I started my first business the day I’d completed technical college, having spent the same two years building up a client base and gaining invaluable practical experience working evenings whilst also weekends in our family business. I soon developed an appreciation of the effort and determination needed to work effectively and build a strong work ethic.

In the 25 years from then to now I’ve designed and created four sole trader businesses, formed two limited companies and been a fellow director of two companies that engaged me at the start of something new. From this wealth of experience I know what’s crucial in a business plan, the critical stuff that gives clarity to what’s going to make an idea work, and also the focus, direction and drive to make it happen.

My business experience is in Learning & Development. In the process of growing my first business I discovered a passion and capability for people development, it was the regular development activities that I designed and facilitated for my growing team of staff that built my industry reputation for coaching young talent, which in turn opened a door into professional learning and development and the fantastic opportunity to be a platform artist at Salon International.

I’m totally committed to my own professional development, continuously becoming qualified, accredited and quality assured to work professionally in organisational development, enterprise development, professional training and coaching. I have a Post Graduate Diploma in Coaching & Mentoring Practice at Oxford Brookes University and a member of:
• Association for Coaching
• European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC)
• British Psychological Society Special Group in Coaching Psychology
• UK Sector Skills Body for Enterprise (SFEDI)

I feel extremely fortunate and very proud to have worked with such a wide and diverse range of people and businesses: I’ve helped more than 200 people start their own business, to the extreme of working in the exciting world of explosive demolition.

My work now focuses on coaching the personal side of business start-up. My vision is simple: I want people to achieve their goals, “your success is my success”. I believe that Torchlight is an accessible, affordable investment that can make a difference for enthusiastic, focused, driven and entrepreneurial minded people.