Hi, I'm Andrew. I’m a people, team and organisation development specialist, coach, speaker and author.
I’ve been a member of successful project teams and senior executive business teams and I've led teams of up to 50 people, including globally.
After 26 years working at Rolls-Royce plc I now bring my experience and expertise to other businesses and organisations. I help to improve focus, productivity and capability by building exceptional teams and training and developing exceptional team members and leaders.
I combine my specialist people development capability and senior level HR experience with a background in engineering. This delivers creative and pragmatic solutions that solve your real needs, in the context of your organisation.
I work with ambitious people, businesses and organisations that want to improve the performance of their teams.
I'm one of Theo Paphitis's Small Business Sunday winners and was chosen as one of 2020's SmallBiz100 for the Small Business Saturday national campaign. I’m also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
I set up my business to focus on what I really enjoy – developing people and teams so they can grow businesses.
“I have known Andrew for about 15 years. We worked closely together during our time at Rolls-Royce. Andrew operated in HR at senior level and has very significant employee development and talent management expertise, as well as senior generalist HR experience in an international environment. Earlier in his career, he was an engineer (before I met him), and I think this early experience gives him a certain pragmatism that many died-in-the-wool HR professionals lack. Andrew is extremely delivery-focused and can be relied upon to come up with innovative ideas and solutions. One particular example was his work on the highly successful 'Marine Leadership Programme'. I would regard innovation as one of his main strengths. He is also a very accomplished presenter, and I have seen him perform brilliantly in front of 200 seniors. Andrew's international HR management experience includes four years living and working in Singapore, and many of his other roles have been very international in scope. He has worked a lot with Asian and Nordic teams and cultures."
Senior Vice President Human Resources, Marine and Asia Pacific and Middle East
"I really enjoyed working with Andrew. He helped me to gain clarity on my business and provided the focus I needed to plan a strategy for next year. Thank you so much for all your guidance and encouragement."
Claire, Business Owner
I had the opportunity to have two one hour sessions with Andrew. He provided me with such clarity for my long term goals and plans. We discussed ideas that I had been thinking about for a while but we were able to properly brainstorm and develop these ideas. He was able to give practical advice and bespoke suggestions as to what what would work through his previous experience but applied to my business. I am now able to think about these previously vague future plans with some degree of clarity and with a pathway as to how to achieve them. Just an excellent couple of hours!
Rosie, Rosemary Wild Fabrics
“Andrew has the ability to combine good innovative ideas with positive impact on the business. He is supportive, calm in a crisis and has a great sense of humour. All of this makes Andrew an excellent person to work with.”
Talent Development Manager EMEA
"Andrew recently did some 1-2-1 coaching with me on personal development. Andrew did a great job of getting to the key areas that I wanted to focus on, in order to achieve the goals that I'd set myself for the session and I left feeling focused and motivated. For all those who push their own personal development to the back of the queue I would recommend Andrew to help you get the most out of yourself."
Kristina, Coachee
"Andrew was a key member of my executive team for two years when I was President, Rolls-Royce Marine Services based in Singapore. He was an excellent sounding board, operated with complete integrity and I valued his support. His style is very collaborative and he gained the respect of everyone in the team during the time we worked together. Andrew has a high level of commitment, is well organised and consistently delivers. During this time we reorganised the Marine Services executive team into a more customer focused structure and Andrew worked on the design of the structure and the associated roles and accountabilities as well as drove the implementation through. He also led the recruitment of high calibre individuals into the new positions.”
President/CEO
"Andrew is the consummate professional. Reliable and organised, Andrew is a fantastic sounding board who gave me sound guidance and advice that has stuck with me ever since. Andrew's active listening and thoughtful coaching skills are second to none that I have worked with and I would wholly endorse Andrew to others that have not yet had the fortune of working with him. I wouldn't be where I am now in neither my career nor my personal life if it wasn't for Andrew's consistent support, encouragement and belief in others.”
VP Training and Field Service Development, Marine Services
"Andrew recently did some 1-2-1 coaching with me on personal development. Andrew did a great job of getting to the key areas that I wanted to focus on, in order to achieve the goals that I'd set myself for the session and I left feeling focused and motivated. For all those who push their own personal development to the back of the queue I would recommend Andrew to help you get the most out of yourself."
Head of Cloud Accounting
“I worked with Andrew over a number of years and in a variety of roles at Rolls-Royce. Allied to strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative approach, I benefited from and valued his expertise, advice and support in the areas of organisational change, employee / team development and high potential talent management.”
Senior Vice President Offerings and Commercial, Marine Services
I spent some time with Andrew discussing the use of models in building and developing high performing teams. With his extensive experience in this area, I took a lot away from this conversation. Andrew's structured and considered approach was incredibly helpful and it was a pleasure to connect with someone who has a clear passion for supporting others be the best they can be.
Sarah, Team Leader
"I used Andrew's services to help me get a better understanding of myself so I could work more effectively with my team. I undertook a Myers Briggs test which generated a profile however the two hours we spent together in the feedback session was what was really valuable. He helped me to understand different preferences I had and we realised that I actually had a slightly different profile to the one that was automatically generated from the answers I gave to the questions. Understanding myself better has already led me to understand better the interactions I have both professionally and even personally in fact. It is something I will keep coming back to I know as I take on board a greater awareness of my leadership style, preferred learning styles and areas I can work on. Thanks Andrew, would highly recommend, and not just for people in business!"
DB, Business Owner
