Olive Fogarty

Olive Fogarty is a personable and professional Business Development Executive with over 25yrs experience in banking and insurance in the Channel Islands and Dubai. Well connected and networked Olive has demonstrable experience in leading the development of new business and maintaining key relationships.

• https://www.cib-insurance.co.uk/je

Lena Thompson

Lena has over 15 years of experience in the corporate arena consulting, training and designing systems for clients, including CBRE, Anglo-Irish Bank, Bank of Kuwait and others.
In 2018 Lena discovered personal development, which caused her to re-evaluate all aspects of her life and leave her successful career to find out what she really wanted to do with her life.
Now Lena is an award-winning entrepreneur and an international speaker passionate about helping organisations build purpose-driven cultures that inspire their people to personal & professional success.

She was a keynote speaker at:
HRTech - Copenhagen
Employer Of The Future - Berlin
Future of Work - Singapore
HR Champions - Johannesburg
SHRM inclusion - Chicago

• https://www.instagram.com/lena_thompson_raizman/

Andre Duquemin

Andre helps organisations create resilient, high performing individuals and teams.
After spending 20 years working in health and well being, first as an osteopath, then as a trauma therapist and coach, Andre created a unique process which focuses on enhancing mental, emotional and physical well being.
By coupling this approach with best practices in peak performance psychology, Andre helps individuals and teams reach their highest level and teaches them how to stay there.

• https://www.threebraintraining.com

Danielle Brouard

Danielle is a Senior Counsel in Walkers' Guernsey Employment Practice Group. She advises on all aspects of employment law, focusing in particular on discrimination and employment-related disputes.

Danielle spent 14 years in the London office of Baker McKenzie - she also has in-house experience, having undertaken a six-month secondment with British Airways.

Her core practice involves drafting and negotiating employment documentation, assisting with HR processes and employee relations matters, advising on the enforceability of restrictive covenants, representing clients in employment tribunal litigation and advising on employment aspects of transactions.

• https://www.walkersglobal.com

Sarah Ash

Sarah is a Group Partner in the Employment team, based in Guernsey and has almost 20 years' experience in private practice, having qualified with Allen & Overy before working for two US firms in the City and then moving to Guernsey in 2018. She advises on all contentious and non-contentious matters, and is an expert in the new discrimination law and leads the Channel Islands Practice Group.

Sarah is recognised by Legal 500 as a Next Generation Partner, and has experience in advising companies in a broad range of industries including financial services, insurance, legal and media.
She also has in-house secondment experience working within both employment legal and HR teams and spent time in a major international bank where she gained invaluable experience of employment related matters from the client's perspective.
Sarah is a Group Partner in the Employment team, based in Guernsey and has almost 20 years' experience in private practice, having qualified with Allen & Overy before working for two US firms in the City and then moving to Guernsey in 2018. She advises on all contentious and non-contentious matters, and is an expert in the new discrimination law and leads the Channel Islands Practice Group.

• https://www.walkersglobal.com

Kate Hesk

Kate is Co-Founder, Chief People Officer and Head of Coaching at Cognomie, a global, on demand coaching and benchmarking organisation, which supports the development and tracking of Mental Fitness for performance for individuals, teams and organisations.
Mental Fitness drives motivation, fulfilment, relationship building, resilience and optimism. As a seasoned leader herself, Kate is passionate about helping others gain insight and greater self-awareness to understand how they can reach their full potential and positively contribute to individual, team and organisational success.

• https://cognomie.com/

Alex Barker

Alex leads Be More Pirate, a book turned social movement & consultancy. She has worked with a wide range of organisations from Dyson to the NHS, helping them to rewrite their rules using the principles of the Golden Age of Piracy. She is a speaker, facilitator and co-author of How to Be More Pirate, and is a speaking coach for women too.

• https://www.bemorepirate.com/

Chris Chamberlain

Chris has a passion for helping people and companies reach their full potential.

He's experienced in managing and leading teams, developing strategy, learning and development and developing personal development programmes. He oversees the Guernsey Mind workplace wellbeing training team, their therapeutic service and digital services and sits on the board to provide advice to Board members on risk and strategic direction. He has also worked on and developed coaching programmes to support personal performance in the workplace, and supports Guernsey Mind therapeutic service through coaching and Acceptance Commitment Therapy.

Prior to Mind Guernsey he was an incident commander for the Airport Fire and Rescue service, and developed and trained teams on meeting strategic and tactical plans, leadership styles and health and wellbeing.

• https://www.guernseymind.org.gg/

Hayley North

Hayley believes you should lean into what makes you happy as that makes doing things you don’t enjoy much more fun.

A Chartered Financial Planner and Fellow of the Personal Finance Society with 25 years’ experience in financial services working for Barclays, Bank of America and Capital One she founded her first company in 2008, followed by the award-winning Rose & North, based in Primrose Hill, London, in 2012.

She is a non-executive Director of The Channel Islands Financial Ombudsman (CIFO) and sits on the Advisory Group to the Sectors Committee at the Investment Association.

Passionate about inclusivity and very consumer focused, she regularly features in The Telegraph’s Money Makeover segment and writes a bi-weekly column in the Guernsey Press.

• https://www.roseandnorth.com

John Hibbs

A serial entrepreneur and experienced businessman, John enjoys achieving results in a win-win world.

John believes businesses should be a force for good and helps businesses around the world capitalise on their amazing human talent. He likes to spend his time thinking about the interconnections that form our work, communities and lives and how these can be enhanced for the benefit of all.

• https://www.coefficient-solutions.com/

Kate Harbour

Kate Harbour is a Senior Consultant at CBO Projects, specialising in organisational psychology.
Her engagements span both the private and public sectors, and include consultancy work, change management, and project management. She has delivered a wide range of technology, process, and people transformations from inception to completion. Skilled in defining and implementing organisational and cultural change, Kate is particularly interested in supporting clients with aspects of their culture and people strategies.
With a strong research and publication background, Kate uses her knowledge of organisational behaviour to enhance effectiveness across all aspects of her work. Her current areas of research include identity, liminality, and the personal experience in the workplace.

• https://www.cboprojects.com

Kareena Hodgson

Kareena built her career in the third sector, heading up Action for Children in Guernsey for over 10 years, working with a wide range of often challenging situations.

In joining Leaders Consultancy, Kareena is now able to utilise her skills and keen commitment to fostering systems and environments that enable people to flourish, across all sectors. This includes substantial experience in team building and leadership, engaging with multiple stakeholders and supporting individuals in creating healthier habits in work and life. The combination of her encouraging style, people-first mindset, creative thinking, aptitude for utilising insights from psychometric surveys and passion for healthy environments is an asset for any team in any sector.

• https://www.leadersconsultancy.co.uk

Lauren Gale

Lauren is Head of HR at Utmost and after 20 years within the HR industry has taken the plunge into the world of public speaking at this year’s DisruptHR event.

Lauren reflects on the changing culture of our organisations, armed with the experience of recruiting, retaining and training talent and the challenges and also the opportunities that our new generations are bringing us. Lauren shares her thoughts on how today’s leaders should consider adapting their businesses to be prepared for and welcome our future leaders.

• https://utmostinternational.com/