Melinda Beckett-Hughes

Melinda Beckett-Hughes is probably one of the most experienced UK coaches having worked up to plc main board level for the past 10 years. She started her consultancy career over 25 years ago and has much experience in organisational culture change, top team development as well as recruitment and assessment of directors. She combines organisational and business knowledge with a psycho-spiritual coaching approach which enables individuals to start their coaching by accessing their deepest personal values and beliefs and setting goals which are congruent with those and tapping into their own internal wisdom to achieve them. Melinda has a charismatic personality and focuses high energy, compassion and humour into the coaching process to enable her clients to give of their best in their business as well as personal life.

Melinda is also Chair of the Portland International Charitable Trust and supports a number of community based and international charitable missions. She lives in South Manchester with her two primary school age children.

Download a PDF copy of Interview with the Coach for more insights into Melinda's approach and experience. A copy of Melinda's Coach Profile is available here.

John McGuire

Following a successful career with the Royal bank of Scotland Group, ultimately achieving Executive Status as Managing Director of the Corporate Banking Division and responsible for an extensive change programme merging the corporate businesses of RBS and National Westminster Bank, John has moved into a variety of largely non-executive roles within both the Private, but increasingly Public sector. This has created new challenges which have developed his leadership and political skills, especially in the arena of Board dynamics. John is very comfortable with Senior Politicians and Public Servants, but equally with the Captains of Industry from his banking background.

He is skilled in Board Leadership and partnership working being Chair of a variety of boards and operational committees, and is an exceptional team player combining professionalism with dynamism and creativity. He is also a very experienced non-executive director and brings all these skills to bear in guiding businesses, large and small, through the maze of corporate responsibilities and risk management.

John's wider interests include fund raising for a variety of charities principally through the involvement of his own Rock n' Roll Band the AllStars! He is also committed to helping others and is on a number of voluntary bodies which work with young people in deprived areas. 

Sarah Goulbourne

Sarah has over 20 years' experience of working within large organizations. She began her career as a Corporate lawyer and then held various senior legal and HR management positions within FTSE-250 leisure and media companies.

Sarah's key skills include; Strategic Planning, Board Facilitation, Organisational Development, Business Improvement, Facilitation of groups and workshops and Executive Coaching / Mentoring.

Sarah has worked within Legal Professional Services in a variety of Senior and Board level roles, latterly as the CEO of a Professional Service business further developing her leadership capability. She is also an experienced Non-Executive Director in both the public and private sector.

Jackie Arnold

Jackie Arnold is a top executive and leadership coach who joined the UK ICF Board of Directors during the first three years 2001-2004 (ICF International Coaching Federation). She has worked as a coach/trainer for the Institute of Leadership & Management for six years. She holds a Dip Ed, a Certificate in Coaching from Coach University and is a qualified Coach Supervisor with the CSA in London.

She has set up and managed her own coaching and training businesses in both Switzerland and UK and is multi-lingual. She has worked on several leadership programmes for ethnic minorities, the fire service and Newcastle Education Authority. Jackie worked as an executive coach for Airbus developing leaders in the UK and Europe from 2001-2005.

She is a published author on Speaking in Public and Competent Leader with Toastmasters International. She is approachable with a good sense of humour and enjoys challenging people to reach their full potential.

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Kate Diggory

Kate is a Professional Certified Career Coach with extensive experience of career development theories and practice having trained with one of America’s foremost Master Career Coaches. Her international client base spans graduates making their first career choices to executives looking for a new challenge in their careers either through lack of fulfilment or due to imposed redundancy.

Kate is also a qualified EQi assessor and a coach in emotional intelligence working with individuals to enhance how they are ‘being’ in order to increase their effectiveness and fulfillment in the world. Kate focuses on developing possibilities, leveraging the client’s strengths and helping them to achieve their goals. She is enthusiastic about encouraging her clients to live their dream, helping them to discover their passion and purpose thus empowering them to develop careers they love whilst maintaining a balanced life.

Kate has a law degree and was appointed a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators in 1990. She has 20 years experience in the world of business and finance. Additionally she has successfully completed the Open University’s K260 Death & Dying course as well as studied issues of spirituality at work.