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. Problems are ambiguous, stakeholders pull in competing directions, and clarity emerges through action rather than analysis. I have spent thirty years helping 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 of experience 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 witnessed 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. It has been 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. I understand 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 operated in remote and hybrid environments for nearly 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 an academic credential I display and move on from. It is the foundation of how I help leaders make sense of complex situations, see the system around them more clearly, and act with greater intelligence when certainty is unavailable. My MSc in Design and Innovation shapes how I approach the design of learning and facilitation processes, bringing rigour and iteration to work that might otherwise default to convention.

I describe myself as a pracademic. I bring serious ideas into the lived reality of organisational life. The test is always practical impact.