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Contact Details   +44 (0) 2920 258486   +44 (0) 7581 207058   drpaul@dnadefinitive.com   www.drpaulthomas.co.uk   @businessdocme

Biography

Paul is known by the BBC as ‘The Business Doctor‘ and is an experienced and respected thought leader, author and trail blazer on matters relating to change, organisational development and structures that allow people to thrive and flourish within 21st century organisations.

Paul works with private and public sector organisations of all sizes, including multi-nationals. He is committed to demonstrating that there are effective ways to run the workplace, with increased outcomes and service effectiveness, and without losing front-line staff. Paul believes in unlocking the potential of the staff to solve the problems themselves through Simplexity and Leadership from within. Paul’s dislike of management practices is nothing personal — he just thinks the way most businesses are managed is outdated.

Paul has previously been a University Head of Leadership and a Leadership Fellow and is currently a University Research Fellow. His work has taken him to India, China, Malaysia, Pakistan, the USA and many European countries. He completed a global action research project on leadership and complexity thinking, visiting 19 countries in six months. He is currently 2013-14 elected Regional Chair and Fellow for Wales for the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and a Fellow of the Chartered Sports Management (CIMSPA) and Institute of Consultancy.

Paul is considered by many to be a fascinating and impressive business speaker, and is much in demand throughout the world, from TEDx to global and international conferences.

Paul is also author of the book ‘Leadership from the Frontline’, about his impassioned mission to support forward-thinking, progressive and ‘human’ business organisations by helping them to get rid of the plague of unnecessary management that he believes is stifling our working lives and our economy.

Contact Details   +44 (0) 2920 258486   +44 (0) 7875 381551   andymccann@dnadefinitive.com   www.dnatrim.com   @theandymccann   andy-mccann-b6936715

Biography

Andy is a human performance specialist, a Director of DNA Definitive and a Visiting Professor at Manchester Metropolitan University. With DNA's exclusive international portfolio of clients, he is in demand to help develop high performance environments and to support elite teams, which he does through applied performance psychology and the development of evidence based resilience focused strategies. His work has afforded him access to many different industries and countries around the world. He works with political leaders; with high net worth individuals and corporate business leaders; with world leading athletes and coaches (Olympic, Commonwealth and World Championship Level); the emergency services; the British armed forces; and, with not for profit and third sector organisations.

Andy has developed several human performance programmes and, with DNA Definitive colleagues, co-written a series of acclaimed resilience programmes that have been adopted by, among others, critical care practitioners, the police, the fire and rescue service, ambulance services, social services, headteachers and the corporate sector. When required, these have gained CPD accreditation from organisations such as the Royal Colleges of Physicians and the Royal college of Nursing. In addition, with DNA definitive colleague, Rachel Spearing, he developed a professional standards course to address undermining and bullying behaviour on commission from the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh).

Andy is involved in a range of research projects with colleagues from several universities. He is a Visiting Fellow at Staffordshire University Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Psychology Sport & Exercise; an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine; and, an Academic Associate at Cardiff Metropolitan University School of Sport. He is an Associate Lecturer in Leadership, Business and Work Based Learning on International Executive MBA programmes at a number of universities in England, Wales and France. Andy is also a member of the British Sleep Society, the professional organisation for medical, scientific and healthcare workers within sleep and sleep disorders.

Previously, Andy sat on the Sport Wales Advisory Group (for 4 years) and on the Welsh Advisory Committee for the Stroke Association (for 6 years).

"Andy has extraordinary motivational gifts and insight into the minds of people in competitive situations or under stress where successful performance is essential. He knows how to develop confidence in high performers and others and to help them retain the knowledge he imparts. He is one of the most gifted people in his profession of anyone I have met.” Baroness Tessa Jowell, Minister for the London 2012 Olympics

Andy has been a big part of the success of the teams he works with. But I know from my own experience that he is also terrific working with individuals dealing with high pressure situations. His skills and experience have proven to be transferable across many sectors. Alastair Campbell, British journalist, broadcaster, political aide and author, Director of Communications and Strategy for Prime Minister Tony Blair

Contact Details   +44 (0) 7388 945458   david.radfordwilson@dnadefinitive.com

Biography

David gained extensive experience as a senior military executive with over 20 years experience of strategy development, risk and change management. He is a leader experienced in planning and delivering complex tasks in challenging conditions worldwide. A critical and innovative thinker and incisive decision maker, David is passionate about getting the best out of individuals, teams and organisations.

He was Head of the Chief of Defence Staff’s liaison team providing advice and military capabilities to Other Government Departments.

As the Senior Royal Engineer Officer in the United States and Colonel, Liaison Officer to HQ US Northern Command, Colorado he advised on UKUS Homeland Defence and Security issues at O6 level and above including Counter Terrorism, Cyber and Transnational Criminal Organisations.

As Liaison Officer to the Maneouvre Support Centre of Excellence, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; developing UK/US Maneouvre Support capability and interoperability, including Search and Counter IED capability development.

David served as Commanding Officer of 23 Engineer Regiment (Air Assault); Directing Staff Joint Command and Staff College, Developing military officers for senior command and staff positions, with particular responsibility for instructing leadership, operational planning, the comprehensive approach to operations and post conflict reconstruction and development.

David was also Deputy Leader of the British Military expedition to attempt a first British ascent of the West Ridge and North Face of Mount Everest. One of the largest and most successful expeditions ever undertaken by the Army. Technical Assistant for the 5 part documentary on Bravo, ‘Man vs Mountain’.

Contact Details   alison.noonjones@dnadefinitive.com   alison-noon-jones-b-a-fcipd-42a9964b

Biography

Alison Noon-Jones brings over 30 years of senior HR and business leadership. She is also a seasoned executive coach and mentor. In her capacity as HR Director, she has worked at both national and international level for a wide range of sectors and high profile organisations including Hitachi, General Motors Acceptance Corporation and EADS (Airbus, Defence and Space). She is currently HR Director for Leidos Europe Ltd. leading the HR transformation for the £7 Bn LCST logistics programme for the Ministry of Defence.

Coaching Style

Having led and delivered a number of large scale transformation programmes, Alison has a supportive coaching style. Energetic and objective focused, she works with the coachee to nurture full realisation of their potential. Empathetic of the change and transformation environment, she encourages the coachee to thoroughly explore their capabilities and, through deep questioning to be accountable for their own deliverables and achievement. She exudes ‘can do’ confidence in the coachee and through her mature and agile questioning capability, Alison encourages a positive outlook and drive to deliver or change.

Qualifications

Alison is a graduate in modern languages and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. She is also Prince 2 qualified having worked with large Government and private sector programmes. She has trained in Executive Coaching and Mentoring with the British School of Coaching. Having had first-hand exposure to personal and developmental coaches and mentors throughout her career, Alison appreciates the benefits of the support and direction this can offer the coachee.

Contact Details   +44 (0) 7900 980002   victoria.hall@dnadefinitive.com

Biography

Victoria is a former RAF Officer, practicing employment lawyer, speaker, author and leadership coach. Victoria combines the discipline from her military career with the structure of working in the legal and HR environment to provide a unique and empathetic approach to her coaching and training.

Victoria's coaching method is based on insights from neuroscience which allows her to explore with clients how different brains process information in different ways. This enables Victoria’s clients to understand themselves first so that they can start breaking down the issues that hold them back from the place they want to be. The inevitable result of this process is that Victoria’s clients not only see change in themselves, they are better able to understand and work with others.

Victoria's career has seen her work alongside management and leadership teams in a wide variety of sectors. Her focus and passion is always on understanding what makes people tick in order to remove barriers to individual growth and enhanced performance in a way that is sustainable and healthy in this fast paced and uncertain world.

Victoria is an anti-stigma advocate and Committee Member for the charity, Mind Cymru. She is also a Champion for improving wellbeing within the legal industry through her voluntary role with The Solicitor’s Charity.

In Making Sense of Me, Victoria Hall shares the lessons she learnt from rebuilding herself after being overwhelmed by the challenges she faced in her life.

She takes you on a journey of self-discovery, using her life experiences and neuroscientific insights into human behaviour to help you find yourself. You will learn that in order to even contemplate change, you need to accept where you are in life and who you are today. Asking for help, slowing down and understanding your emotions are critical in this process. Victoria teaches that you must align with your beliefs but keep in mind that as much as our beliefs anchor us, they sometimes limit us. It is critical to have the right people around you to provide support as you embark on this fascinating and life changing journey of self-discovery. If you struggle with your responses to life experiences, this is the book for you. The change begins with you.

Contact Details   +44 (0) 1932 267597   +44 (0) 7968 763312   malcolm.nicholson@dnadefinitive.com   www.aspecture.com   @aspecture   malcolmnicholson

Biography

An experienced business person, entrepreneur and much in demand international executive coach. In depth experience of challenging senior executives and enabling them to develop new approaches - both behavioural and procedural - that have significant impact on their business.

He is able to translate complex theories into easy to implement approaches which have a profound impact on how leaders live and work. He brings an additional overlay of tools taken from three other disciplines:-

• Sports psychology, helping people to perform at their peak; dealing with the ‘outside world’.
• Complexity Theory, building leaders cognitive capacity to deal with highly complex circumstances for ‘in the role’.
• Existentialist Coaching, making sense of unpredictability; getting clarity for the ‘inner person’.

His approach is based on a personalized alliance with leaders, working in a highly tailored package to enable people to transform their performance in a results orientated and pragmatic fashion. A client described him as ‘Engaging, yet ruthlessly results orientated’! His website has a range of testimonials, case studies and publications.

Representative Client Engagements:

• Coaching CEO during takeover by US Business
• Coaching SVPs, MDs and Directors to develop performance both before and after promotions
• Team Coaching Global (Europe, USA & India) Leadership Team
• Rising Stars hybrid coaching/training programme for European Financial Services company

Areas of Expertise:

• Mental Resilience and dealing with increasing complexity, ambiguity, paradox and pressure, both at a business and an individual level. 
• Understanding and development of rising stars & executives at midlife.
• Coaching in - and delivering programmes on – Globalisation, Working Interculturally & Cultural Complexity.
• Removal of significant behavioural roadblocks to increase impact & influence on the business.
• Living and working at Peak Performance.
• Team Coaching for boards, management and teams. This has a strong behavioural approach.
• Career Derailment 

Industry/ Functional Experience:

Professional Services; Technology, IT, Telecoms & Engineering Sectors; Financial Services & Banking; Entertainment, Broadcasting & Music Industry; Outsourcing Sector incl Logistics & Catering; Health & Care Sector, Public Sector, Housing Sector, Retail Sector, sportspeople, Army rehabilitation etc

Client Types/Levels of Experience:

C Suite, SVP, Director, Senior Manager, Rising Stars.

Professional/Corporate Experience:

• Started in Human Resources, working for UK and US multinational organisations. (incl. turnaround, merger and cost reduction environments).
• Sales & Marketing, (direct B2B and channel sales environments) promoted to divisional board level, responsible for domestic and international sales and marketing. Jointly led a start up j/v business with a major bank and a ‘big 4’ consultancy.
• Extensive business experience in Europe, North America, South Africa and India.

Cultural/Multi-National Experience:

UK based, frequently working in Switzerland & Liechtenstein. Experience in other European countries, S.Africa, India, Barbados. UK Director of Centre for International Business Coaching. Helped deliver courses on International Business Coaching

Training and Education:

B.Sc.(Hons) Occupational Psychology.

Professional Affiliations:

Member of the ICF, (International Coaching Federation)

Certifications:

Certified Master Coach, Behavioural Coaching Institute (ICC Accredited); BHR Diploma in Eriksonian hypnosis & NLP Psychotherapy; Module 1 of NLP Practitioner & Leadership Coaching Certification; accredited coach Sportsmind Institute of Australia. (examining options to start Doctorate in Coaching).
2016: NLP School: How to Coach with NLP, TA & Mindfulness; The Forton Group: Ignite Leadership Coaching.

Publications:

• Contributing author “A Coach’s Story: revealing insights into life as a professional coach” O’Donovan. G. (2011) Book Shaker, London.
• Journalist for International Coaching News. See articles.
• Presenter, Coach Radio International.

In Summary

You will experience a world class integrated approach to coaching which does not rely on dogma or process. It focuses on you, with a leading edge and inspirational toolkit uniquely designed to ensure your success. This gives you the physical, mental & emotional resources to make the long term behavioural changes needed for you to enjoy mental resilience, choice and high performance levels.

Contact Details   +44 (0) 7834 383477   liz.oseland@dnadefinitive.com   www.lizlearning.com   @LizOseland   liz-oseland-minstlm-b30a9061

Biography

Liz is a Trainer and Coach with over 15 years’ of international blended learning experience. Her three passions and areas of work are around leadership, innovation and zen skills.

Liz delivers certified and bespoke leadership skills programmes and workshops for team leaders up to Director level. Working at Director level executive coaching, she works with individuals to make decisions around their own authentic leadership styles. She volunteers as a mentor on the Chwarae Teg programme, mentoring women to build confidence in future female leaders in Wales. Liz is a SeriousWork Trained Advanced Facilitator of LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® method and materials. Facilitation of meetings and workshops using the method fosters divergent thinking with real life practical applications back into the workplace.

As an OpenGenius Global Master Trainer and Coach in Applied Innovation, Mind Mapping and AYOA, Liz introduces innovative techniques to creatively overcome barriers, whilst taking practical steps to make a change and discover a refreshed focus, enthusiasm and energy to achieve goals. As a Relax Kids Coach, Liz works with children coaching them to develop a growth mindset, as well as working with adults delivering wellbeing sessions to create a little bit of calm.

Working closely with individuals and organisations to unlock their power to think differently, Liz has built a deep and diverse range of leadership, coaching and training experience working with clients around the world from varying industries. Including: corporate; public sector; education; SMEs and not-for-profit. Her breadth of experience across a range of sectors led to her becoming Head of a global training department managing over 1,000 trainers around the world.

A blend of real life leadership experience, formal qualifications (in coaching, training and psychometrics) and working with renowned thought leaders, enables her to be a flexible and adaptable trainer and coach with a people-led approach to learning.

Contact Details   +44 (0) 7788 230823   steve.eaton@dnadefinitive.com

Biography

Steve is a Performance Development Consultant, who works with individuals, teams and organisations to maximise potential, improve performance and achieve goals.

A former Officer in the UK Special Forces, Steve has many years of experience in operating under pressure in challenging situations and in some of the world’s most inhospitable environments. As a result of this first hand experience, Steve has a deep understanding of the need for mental aptitude as well as for physical strength and skill.

Steve also recognises the significance of ‘softer’ skills, such as effective communication, in personal and leadership development, and the need for shared values, goals and beliefs in building motivated and cohesive teams. Over two decades he has coached and mentored people of different backgrounds and capabilities, providing salient personal, tactical, operational and strategic guidance.

In 2009, Steve was awarded an MBE for ‘compassionate and inspirational’ leadership demonstrated on global operations. He has an Advanced Diploma in Management and has many years of practical management and leadership experience. Steve attained invaluable knowledge, whilst studying for a Master’s Degree, in Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management, which has further increased his understanding of how people and organisations operate and react when faced with stressful situations.

Steve has a particular interest in PTSD prevention and he has trained and practised as a Trauma Risk Management (TRiM) practitioner. He is also a nationally trained Hostage and Crisis Negotiator and has been involved in the management several high profile kidnapping situations.

Contact Details   +44 (0) 7970 507404   jan.english@dnadefinitive.com   @iPhysLit

Biography

Jan has over 15 years senior leadership experience including four years as part of the senior leadership teams of both South East Wales Education Consortia.

As Strategic Lead for Physical Literacy Jan led a team of highly motivated and skilled individuals to succeed where others had failed, enhancing outcomes for some of the most challenged schools and most vulnerable learners in the system.

Jan was Programme Leader for the second largest cohort of PGCE secondary students in the UK.  The programme was awarded two box 1 Estyn Inspections under Jan's leadership, as she transformed the culture of the programme from product to process driven, making pedagogy and relationships important.

Jan has been a freelance consultant for many years and has authored and delivered national training and resources for Welsh Government teacher development programmes.  Recently Jan has been working with Pioneer Schools, providing challenge and support to senior leaders to develop their vision and strategy for the new curriculum and to enhance wellbeing outcomes for staff, learners and their communities.

Jan has a Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Practice Studies (Education).  Her research interests are leadership, participant voice and wellbeing.

Jan enjoys hill walking and has just taken up playing golf. 

Contact Details   rachel.spearing@dnadefinitive.com

Biography

Rachel Spearing is a Barrister at Serjeants' Inn Chambers in London.  She has a wide civil and criminal practice covering Regulatory , Financial and Disciplinary Law.  As Consultant with DNA Definitive she delivers executive education and training with leadership and change management focus.   Mentoring a wide range of professionals in career development, managing the challenges of change or leadership.  She co-founded the Wellbeing at the Bar Program with the General Council of the Bar, and has worked with leadership in the UK, Australia, Singapore and the US to implement culture change towards mental health and wellbeing in law.  She is a Director of Wellness for Law UK a 'not for profit' organization supporting charitable research, education and training for Lawyers in the area of health and wellbeing.

She holds Academic appointments as a Fellow of the Dispute Resolution Centre at Bond University Australia, and is a Senior Consultant to the Singapore Academy of Law.  She is featured by 'The First Hundred Years' initiative as part of their 'pioneering women in law' program.

Rachel sits on the executive of the General Council of the Bar.  She is a Mediator, an active Trustee and NED of Charities and was appointed a Bencher of the Inner Temple in 2015.

She speaks Nationally and Internationally at Conferences on a variety of topics covering Law, Diversity, Wellbeing and Leadership and is actively engaged in supporting cross professional disciplinary work for health, education and wellbeing.

Contact Details   andy.halliday@dnadefinitive.com

Biography

After 25 years performing diverse roles in International sport and Specialist firearms policing, Andy Halliday talks openly of his experiences on the front line.

From the despair of battling home based terrorism to the joy of a home Olympics, he is able to reflect on a life working with high performing teams.

By his own admission, his learning has been based on experiencing the highs and the lows, setback is as important as success in personal and team development.

As a specialist firearms officer with the Metropolitan Police he took part in nearly 3000 firearms operations during an 18 year period, a succesful team culture was paramount. Counter terrorist policing changed markedly as suicide killers were seen in the capital for the first time. Coping with ambiguity and change were vital as tactics were constantly under review.

He has developed resilience in a world where pressurised decision making in a difficult environment occurs on a regular basis.

He appreciates many of the lessons that policing has taught and now carries the experiences forward in his role as Team Manager with the England and Great Britain Men’s hockey team as they work towards the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.

After 3 Commonwealth Games and 2 Olympics, his growth mindset is still evident and he insists, he still learns something new every day.

Contact Details   stephen.mellalieu@dnadefinitive.com

Biography

Stephen is a Professor in Sport Psychology and the Associate Dean for Research for the Cardiff School of Sport. He is Editor of the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology and co-founder and Network Editor of the World Rugby Science Network. 

Stephen’s primary research interests lie in the area of athlete welfare, including stress, coping and performance, psychological skills training and behaviour change, and the organisational environment of elite sport. He is also interested in mental wellbeing in wider occupational environments and the role that psychological skills and resilience can play in facilitating health and performance.

Stephen is a Chartered Psychologist of the British Psychological Society, a registered Practitioner Psychologist and Partner with the Health and Care Professions Council, and a British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences accredited Sport Scientist. He has 20 years consultancy experience in high performance sport, working most recently within professional rugby union.

Contact Details   carrie.brooks@dnadefinitive.com

Biography

Carrie Brooks is a professional ICF accredited life coach with years of coaching experience. She is also known as an inspirational speaker, author and a regular columnist.

Carrie is known in the industry as the Results Coach. She is passionate about helping people to achieve success and live life to their full potential. Carrie brings to the table a rich life experience, coaching expertise with a knowledge of many varied coaching disciplines, combined with a down to earth, solution based practicality.

Alongside her coaching commitments Carrie offers Work-Life Balance, Stress Buster and Positive Work Culture training and seminars to companies who are offering well being initiatives to their employees.

Carrie believes that we all deserve to have thriving professional and personal lives, all it takes is a decision to commit to making it happen.

Contact Details   kristina.bill@dnadefinitive.com   www.kristinabill.com

Biography

Kristina is a leadership specialist and communications expert. She has developed and run training and coaching for adults for over 20 years across Europe and the US, and is passionate about human transformation.  She has co-authored critically acclaimed personal development book 101 Days to Make a Change and popular parenting and work-life manual Positive Discipline for Today's Busy (& Overwhelmed) Parent.  She has received nominations for several literary awards.  

Kristina holds a Bachelor of Business Studies and is a certified Life Coach.  She also has qualifications and experience in the arts and media (music, television, film and corporate media) creating her own original work as well as producing others'.  Working across such diverse fields gives Kristina unique skills enabling her to create a truly impactful learning experience. 

To support her busy lifestyle Kristina practices holistic wellness and advocates exercise, healthy living and mindfulness meditation.  She divides her time between creative work and organizational training. 

Contact Details   marc.jones@dnadefinitive.com

Biography

Marc is Professor of Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University and a Chartered Psychologist (British Psychological Society) and a registered Sport Psychologist (Health and Care Professions Council). He previously held the position of Professor of Stress and Emotion, and Director of Research at Staffordshire University. During this time he was also Interim Head of School for Psychology, Sport and Exercise.

He has worked as a consultant and researcher in performance settings for over 15 years. His scholarly work is focused on understanding the impact of stress on health, wellbeing and performance, effective leader-follower interactions, and behaviour change in individuals and organisations. The work he has done with colleagues on cardiovascular reactivity under stress has been widely published and generated a great deal of interest, and the protocols, and approach, they developed for the assessment, and training of stress responses and enhancing performance, have been utilised by professional athletes, sports teams, businesses, education and the military.

Marc has helped many individuals, teams and organisations develop their performance environments and he enjoys sharing my work with diverse audiences. He has appeared at a number of public engagement events, such as the British Science Festival and the Cheltenham Science Festival.

Contact Details   jamie.barker@dnadefinitive.com

Biography

Jamie is a Senior Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Psychology at Loughborough University. Jamie is involved in a number of research-projects relating to stress-management and leadership in elite sport and blue-chip business settings. In 2014, he co-authored ‘What Business Can Learn from Sport Psychology’ with Dr Martin Turner.

As a consultant, Jamie has an array of experience working in business and professional sport. For example, Jamie has consulted with Sony Europe, Sony Mobile, the Football Association, the England and Wales Cricket Board, Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, and Great Britain Rowing. Recently, Jamie was the sport psychologist to the Great Britain Cerebral Palsy Football team and worked with the team at the Rio 2016 Paralympics. Jamie has presented at many international and national conferences, along with being invited to talk at the Cheltenham Science Festival.

Jamie is member of:

• Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP)
• British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (Accredited)
• British Psychological Society (Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow, Chartered Scientist, Stage 2 Supervisor and Assessor, Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology Committee Member, Sport and Exercise Psychology Review Editorial Board Member)
• Health and Care Professions Council (Registered Sport and Exercise Psychologist)

Testimonials for 'Tipping the Balance: The Mental Skills Handbook for Athletes'

• “I really enjoyed reading this book. The 2 authors clearly understand the mental attributes that are key to obtaining the best performance from an individual.” Jeff Hodgson
• “This is a really excellent book. Full of sporting quotes and practical tips as well as empirical data - a really good blend between the practical and the academic. We'll definitely be putting it into practice.” Karen
• “Well written with some great tips and hints to improve your personal performances or the people that you coach or teach. Enjoyed reading it.” Michael Flaherty
• “A comprehensive book referring some techniques that use athletes. Easy and practical to follow. It's like a quick guide to use.” Alexandra Papakonstantinou

Contact Details   dafydd.james@dnadefinitive.com   www.dafydd-james.com   dafyddjames13

Biography

Dafydd played professional rugby, enjoying a career spanning 16 years. He won 48 caps for Wales and played in three Tests for the British & Irish Lions during the 2001 series against Australia. His rugby success came as the result of hard work, dedication, ambition and determination.

Since retiring from playing rugby, Dafydd has proven himself as an intuitive media rugby analyst. He is a qualified strength and conditioning coach. He has been recognised with various business accolades and he is a proud Patron of Tenovus Cancer Care.

Contact Details   dan.cooke@dnadefinitive.com   dan-cooke-9874a5182

Biography

Dan is an Operations Director for a UK and International specialist rescue organisation. He is also a high performance coach who has worked with elite international sports and innovative corporate companies.

He was drawn to this work when his leadership and problem solving skills honed in large scale disasters and emergencies were called on for the UK sport elite coaching program.

Dan has simultaneously managed and deployed on operations delivered training and delivered organisational change in challenging situations. He sees purpose as key human factor for thriving under pressure rather than just surviving it.

Dan has led many search and rescue missions around the world and is selflessly committed to his teams performance - always inspiring others to serve something greater than themselves.He is a qualified teacher and has taught in 16 schools 2 universities and trained the military, emergency services and response volunteers on four continents.

Contact Details   miles.hall@dnadefinitive.com   www.dnatrim.com

Biography

Miles is a Trauma Resilience Consultant, working with individuals, teams, and organisations to enhance resilience and protect from potential short/long term physiological and performance impact.

A serving Royal Marines Warrant Officer with 35 years service, now in his final year he is employed as the Recovery Officer within the Naval Recovery Pathway. As he proceeds through his career transition, DNA Definitive are proud to assist Miles with his career step-change.

Miles has had a varied military career specialising in Communications and Information Management and the more extensive Naval Amphibious Fleet. Miles has worked in support of many high pressured deployments delivering strategic level communications and capability briefs to senior command. Miles was employed as a Training Officer and subsequentially appointed as the Signals Specialisation Career Advisor in 2008, which saw him responsible for the management of 600+ personnel, their training, development, and appointment globally. In 2014, Miles was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in the New Years Honours list for “his exceptional support to the servicemen and women of the Royal Marines and their families.”

Miles has gained unique experience and background in resilience centred disciplines focused on the early detection and signposting of acute stress and PTSD prevention. Miles is very conscious of the responsibility for the emotional and physiological support of high-performance teams within hierarchical organisations. Miles held the position of the Senior TRiM Instructor for the Naval Service and Royal Marine Corps between 2010-2016, responsible for the delivery of Operational Stress Management during a recognised period of peak UK military operational commitment. 

As the Senior Instructor during 2013, Miles delivered briefings at UK ministerial level and presentations within the Pentagon. 

To date, Miles has almost 20 years of TRiM experience and continues to remain at the forefront of DNA Definitives development and delivery of bespoke training.

Contact Details   +44 (0) 7973 507708   linda.narbeth@dnadefinitive.com   www.bluerock-ed.co.uk

Biography

Linda’s background includes over 25 years as a business leader in the people development arena in Wales. She has won many awards and successfully initiated and grown three businesses, developing innovative bespoke solutions and approaches to helping people achieve their full potential through a fresh perspective on business development, coaching and mentoring.

Linda is fully qualified in Level 7 ILM Strategy, Mentoring and Coaching. Linda’s passion for entrepreneurship, shows through in her energy and enthusiasm for nurturing successful people and businesses with her entrepreneurial flair. Linda has real integrity and a very honest, caring approach.

Linda’s passion for helping people to reach their full potential impacts on everything she undertakes. For any business to be successful it will need to focus on its people, their strengths, creating sustainable change and developing effective leaders and teams. Linda’s commitment to achieving outstanding results consistently brings her clients back over and over again.

Linda has a real flair for guiding people to understand what motivates them, what they really want to achieve and how to overcome barriers, as well as bringing passion and enthusiasm to everyday situations.

Contact Details   judith.major@dnadefinitive.com

Biography

Judith has a wide range of managerial and operational experience spanning corporate and public services. After leaving Midland Bank plc, she spent 33 years with South Wales Police where she held a senior Management Position in the Police Control Room which dealt with over 1.5 million public calls a year and all radio transmissions. It also employed over 350 staff including Police Officers and Support Staff. Judith held the Diversity lead for the Police Control Room and developed a scheme to support vulnerable people in the communities which has been adopted by other Police Forces and was recognised by Welsh Government and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary. It also won the South Wales Police Diversity Workplace Award.

Judith also developed a scheme working with Army Wales to support Veterans and received letter of recognition for this work from HRH Prince Henry of Wales , Former Defence Secretary Michael Fallon and the late Carl Sargeant AM, Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children.

Judith was part of the working group which embedded the Police Code of Ethics into the South Wales Force, with the aim of facilitating a culture change at all levels.

Judith currently consults for a Mental Health Charity as a Criminal Justice Consultant and is a trained TRIM Practitioner.

Judith is a Trustee and Voluntary Committee Member of The Women In Wales Charity.

Contact Details   +44 (0) 7531 098226   andries-pretorius@dnadefinitive.com   www.1stepnorth.com   @andriesPret   andries-pretorius-96b7854a

Biography

Andries is a former Wales international and Cardiff Blues Rugby captain who has since gone on to work with some of the top coaches and athletes in the world. He has held multiple board and executive level roles however, in business, his collaborative leadership style sees him regularly form part of creative teams eager to problem solve.

Andries holds a Bachelors degree with Honours in Business Management from the University of West England, and in 2016 following the completion of his Masters degree in Business Psychology he conducted research in high performance teams across New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, France and the UK. Upon his return he was head hunted to become the CEO of the Professional Rugby Players Association in Wales where he played a pivotal role in both the re-establishment of the association as well as an expansion project that yielded significant results. For example; in 2016 only 27% of professional rugby players in Wales were actively engaged with personal development activities. By 2019 this had increased to 87%, with the program now being copied not only by other associations but by other sports governing bodies.

Andries has a unique background that allows him to engage with people in a truly inspiring way regardless of the industry. He currently works one-on-one with elite coaches and senior executives in both the public and private sector while also delivering impactful wellbeing and leadership masterclasses.

Contact Details   +44 (0) 1983 243183   +44 (0) 7957 869167   bryan.hurley@dnadefinitive.com

Biography

Bryan is a wellbeing consultant and coach specialising in workforce wellbeing and provides advice and services to businesses and public sector agencies. This has been based on his experience in a wide range of managerial and operational roles, working for the Home Office, local authorities and in various NHS settings.

Bryans background has included working in senior public health roles, with responsibilities including the commissioning of services, the production of community annual public health reports and bid writing for capital funding. He has also acted as the Health and Wellbeing Board Manager, overseeing and contributing to the implementation of health and wellbeing board strategies.

Bryan has a wide range of experience within the health and substance misuse field, working both as a practitioner and senior manager within community and criminal justice settings. With over 30 years’ experience providing and developing healthcare and wellbeing services, Bryan has developed a passion for effective behaviour change and the delivery of evidenced based interventions at an individual, group and community level.

Bryan provides individual and group coaching to persons with wellbeing issues, advice to community leaders on local health related matters and delivers a number of stress management techniques to local community services.

Contact Details   jaswant.sambhi@dnadefinitive.com

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Jaswant Singh Sambhi is a Senior Manager within Digital and End to End Transformation Lloyds Banking Group UK. His role is to install system thinking principles and application within service transformation and innovation initiatives, ensuring disruption in the interests of true change to benefit customers and colleagues. He is responsible for working with leadership colleagues to provide expert guidance to fundamentally change the way they view their business, challenging them to consider the customer’s experience in everything they do and redesign customer services applying knowledge of what matters to the customer

Jaswant is an experienced learning manager having had responsibility for learning development, delivery and the orientation of Group leadership stakeholders and their teams. He has progressed initiatives to instigate, challenge and provoke far reaching attitudinal change towards customer service management practices and the thinking behind their design. Key achievements are coaching that has instigated the mobilisation of executive leaders to envision Systems Thinking and leading innovative learning design with skills coaching in Sigma Yellow and Green Belt, Lean, Operations Excellence, Operations Management and the effective Sponsoring of business improvement across major divisions during the biggest integration of two banks in UK banking history

Jaswant has over twenty-five years of experience and has worked in a range of immensely rewarding roles within business process improvement, project management, off shoring, operations strategy and organisational research and executive support. He has completed a Lloyds Bank sponsored MBA at Warwick University UK, became a member of The CIPD (The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, UK) and has taken advantage of ‘MOOC’ programmes (Massive Open Online Courses) at Berkeley University of California taking ‘The Science of Happiness’. With an excellent record in delivering training, learning development and coaching he has worked in Dubai, Tokyo, Mumbai and Bangalore. He is considered a national Mentor by ‘SFEDI’ (the UK Governments ‘Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative’ body). Jaswant was awarded West Midlands ‘Mentor of the Year’ in 2015 and recognised as ‘High Achiever’ by a community body of the UK Sikh Council in May 2016. Jaswant is currently a doctoral student at The University of Buckingham UK.

Contact Details   +44 (0) 7793 495450   sophia.radford@dnadefinitive.com   www.radfordwilson.co.uk   sophia-radford-3a510b142

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Sophia Radford is a freelance consultant and executive coach with over 20 years experience as an employment lawyer, CIPD and University lecturer and freelance consultant.

Sophia gained a bachelors degree in Law and Anthropology from the London School of Economics, and attended the London College of Law before qualifying as a solicitor in 1999. Whilst living in the UK, the US and the Middle East, she has worked in a number of legal and commercial environments including Linklaters, Slee Blackwell and Petroc. Sophia has set up and run an employment department, been in house counsel and latterly operated as a freelance HR, Data Protection and Employment Law Consultant.

She attends and provides seminars in best HR practice, employment law and data protection. She is a strong believer in delivering information in a clear and concise manner to spread equality and best practice in all working areas. Her work in development of best working practices led her into coaching and mentoring.

Sophia has worked in small specialist teams and larger organisations, both in the UK and internationally and has a wealth of experience from which to draw.

Sophia became an employment lawyer as she believes in human rights and valuing individuals in the workplace. This belief leads her to start any coaching or mentoring partnership with a focus on the individual, to truly understand their personality, goals and challenges. Through a mix of understanding, empathy, challenge, support and encouragement, she helps individuals to get the very best out of themselves

Conscious of the need to adapt to changing working environments and practices, she is adept at helping people develop and apply their capabilities effectively, in the context in which they find themselves. With a blend of commercial, legal and higher education experience Sophia has first-hand experience to help leaders to be effective and resilient through periods of challenge and extreme, or sustained pressure.

Outside of work Sophia can be found trying to maintain her running regime, listening to music and reading. Of late she has been trying to control and train her new dog.

Contact Details   +44 (0) 7733121967   martin.murphy@dnadefinitive.com   www.eliteleadership.global   @EliteLdrCoach   eliteleadershipglobal

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Martin Murphy is an author, speaker, and advisor on the subjects of leadership, elite teams, confidence, resilience and peak performance.

He has enjoyed a varied career which began with him joining the army because he needed somewhere to sleep. Martin engineered it so that he could serve in the Far East so he could pursue his passion for eastern martial arts. It led to many opportunities for adventure including exploring the Himalayas, training in New Zealand and Fiji plus learning how to thrive in the jungles of Brunei where he trained with the Special Air Service. This experience convinced him to later become a member of the elite UK Special Forces.

Martin then went on to become an international trouble shooter in the airline industry. This role gave him plenty of experience of designing, developing and leading high-performing teams worldwide whose aim was to effectively combat terrorism and narcotics smuggling.

Alongside this, Martin satisfied his insatiable curiosity of the human experience by engaging in learning from an eclectic mix of subjects. His journey began with gaining a BSc in Environmental Studies and continued with a variety of Diplomas including; Sports Psychology, Stress Management, Meditation instructor, Executive Coaching, Hypnotherapy plus he’s also an NLP Master Practitioner and Firewalking Instructor.

His diverse career has seen him train members of the police, foreign intelligence officers and security teams who work in volatile and high-pressure environments. These days he focusses his skills on helping entrepreneurs, business owners and managers evolve into effective leaders and groups of workers into elite teams. It was this endeavour that led to the development of his E.L.I.T.E Team programme and the Mission Power™ Model which help’s leaders and teams gain cohesion, clarity and confidence.

Martin has packaged all this valuable and easily transferable knowledge into a recently published book; ‘From Mercenaries to Missionaries – Designing, Developing and Leading High Performing Teams in your Growing Business’. which has regularly attracted 5-star reviews on Amazon. The Association of Executive Coaches praised Martin’s book:

From Mercenaries to Missionaries is bursting with digestible content, boasts a wealth of top tips and is packed with wise observations and guidance for ways of improving an individual’s leadership style and people management prowess. If you are interested in leadership, looking to grow your business or want to develop the team around you, this should be top of your reading list.

In 2019 after a few years training Intelligence officers in the Middle East, Martin established the Elite Leadership Global Academy. A online - platform for making great leadership and effective teamwork easy to learn and contagious around the world.

Contact Details   ryan.jones@dnadefinitive.com

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Ryan was awarded the MBE in 2021, for services to rugby union and charitable fundraising in Wales. As a Wales international rugby player, Ryan ones won three Grand Slams and four Six Nations titles in an international career that included 75 internationals, captaining his country on 33 occasions. He also played three Tests for the British and Irish Lions on the 2005 tour of New Zealand. Ryan also captained the Ospreys between 2007 and 2010, winning four Pro12 league titles and appearing 150 times for his region. After retiring from rugby in 2015, Ryan joined the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) executive board, moving from being director of community rugby to a performance role which he left in October 2020.

Ryan helped set up a charity foundation with David Jones, originally called Princes Gate Trust before being renamed Dare To Dream, that has helped raise £1m which primarily helped underprivileged children; gave the military them a donation of more than £50,000 from his testimonial year; and more recently, raised £100,000 for the National Health Service with a series of challenges, that included completing a marathon in his Swansea garden in April 2020

Ryan is a performance and leadership coach with DNA Definitive and has developed a version of our acclaimed BASICS of Resilience course for teenagers, which he delivers to schools.

Contact Details   raymond.chike@dnadefinitive.com

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Raymond is a performance and leadership coach with DNA Definitive. He is an experienced Agile Coach with a proven track record of leading the following interventions: Agility in Programmes & specialist functions; Agile Centre of Excellence; and Scaling Agility. Ray provides natural ability to connect colleagues & teams, driving efficiency & removing blockers to constantly improve flow of work.

Raymond has worked with clients including LLoyds Banking Group, Bank of New York Mellon, Home Retail Group (Now Sainsbury), EDF Energy, EDF Nuclear, Royal Bank of Scotland, Nationwide Building Society, Oxfam, Capgemini, SSE Digital and many more.

Contact Details   alex.papwoth@dnadefinitive.com

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Alex is a performance and leadership coach with DNADefinitive. He brings experience from a 25+ year working in a mix of startups, as a change agent in large corporates and also pursuing his own business ventures.

Alex uses his breadth of experience and understanding of how to help individuals tap into their innate strengths and evolve their awareness whilst keeping a focus on the business essentials. His experience and understanding of how to discover customer's needs and help others work together where everyone is given the space and opportunity to thrive informs his work.

He is trained as a coach with continuing education on how to reflect on yourself, your business and the challenges you face using nature as a guide and inspiration. This gives him some powerful tools to help clients tap into their own intuition for transformative results.

Contact Details   +44 (0) 7866 313394   elin.prydderch@dnadefinitive.com   www.bodiareflexology.co.uk   @bodiareflexology

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Elin owns a Clinical Reflexology and Nutritional Consultancy practice in Cardiff. She also owns an online Health and Wellness business which promotes gut health, and is currently working towards her ICF certification in coaching.

She has a BA in Film and Television from Aberystwyth University and has regularly contributed to S4C live shows , and Radio Cymru discussing health and wellness She also has done many live interviews on social media to an audience of over 5k.

Her Nutrition coaching concentrates on not only changing ones outlook on Nutritional health but also looking at mindset and emotions when it comes to making food choices and long term changes to health. Supporting her clients to take full responsibility over their own health through Nutrition with a holistic approach.

Elin loves exercise and weight lifting at her local gym, and also in the last year taken up cycling. She is a keen reader and her interest is in self growth, and meditation.

Contact Details   www.eleanorbeer.com   @eleanorbeer

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Eleanor is an International Graphic Facilitator based in South Wales UK, who specialises in delivering visual solutions and training services to a range of local, national and international clients. Her core aim is to simplify communications through visuals storytelling, helping organisations to become more efficient and creative thinkers and collaborators.

In the last 15 years, Eleanor has supported global brands across three continents, from the likes of Williams F1, Siemens and The World Health Organisation, through to small grass roots charities and groups, all making a difference.

As a visual communications specialist, Eleanor combines her drawing and active listening skills - along with her facilitation experience- to graphically record key messages at events and conferences; and working with her team of associates, she also helps companies to communicate their strategies and journeys using digitally rich ‘big pictures’.

A fluent Welsh speaker, Eleanor provides all of her services in English and Welsh, and also enjoys training individuals and organisations on how to think and work more visually via her interactive, person- centred workshops.