Meet The Team

 

David Scarfe

Qualifications: Dip Adult Psychology; CIM Dip Strategic Marketing; HND Business Studies & Marketing; FISMM; ACIPD

Specialities: strategic consultancy; sales and management assessment; sales and management training; executive coaching; sales conference facilitation

David has designed and delivered sales and leadership assessment centres and sales and management training programmes across the world. In addition he delivers executive coaching workshops for sales directors and strategic consultancy across the full spectrum of a company’s sales function. David has worked with the likes of DHL, RBS, Centrica, Zurich Insurance, Shell and Proctor & Gamble.

Julie Page

Qualifications: BSc Psychology

Specialities: Psychometric testing; HR consultancy; behavioural coaching

Julie specialises in both psychometric testing (mental agility, behavioural style, motivational analysis) and in Human Resources consultancy. Julie has worked on assessment centre projects with a range of private and public sector clients.

Bhavik Patel

Qualifications: MSc Occupational Psychology; BSC Psychology

Specialities: psychometric testing; behavioural assessment

Bhavik is responsible for the design, development and testing of sales specific psychometric profiles and motivational / aptitude evaluation exercises for sales and sales management personnel. Bhavik is also responsible for research and testing of tools and materials for the centres, along with assessment centre administration and marketing.

Lisa Wetherall

Qualifications: PGCE; BSc Psychology

Specialities: programme administration; content management; quality control

Lisa works with the training and assessment team to ensure that all programme content is of the highest quality and that programmes are delivered as per client specification. Lisa is a qualified teacher and part qualified educational psychologist.

David Church

Qualifications: MIRB (REC)

Specialities: Executive Search & Selection; recruitment process consultancy; executive coaching; executive outplacement;;

David has almost 20years experience in high level search & selection and execuitve outplacemnet. David can also provide strategic consultancy on the development and improvement of a company’s recruitment, talent management processes, redundancy policy and outplacement procedure.

Robert Smith

Qualifications: MIRB (REC)

Specialities: Interim Management; Financial Services sales; Director-level recruitment

Robert is a highly experienced Interim Management consultant with particular knowledge of director-level short term placements. Robert also has extensive experience in recruiting for the financial sector.

Michael Bryan

Qualifications: MIRB (REC)

Specialities: Technical sales recruitment; media sales; recruitment process consultancy

Michael has extensive sales and sales management experience in sectors such as financial services and media. Michael is also a technical sales specialist recruiter with a wide network of contacts in the engineering sector.

Simon Cooper

Qualifications: BCom; FISMM

Specialities: sales and sales management training; strategic consultancy; sales conference facilitation

Simon specialises in sales, key accounts, sales management, negotiation and relationship management training. His work and industry experience includes sales, key accounts and sales management in the motor industry and vehicle financial sector. Simon has extensive sales management experience in both the UK and South Africa.

Philip Foster

Qualifications: BA (Econ), MA, MBA

Specialities: Strategic consultancy; sales and sales management training

Philip specialises in strategic and global account management, training senior account and sales managers and is a licensed user of both the Myers Briggs Type Indicator and the PinPoint facilitation technique. His extensive global experience includes many business sectors including telecoms, logistics, computer components, tanker shipping and aerospace. Philip has worked with a wide range of blue chip organisations in a strategic role.

Judy Brown

Qualifications: BEd; BA

Specialities: management training; leadership training

Judy specialises in all areas of management development, leadership and interpersonal Skills. She also runs sales courses and has delivered programmes to many multinational groups. Judy has an innovative and creative approach to training, making it fun as well as developmental. Judy has worked internationally for clients such as DuPont.

Martin Dodds

Qualifications: ACIB

Specialities: sales management training; leadership training

Martin specialises in sales management and management training as well as presentation skills and negotiation. As a qualified banker he was previously responsible for selling financial services. Martin works closely with a number of multinational companies both in the UK and internationally. Martin has worked with clients such as RBS.

Neil Parry

Qualifications: Degree Mechanical Engineering; Diploma Marketing; FISMM; Member of the ISMM Qualifications Team for accreditations

Specialities: Leadership & motivation skills; presentation and public speaking; relationships & behaviour; coaching & mentoring

Neil has been designing and delivering training and development interventions in sales, leadership, middle and supervisory management for over 25 years around the world. Prior to that Neil had an extensive career in sales and management in international industrial and manufacturing organisations. Neil’s reputation is that of a distinguished facilitator of learning, he has a pace of delivery that is appreciated and valued by all his delegates, and he is an expert in his field. Neil has worked with companies such as Accenture Consultants, Akzo Nobel (International Paints) Shell TDG Logistics Qiagen Life Sciences.

Audrey Bryce

Specialities: telesales and customer service training

Audrey is a specialist trainer in telephone techniques and customer service. With over 20 years experience in training, she has extensive experience in a variety of sectors and she started out in media. During this time Audrey has worked closely with blue chip companies and SMEs and throughout she has focused on educating students on the importance of professional training and the positive impact it can have on their future career. Audrey has worked with a broad cross-section of clients from across industry.

Jane Owles

Qualifications: Degree Business Coaching; NLP Practitioner

Specialities: Telesales; customer service; communication and team management; culture change; internal sales assessment and consultancy

Jane has designed and delivered many telesales, customer service and management development interventions across the world, and has recently concluded a number of private and public sector culture change projects. Jane loves working with people and has a reputation for inspiring her delegates to deliver through developing their own style. The companies Jane has worked with include Virgin Media, BUPA International, Lloyds TSB, Barclays, Invitrogen.

Paul Hayden

Qualifications: DipPFS, FISMM

Specialities: sales training; financial services sales training

Paul specialises in sales training and management development and has vast experience in the finance sector. He has over 13 years training experience and is the author of The Learners Pocketbook and The Personal Success Pocketbook. Paul has worked with clients such as RBS.

Ray Hunt

Qualifications: FISMM

Specialities: sales training; FMCG sales training

Ray specialises in sales and influencing skills and has extensive experience in FMCG, food industry and business to business sales. He has 15 years training experience and has delivered training programmes in 20 different European countries. Ray has experience working with a broad range of commercial clients.

Steve Gough

Qualifications: MBA

Specialities: sales and sales management training; distributor sales training; executive coaching

Steve specialises in sales management and key account/solution selling; he has a mechanical engineering background and, following a successful selling career, held sales directorships in two major distribution organisations before moving into training. Steve has trained around the world and has extensive experience of general management and account development. Steve has designed and delivered courses for many FTSE 250 companies.

Anushka Stach

Qualifications: BEd, NLP (Master Practitioner)

Specialities: communication skills; team motivation; customer service

Anushka specialises in training which focuses on personal and interpersonal communication skills. She brings her highly motivational energy and enthusiasm to a range of areas from sales and customer service to management and train the trainer programmes. Her flexible approach and breadth of experience means she is happy working in any sector. Anushka has worked extensively with clients across the UK and internationally.

Jacky Ling

Specialities: Business development; internal sales management; telesales skills; key account development; client management; project co-ordination

Prior to joining the Boardroom as Business Development Director, Jacky was Business Development Manager with both, training accreditation provider, EDI and before that, training course provider, Tack International. Previously Jacky spent almost 5 years as the Sales Manager of Tack’s internal sales team. Jacky manages both new business aquisition and client account management, for The Boardroom.

Dee Jones

Qualifications: ACIPD; AITOL; EAIIB

Specialities: Management development; setting goals and standards; team building; performance management & appraisal

Dee has eighteen years’ experience of designing, writing and actively training a wide range of both soft and functional skills around the world. Dee is a creative, energetic trainer, with a reputation for making training events practical, easy to understand and fun to attend. Dee has worked with companies such as Shropshire Chamber of Commerce, Aston Manor School, Birmingham Museums and Art Galleries, Wrekin Housing, ADAS, House of Griffins, Simba, Walkers Snacks Ltd.

Dee also recently achieved the coveted Cambridge University qualification ‘Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults’.

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