Portland InternationalChief Executive and Lead Executive Coach
Jan. 1991 - Jan. 2017Cheshire, UKI was an executive director for this recruitment and outplacement consulting business from 1990 and I bought it out from larger plc and proceeded to run it myself from 1991 broadening the services to change management, training and development and from 1997 executive coaching growing to 7 figure turnover and 5 regional offices with 18 consultants. My main focus was on executive coaching and leadership skills in the retail and financial services sectors. And I worked up to main board plc level in many household name companies such as Asda, M&S, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Matalan, Iceland, TKMaxx, Staples, WH Smith, Skipton Group, RBS, Barclays, NM Rothschild, Addleshaws, GECapital, Christian Salveson,