Nicholson McBride Fisher Ltd

Kate Williams

MPhil in Philosophy, ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), accredited team coach (Barefoot), Physical Intelligence practitioner, Action Learning Facilitator

19 years experience

Kate is a leadership consultant, facilitator and executive coach who specialises in helping organisations enhance performance through the development of their leaders, teams and culture. She has over 20 years’ experience working across the fields of strategy, organisational development, leadership development and coaching, and has partnered with clients across the private sector (including financial, legal and professional services, consumer and retail, and technology), public sector and third sector. Her primary areas of focus are executive coaching, team effectiveness, high impact communication, strategy execution and organisational change. The consistent thread throughout all her work is a deep fascination with people, relationships and behaviour, and how these shape individual, team and organisational performance. She is accredited to deliver Insights Discovery, PROPHET and MAPP psychometric tools.

Des Christofi

MA International Business with French; PGDip Organisational Development

26 years experience

Des is an executive coach, leadership facilitator and consultant with 26 years of experience in coaching, leadership assessment and development for senior leaders and emerging talent across industry sectors in Europe, USA, Middle East, Far East, Asia, Australia. She is a certified CTI coach certified by the International Coaching Federation, a certified Team Coach with the AoEC, a certified Neuro Linguistic Programming coach and mindset coach and holds a certificate recognised by the ICF for Neuroscience and Positive Intelligence. She is also accredited in the Dr Harry Schroder Behavioural Model and in techniques such as Transactional Analysis, Systemic Coaching, constellations, Gestalt and psychometrics including MBTI, SDI, DISC, Hogan, Strengthscope, GCIndex and PROPHET.

Ruth Colling

BA (Hons) Psychology, MSc Occupational Psychology, Diploma in Coaching, Certificates in Coaching & Counselling (CBT for Coaching & Coaching for EQ with Gestalt), MHFA Instructor, member of the British Psychological Society (BPS), including the Special Group in Coaching Psychology & BPS Division of Occupational Psychology

30 years experience

Ruth is a Business Psychologist, consultant and Executive Coach with nearly 30 years’ of experience working globally and across all sectors. Ruth blends her extensive knowledge of psychology with her broad experience of business, thereby helping her clients to think beyond the obvious and create well-considered and long-lasting change. Her focus is always on enabling people to get the best from themselves and organisations to get the best from their people, which she does in a variety of ways, including individual and team coaching, designing and delivering management and leadership programmes, psychometric testing for selection and development, and leading talent and succession planning initiatives. Ruth’s approach is often described as highly pragmatic and empathetic yet willing to challenge. She is a certified business psychologist with the ABP and BPS, and is qualified in various psychometrics, including: EQi, FIRO Element B, Hogan, MAPP, MBTI, PROPHET, SDI and Strengthscope.

Andrew Gaynor

B.A. (Hons) in Economics

17 years experience

Over the last 18 years Andrew has developed a unique portfolio of skills and experience, combining investment banking expertise with technical and soft skills training. The result means his clients benefit from a professional development experience combining rigorous technical content and applied market experience, with a deep understanding of client interaction and motivators. Andrew’s methodology is around behavioural change that delivers outcomes, and he has trained everyone from graduates through to middle office, front office, director level, corporate bankers, commercial bankers, capital markets teams, insurance professionals, ratings companies and corporate finance houses. He is also an accredited coach for Lumina Spark.

Peter Whitehead

BSC Hons Economics; ICAEW ACA Chartered Accountant

24 years experience

Peter is a leadership development professional who specialises in helping organisations to drive performance through development of their people. For more than 20 years, he has designed and delivered significant business change and leadership development programmes. He is a chartered accountant and a member of faculty for Manchester Business School. Peter is accredited in the psychometric tools Lumina and Prophet.

Phil Smith

PhD in Psychology; Professional Certified Coach (ICF); Chartered Occupational Psychologist

30 years experience

Phil is a senior figure in leadership and organizational development with more than 30 years of experience with global organisations. He is an executive coach and business psychologist who partners energetically with his clients to support their aspirations. He works with leaders and rising talent in global organisations in EMEA and Asia, coaching and facilitating senior executives and their teams through growth, organisational development and crisis management. He has more than 5,000 hours of executive coaching experience and has worked with the Country and Regional CEOs/MDs of many large organisations. He holds a British Psychological Society (BPS) Certificate of Competency in Psychological Testing, Levels A and B and is accredited in a number of psychometrics including Hogan, Saville Wave, 16PF, MBTI and SHL tests and questionnaires.

Kirsty McCarthy

BA and MA in Neuroscience & Psychology ; ILM Level 7 Certificate in Executive Coaching & Mentoring

11 years experience

Kirsty is a business psychologist and executive coach who specialises in helping individuals, teams and organisations develop their capacity to change, be resilient, lead people and boost performance and purpose. Over the last 10 years, she has led the design and delivery of countless development programmes in a wide variety of organisations. As a coach, she has worked with individuals and teams, helping them develop their capacity to change, be resilient, and lead people. Kirsty is accredited for a number of psychometric tools, including PROPHET Executive Profiling; EQ-I 2.0 & EQ 360 Emotional Intelligence; NEO-PI-3 Personality Inventory; Hogan Business Reasoning Inventory; and is a British Psychological Society BPS Registered Test User (RQTU).

Katharine Timmins

MSc Organisational Psychology, member of the British Psychological Society (BPS), including the Special Group in Coaching Psychology & BPS Division of Occupational Psychology

26 years experience

Kath has worked in the consultancy field for over 20 years as a qualified Business Psychologist and Executive Coach. She works across a broad range of sectors, globally, with a strong focus on professional services. She is passionate about supporting individuals and teams to enhance their impact within their roles. Her experience spans executive coaching, designing and delivering leadership and management programmes, and working directly with teams to improve performance, alignment and collaboration. She has led assessment and development initiatives that identify talent and accelerate growth, and regularly advises organisations on strategic people challenges, including talent management and succession planning. She blends her knowledge of psychology with a commercial, practical approach to create meaningful, lasting impact. She is accredited to use a range of psychometric tools, including Hogan, MBTI, Firo Element B, PROPHET, SDI and Strengthscope.

Victor Sosanya

BSc in Economics; MSC in Entrepreneurship; CISI Level 3 Certificates in Derivatives, Securities and Investment Operations

4 years experience

Victor brings global training and facilitation experience across the UK, US, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Since 2022, he has led high-impact programmes for early career cohorts and senior professionals in the corporate and the public sector. Victor’s work spans leadership, resilience, personal branding, communication and decision making. Passionate about behavioural science, he has used this to enhance team dynamics and workplace communication. As a global thought leader he has undertaken Keynote Speaker engagements for organisations such as the Royal Navy, Experian, CBRE, and Amazon.

Gordon Ryan

MSc in Applied Occupational Psychology, postgraduate certificate in Coaching and Mentoring. British Psychological Society (BPS) chartered occupational psychologist and BPS chartered coaching psychologist. Civil Mediation Council Trained Mediator

25 years experience

Gordon is a BPS chartered Psychologist, an Associate Fellow of the BPS, member of the BPS committee for accreditation of postgraduate programmes in occupational psychology and the national lead for Occupational Psychology as part of the BPS’s Strategic Practice Board. He is a registered Occupational Psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council. He creates performance through people by bringing an evidence-based approach that translates theory into practice. His approach encompasses a range of culture change, executive coaching, leadership development all with a fearless focus on their contribution to performance and growth outcomes. He frequently runs learning labs for the continuous professional development of experienced coaches. He is a Civil Mediation Council trained mediator. He is currently completing a Professional Doctorate in organisational belonging, psychological safety and performance. He holds BPS Registered Test User Qualification accreditation and is certified user of a wide range of psychometrics including: Saville Wave, NEO-PIR, Hogan, EQi2.0, EQi360, EiP3, ESCI, Hogan (HPI, HDS, MVPI), Risk Compass, Leadership Judgement Indicator, MTQ48, MBTI (Step 1 and 2), amongst others.