Trainer Experience and Qualifications

As a training provider we can benefit your organisation because of the quality and breadth of experience of our training team. We work from conveniently located bases in Brighton, Sussex, Birmingham and London UK and from The Netherlands.

Mark Walsh - Founder and Lead Trainer (Brighton)

Mark Walsh has dedicated his life to studying embodied training.

His experience and qualifications include:

• Bsc (Hons) Psychology (Leeds University)
• Extensive training and facilitation experience with large and small organisations in the UK and abroad, e.g. Virgin Atlantic (Sussex), Harrow Primary Care Trust (NHS London), The Institute of Development Studies (University of Sussex, Brighton) and Liberty Global (international telecoms blue-chip).
• Three years organising projects, training and conferences for the international organisation Aiki Extensions Inc. This included leadership training, stress management and conflict resolution work in the Middle East alongside the UN, in the slums of Brazil and with an HIV awareness charity in East Africa
• 15 years of aikido training and teaching on five continents and an internationally recognised black belt
• Residential training in Somatics (the study of the conscious body) and Embodied Leadership at Strozzi Institute, California, with Wendy Palmer and with Being In Movement founder Paul Linden in Ohio, USA
• Experience of training in numerous other physical systems such as yoga, tai chi, Feldenkrais, flamenco, Uzazu, tango, contact improvisation, jiu-jitsu, MMA and Five Rhythms
• Training in integral theory (Ken Wilber et al)
• Four years in the outdoor education industry, training climbing, abseiling, team building, orienteering, fencing, archery, snowboarding, trampolining and leadership
• Five years Non-Violent Communication training, including residential training and study with NVC founder Marshall Rosenberg, and pioneering work with "Embodied NVC" in areas of conflict
• Training in the linguistic coaching system of Fernando Flores
• Coach training with several organisations - most recently graduating from Newfield Network's "Theory and Practice of Ontological Coaching"
• Numerous training courses on meditation and mindfulness
• First aid training courses, most recently with the British Red Cross
• Associate Member of The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
• Writes Google #2 ranked management training blog, hosts #1 training Youtube Channel and is one of the most "followed" trainers on Twitter worldwide (26,000+ followers)
• Based in Brighton, East Sussex, UK

Graham Allcott - Time Management Trainer (Brighton/London)

• Founder of Think Productive - specialists in personal productivity and time management
• Recent clients include British Airways, the Cabinet Office, Barclays & University College London
• Social entrepreneur - founder of Fruitful Consulting (consultancy and training to the charity sector at rates they can afford), co-founder of Intervol (charity sending students on overseas summer volunteering projects)
• Adviser to the previous and current Governments on youth policy
• Former Chief Executive of Student Volunteering England
• Trustee of the charities Centrepoint, READ International and Choir With No Name
• Fellow of the RSA, Musician, Aston Villa season ticket holder
• Based in Brighton, East Sussex

Dawn Bentley - Leadership Consultant (London)

• Founder of Aurora Consulting
• Recent clients include Eurostar, Argos, Metropolitan Police, DTZ, Zurich Insurance, Carbon Trust, GB Airways
• A breadth of management training and commercial experience spanning public and private sectors, including extensive work managing change and in leadership coaching
• Over 10 years experience of facilitating a Leadership in Management programme
• Accredited coach with Strathclyde University
• MBA from Sussex University
• Qualified to use a variety of psychometric tools
• Master NLP practitioner and Somatic Coach (Strozzi Institute)
• Member and accredited coach with the International Coaching Federation
• Based in London and Buckinghamshire, UK

Anouk Brack - Human Potential Developer (International Associate, The Netherlands)

• MSc in Biology (Wageningen University), specialised in neurobiology
• 10+ years professional skills (presentation, negotiation, team communication) trainer at Wageningen University. Currently teaching the courses: Integral Leadership for Sustainability, Intuitive Intelligence and Consultancy Skills. Multiple times nominee Teacher of the Year award.
• 5+ years freelance communication skills trainer and authenticity with effectiveness coach. Worked for Intuition Company, Dutch Authority for Financial Markets, Erasmus University Hospital, Deltion College, Heineken, Berenschot, School of Synnervation, Dutch Governmental Agency Agentschap NL
• 3+ years founder and co-director of Experience Integral - Cultivating Leadership for Sustainability with courses, community and consultancy
• Accredited Leadership Embodiment and Conscious Embodiment teacher (Wendy Palmer Teacher Training - Embodiment International)
• Accredited coach (Foundation level by European Mentoring and Coaching Council - EMCC)
• Leadership Embodiment and Intuitive Intelligence expert
• Founder of WIPE! - Working with Integral Professional Effectiveness using intuitive intelligence, conscious embodiment and life-hacking tools
• Experience: improvisation theater, energy reading, Aikido, Argentine Tango, Mindfulness, theory and application of integral approach (Ken Wilber, Barrett Brown, Peter Merry), facilitation & Art of Hosting
• Based in Arnhem, the Netherlands. Travels Northern Europe and the UK teaching Leadership Embodiment and Integral Leadership for Sustainability.

Rev Francis Briers - Team Building & Management Trainer (Brighton)

• Founder of Fudoshin Development
• Over 12 years- experience facilitating groups, coaching individuals and designing and running trainings
• Has worked with groups across private, public, and third sector and with participants from every continent
• Recent clients include: Hewlett Packard, HSBC, LexisNexis, and The Global Leaders Academy
• Founder of -Somatic Presence- system of training in embodied awareness
• First and only person in the UK Certified Samurai Game Facilitator
• BA (Hons) in Acting from one of the UK-s top drama schools
• Training and Ordination as an Interfaith Minister and Spiritual counsellor with the Interfaith Seminary UK
• 3rd Dan Black Belt in Kodo Ryu Karate and over 16 years training and teaching in various martial arts including Karate, Tai Chi, Capoeira, Iaido, and Medieval weaponry
• Foundation Certificate in Appreciative Inquiry
• 12 Years training in 5 Rhythms movement practice.
• Extensive training in various meditative techniques and therapeutic methods from around the world including certified Hawaiian Temple style massage practitioner
• Based in Brighton, East Sussex, UK

Andrew Cain - Stress Management Trainer (Brighton)

• Founder and director of Bright Ideas Training Ltd. teaching health psychology and stress management to doctors, dentists and other professionals working in busy environments
• First-hand experience of the joys and challenges of setting up and running a small business
• Ten years experience helping people feel better and improve their lives with cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy
• Twelve years experience designing and delivering training people from businessmen to NHS GPs and dentists
• Worked as teacher in Japan and as a translator in World Bank, Minsk
• Degree in Russian and French (MA Cantab.)
• Based in Brighton, UK
• Skilful communicator of simple, memorable ways to make change that sticks

Dr Martin Egan - Management & Leadership Trainer (London)

• Leadership development specialist
• Author of Coaching for Integral Leadership in Leadership Coaching (Kogan Page 2010)
• Trained in numerous assessment tools such as Myers-Briggs, LSI, Hogan and 360 feedback
• Accredited Psychotherapist (MBACP Accred)
• Past clients include: SEB Bank, AXA, BestInvest, Wyeth, McKinsey, Alchemy Leadership Ltd, Sector Group/Capita, Oxford Leadership Academy, Gnosis, Borough of Merton, Surrey County Council, MotivAction, Nations Healthcare, Addelshaw Goddard
• Previously Principal Consultant with Axialent and now Axialent Faculty Network Member
• PhD in Analytical Sciences
• MA in Analytical Psychology

Jonathan Forrest - Leadership Consultant and Executive Coach (Brighton)

• Past Executive Director at Goldman Sachs and created their ground-breaking, in-house leadership development programme
• Works with clients across the globe on leadership development programmes, 1-1 coaching and conference speaking and facilitation
• Clients worked with include Invesco Perpetual, Deutsche Bank, Endress and Hauser, NHS, Royal Mail, Morgan Stanley
• Has worked on many large leadership programmes, both design and delivery, at different levels in the organisation up to and including board level
• Is also a qualified Executive Coach (AoEC) and enjoys being able to move from working with groups to the more intimate 1-1 approach
• At one time, trained as an opera singer, but decided against a career in singing but has many years of stage and voice experience that he uses when working with clients on executive presence, public speaking and presentation skills

Dr Adrian Harris, PhD - Stress Management and Leadership Trainer (London)

• Experienced researcher and workshop facilitator
• Ecopsychologist: Working with the natural environment to catalyse change
• Leading embodied cognition researcher: Published in ten books and journals; presentations at numerous international conferences
• Editor of Embodiment Resources
• NLP trained to Practitioner level
• Certified Core Energy Management Trainer
• Personal development training includes Being in Movement (Paul Linden), conflict resolution, emotional intelligence and wilderness awareness

Chris Hoyle - Stress Management and Mindfulness Training (Sussex)

• Trainer, coach and facilitator specialising in mindfulness approaches to all aspects of personal development
• B.Sc. (Hons) (Sussex)
• Practising and Teaching Buddhist mindfulness meditation for over 30 years.
• Extensive trainings and influences from: Coactive Coaching (with CTI), Non-Violent Communication (CNVC), N.L.P., Enneagrams (with Excellence for All), Rogerian Counseling (with BACP), Moderator Training
• Clients included: Guardian Assurance, Scottish Enterprise, Manchester City Council, Astra Zeneca, North West Community Services, NHS Surrey, Whiteline Ltd.

Joolz Lewis - Leadership and Change Management Trainer (London/Berkshire)

• Independent Consultant, Coach & Mentor -"The Corporate Hippy", a powerful combination of corporate head and a hippy heart
• Fifteen years of combining business consulting expertise with yoga philosophy, and a passionate belief that people are what make the difference in business.
• Delivers high-performance programmes in small, medium and large-sized organisations
• Ability to bridge strategic thinking and operational execution with emotional intelligence..
• Manages change and transformation programmes, culture creation, executive coaching and performance management programmes.
• Extensive cross-functional business experience across multiple sectors, together with high spiritual and emotional intelligence delivers results, while having fun along the way.
• Based in Reading, Berkshire, UK

Andy Mason - Communication & Conflict Resolution Trainer / Mediator (Brighton)

• Masters Degree in Peace and Conflict Studies (University of Sydney)
• Internationally accredited mediator (Regents College School of Psychotherapy and Counselling - London)
• Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
• Co-founder of coaching and training organisation Mason-LaPorte Conflict Transformation
• Intensive training in Nonviolent Communication in the USA with NVC Founder Marshall Rosenberg.
• Ten years in community, mental health and acute parts of the UK National Health Service as a trainer, coach and management consultant
• Three years with The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) as an organisational development specialist
• More than three years as an independent training and development consultant. Corporate training clients included Lambeth Mencap, Equant, Infocorp Ltd, R Griggs Group Ltd, Computer 2000, Kingsway College
• Extensive experience of relationship and peacebuilding outside the UK particularly in Sri Lanka among tsunami-affected communities and non-profit organisations.
• Based in Brighton, East Sussex, UK

Clare Myatt - Management Coach & Leadership Trainer (Birmingham)

• Founder and principal of Coaching International
• Degree in law
• Extensive experience in Human Resources, coaching and leadership training with a number of nationally and internationally known corporate groups
• Master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and licensed marriage and family therapist (US qualified currently practicing in Birmingham)
• Certified Master Somatic Coach and Associate - Strozzi Institute
• Richard Strozzi-Heckler, Ph.D.'s 2003 book "Being Human at Work" includes her chapter "The Power of Somatics in Sobriety"
• Author -"Unwinding the Trauma / Addiction Bind: Engaging the body, mind and spirit in healing trauma and addiction"
• Based in Birmingham, West Midlands, UK

Harry Puckering - Management Trainer and Coach (Brighton)

• Skilled in analysis and presentation, in writing or in person, of complex information
• Programmes cover leadership, teamworking, recruitment and selection, mentoring and coaching, assertiveness, motivation, training and development, communication and influencing skills, appraisals and performance management, time management, meetings, business writing and presentations
• 11 years training experience on top of 13 years management experience in international B2B publishing
• Considerable experience of training in the Middle East (Dubai,Oman and Bahrain). He has also worked in Bulgaria, the USA, Singapore, Sweden and France as well as across the UK.
• Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) with a Certificate in Training Practise
• Certified with the BPS as Competent in Occupational Testing to Level A and B (16PF5 and MBTI).
• Registered with Saville Consulting to buy and use Wave, OPP to buy and use the 16PF5 and MBTI, Hogrefe to buy and use the Leadership Judgement Indicator and Implicitly, and with ASE to buy and use ability measures and other personality questionnaires
• Other passions include improv, playing in a Greek and building guitars
• Based in Brighton, East Sussex

Simon Roskrow - Teambuilding, Leadership & Communication Trainer (Yorkshire)

• Founder of Training Reality - specialists practical, business-focused experiential training
• Over 10 years big business experience, ranging from Mergers & Acquisitions in the City through to FMCG account management, manufacturing and finance
• Close to 10 years experience in training, facilitation and consultancy, primarily with blue chip organisations and rapidly growing new businesses
• Qualified in Myers Briggs and NLP
• Firm believer in the need for deep level behavioural change to make training results sustainable
• Private sector clients include Procter & Gamble, Nestle, Wal*Mart, R&R Ice Cream, The Co-Operative
• Public sector clients include Greater Manchester Probation Trust, Leeds Metropolitan University, the NAAFI, North Yorkshire Police
• School governor, father of three, lover of the great outdoors
• Based in North Yorkshire but works nationally/internationally

Chris Tero - Team Building and Arts Trainer (Brighton)

• BA (hons) in Related Arts (Chichester University)
• Working in corporate sector since 1997
• Associate facilitator at Henley Business School 1997- date
• Post Grad from the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance
• Professional musician since 1990
• Studied traditional dance and music in Senegal (1992)
• Member of West African dance company (95-98)
• Leads drumming and team building workshops
• Currently involved in CSR/Community Engagement projects
• Based in Brighton, East Sussex, UK

Lars van Tuin (The Netherlands)

• Career as executive and personal coach since 2002, working with leaders of private and public organisations in Europe, North America and Asia on team alignment, increasing organisational effectiveness and personal development, both one on one and on team level.
• Focus is on supporting leaders in organisations to connect business success with personal change, to create strong leadership in an environment of trust, meaning and corporate responsibility that supports lasting change.
• Corporate career in sales management, business development and mergers and acquisitions.
• Integral coaching approach built on the foundations of extensive corporate background, strong philosophical grounding and the ontological coaching method integrating language, body and emotion.
• Focus on increasing awareness and creating a context for individuals and teams to recognise, explore and play with new possibilities for meaningful action.
• Credentials used are: PCC, professional certified coach with ICF, Newfield Network Certified Ontological coach, Insights Discovery Licensed Practitioner 2005.
• Business Schools attended are IMD, Lausanne, 2000-2001 and Ashridge college, Strategy and Finance, 1999
• Cum laude in Political Sciences, 1992, University of Amsterdam. Thesis on political philosophy
• Student of Sogyal Ripoche with Rigpa school for Tibetan Buddhism
• Married to Laura and father of Sophie.
• Lives in Warns, a small village in Fryslan, The Netherlands
• Current doing PhD research on the impact of physical health and psychological well-being on sustainable performance.

Curtis Watkins (New York)

• Professional qualifications include Certified Master Somatic Coach by the Strozzi Institute
• And Master Certified Coach (MCC) International Coach Federation
• Twenty-Five years of experience in the field of adult education.
• Experience of working with Mid-Size to Fortune 500 companies on vision, mission, strategic planning, team building, sales, marketing, goal setting, effective meetings, communication, coaching and long term behavioral change.
• Designed executive coaching programs for top-level executives
• BA History Emory University

Steve Stark & Curtis James - Time Management Trainers (Sussex)

• Directors of People Who Do - Time Management Specialists
• They work with the health sector (Department of Health, Home Care Homes); media (Virgin Media, Discovery Channel, Heineken, Orange, BBC, BMG, TNT); crafts people (Julian Stephens, Nordik Light); digital agencies (Home Made Digital, Clearleft, Nixon McInnes, Crunch); Legal and finance (One Crown Office Row, Herbert Scott); local authorities (Brighton and Hove Council)
• 25 combined years director level experience in creative SME's and not for profits (digital and terrestrial radio, audio production, festivals, online classifieds, events, home wares)
• 5 years consulting on business strategy
• 6 years designing and leading workshops on productivity, planning and creativity
• Specialise in helping creative people do the things they really want to do with a practical common sense approach
• Runner, father, Likemind host, Samaritan, book binder, purveyor of collections (Curtis)
• Bee keeper, small holder, father (Steve)
• Based in Brighton, East Sussex

Louise Robinson - Chief Administrator and PA to Mark Walsh

• Provides administrative and PA support
• Over 25 years' experience in senior PA, administrative, HR and training functions
• Interests are focused around HR and training
• In her earlier career Louise undertook her professional IPM examinations and worked within both multi-nationals and smaller organisation
• Other interests include meditation and holistic healing

If you are interested in joining our team you will find more details on our

Career Opportunities page

Ray Taylor (Bristol)

• Extensive training and coaching experience with government projects and organisations in the UK and abroad,  eg European Union (DG23 economic development), UK Foreign Office (Know How Fund), UNICEF, WWF

• Training coordinator with L&R, Europes largest management training company in travel and leisure

• Experience in West Africa, Asia, Madagascar and Europe

• Mediator (high speed conflict resolution)

• Large group decision facilitator & trainer (dynamic self-governance, sociocracy, PLA)

• Thirteen years Nonviolent Communication training, including residential training and study with NVC founder Marshall Rosenberg, and pioneering work with SMS text and Facebook

• Experienced interpreter, coach- via-Skype, health adviser 

• qualified teacher of English as a foreign langauge - very easy to understand for non-natives

• created largest empathic communication group on Facebook

• speaks English, Slovak, French

• Based in Bristol, UK