improvement
- Leadership and Management
- Strategic Advice
- organisational development
- Operational Excellence
- Personal development
- staff development
- Business needs analysis
- Organisational Resilience
- Organisational Change
- Change Management
- Performance Management
- Commercialisation
- Budgeting
- Financial Control
- Financial management
- P&L Management
- financial operations
- Operational Planning/Control
- Operational HR
- Operational Management
- Operational KPIs
- Operational Resilience
- Operational Improvement
- Operational Problems
- Operational Due Diligence
- Cost saving for business
- Financial Services
Summary
Think of the major challenges you or your company currently face. Do you have a clear and detailed plan in place to overcome each hurdle, to exceed each goal?
Looking ahead 6 months, how many of these challenges will still be holding you back? What's the cost in energy, performance and emotion of living out the 6 months you've just imagined?
You can change the trajectory now.
I'm a Transformation Consultant and Executive Coach with 28 years' experience in early-stage / growth SMEs, start ups and mature businesses. Let's discuss if there's value in working together.
Through transformation consulting I help leaders achieve the strategic objectives they have for their businesses, teams or initiatives. By helping them to clarify and focus their strategy, scenario plan the road ahead and then develop their tactical plan, I challenge leaders to flesh out how the goals will become the reality. Working through the links of the chain in detail maximises the chance that the strategic vision brings results.
Through executive coaching I help high performance people at all levels achieve more than they thought possible by creating with them a space to explore their challenges, tame and sort through the noise, give shape and meaning to what's important to them, then support them in developing and executing on their plan to change their world.
My direct experience extends across strategy, board membership and chair, finance, HR, commercialisation, regulatory compliance, legal and office management. I’m a Canadian with broad experience of different cultures: following an itinerant childhood, I’ve worked in the UK, Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore as well as directly reporting to US strategic leadership. I take a human, conversational approach to my work and thrive on the excitement generated by new insights.
ESG is woven into the fabric of the business:
- Environmental: most of the electricity used at my premises (including hot water) is generated on-site by solar panels, with generation/demand smoothed by batteries. Heating is provided by an air source heat pump. We make full use of recycling opportunities (collection and local dump) and work to reuse where possible. Where possible we buy recycled, fair trade, community-focused, environmentally friendly and local options - and we only boil as much water as we need for each cup!
- Social: I aim to always be coaching at least one young individual pro bono. My intention is to help young people make the most of their situations and opportunities as they enter the workplace or in their early professional lives.
- Governance: I am Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC) Accredited Executive Coach and in my coaching practice I adhere to the AoEC Code of Practice.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Experience
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Russel Coaching & Consulting
Transformation Consultant | Turnaround Specialist
1 - 5 Employees 2022 - Current
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Green Street
European Regional Director
21 - 100 Employees 2019 - 2022Leader and coach to the multimillion-pound, 80 person European business overseeing a two-year period of growth and flux triggered by a change in strategy as the European CEO retired and group ownership passed from one PE firm to another.
- Responsible for the performance of European senior management as a team, together with the Finance, Legal, Compliance and Operations functions.
- Member of the Board as Director and Chair.
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Green Street
Operations Director
21 - 100 Employees 2008 - 2018Ran the company day-to-day in close collaboration with the research/advisory-focused CEO. Directly responsible for the finance, HR, legal, regulatory compliance, operations and IT functions, developing each from scratch to support a team of 30 and multimillion-pound turnover.
Instrumental in hiring, managing and retaining all staff, including world class teams of research analysts. One half of the comp committee and managed all ER issues. Developed the financial systems and structures. Actively involved in all Board meetings since launch. Extended periods as Compliance Officer and Money Laundering Reporting Officer. Implemented the infrastructure for an equities trading desk, then supported it for 10 years including in-house back office and IT functions.
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The Property Investment Market
Operations Director
6 - 20 Employees 2003 - 2008TPIM developed, launched and operated the world’s first stock exchange for investment and trading of fractional ownership in residential property. Intimately involved in strategic planning and translating that into action. Developed and managed the operations and back-office functions in this highly dynamic environment, demanding constant innovation and problem solving to turn vision into reality. From concept through two funding rounds to a team of 19.
• Involved in securing two rounds of funding totalling £2.4 million.
• Played a central role in corporate strategy development and implementation.
• Lead the development of company legal positions, was involved in product, technical system and website development: managed the transfer of these responsibilities to incoming specialists.
Qualifications
- Practitioner Diploma in Executive Coaching, Academy of Executive Coaching
- Certificate, Psychotherapy and Councelling, Regent's University
- BEng, Mechanical Engineering, University of Edinburgh
