Our team

Tony Walton

Director and Principal Consultant

Tony is a learning and development consultant, trainer and facilitator providing a wide range of leadership, management and personal effectiveness training as well as project management and business process expertise to support large learning and development projects, and business process improvement and change activities.

Tony has a first class honours degree in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College and is a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership..

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonywaltonset/

Anne Cannings

Senior Consultant

Anne has over 30 years' experience of learning and development, conducting organisational needs assessments, reviewing and implementing learning and development processes, providing 1:1 coaching and delivering a wide range of leadership and management programmes.  

Anne has a BA (hons) in Business Studies and studied for an MSc in Organisational Behaviour. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and is qualified and registered to use a wide range of psychometric materials.

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-cannings-5b943020/

Helen Geoghegan

Senior Consultant

Helen is an experienced coach, facilitator and talent development consultant who has an extensive track record of harnessing and supporting talent development through Career and Executive Coaching and Development Programmes. Her early career in corporate management and HRD roles has enabled her to apply her substantial experience to her coaching practice, in both the public and private sector.

Helen is an EMCC Accredited Coach at Senior Practitioner Level. She holds an ILM Level 5 Qualification in Coaching and Mentoring and is qualified as a Master Practitioner in NLP.

She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, the Institute of Leadership and Management, the Association for Coaching UK, and the European Mentoring and Coaching Council.

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heleng/

Website: www.waterfallcoaching.co.uk 

Rachel Whitfield

Senior Consultant

Rachel is a highly qualified Consultant, Coach and Trainer, and an experienced Business Manager, with an outstanding track record both within the UK and overseas. 

Her range of expertise covers:

• Management Development and Leadership (Difficult Conversations, Coaching, Performance Management, High Performing Teams, Performance Culture, Managing Through Change)
• Personal Skills Development (Managing Conflict, Presentation Skills, Train the Trainer, Influencing Skills, Negotiation skills), as well as use of a variety of Psychometrics to facilitate this learning.

A particular area of expertise is the development through both coaching and training of individuals and teams going through significant change (especially at management/leadership level) with a particular focus on how to communicate in the right way at the right time, especially when these conversations are difficult and take courage.

LinkedIn Profile: (14) Rachel Whitfield | LinkedIn

Rukshana Horwood

Senior Consultant

Rukshana is a people development consultant with extensive experience in Leadership Coaching, Training/Learning and Development, Performance Transformation and Management, Strategic Management and Customer Service Excellence.

Her consulting expertise is supported by a career in senior roles with British Airways, including recruiting, project work and managing large service delivery teams.

Rukshana is an accredited Facet5 Psychometric Profile Practitioner and Coach, and is the recipient of the Institute of Customer Service [ICS] Silver Solutions Award. She has a BA (Hons) degree in Psychology.

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lilipad/

Margaret Wood

Senior Consultant

Margaret has 25 years’ experience in learning and development. Her main area of interest is women’s development and, for 11 years, she had course responsibility for it in a large government department. Since becoming self-employed she has continued to specialise in this area and recently, with the publication of the gender pay gap statistics, she is focusing on the impact the menopause can have on women’s careers. Her other work mainly involves personal effectiveness, especially influencing skills.

Margaret has a Post Graduate Certificate in Education and a SFEDI Level 5 Certificate in Providing Professional Business and Enterprise Support Services. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute. She is qualified to use a range of psychometric instruments.

LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaret-wood-28b01315/

Sue Graham

Senior Consultant

Sue is an internationally experienced Learning and Development specialist, who is a passionate advocate of driving business success through behavioural change. Her HR Director and business partner background provides a proven record of successful implementation of key 'people agendas' to drive employee engagement and satisfaction levels.

Sue holds a BA (Hons) in Geography with History from Exeter University and a Diploma in Life Coaching from Newcastle College. She is also a qualified NLP, MiRO and MBTI Practitioner.

LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sue-graham-58b0191/

Suzanne Lindsay Holt

Senior Consultant

Suzanne is an experienced facilitator with a passion for helping organisations and individuals to reach their goals.  She has a keen understanding of political, managerial and personal leadership with over 17 years’ experience in a Local Government environment.

Suzanne brings emphasis on evidence-based approaches to facilitation, coaching and leadership development. She is skilled in creating a safe and inclusive learning environment where participants feel comfortable sharing their ideas and perspectives. She is adept at managing group dynamics, navigating difficult conversations and helping participants stay on track.

She is also a highly experienced Executive Coach working with clients across various industries including Local Government, Education, non-profit and private sectors. She has achieved the ILM level 5 and 7 Coaching and Mentoring qualifications and is also an EMCC Senior Practitioner who has completed additional training in facilitation, leadership development and neuroscience for learning transfer.  

Suzanne has a First Class Degree in Behavioural Science.

LinkedIn profile: (15) Suzanne Lindsay Holt | LinkedIn

Claire Burgess

Senior Consultant

Claire is an experienced facilitator and award-winning coach, with a passion for women’s leadership and career development, improving resilience and wellbeing, and training others in coaching skills. She works both 1:1 and with groups across a range of sectors. Her style is participative and experiential, working with clients to embed their learning into their everyday practice.

Claire has an MSc in Occupational Psychology as well as an ILM qualification in Coaching and Mentoring. She is a member of the British Psychological Society and the Special Group in Coaching Psychology, and is accredited to use a number of psychometric tests.

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairejburgess/