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Meet the Team

Our team’s capabilities span business transformation, applied neuroscience and the creative arts. We have a track record of creating award-winning films, acclaimed arts productions on the global stage – complemented by innovative use of artificial intelligence and virtual reality. By combining our expertise, we help clients achieve exceptional performance.

Ally Yates

Independent Associate

Ally combines sharp commercial instinct with a rare ability to connect, shifting how people think, feel, and perform. She helps organisations unlock insight and deliver results that stick, across business development, leadership development, and executive coaching.

Known for her warmth and presence, she engages even the toughest audiences, creating the conditions for clear thinking, honest conversation, and confident action.

A former People Director in PwC’s strategy practice, Ally has worked independently since 2001 on organisational transitions, team performance, and leadership at critical moments - blending business insight with a deep understanding of the human condition. She brings particular expertise in high-risk environments, improving safety outcomes while shifting cultures from compliance to commitment.

Jane O’Gara

Chief Financial Officer

Jane helps organisations turn financial complexity into clear, actionable insight that drives stronger decisions and sustainable performance. As a Management Consultant at PwC, she led complex national and international projects across a wide range of organisations. She has since served as CFO at two multi-academy trusts, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and its commercial subsidiary, RADA Business. She has transformed underperforming businesses, led major improvements to finance processes and reporting, enabled effective, insight-driven decision-making, and supported growth of consultancy operations.
As a Chartered Account, Jane enjoys bringing a combination of rigour and transformation to her work. Known for demystifying finance, Jane enables leaders at all levels to engage confidently with financial data, align around priorities, and deliver meaningful, lasting organisational improvement.

Jonathon Tester

Director of Demand Generation

Jonathon is a marketing specialist recognised for delivering record-breaking growth across B2C and B2B environments. He combines strategic vision with data-driven execution to build brands, accelerate demand generation, and drive sustained business performance.

Throughout his career, he has driven revenue growth and built long-term pipelines; expanded and diversified audiences, including via digital engagement; and deepened brand affinity across the buying journey. He particularly enjoys developing distinctive value propositions and translating complexity into compelling narratives to accelerate market penetration. He is also recognised for building and scaling marketing functions, developing high-performing teams, and aligning marketing functions with business strategy.

Reflecting his passion for the arts, Jonathon also serves as Chair of Trustees of a classical music charity, supporting emerging artists and producing world-renowned immersive experiences in accessible and unexpected settings.

Livvy Bouch

Consultant

Livvy is a consultant specialising in operational performance, customer experience, and team effectiveness.
Her work, across multiple sectors, has consistently delivered measurable improvements through process optimisation, service excellence, and project management. Her approach combines structured delivery, with a strong customer-centric mindset. She is committed to aligning processes, people, and service outcomes.

Dr Lucy Hamilton

Senior Consultant

Lucy is a senior consultant and published novelist. She uses narrative, creativity and connection to surface complexity, and design and deliver solutions that deliver lasting change.

Lucy has worked globally in industries from higher education to business consultancy, across sectors including manufacturing, nutrition and health, and digital technology. Her successes include driving continuous improvement and learning transformation through digital learning systems; creating behaviour-led programmes that significantly increased learner engagement and impact; and strengthening leadership capability and brand identity which led to rapid commercial success.

Olivia McDonagh

Principal Consultant

Liv is a strategy and transformation consultant with experience delivering large-scale organisational change in complex, fast-paced environments. At Accenture, she led global programmes with multi-disciplinary teams, working closely with senior stakeholders to turn strategy into action across enterprise-wide initiatives. She helps organisations simplify complexity, align leadership, and deliver meaningful change that improves how they operate and perform at scale.

Alongside her consulting career, Liv is a trained actor. Having completed elite professional training at Identity School of Acting (IDSA) she has performed on stage and screen. This creative foundation gives her a distinctive perspective on human behaviour, communication, and presence under pressure.

Pamela Jikiemi

Services Director

Pamela harnesses the power of the arts as a catalyst for business transformation. She blends storytelling and deep human connection with her commercial acumen to engage stakeholders, reframe organisational narratives and unlock opportunities. She operates at the forefront of emerging technologies spanning corporate and creative industries.

A multi-award-winning creative leader, Pamela has worked internationally across broadcast, VFX, digital media and gaming – producing over 30 short films and directing six. She is Fellow of the RSA and a BAFTA voting member, with extensive experience in theatre, screen and audio. She has been a senior leader at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and Channel Four Television, and in senior leadership roles across Europe and Australia.

As Services Director, Pamela draws on this experience across complex, global environments, including acquisitions and mergers, to explore and develop mindful reframing, spotlighting the inner qualities of experience that culturally resonate, to develop creative future-focused change.

Currently a PhD candidate at University of the Arts London, Pamela is also a published author, accomplished actor and voice artist.

Patrick Willis

Independent Associate

With over 30 years of experience in IT strategy consulting and complex change delivery, Patrick specialises in driving business transformation. He helps organisations align technology with business objectives to achieve measurable, sustainable performance improvement. His expertise spans IT strategy, large-scale transformation, and enterprise systems delivery, combining engineering discipline with business-focused execution.

He has held senior roles and delivered programmes for organisations including IBM, Deloitte Consulting, Aviva, Barclays and Waitrose, as well as universities, multi-academy trusts, and the Church of England. Patrick is committed to enabling organisations to realise value from technology through reliable, outcomes-driven delivery.

Sabiha Razaq

Finance Manager

Sabiha is a results-driven Finance Manager with extensive experience supporting complex, multi-site organisations across the education and non-profit sectors. With a strong foundation in financial analysis, she specialises in translating data into clear, strategic insights that enable informed decision-making.

Sabiha has successfully led process improvements and system implementations to enhance efficiency, strengthen financial controls, and support sustainable growth. Known for her collaborative and influential approach, she builds strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels, ensuring alignment between financial strategy and organisational goals. Her combination of analytical expertise, problem-solving capability, and deep sector and technical knowledge enables her to deliver practical, high-impact solutions that drive measurable value for clients.

Steve Wood

Chief Executive Officer

Steve has a track record of delivering dramatic growth for major clients and leading high-performing businesses around the globe. He specialises in enabling business transformation, and motivating senior leaders and teams to deliver exceptional performance.
Steve has held major roles including MD & Director of Strategy at IBM UK and Global Lead Partner for M&A at PwC, and he recently led RADA Business. He consistently delivers sustained growth and major deal execution across international markets. Steve was formerly a Non-Executive Director of Leeds Children and Families Trust Board.