I help people make sense of complexity – then do something useful with the clarity.
I am a strategy and leadership consultant, executive coach, facilitator and speaker.
I work with ambitious organisations, founders and experienced leaders when growth, pressure or change has made good decisions harder than they need to be
Hi I’m Niki, why this work?
For almost 30 years, I worked inside organisations where the decisions were rarely neat and different teams often wanted different things.
My role was to help create clarity: where are we trying to go, what matters most, what are we choosing, and how do we get people aligned enough to deliver it?
I led strategy, product, transformation and commercial growth across organisations including O2, Virgin Media, The Co-operative Bank, Reach PLC and ParentPay, as well as advising start-ups and scale-ups.
I built propositions, led major change, secured multi-million-pound investment and developed leaders. I also saw how often a strong strategy failed because the leadership, conversations or accountability underneath it were not strong enough.
The part I was lucky to have
Throughout my career, I had access to talented leaders, continual development, coaching and people prepared to challenge me.
Many founders, SME leaders and experienced women do not have that around them. They are expected to know the answer, carry the decision and keep everybody else confident – often while privately questioning themselves.
I built this business to give people access to the senior challenge, clear thinking and practical support that made such a difference in my own career.
How I work and how I give you back your edge
I do not believe effective strategy begins with an outsider arriving with the answer.
It begins with asking the right questions, hearing different perspectives and being willing to challenge what has become normal. My role is to create the conditions for honest thinking, constructive disagreement and clear decisions – then help turn that into priorities, ownership and action.
The people inside the organisation bring the subject expertise. I bring structure, independence, commercial experience and the ability to work with what happens between people, not only what appears on the plan.
Why coaching sits alongside consultancy
I have coached leaders for more than 20 years.
That matters because businesses are made of people. Confidence, trust, behaviour, communication and the willingness to have a difficult conversation can decide whether a strategy succeeds.
It also means I can move between the organisational question and the leadership question without pretending they live in separate boxes.
Why midlife became a specialist part of my work
I experienced first-hand what it was like to question confidence, cognition and performance while still operating as a senior female leader. From the outside, I was delivering. Internally, it took far more from me.
That experience did not replace my commercial work. It sharpened it.
Today I specialise in experienced female leadership and midlife performance alongside my broader practice, helping women and organisations address the point where health, confidence, capacity, progression and leadership meet.
What you can expect from me
Directness without theatre.
Curiosity before prescription.
Commercial thinking without corporate padding.
A willingness to say when I do not think an idea will work.
Practical action, because insight that never leaves the notebook is not enough.
Start with the problem, not the service
You do not need to decide whether you need consultancy, coaching, facilitation or a workshop before contacting me. Tell me what is happening and and what needs to change.
Credentials & Professional Training
Certified in menopause support (Training accredited by IPHM & CMA)
ILM-qualified coach
30 years in senior leadership across technology and digital
Executive coaching and leadership experience across high-performance environments