Executive Directors

Andrew Mayo is a frequent speaker, writer and facilitator in international HRM, specialising in people and organisation development, having previously worked for nearly thirty years in major international organisations. He is a Programme Director at the Centre for Management Development at London Business School and Associate Professor of HRM at Middlesex Business School. He is the author of numerous articles and books.

Geoff Atkinson is a development specialist with extensive experience gained in major businesses in the UK and overseas. A graduate in mathematics and computer science, he started his career as an Information Technology manager, later moving to roles delivering and managing people development in large organisations. He works with a wide variety of clients delivering programmes of assessment, learning and development, and organisational change.

Peter Long has particular expertise in talent and performance management, organisation culture change and HR function effectiveness. He has led significant consulting projects and acted as facilitator to senior teams in both the private and public sectors. Peter gained over 20 years international Organisational Development and HR experience as a Director with Xerox Corporation, Forte / Granada plc and ICL / Fujitsu.

Nick Belcher is Director of MLI Training Services and specialises in creating bespoke learning and development programmes. Nick has ten years training and consulting experience gained from organisations in private and public sectors, and is developing and growing MLI's business in training and learning. He also personally delivers impactful training, executive coaching and facilitation.

Non-Executive Director

William Scott-Jackson has a doctorate from Oxford Brookes University in the psychology of change and has presented and written on all aspects of management psychology and people in business. He is a Visiting Fellow at Oxford University (Skope) and Director of the Centre for Applied HR Research at Oxford Brookes University Business School, which carries out practitioner oriented research into the impact of HR in business.

Our Associates

Andy Bedwell has considerable HR and line management experience, drawn from both FTSE 100 organisations and Global HR consultancy. He has worked with European boards to design key elements of HR strategy but has also held the implementation responsibility for Talent Management, Resourcing and Development. He specialises in assessment and development of key and senior talent but has also delivered programmes covering a wide range of the HR agenda.

Ian Collett specialises in the design of innovative customer services training and development events and in the last 4 years has delivered these to over 200 organisations. He is a qualified practitioner for the use of occupational psychometric tools including the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Saville and Holdsworth Occupational Psychometric Instruments used for personal and team development.

Ann Edwards is based in the UK, and works as an HR & OD professional with large corporates, professional services and small companies (B2B & B2C) in a growth phase to help them transition to new financial ownership structures, or where they require additional people corporate governance to be successful in the next stage of their development. Her particular expertise is in designing and supporting succession and talent strategies. Ann has held a number of senior management and organisational development roles with ICL Fujitsu, BBC and the Hilton Group.

Deana Hirst has spent most of her career in People Development, working in senior HR roles for large multi-national businesses in the technology and communications sector. Since 1996 she has worked successfully as an independent specialist who enjoys working on skills development projects - for individuals and teams. Her areas of focus include performance coaching, mentoring and leadership development. A second area of specialisation is the custom design and facilitation of development and assessment centres.

Patricia Hodgins has expertise in the design and delivery of programmes in Leadership and Management, Team Building, Executive Coaching, Communications Skills, Diversity and Equal Opportunities, and Work/Life Balance. She has held positions in areas as diverse as the Theatre, Advertising and Recruitment consultancy and regularly runs programmes for London Business School.

Liz Kennedy worked as an HR practitioner in the pharmaceuticals industry before becoming a lecturer at the University of Westminster and management trainer. She has done extensive consultant work with the BBC and run many training programmes in a great variety of public sector organisations.

Peter Kennedy is a highly experienced consultant, coach and facilitator who has worked with senior leaders and their teams on all aspects of business leadership,team and personal development. He has worked in Europe, USA and South Africa and has qualifications in areas of human resource and change management as well as high performance coaching and the use of various psychometric instruments.

Helen Lewis is a Chartered Marketer, specialising in working with SMEs to develop their business. Having spent several years as Business Development Manager with Business Psychologists and other consultancies, Helen is now helping MLI understand and meet their customers' needs.

Ginny Spittle specialises in organisation effectiveness. She has 25 years experience in large multi-nationals, supplemented by periods working in significant management consultancies. Her last corporate role was as Head of Global Resourcing and Development for the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies.

Penny Thorley has previously worked for multi-nationals with a focus on management development and supporting businesses in transition. More recently her work has included designing and facilitating leadership programmes, providing 1:1 coaching and developing more effective business teams for multi-national clients in Financial Services, Government, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Retail and Telecommunications.  She is a member of the British Psychological Society.