About me
CERTIFIED EXECUTIVE, LEADERSHIP AND LIFE COACH
Where academia and
business meet
For twenty years I worked in internal and change communications, at universities and an academic publisher. I know the university sector inside out: I work at the University of Bath and coach senior academic leaders at several other universities too.
For the past five years I’ve also worked with senior leaders at some of the world’s largest organisations. That has shown me from the inside what leadership demands under pressure, in complex, international settings where a lot is at stake. I bring that experience into every conversation, combining the depth of academia with the dynamism of
business.

CV AT A GLANCE
2026 – now Senior Coaching Consultant, University of Bath
2021 – now Founder & Executive Coach, Working Life
2022 – now Executive & Leadership Coach, EZRA
2023 – now Associate Principal Consultant, InPD
2025 – now Associate Executive Coach, CoachSource
2017 – 2021 Head of Internal Communications, OUP
2017 Communications Advisor, Oxfam GB
2015 – 2016 Head of Change Communications, Newton
2005 – 2015 Head of Internal Communications, Oxford University
QUALIFICATIONS & ACCREDITATIONS
PhD in Linguistic Science, University of Reading
MA cum laude, Utrecht University
Executive Coaching, Henley Business School
Biographical Counselling, BACP
Psychology of Leadership, Cornell University
Coaching, Leadership & Change, Case Western Reserve University
CF Associate Certified Coach & EMCC Senior Practitioner
Strengthscope practitioner