Simon has over 20 years’ experience developing individuals, teams and organisations as an executive coach, facilitator and organisational change consultant. His approach is based on extensive business experience, allied to psychological insight and training.

Simon has particular expertise in the financial and professional services sectors, including the human element of corporate governance and regulation. Simon’s early career was spent in the City, working for a US international bank, one of the Big 4 accountancy firms and the financial regulator. He became drawn to the people dimension underlying many risk and regulatory issues and decided to combine his financial background with training in psychology, counselling and a range of psychometric and 360 degree feedback instruments.

Richard is passionate about helping people and organisations to improve their performance.

He’s worked with leaders at all levels, from advising FTSE businesses on CEO selection through to developing front-line nurses in the NHS.

Before establishing Talent ID, Richard worked for a global people consultancy. He partnered with clients worldwide in people-focused areas such as assessment, development, and organisation design.

He is accredited in a wide range of tools and psychometrics, and is a highly experienced assessor, facilitator and coach.

In a previous career, Richard gained his own leadership experience, training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and completing seven years as a British Army Officer, including overseas operations.

Julia is a Chartered Psychologist who has 20 years experience consulting to organisations in the public, private and third sectors, both in the UK and internationally.

She applies psychological principles to help individuals and teams to gain insight into themselves and those around them, and to maximise their potential. Her main areas of work are leadership development, bespoke assessment design and personal development coaching.

She also has a particular interest in developing creativity in teams and is co-author of "Listen! Say Yes! Commit! Improvisation for Communication, Creativity, Team working & Leadership at Work". Julia is accredited to use all the major ability and personality testing instruments.

Paula loves providing clients with a fresh, objective perspective and deep insight into the capability of their people.

After 20 years working both in business and as a management consultant, it became clear to her that many people weren't in roles they enjoy or enable them to perform at their best.

Paula uses her experience in assessment, coaching and development to support organisations to match their people to the best roles for them. She also works with individuals to help them make successful stretch career moves.

She worked for over 10 years in a global people consultancy and holds a BSc in Business Management, a Post Graduate Diploma in Coaching and a wide variety of psychometric accreditations.

Emma works with leaders at all levels to help them to develop and transform themselves and their organisations.

She spent the early part of her career in a variety of business change and technology roles. She supported large scale transformations and discovered a passion for the people side of change.

Emma joined a global people consultancy in 2001 and during her seven years there, consulted across a variety of sectors and people disciplines. Latterly she was responsible for leading the Financial Services Sector team.

Caroline believes in ‘improving performance without causing a storm’. A specialist in individual and organisational behaviour, she supports people to achieve their potential whilst maintaining a balance in their lives. She helps organisations to improve their bottom line through an effective and happy workforce.

She achieves this through individual and team coaching, performance management, leadership assessment and competency design.

With a passion for leadership and talent development, Caroline is excited by opportunities to support individuals and organisations to bring out their best.

Victoria has been working in executive assessment and development for over 15 years. She enjoys supporting individuals to unlock their potential and helping organisations to make better people decisions.

She's worked with a broad range of clients and is well travelled, having worked in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

For ten years, Victoria worked for a global management consultancy. She designed and delivered talent management strategies for a number of FTSE 100 firms and was part of a team that won a prestigious MCA award.

She has a BSc in Sociology and Psychology from Loughborough University and is accredited in wide range of psychometric tools.

Richard is hugely passionate about people and the mind. He has over 15 years of experience as a consultant chartered clinical psychologist. His areas of expertise include psychology, psychotherapy, neuropsychology, assessment and executive coaching.

Richard has trained as an organisational consultant and is licensed as an executive coach. Much of his psychological work has evolved from his seven years treating traumatised soldiers when he headed the Clinical Psychology section for the US Military in Europe.

Richard has recently been focused on developing the first environmentally contextualised leadership model and is regularly invited to speak at conferences and events.

Martha is a leadership development specialist with over 20 years’ experience. She helps organisations to assess their senior leaders’ capability and potential, and individuals to develop their leadership style and impact.

She believes strongly in a strengths-based approach, and draws on emotional intelligence and cognitive psychology in her work. Her clients report that she is challenging yet supportive, incisive in bringing key issues to the table, and a great listener.

Martha’s previous work experience includes line management roles within consultancy and the utility industry. She holds an MBA and a post-graduate diploma in Psychology, and is accredited in a range of psychometric tools.

Karen provides business support for the Talent ID team. She is passionate about excellent customer service and has a keen eye for detail.

Having experienced life in the toy, finance and technology industries, Karen realises that good communication and efficient processes are key for an effective office and business.

Karen has a relaxed, friendly style which immediately puts clients at ease. Her high standards mean that the Talent ID team can focus on business and client requirements without distraction.