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Business
Experience
My first career was
as a stockbroker where I gained both institutional and retail
experience in both equities and fixed interest stocks. My time there
covered the gilt bull run of 1982 and the 1987 crash. I was
fortunate to spend time on the floor of the Stock Exchange both as a
broker and as a jobber (market maker) as well as to become a Member
of the Stock Exchange in 1986. My last position in 1990, as a junior
director, was managing £50m. Companies that I worked with include
Panmure Gordon, E.B. Savory Milln and Cobbold Roach. I have kept my
stockbroking interest and I am still a Fellow of the Securities
Institute.
Subsequent to my
stockbroking career I set up ICI Hungary, turned around a packaging
business and gained an MBA at Ashridge Management College. My
entrepreneurial streak has also included importing pictures from
Canada and financed oil exploration, not to mention a host of other
potential ventures. These various experiences have given me a
thorough understanding of running both businesses and people in
various cultures and from an emotional as well as intellectual
point.
Coaching
My first steps into
coaching were through a personal development seminar in February
1995. This taster launched me on a path of discovery. This has led
me to Santa Monica, California to train as a personal development
facilitator, to running seminars in France, Antwerp and London and
to training as a life coach. I started up my coaching practice in
1997 in an office close to Borough Market in Southwark before moving
to Smithfield in the City and here, Canary Wharf, in January
2000.
My training has
come from Coach University, CCUI, and Insight Seminars amongst
others. I am a member of the International Coaching Federation (the
leading professional body) and was their first Director of
Development in the UK. I am a practising Christian.
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