The map runs out. That is where I do my best work.

I work with senior leaders and executives in conditions where authority alone is not enough, where problems are ambiguous, stakeholders pull in competing directions, and clarity emerges through action rather than analysis. For thirty years I have helped leaders navigate exactly these conditions, as a coach, a facilitator, an educator, and someone who has led organisations myself.

I am not a theorist who occasionally visits organisational life. I have carried a P&L, built businesses, stood in front of thousands of leaders in executive education, and sat with individual leaders through some of the most difficult moments of their careers. That breadth is what I bring into every engagement.

Four perspectives. One practice.

My work draws on four distinct vantage points that most practitioners have only one or two of.

The Business Leader: I have led as well as advised. I directed a multi-site family business in healthcare, held a senior role in a Fortune 500 professional services company, and launched several ventures. I know what it feels like to carry the weight of a decision when the consequences are real and the pressure is yours alone.

The Experiential Educator: My roots are in experiential learning. Early in my career I was an outdoor pursuits instructor at Plas y Brenin, the UK’s National Outdoor Centre. I saw how real learning happens when people step into uncertainty together, by doing, sensing and reflecting, not just listening. That ethos still anchors everything I design and deliver today, deepened by years as faculty in executive education, working with thousands of leaders across sectors and continents.

The Global Citizen: I have lived in Spain for over fifteen years and worked across Asia, the Middle East, the Americas and Europe. I am fluent in Spanish and in the realities of cross-cultural leadership,  how differently power, decision-making and conflict are interpreted around the world, and what that means for leaders operating across borders.

The Digital Pioneer: I have worked in remote and hybrid environments for over two decades, long before it became the norm. I understand how trust, presence and influence are built when people are not in the same room. For leaders in international and mission-driven organisations, this is not a footnote,  it is essential.

How I think

I view leadership as systemic, political and deeply human.

My MSc in Systems Thinking in Practice is not a credential I display and move on from. It is how I make sense of a complex situation, see the system a leader is actually operating within, and act with more intelligence when certainty is not available. My MBA sharpens the commercial instinct underneath that: how a decision ripples through P&L, incentives and structure, not just intent. My BSc in Design & Innovation shapes how I build the learning and facilitation itself,  the same rigour and iteration a designer brings to a product, applied to a workshop, conference or a coaching engagement.

I describe myself as a pracademic. Serious ideas, tested against the reality of organisational life. The measure is always practical impact.