Adrian Lock BSc (Hons), DipTM, DipCoach, MCIPD, CertMed
Senior Consultant

On graduating from Durham University, Adrian worked for charities in Europe, Africa and the Middle East before gaining experience in UK central and local government management and training. During this time he developed an organisational standard known as 'Investors in Equality' which featured in two national journals. Adrian developed his own freelance portfolio before joining Roffey Park, and has carried out more than 25 reviews of people management strategies in organisations of 50-1200 employees, working with clients across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. He is passionate about helping organisations bring out the best from their people. Adrian’s areas of expertise include executive coaching (up to and including chief executive level), personal effectiveness, change management, strategic leadership, diversity management, performance management, team development and coaching skills. He has qualifications in Organisational Assessment, Training Management, Executive Coaching, Counselling and Workplace Mediation. He co-leads Roffey’s Diversity & Equality Group and is Programme Director for Mastering Self-Management.

Alex Swarbrick MPhil (Econ), BSc, FCIPD
Senior Consultant

Alex is an experienced manager, consultant, facilitator and executive coach, combining a strong background in HR with leadership development. Before joining Roffey Park, Alex ran his own consultancy and coaching practice working both in the UK and internationally. His previous roles were Head of HR for The Work Foundation, personnel director for an international development agency in Nepal and a number of HR roles in the BBC. He is passionate about helping individuals and organisations become even more effective, and has particular interests in culture and in relational leadership. A business graduate with an MPhil from London School of Economics in organisation design and skill use, he is also a qualified executive coach, holds a practitioner’s certificate in Personal Construct Psychology, and an Advanced Diploma in Intercultural Management from Cambridge University.

Andy Firth  BA (Hons), PGDip, NVQ4
Senior Consultant

Andy has nine years’ experience working with leaders and staff from board to frontline in public and private sector organisations. His work encompasses a wide range of people development, including consultancy, training, coaching and facilitation and at Roffey Park he is Director of the Practical Facilitation Skills programme. He has been extensively involved in a number of assessment/development centre and 360° feedback projects, as well as supervising student coaches studying for a diploma. Andy holds an NVQ4 in executive coaching and a PGDip in customer management. Before joining Roffey Park he spent several years honing his skills at one of Britain’s leading small consultancies. His background is in hospitality, as an acquisitions manager for a brewery and a manager in a busy bar in London’s West End. Helping people to be more effective through their becoming more responsible for their own situation is a particular passion for Andy.

Andy Smith MA, BA, Cert Gestalt
Director of Qualifications, Partnerships and Coaching

Andy has 20 years experience as a developer, consultant and manager. His work has spanned small and large organisations, the private and public sectors, policy development and operations. Andy is Programme Director for Roffey Park's MSc in People and Organisational Development and the Interpersonal Relationships in Organisations programme. He is also a member of the tutor teams for The Art of Facilitation and OD Practitioner Programmes. His most recent research focused on the world of virtual management. A Master Practitioner of NLP, a Diploma in Systems Thinking and real interests in Gestalt, group dynamics and change in complex systems all inform Andy’s practice.

Caroline Stearman   MA(Cantab), MSc
Development Consultant

Caroline’s breadth of experience working across a wide range of sectors has influenced her interest in organisational culture, team and individual effectiveness. Having worked in Exxonmobil, Amnesty International, Tearfund and English Heritage in a range of roles from functional management, project management through to people development and internal consultancy, Caroline has developed a varied portfolio of skills. Her particular focus is upon group facilitation, management and leadership development. Caroline has designed and delivered a breadth of management programmes, and has recently completed her Masters research project exploring key factors influencing the learning and development of senior managers. She has experience of facilitating action learning and both strategic planning and team building interventions.

David Cleeton-Watkins MSc, BSc, FCIPD
Senior Consultant

David is a business psychologist and development specialist. His portfolio includes the design, implementation, and evaluation of large and small scale assignments that include leadership development, assessment and development centres, change management, coaching and mentoring, career counselling, and personal profiling. Most recently he has worked and researched in the key areas of human interaction - leadership, performance management, influence, personal impact, and culture change. David has wide experience of assessment for selection, and his skills as a psychometrician have stimulated his work in designing a range of assessment tools. He is Programme Director for Delivering Strategy and Change and an active personal coach and mentor.

David Lines PhD, PGCEA, DipHumPsych
Senior Consultant

David is an experienced organisational developer who has worked on numerous projects with organisations undergoing major cultural and structural change. He is also a researcher and his doctoral thesis examined the career paths of executive directors and the personal and professional strategies used to attain this role. He began his career in the NHS, moved into higher education and has since worked at all levels in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors including pharmaceutical, financial services, utilities and telecommunications industries. His personal interests are in the areas of leadership development, executive director development, talent management, professional and personal development, career progression and succession in organisations.

Gary Miles MA (Oxon), FCIPD
Director of Open Programmes, Events and Associate Relations

Gary has over 20 years experience of working in commercial organisations, both as an HR practitioner and business manager, such as Unilever and Reed Business Publishing. At the Kingfisher Retail Group, he obtained a National Training Award for the strategic contribution of learning and development as well as IIP accreditation. Since joining Roffey Park he has been involved in a number of major client projects spanning private, public and not for profit sectors and focussing on HR and senior management development, leadership, talent management and executive coaching. He is programme director of Strategic Human Resources and HR Business Partnering as well as Director of Associate Relations, responsible for the recruitment and development of Roffey Park's associate team. His current clients are drawn from higher education, local government, manufacturing, oil, and IT sectors. Gary has also served as a local government councillor and been an active member of the CIPD.

James Traeger BA (Hons), PGDip
Senior Consultant

James has 18 years experience in human and organisational development. His varied career includes winning a fringe-first award as a theatre producer at the Edinburgh Festival, as general manager of one of Europe’s leading commercial photo agencies, and as the co-developer of the Navigator Programme, the only international men’s development programme to be run in the public, private and voluntary sectors. He won acclaim for his work on the Metropolitan Police’s ‘gender agenda’, and is a member of the prestigious Centre for Action Research in Professional Practice at the University of Bath. He specialises in leadership with due attention and sensitivity to organisational and global diversity. James is the Programme Director for the Art of Facilitation programme and the Post Graduate Diploma in Facilitation.

Jo Hennessy  MA (Oxon), MSc, CPsychol
Director of Research and International Development

Jo oversees a broad spectrum of research enquiries and has a personal involvement in Roffey Park's research programme exploring enlightenment at work. She graduated from Oxford with a degree in Experimental Psychology and also has an MSc in Occupational Psychology. Jo specialises in the design and facilitation of executive development programmes in the areas of leadership and change. She was previously a partner at Human Qualities where she worked across business sectors both in the UK and internationally. Prior to that, Jo headed up Executive Development for Penna and, at Brathay, she managed the team of learning and development consultants, with personal involvement in team facilitation and process consultancy. Jo’s early career was with SHL where she gained experience in managing large-scale assessment/development centre interventions. Jo was Dean of the Association of Business Psychologists 2005 Conference entitled, "Psychology at the Heart of Business" and she has been published on various topics.

Margi Gordon MSc, BA, AMCIPD
Director of Tailored Programmes

Margi is particularly interested in effective leadership and management in organisations and she works closely with clients to design and deliver in-house development programmes. She believes leaders make a key contribution to organisational culture and performance, by making work meaningful and enjoyable. She is the programme director for the Strategic Leadership Programme and she has clients in the oil industry, IT services, local and national government, manufacturing, transport, leasing, banking and financial services. She is interested in evaluating the impact of leadership development on individuals and throughout organisations. Margi has a BA in Education and an MSc in Organisational Behaviour from Birkbeck, University of London.

Peter Hamill  MSc, BSc (Hons), PG CertCoun
Senior Consultant

Peter is a consultant, facilitator and coach with an international background in leadership and organisational development. He has designed, developed and run leadership development programmes with local government, national government, and the NHS, as well as with private sector organisations such as KPMG, ABN Amro, Pfizer and PwC. He is passionate about the development of individuals to fulfil both personal and organisational objectives. He has trained in Gestalt counselling and is certified as a Somatic Coach, by the Strozzi Institute and has completed an MSc in Change Agent Skills and Strategies at the University of Surrey.

Rachel Saebi MSc, CMS
Senior Consultant

Rachel has eighteen years experience of working in the motor, financial services, corporate travel and hospitality industries in various roles ranging from business consultant to heading up the learning and development function. She has also worked as an independent consultant. Her principal areas of expertise lie in leadership, management, personal development, assessment and development centres, one-to-one coaching, facilitation and the use and application of psychometric tools particularly with leaders. She has an interest in large-scale interventions, such as Open Space and Appreciative Inquiry and a passion to see individuals become the best they want to be. Rachel is licensed to administer a range of psychometric tools and is on the register for competent psychological testers with the British Psychological Society.

Sabine Stritch BSc, MCIPD, Dip Training & Development
Senior Consultant

Sabine is a qualified coach and has a particular interest and expertise in facilitation skills, personal effectiveness and development, train the trainer and assessment/development centres. She has worked internationally as a consultant, coach and trainer, within both service industries and public utilities and was instrumental in introducing a new model of Personality and Communication into the UK. Recent client work has included developing and project managing a leadership development programme for a large consultancy, managing a change programme for a large insurance company, and facilitating groups from operational to board level. She is the Director of the Realising Leadership Potential programme.

Sharon Brockway MSc, BSc (Hons)
Principal Consultant

Sharon is an experienced occupational psychologist who has a background in assessment and development, with specific interests in personality, coaching and leadership. Her experience spans diverse sectors, from engineering, facilities management, IT and accountancy to the public sector. As a psychologist she has a strong background in the application and interpretation of psychometrics and the effects of personality on behaviour, particularly for leaders. Prior to joining Roffey Park, she worked as an editor and in public relations. This background led to her interest in organisations and their effectiveness, which she consolidated through her Masters degree in Organisational and Occupational Psychology. Sharon is the programme director for Personal Effectiveness & Power and Core Consultancy Skills.

Sue Belgrave  BA (Hons), DipFRCD
Senior Consultant

Sue started out working for a housing cooperative in Toxteth moving from there into the NHS and health education before becoming a programme maker for Granada Television. She then joined The Body Shop International where she held a variety of senior management roles before becoming General Manager for Company Culture , a unique role in which Sue held a wide range of personal and organisational development responsibilities. Sue then set up her own consultancy, joining Roffey Park as an Associate and then full time. Her expertise ranges from executive coaching to large group interventions. She has a passionate commitment to building sustainable business practices and to using the arts whenever possible.

Sue Binks  MSc, BSc
Senior Consultant

Sue is an occupational psychologist whose main areas of focus are learning design, personal effectiveness and change. She has worked with a wide range of organisations from large government bodies, global professional services firms and investment banks to niche marketing consultancies and manufacturing organisations. Her work has included behaviour and attitude change programmes, coaching, development centre design; advanced communication and influencing skills and design of high potential leadership programmes. Sue also has a keen interest in research, particularly the impact of culture and climate on motivation and commitment.