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Pete has been a business owner and coach for over 20 years. He has trained thousands of managers, leaders and business owners throughout the UK, Ireland, and Europe.
He has won Awards for Mentor of the Year, and Agile has won a National Training Award for the Best Training Company in the UK.
Pete loves what he does, his passion and professionalism is obvious to all delegates
Jo is a highly experienced Executive Business Coach/Mentor and Trainer up to level 7 (masters) programmes and delivers these with in a wide variety of business sectors and Universities on a global scale working with organisations in the UK, Slovakia, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Portugal and West Africa Jo is also an ILM internal assessor and qualified NVQ assessor.
Jo is currently training on a mentoring pathway programme from an introduction to mentoring right up to masters and mentoring supervision level.
Jo is one of the lead trainers on the UK governments Help to Grow Programme in partnership with The Association of Business Mentors UK and works with the Ghanaian Embassy and British Commission running entrepreneurship programmes for Ghanaian women.
Agile Group worked with our client (Brother Industries) to win the ‘National Training Awards for Wales for up to 250 employees and then went on to win the UK National Training Award’ as the ‘best of the best’ in the UK.
Strategically focused, creative and highly motivated to the delivery of business results and bottom-line performance. Senior management and consultancy experience coupled with applied academic qualifications with a Masters in Executive Business Coaching.
Jo specialises in Business Growth, Coaching performance, Training and growth within the call centre environment with 20 years’ experience working nationally with numerous financial institutions.
Jo has an excellent understanding and knowledge of personal development and increased performance through strategic leadership and business organisational change, individual and team development, NLP, Emotional Intelligence and Communication skills. Jo has also spent 3 years at university studying Psychodynamic, Cognitive Behavioural, Person Centred and Behavioural Analysis therapies plus coaching theories like Gestalt, transformational, transactional, leadership coaching. Jo uses these techniques to build rapport and coach/mentor using a wider range of skills.
Jo has 25 years extensive experience in developing and delivering Coaching and Mentoring, training and performance programmes and running various apprenticeships throughout England and Wales.
Jo is also an active member of the EMCC (European Mentoring and Coaching Council) and a member of the ILM (Institute of Leadership and Management).
Jo is an inspirational speaker who has presented at many conferences and networking associations internationally.
Peter has more than 25 years experience in business, in a range of sectors including Automotive, FMCG, Food Packaging, and Leisure. Peter has lead divisions of blue chip organisations, such as Magna, Johnson Controls, Michelin and Autoliv and has worked in both France and the UK. In his last major role, as General Manager of a UK Division of a global corporation, he turned around a loss-making entity with 600 staff into a performing profitable £75M turnover division.
Peter is now an Executive Coach, working with individuals and teams in order to improve their performance in a variety of ways, including the transfer of coaching skills.
Peter founded Yeast in 2011 and specialises in developing individual, team and organisational performance. Peter also has a great deal of expertise in developing mental toughness, an area of psychology where he has conducted a great deal of research and case studies and is currently researching a PhD. Peter is also qualified in the use of a number of other psychometric tools and measures and is able to apply them to develop individuals and teams.
BEng in Mechanical Engineering – Loughborough University
MBA – Open University
L5 Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring – ILM
L7 Certificate in Executive Coaching and Mentoring – ILM
Currently Studying:
Research Masters in Psychology – University of Limerick
Level 7 Certificate in Coaching Supervision – ILM
Lesley is a senior professional coach and mentor with over 20 years of experience delivering in various industries a range of sectors – including business, childcare, spectator safety, manufacturing and hospitality.
Lesley has a passion to see all learners develop and achieve.
Qualified to ILM level 7 and Level 4 Learning and Development which includes tutor, assessor and IQA with City and Guilds.
Dave (a qualified ILM Level 7 Professional Coach and Mentor, TAQA assessor and EMCC Member) and qualified at Masters level) has his own business, UP4Coaching Ltd, specialising in the delivery of professional coaching and mentoring, accredited and bespoke training in leadership & management, coaching & mentoring and works with organisations on continuous improvement activities across all levels of a business.
Dave founded his limited company in 2019 and is passionate about enabling individuals and organisations to improve in the area of their choice. He is also very proud to be part of the Agile Group
2020 TAQA Assessor Qualifications (Units 301, 302 and 303)
2019 ILM Level 7 Executive Coaching & Mentoring
2015 IOSH Managing Safely
2014 ILM Level 5 Certificate in Coaching/Mentoring
2011 ISO13485:2003 Internal Auditor
2009 Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
2004 – 2009 MSc Management of Quality Excellence
1993 – 1994 NEBSM – Diploma in Supervisory Management
1985 – 1987 Graduateship of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Naomi has more than 35 years’ commercial experience in business, working as a senior leader in the travel industry in past roles with Tui and Co-op Travelcare.
With a passion for people development Naomi moved into the apprenticeship sector in a range of Head of Training roles with working with new and existing training providers leading delivery across a suite of apprenticeship qualifications.
Naomi has worked in learning and development roles for large corporates but also has great experience and a passion for working with SME’s.
With a passion for people development Naomi enjoys helping people to be the best version of themselves. After many years working within corporate business Naomi set up Broader Horizons Coaching, Mentoring and Training in 2022 and since 2022 has worked with Agile Group training 1000’s of coaches and mentors through recognised and accredited programmes.
“I’m passionate about learning and development, everything about it! I am at my best and happiest when working with others to enable positive change and improvement. I love to see that lightbulb moment, that moment of sudden realisation, enlightenment or inspiration, its pure magic!”
Naomi is qualified ILM Level 7 Professional Coach and Mentor, a TAQA Assessor and has a passion for quality and compliance and holds a Level 4 Lead Internal Quality Assurance qualification. along with being an EMCC Member.
Peter is a professional coach, Coaching Supervisor and NLP Master Practitioner. He has developed his coaching through a consultancy route with the Industrial Society and further developed his skills and knowledge as a supervisor through academic study and practice. His pragmatic approach to supervision and wide and varied business knowledge allows him to deliver incisive and enigmatic platforms for coaches to develop.
His flexible yet systematic approach to coaching & coach development allows for growth and insight in what is very often a fluid and dynamic world. He uses the 10 components of thinking in conjunction with the 7 Eyed Model, Full spectrum Supervision, Reflective Practice and Cognitive Constructive Disruption as individual models within a blended approach.
With a passion for people development Naomi enjoys helping people to be the best version of themselves. After many years working within corporate business Naomi set up Broader Horizons Coaching, Mentoring and Training in 2022 and since 2022 has worked with Agile Group training 1000’s of coaches and mentors through recognised and accredited programmes.
“I’m passionate about learning and development, everything about it! I am at my best and happiest when working with others to enable positive change and improvement. I love to see that lightbulb moment, that moment of sudden realisation, enlightenment or inspiration, its pure magic!”
Certificate of Professional Development – University of Strathclyde (1996)
Certificate of Coaching Supervision (2013)
(Core, Group, Therapeutic and Advanced Modules) – Centre for Supervision and Team Development
Master Practitioner – NLP – Sue Knight (2004)
Bill’s mission, sustained for over 30 years now is “helping people & organisations succeed”.
He brings an impressive record of achievements with leading organisations in both the private and public sectors.
Bill is passionate about using L&D/OD to improve organisational performance. Bill uses his extensive experience as a consultant, trainer, coach and mentor, to deliver results for Agile’s clients…. consistently!
Bill was a judge on the National Training Awards for over 14 years, and he is a Visiting Professor in Change Management/ Organisational Transformation,
Julia has worked with Agile for 5 years and brings exceptional technical skills and digital marketing expertise to the group. Having worked at Chester University for 11 years she has knowledge and experience of online learning platforms. As well as running a technical business support company, Julia owns Wrexham Web Design (and created this website!)
