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Anne has worked with many Fortune 50 companies and educational institutions both nationally and internationally for more than 30 years.  Anne's work has been with senior leaders and their teams from companies as varied as IBM, Mars, Heinz, AT&T, Lucent Technologies, Procter & Gamble, Prudential UK, The  Hershey Company, EZ Communications, to government entities like the Pentagon and nonprofits, e.g. Institute of Noetic sciences (IONS), and schools throughout the United States and India.

CEO - Phillpot Black

Lawrie Philpott, formally head of Coopers & Lybrand's UK Human Resource Advisory Group and Partner-in-Charge at PwC, is a human resource, change management and organisation consultant with over 25 years' experience in the UK and internationally in both the public and private sectors.  Lawrie leads his own consultancy organisation 'Philpott Black', that builds exceptional skills in business leaders and develop high performing leadership teams to deliver strategic business change.

Chair - Direct Line Insurance Group

Danuta has over 30 years experience in leadership, sales, marketing, customer services and technology. Danuta has held numerous Executive, Non-Executive and Chair positions at industry leading organisations such as: CEO of Telefonica O2 Ireland for 9 years and acting as a Non-Executive Director at Michael Page, Paddy Power and Aer lingus. Danuta has been working as Chair of Direct Line Insurance Group for the last 4 years.  

Professional Development Consultant and Coach

As a professional development consultant and coach, Sarah provides strategic advice, talent development programme design and delivery of training and workshops for leadership and career development. Her 30 years of experience started in strategy consulting followed by director roles at Coca-Cola and WPP; more recently she was head of professional development at London Business School.  Working with a number of leading business schools, she has advised and designed programmes, both in person and digital, for individuals wanting to accelerate their career in their current fields, as well as those wanting to pivot to a new field or function.   

Chairman - Telos Partners

Peter is a chartered accountant and was a partner with Deloitte and, through merger, Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC) for 15 years. He was a member of the Tomorrow’s Company Inquiry, which inspired his move to consulting on the development of businesses and organisations to achieve long-term sustainable success. Peter works internationally with chief executives on the transformation of their businesses and their growth, both organically and through acquisition. Engagements have included the creation of strategic frameworks for long term growth, support for the execution of strategy, senior team development, the development of corporate culture, post-merger integration and the management of investors, customers and other key stakeholders.

Director - Devonshire & St Andrews

Rob has over 20 years' experience of working globally with major brands across multiple industries.   Rob is an internationally recognised thought leader in the discipline of customer-led change.   Rob has worked across Financial Services, TMT, Retail, Utilities, B2B, Logistics, Real Estate, Utilities and Events.  He has held senior MD and Partner roles in several leading international consulting organisations