The Leaders Council Podcast

Kerry Shoesmith is the joint operational director and head of therapies at Anderida Adolescent Care. Anderida is a residential children's homes operator in East Sussex which provides superior therapeutic residential childcare, education and other childcare related services for young people and children who have EBSD.

Eric ‘‘Gawuzela’’ Simelane is an MP in the Eswatini parliament who is currently living in exile, he fears being arrested or murdered should he set foot in his home country. Simelane is currently involved in a series of peaceful protests to help bring democracy to Eswatini, the last absolute monarchy in Africa.

Richard Beeforth is director of Sussex Print Management, a print brokerage with over 30 years of project management experience. Beeforth’s previous experience includes the the day-to-day operations of a stock market listed parent company among other roles.

Kevin Towers is the CEO of Techbuyer, a business that provides sustainable IT solutions to organisations across more than 100 countries, with offices and engineering facilities in the UK, France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the USA. Kevin applies a simple, well-worn but powerful approach to business - don’t put off till tomorrow what you can do today! With a central belief in a wa...

Ashley Biss is the director and founder of Feather Payroll Solutions, a firm which provides payroll nanny and small business payroll services. Ashley is an experienced Finance Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the individual and family services industry. Beginning her career as a finance assistant to hospitality companies, she joined PC Payroll & Legal Services in 2015 as head...

Dame Claudine Duberry is a published author and the recipient of multiple awards for services to the community. She is the founder of Taking Positive Steps, which provides early intervention for children and young people involved in anti-social behaviour or who are on the periphery of crime, by addressing some of the root causes of their situation.

Janis Levy MTTS is the Creative Director at Hair Development UK, the longest-established human-hair replacement and extension experts in the UK. Hair Development are based in the heart of East London, are the company is currently expanding into their second location in the Essex city of Chelmsford.

Kate Davis is an ICF-accredited Strategic Leadership Advisor. As the head of Kate Davis & Associates, Kate partners with teams, individuals and large organisations to champion people-focused change. As a leadership coach, Kate works with creative agencies and medium sized businesses across service-based industries such as experiential events, digital marketing and design, recruitment, PR and H...

Ian Kirkby is the founder and owner of Aspire Management Consultancy Ltd, a firm which offers coaching, mentoring, training and consultancy services to help leaders, teams and organisations fulfil their potential. Kirkby founded the business back in 2012 after years of work in the aviation sector including with the Royal Air Force. He first branched into training in 2010, working as an enterprise...

Thomas Nowak is an experienced business leader with a demonstrated history of working in the renewable energy and environment history. He is the incumbent secretary general of the European Heat Pump Association, the industry body which represents the interests of the industry on an international level. He is also owner and founder of his own renewables business, Greenerator GmbH, and specialises i...

Tom Millar is a cloud, security and IT sector entrepreneur who currently runs the fast-growing start-up business, Venari Security. Tom is a seasoned entrepreneur in his field with almost 30 years of experience in cloud, security and IT transformation. He founded the cybersecurity services company ITC Secure, which sold for £24 million in 2016. Today, he heads the growing startup, Venari Security,...

Jonathan Parsons is an NHS consultant clinical audiology scientist and managing director of Chime, an NHS Audiology Service that utilised the government Right to Request scheme to spin out as a not-for-profit social enterprise in May 2011. After having worked for NHS Devon as a consultant clinical audiology scientist for six years, Parsons seized on the opportunity to launch Chime as a social ente...

Robin Bayley is a storytelling, communication and leadership coach who runs his own coaching business, Keynote Doctor. Before delving into the world of coaching, Robin’s background was in the media industry having worked for 15 years in advertising and television. It was after his TV and advertising career that he decided to embark on a new pathway and wrote his own book about storytelling which g...

Christos Papaioannou is a leadership coach, senior humanitarian and independent strategy programme and funding consultant. He runs his own business, Coaching Labs, and is co-founder of the coaching collective, Positive Change Agents. Before building his own leadership coaching business, Christos’ background lay in working on humanitarian projects in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America...

Lisa Sourbutts is the managing director of employment law specialist, Cube HR. Lisa has a demonstrated history of working in the field of HR having been active in the industry for over 17 years. She also has a background in the fire and security sector. Lisa is an expert in employment law and is a chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Jelena Milic is the owner and manager of The Cube Disability, a day centre and care service provider for adults and young people with a range of learning disabilities. The Cube Disability now operates five centres including a performing arts centre and prides itself on a fun, welcoming and engaging atmosphere.

Sam Strickland is the Principal of The Duston School a large all-through school and has helped to guide its GCSE results from the bottom 20% nationally to the top 20% and A Level outcomes to the top 5% nationally. Strickland is the organiser of ResearchED Northampton, he is a leading voice in the current conversation in education. He has had educational resources and research published has also de...

Sam Strickland is the Principal of The Duston School a large all-through school and has helped to guide its GCSE results from the bottom 20% nationally to the top 20% and A Level outcomes to the top 5% nationally. Strickland is the organiser of ResearchED Northampton, he is a leading voice in the current conversation in education. He has had educational resources and research published has also de...

Helen Kimber is the founder of Hero Lifestyle, an award-winning nutrition and wellbeing business helping clients achieve optimal health and wellbeing. Helen has been involved in nutrition education for more than 30 years and holds a Master’s degree in nutritional medicine. She has also carried out studies on disordered eating and eating disorders. Helen Kimber is the founder of Hero Lifestyle, an...

Colin Smith is a director and head of planning for Scotland at Turley Associates, a full service planning and development consultancy. Colin has been with Turley since 2005 and since then has accumulated years of experience in the planning and development consultancy arena. In his position, he is responsible for the manage of Turley’s business in Scotland.

Tom Dyer is a world champion flair bartender and director at the European Bartender School [EBS], the largest bartending school in the world with more than 20 years teaching experience and 28 global school destinations worldwide. Tom has won over 50 international bartending competitions in 35 countries during his career and helped train more than 1,000 new bartenders through EBS across five nation...

Chirag Golwala is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of TripCenter.net, a firm which has created the world’s leading booking site for chauffeured car, minibus and chartered bus hire. Golwala founded TripCenter.net in 2017, having previously founded Let’s Travel Services which he ran for 14 years. Golwala is an expert in integrated sound transport, and affordable point to point transfers.

Mike LeGassick is a director and behavioural investment coach at Manning & Company, a long-established financial advice practice based in Ivybridge, Devon. LeGassick is the author of ‘Your Money and Your Life’, which aims to teach readers vital life skills and money management know-how. To find out more about investment behaviours go to: www.saverbehaviour.co.uk

Veronica Jimoh is the nursery manager at Bright Explorers Day Nursery, a nursery based in Camberwell, southeast London which is rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted. As nursery manager, Veronica oversees the entirety of Bright Explorers Day Nursery’s childcare provision. The nursery aims to develop the natural curiosity of children by exposing them to an inspiring and thought-provoking environment, enabling chi...

Derek Egan is director and founder of both Remedy Geotechnics Ltd and GeoEye Ltd. Remedy Geotechnics provides construction clients with design and technical support across the whole spectrum of geotechnical and foundation solutions. Egan has over 30 years of experience working in geotechnical consultancy, contracting and research and has been involved in a wide range of geotechnical projects acros...