Alan Gillies is an experienced Executive Director and trainer/facilitator with an extensive background in Commercial and Strategic planning gained in the Pharmaceutical and Learning & Development Industries. His experience includes large multinational organisations and smaller family owned and run businesses. Alan has worked all over the world but is based in Glasgow, enjoys good food and wine, great coffee, is passionate about investing, music, travel and reading a good book.

Alex is a personable and very passionate trainer and coach focussing on change and transformation, having specialised in NLP, Communication, Coaching and Leadership Skills training. He studied Economics in Barcelona and in Frankfurt am Main and worked for many years in advertisement and international trade before he began his career as a trainer and coach 13 years ago. He currently lives between Spain and the UK and loves to travel and get in touch with different cultures.

Ania is an accredited Business Coach and Learning Specialist, from a Pharmaceutical Sales Management background. She is also a practicing artist, having completed a certificate in Portraiture at the Art Academy in London. Ania combines her passion for behavioural change with her artistic practice. Ania demonstrates a flexible approach, adapts her style to suit organisational needs, and works in collaboration to help people and companies develop and succeed.

Alvina is a Chartered Accountant of Singapore, who started her career as an auditor with one of the Big-4 accounting firms. After her first taste of facilitating a training session in the firm, she stashed away her calculator and sought a transfer to the Learning & Development team. In the 12 years with L&D, Alvina took on the role of the Learning Leader and was involved in strategizing, facilitating and deploying impactful learning experiences for professionals in the Assurance practice.

I’ve been a confident and engaging trainer, coach, and consultant since 2002. Before that, I had a broad career in the trade, services, and media/communications industries, where I held various leadership roles in marketing and human resource development. I'm certified to deliver several behavioural and psychometric profiles, including the Reiss Motivation Profile, Insights Discovery, and Tracom Social Styles.

In my spare time, I enjoy travelling with my wife and children, and I’m also passionate about football.

Bill is an executive coach and facilitator. He is passionate about helping participants enhance their business skills, behaviour and mindset. Bill has superb communications skills on all levels and he leverages his broad business background and international experience to enrich the delivery of executive coaching and workshops across different business sectors.

Chris is an international leadership trainer and coach with specialist experience and knowledge in advanced inter-personal communication skills.  His qualifications include Master Practitioner, Trainer and Coach in NLP as well as an MSc Applied Educational Psychology. When he is not working Chris likes to spend time with his family and can be found on the local tennis courts.

Claire’s career has always been driven by an interest in people and understanding their behaviour and needs.

This thread has woven her story together from consumer insight and brand marketing, through to commercial capability building, facilitation, talent management and executive coaching/mentoring, working with large global companies, both client and consultancy side.

Having ‘walked in the shoes’ of many of her clients, has given her a unique insight into their world, which she brings, along with her natural positivity, infectious energy and warmth to her training facilitation and coaching.

It’s about bringing it to life. When you love what you do, it becomes more informative, beneficial, and motivating for everyone involved. Once a relationship is established, it’s incredibly rewarding to witness those ‘lightbulb’ moments. That’s why I’m a trainer and coach specialising in sales, leadership, management, and people skills.

With over 25 years in senior leadership roles within global premium brands, selling and marketing are my areas of expertise. From the boardroom to the shop floor, I’ve delivered personal and business benefits across the world. In addition to extensive work across Europe, I’ve also worked in the USA, Middle East, Far East, and Asia.

One of my specialties is performance coaching for leaders, using tools like 360 feedback, psychometrics, and behavioural frameworks including Social Styles, Colours, and DiSC. Despite being highly qualified and accredited, my style is practical, matter-of-fact, and grounded. I bring a calm yet enthusiastic presence, and I tailor my approach to suit the context, preferences, and culture of the audience.

David has extensive experience in facilitating highly engaging learning with real-world impact for leaders, teams and front-line employees in global organisations. He has a career background in engineering and IT in the manufacturing and chemicals industries. He is a certified NLP Master Practitioner and is accredited in Tracom Social Styles. Away from work he enjoys days out with his family, playing the guitar, and outdoor activities including a recently discovered passion for sub aqua diving.

David has over 25 years of international experience as a keynote speaker, leadership team effectiveness facilitator, executive coach, and corporate executive. Having worked across Asia, America, and Europe, he has a vast experience in dealing with global audiences and different cultures. He specialises in bringing behavioural science knowledge to deliver programmes in organisation change and culture building, management practice, team effectiveness and succession planning. He is certified in a range of psychometrics and holds a MSc in Organization Development from Pepperdine University. David works in both English and Chinese languages. He lives in Southeast Asia and spends his free time trying to communicate effectively with his Pomeranian.

Dido is an accomplished trainer, facilitator and coach with over 20 years’ experience of delivering high quality workshops. She is a certified NLP Master Practitioner and incorporates this thinking and techniques into her work. She is passionate about using communication skills to assist people in achieving what they consider to be beyond their expectations and capabilities. Dido is a keen equestrian with a depth of experience in solving equine behavioural problems; communicating through body language (sometimes nick named “horse whispering”).

An accomplished HR executive with wide-ranging involvement in multinational companies, María Fernanda is also a skilled trainer and facilitator. Due to her background in pharmaceutical and media industries, María has a deep understanding of the learning experience and interest in technology, neuroscience, and environmental sustainability.

Georgie is an experienced global trainer, facilitator and a qualified life coach and art psychotherapist.  She uses creativity and inspiring facilitation to uncover insights to inform opportunities for people and business growth.  She is passionate about developing people and improving personal (and company) wellbeing.  She has held senior leadership positions within communication strategy, consumer insight and marketing consulting.  She likes to apply this experience in her leadership training and coaching and also enjoys interpreting interpersonal and leadership dynamics towards enabling organisational change.

Gillian has over 20 years’ experience working in global FTSE 100 organisations as a HR Director, supporting and developing leadership teams working in manufacturing, commercial, medical, R&D and service organisations. During this time, Gillian has led HR teams and partnered and coached senior leaders and Executive members around the world. She is an experienced coach, mentor, trainer and facilitator and is passionate about unlocking potential in individuals, teams and organisations. She holds the NTL Organisation Development (OD) Certificate, is an accredited NLP Practitioner, has used Insights Discovery in previous roles, is a Fellow of the CIPD and is Social Styles accredited. Outside work, Gillian is a Pets as Therapy Volunteer with her Old English Sheepdog, Blue Belle and enjoys travel, walking and generally being outdoors.

Gilly has a background in Media. She is a highly experienced trainer and coach who has delivered global training for many years. Gilly’s approach to training is high energy and her style is very engaging. Her accolades include being a qualified Personal Performance Coach, Corporate & Executive Coach and NLP Practitioner.

Graham is an international speaker and speaking coach. He is best known for his ability to convey business ideas with a quick sketch. His numerous conference audiences have been amazed to discover that they too can draw their ideas – a talent they never knew they had. As a former manager in Corporate Training at a large airline, he was responsible for the delivery of leadership and management development training.

With a background in public relations, Isabel has a proven track record in implementing both large scale and individual training programmes across a wide range of sectors.

Her main passion is to deliver training that integrates the experience, education and background of the participants.

To support her own learning, Isabel successfully gained her Social Styles qualification and uses this insight to allow her to understand participants and client’s own training needs.

Originally from Canada, Isabel offers training throughout South America and apart of her style is to bring a high energy to the classroom.  Isabel speaks native Spanish and has a fantastic level of English.

Excel Communications can guarantee your training will not be dull with Isabel facilitating.

Jo has gained a wealth of experience in a number of industries before settling on becoming a leadership and management trainer. She is an NLP Master Practitioner and has a special interest in the use of NLP to overcome performance nerves. This fascination has also led her to study the connection between mind and body and become a qualified Nia teacher. Jo is also a keen horse rider.

I'm a multi-award-winning consultant and coach, supporting strategic growth and business transformation across a wide range of sectors. I specialise in high-performance leadership and team effectiveness through both individual and systemic team coaching. My approach is grounded in real-world pragmatism, commercial experience, and a strong blend of academic and professional qualifications.

Based in the UK, I work internationally—both in person and virtually. Outside of work, I’m a seasoned traveller, avid reader, and part-time woodworker.

Jon lived and worked in the Army, receiving intense leadership training before spending his time training new recruits. Having worked extensively in events management and qualifying as an executive coach, Jon is now an experienced trainer and facilitator, delivering in multiple industries including oil and gas, telecoms, IT, and financial services. Based in SW London, Jon has a great love of the outdoors and sports that include long walks in the hills, long cycle trips, running, and triathlon events.

Julie is an award-winning adult educator with nearly two decades of experience as a facilitator, trainer, executive coach and learning consultant. She is a Specialist Adult Educator (SAE), Associate Certified Coach (ACC) and Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Julie began her career as an auditor with Ernst & Young (EY) Singapore, managing a diverse portfolio of international audit clients across multiple industries. She later transferred to EY’s Learning & Development department to pursue her passion to become a trainer. After more than 15 years with EY, Julie left the firm to focus on

enhancing leadership, presentation, interpersonal, and financial competencies within individuals and organisations through a blended learning approach.

Juliette has a wealth of commercial experience gained from over 25 years working with Johnson & Johnson, the NHS, and global pharmaceutical companies within Med Comms. She combines coaching skills with a results-driven and empathetic approach to people development, empowering her clients to achieve their full potential. Outside work, you can find Juliette horse riding or walking her dog in the beautiful Chilterns countryside.  At weekends, she is often watching her teenage daughters do motocross and horse-riding.

I am a certified leadership development coach as well as an experienced trainer and facilitator. I bring a wealth of both personal and professional experience to her work, drawing on a 16-year international career in a top 10 FTSE company, where I specialised in corporate communications, reputation management, and sustainability.

As an accredited Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation (ICF), I also hold a range of additional certifications, including Certified Integral Development Coach™, Social Styles, Strengths Profile, and LINC Personality Profiler trainer and coach.

My expertise is grounded in a strong foundation of professional practice, extensive training, and a coaching style defined by approachability, personal integrity, and a healthy dose of pragmatism.

A passionate holistic coach, senior facilitator and master trainer, Laurent brings together a rich multi-cultural and diverse international business background. Originally from France with Vietnamese roots, he also lived in Germany, UK, USA, Singapore, and has traveled extensively worldwide. Resident in Thailand since July 2021, he has over 20 years of business experience, with a focus on people’s learning and development for the last 18 years, both externally and in-house.

+10 years of experience as a manager, turned certified professional coach and Train Coach® specialist, I know what makes the difference between a professional who merely survives and one who truly thrives. My approach has already helped hundreds of executives, managers, and leaders reconnect with purpose, leadership, and confidence in their careers. We're taught to perform, to fit into boxes, to tick all the right checkmarks — but never to truly know ourselves or take the lead in our own career paths. The good news? You can learn how. And that’s exactly what I help you do. 

Based in California, Lora has been working in leadership & management training for over 20 years.  She is able to tailor her training to her audience and her style is high energy and engaging. Lora is a member of The American Society of Training & Development (ASTD) and Project Management Institute (PMI).

With a background in recruitment and selection, I worked with major global organisations before becoming an Excel facilitator. Guided by core values of courage, connection, integrity, compassion and growth, I have supported senior leaders in unlocking their potential and navigating their personal evolution.  I now work with senior leadership teams and individuals delivering immersive programmes that spark lasting transformation.

I am a transformational coach and facilitator who partners with organisations to elevate leadership. With a background in corporate recruitment and building high-performing teams, I bring strategic insight and warmth into every room. My work is grounded in a deep belief that courageous self-awareness, emotional truth and alignment are the foundations of real leadership.

With over 15 years’ experience as a leadership trainer and 10 years’ experience as a life and leadership coach, Magdalena’s passion is people. Her training is innovative, interactive and high energy. She currently resides in Portugal and enjoys writing her Japanese cooking blog in her spare time.

With over 25 years experience, I am an international facilitator, executive coach and keynote speaker in leadership, sales, negotiation and communication training, among other specialties. I am fluent in Portuguese, English, French and Spanish.

I am certified in NLP, DISC and Neuroscience and I use these techniques it to benefit my participants.  I specialise in areas such as leadership, complex sales and negotiation, train the trainer and team building.  I have experience in sectors such as retail, optics, banking, consulting, automotive and IT. 

By facilitating thorough, practical, challenging and fun training sessions, I help people ensure they go beyond in order to achieve results never achieved before.  I have the ability to really engage his participants in the learning process.

In my spare time, I love open-air activities, swimming and good talk by the fireplace.

I am a certified PCC Executive Coach and an expert trainer on Advanced Communication and Presentation skills, BtoB and BtoC Sales, Management and Leadership Development. In my spare time, I enjoy spending my spare time hiking and bicycling around Catalonia, and cooking for family and friends. 

Mark is another of our leadership & management experts with his experience coming from scientific research and the pharma industry. He is MBTI accredited, an NLP Master Practitioner and Tracom Social Styles facilitator. When Mark is not working, he enjoys spending time with his family, and supporting Newcastle United (sometimes!) with his sons.

As a global HR leader, Mark has worked across the US, Asia, Europe, Oceana and Latin America, and has directly built and led HR teams dispersed across nine diverse countries. Now an experienced facilitator and keynote speaker, Mark designs and delivers leadership programmes and team development interventions up to senior level, creating meaningful solutions to complicated business challenges.

In his spare time, Mark enjoys writing and playing music on guitar. He also dedicates his time as an Executive Coach to organizations focused on serving underdeveloped countries and communities

As a qualified and experienced coach, mentor and workplace mediator, I am a skilled facilitator and trainer. I have worked across a wide range of sectors including the UK Military, Defence and Aerospace, Shared Services, Manufacturing, Healthcare and Education. I enjoy volunteering as a coach helping military spouses as well as volunteering in my local community. I believe personal and team development, coaching and mentoring skills enable leaders to step towards their full potential and enable high performance through their teams. Outside work, I enjoy spending time with my family and friends, reading and watching all sport, especially international rugby union.

Miwa’s intellectual curiosity is one of her strengths and she is also a practitioner of active listening to help her coaches discover their beliefs and inner speech. Her way of retaining self-confidence, raising self-efficacy and exerting leadership is highly valued among the CEOs and executives she is coaching.

Natalie is based in the US and her expertise ranges from strategic development, project management to executive coaching, mediation and facilitation. Natalie has in depth experience in the areas of leadership, change management, performance management, team building, diversity, conflict and stress management.

In the UK she was the lead consultant on Diversity to the House of Commons, and led the leadership drive for a private company globally operating out of 22 countries.

Her passion is training and she has conducted training initiatives to all levels of management with the objective of bringing about sustainable learning through a practical, interactive skills based approach.

With over 27 years’ experience at Australia’s largest bank, Paul progressed from sweeping floors to Executive Leadership positions. Paul works with emerging leaders, current leaders and C-Suite executives across Australia and internationally to achieve key outcomes and unleash their full potential. He is a highly experienced facilitator, coach, and business leader eager to support the wellbeing and effectiveness of business professionals.

When not working globally with his clients, Paul resides in Australia where he is a (professional) musician, cricket coach, husband and proud father of two young men.

For close to 20 years, I have enjoyed designing and facilitating learning experiences for individuals seeking professional and personal growth in adult education, leadership development, emotional intelligence, communication, thought leadership, resilience, and well-being. As a facilitator and coach, I draw on human-centred approaches informed by my PhD research, which explored ways to co-create cultures of belonging and success. Passionate about continuous learning in a world of constant change, I create learning spaces where people feel safe enough to connect, collaborate, and thrive. When I'm not focused on people development, you’ll likely find me cooking up a storm in the kitchen or finding calm on my yoga mat.

Punit joined the Excel Communications training team after a very successful career in the pharmaceutical industry in a learning and development team. His qualifications include an NLP Practitioner and he is a certified Tracom Social Styles trainer. In his spare time, Punit likes to spend quality time with his family.

Rachel has extensive background in Higher Education in the UK, including coaching, academic, and professional services roles. Despite starting life as a scientist, Rachel has experience in working across sectors including tourism and hospitality, art and design, and business and management, in both public and private sector. Rachel has specialist interest and knowledge in neurodiversity and neuro-inclusion. Outside work, Rachel is a serial learner and when not studying, is happiest up a hill, curled up with a thick book, or knitting oddly-shaped garments with handspun wool.

A Brit now based in Los Angeles, USA, I am an executive-level coach and trainer. I have been working with teams and individuals across multiple sectors for three decades – and as a very early riser, I'm also excited to work across time zones! I always bring energy and humour, am experienced in many sectors and specialise in behaviour change and transformation in service of driving real business results.

Rolf is a truly international trainer, having been born in Europe, educated in the USA, and has lived with his family in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He has now made the move back to Europe.  Working within leadership and management, his passion is people development. His other loves are tennis, skiing, kite surfing and yoga.

I am an accomplished international trainer, facilitator and coach. I am highly experienced in the field of professional development, with a proven track record of assisting organisations, managers, teams and individuals to attain business goals.  I particularly enjoy facilitation work working with team/business challenges and team development. 

I am a qualified NLP Master Practitioner and an accredited trainer in MBTI, Firo B, Social Styles and Belbin. I am also a qualified Psychological Coach and MindsetVI mindset consultant.

Away from work, I enjoy walking in the hills, camping in the rain, playing classical piano, fast swimming and slow Tai Chi – but not all at the same time!

Drawing on more than 25 years’ experience, Ruth is passionate about great leadership in the workplace. Specialising in Leadership Development, Coaching & Mentoring, Ruth also believes that learning and growth never stops and should be enjoyable, interactive and applicable in the real world. Ruth is a certified NLP Master Practitioner and uses these techniques in her training.

I am a certified Tiny Habits Coach, NLP Practitioner and Lego Serious Play facilitator. I combine my knowledge of the Behavioural Sciences with my hands-on business experience of 28 years to design and facilitate my programs. I have navigated teams through Change in times of high volatility. My skills are in Visioning, Purpose and Strategy-alignment programs as well as creating a Culture of Accountability in high-performance teams. My experience enables me to set up leaders in ‘Above-the-Line’ Behaviours – Conflict Resolution, Critical Feedback skills, Positive Power & Influence. I am naturally drawn towards creating programs that drive results. I have spearheaded business-impacting interventions and worked with Design Thinkers and Innovators to build the stature of client-facing teams – from problem-spotlighting to solution-crafting through a process of digital transformation.

Sarah is an executive leadership coach, published author, and Imposter Syndrome expert. She works with senior leaders, leadership teams, high potential emerging leaders and successful business owners, helping them develop the right level of confidence plus leadership and business skills, empowering them to first learn how to effectively lead themselves, so they can then create fulfilling, high-performance environments where everyone thrives.

Sarah is a trusted Professional Certified Coach, with a Psychology degree and a Postgrad Cert in Business Coaching with 20 years’ experience as a facilitator. Outside of work, you’ll find Sarah outdoors with family and friends, cycling, walking, or even surfing! Sarah has lived and worked around the world and loves spending time in her book and art clubs.

With experience as a consultant and coach, I have worked with a diverse range of individuals and teams. I have facilitated a wide range of training sessions focused on management upskilling, leadership development, purpose driven leadership, resilience and high performing cultures.

I am passionate about working with people and feel the greatest sense of fulfilment when developing and coaching others. The aim of my approach is to build authentic, powerful connections, resulting in a safe space for vulnerability, challenge and discovery.

A proven approach of using high performing models to grow teams, and purpose discovery tools to support leaders to identify their ‘why’, I use a variety of methods to support both individuals and teams to reach their potential.

I have worked with clients at the start of their leadership journey, defining their vision and building their confidence, and those further on in executive roles finessing their skills.  My passion is rooted in not just helping people to achieve their goals, but in growing their belief that they can achieve them too.

A native Englishman based in Madrid, Terry gains most satisfaction from seeing confidence and charisma blossom in people’s performances and in areas where they least expected it. Passionate about language, communication and human relationships, Terry’s strength lies in his ability to relate to, bring together and motivate individuals, groups and teams from different backgrounds and nationalities. Terry is a certified NLP Practitioner and holds an MSc in Linguistics & Phonetics; Terry is a keen musician and in his spare time performs stand-up comedy on a regular basis. He is a keen sportsman in rugby, cricket and soccer and enjoys the Mediterranean lifestyle.

Tom completed a very successful career in the pharmaceutical industry before moving into training. He is certified in Advanced Coaching and Mentoring and is an MBTI Practitioner. Tom is also a Situational Leadership II certified trainer and is Tracom Social Styles Accredited. In his personal life, Tom likes to run, play guitar badly and has been a season ticket holder at Anfield for over 18 years.

I bring over 25 years of diverse sales experience across both product and service-based industries, with a proven track record in nearly every sales channel—including cold calling, networking, referrals, warm leads, cold email outreach, business expos, door-to-door, direct-to-consumer, business-to-business, in-home presentations, and holiday market booths. I’ve led group sales trainings, facilitated multi-week coaching programs, and provided one-on-one coaching to help individuals boost performance, build confidence, and improve results. I’ve also consulted with small business owners to refine and align their marketing and sales strategies. My approach combines proven techniques with mindset-based coaching to help people sell more effectively and authentically. I also successfully applied these skills to launch my self-published book to Amazon bestseller status through organic sales efforts.

A qualified engineer and Instructional Design Expert, Vijayalakshmi (Viji) has configured and delivered training solutions to large corporations in India and Sri Lanka. She has worked as an executive coach to senior managers in various organisations, and has extensive knowledge of various psychometric and feedback tools. Viji also holds a Masters degree in Sociology and is based in Coimbatore.

I am an accomplished international facilitator and coach having worked in 12 countries, 27 industry sectors and 75 organisations. All aspects of communication, collaborative working and coaching are my specialities. A former UK Head of Training in two global pharmaceutical companies, I joined the Excel team in 2001. I am a Professionally Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation, Master Practitioner of NLP, accredited in Hogan and Social Styles and qualified in MBTI Step 1 and 2. As well as being a keen, but awful guitarist, I can sometimes be found on a windsurfer.