Personal Message: 

As a father of two and a coach for a 7-year-old football team, I have learned the importance of nurturing natural creativity and brilliance. My passion lies in supporting individuals, teams, and systems to realise their potential. With extensive experience across high-performance contexts such as the Military, Olympic & Professional Sports, Health, and Corporate sectors, I have developed a sophisticated understanding of creating and sustaining environments where excellence is inevitable.

Professional Experience and Achievements:

One of my proudest achievements was becoming the guardian of 16-year-old orphaned triplets, successfully guiding them into adulthood. I was 26-years-old when I took on this responsibility and I am pleased to say that I have a very strong relationship with them all to this day. My experience with the triplets fuelled my passion for psychology and to understand how and why human beings can overcome extraordinary challenges and adversity. My PhD and later work brought about significant culture change within the British Military where the impact of this work was rated as world leading in the National Research Excellence Framework evaluation. I have successfully worked with Olympic Sports organizations like British Rowing, British Gymnastics, GB Boxing, GB Curling, and British Equestrian, leading multidisciplinary teams to develop sustainable winning cultures. Also, within high performance sport I have worked for the Premier League for the last 7 years, this involves conducting discrete projects and working on the Elite Academy Manager and Future Leaders Programs, specialising in Change Leadership. Additionally, my role in the NHS from 2021 to 2025 allowed me to work extensively across the Health and Social Care System, including with Clinical Directors, Multidisciplinary Teams, Nurse Leaders, Pharmacy Services, Geneticists, Surgeons, Social Work, and Health Care Teams in Prisons. Currently I am a part-time Senior Lecturer in Surgical Performance at the University of Edinburgh’s Medical Informatics Centre. Within the Sabermetrics Lab I am part of a highly skilled team that conducts cutting edge research into surgeon performance.

Specialist Skills and Attributes:

• Individual Coach: Over 750 hours of coaching experience with an average effectiveness rating of 4.9 out of 5 and an NPS of 88, based on 44 evaluations.

• Team Coaching & Team Development: Over 950 hours of team coaching with an average session effectiveness rating of 4.7 out of 5 and an NPS of 64 based on 753 evaluations.

• Applied Scientific Researcher: Over 37 peer-reviewed publications and 6 invited book chapters.

• Psychometric Development

• Statistics & Research Design

• Impact & Evaluation Research

• Leadership and Culture Change

• Performance Psychology

• Workplace Mediation

• Group Dynamics

Qualifications and Training:

• BSc Sport Science, 2000

• PhD Leadership and Culture Change within the British Infantry, 2008

• Chartered Psychologist, 2012

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, 2012

• Chartered Coaching Psychologist, 2024

• Coach Supervisor, 2024

Professional Memberships and Registrations:

• British Psychological Society

• Division of Coaching

• Register of Coaching Psychologists

• Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology