CATH BROWN CONSULTANCY - Key Persons


Amber Farrier

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Senior Leader
Amber is an Executive Coach, Trainer, Facilitator and Business Consultant working with a variety of public, private and charitable organisations. Her strong management and leadership background has been gained whilst working within the Local Authority and Charitable sector as a Senior Manager. Amber is a whole person facilitator and is experienced in working in areas including management team development, increasing confidence, and design and delivery of bespoke management programmes. Amber is charismatic and enjoys working with organisations that recognise people as their main asset. Amber has worked as a senior leader in the Local Authority and Charitable sectors for over 15 years. Her experience includes service reviews; management of change; recruitment, talent management and retention of staff teams; staff training and development. Amber has been practicing as a coach, coach supervisor and whole person facilitator for many years and is an experienced trainer and assessor. Hi! My name is Amber, and I am delighted to meet you. I am a qualified coach, leadership trainer and whole person facilitator. I work within a varied range of organisations including local authorities, national charities, police, NHS, and education. I am passionate about working with people and organisations that want to make a positive impact to the lives of others. I enjoy connecting and working with people facing leadership challenges, career choices, and those wanting to challenge themselves and grow. I am passionate about bringing ‘being human' back into leadership and life.

Charlotte Angus

Job Titles:
  • Leadership Coach
Charlotte is a leadership coach whose passion is to create spaces and opportunities for individuals and teams to grow and thrive. Her main area of focus is working with leaders and professionals to develop their ability to lead well. Reflecting on her own experience as a People and Change leader Charlotte recognises both the privilege, and the responsibility leadership brings in enabling performance of teams and the organisation. There is no one right way to lead; as a qualified coach Charlotte works with both individuals and teams to help them explore and understand their operating context to find their leadership ‘style fit' so they, their teams and organisations thrive. Hi, I'm Charlotte. The clients I connect with best with are leaders who recognise that high performance in their teams starts with them, and who are keen to explore and develop who they are as an individual and a leader. As a coach I have worked with organisations in both the public and private sectors: local authorities, utilities, charities, manufacturing, financial services, e-commerce Leadership is both a privilege and a responsibility and there isn't one right or easy way to lead. I love having the opportunity to work with leaders so they can find what works for them, so they, their team and organisation fly. My areas of specialism are leadership development, confidence, and well-being My work will enable you to find your authentic leadership style fit so you and your team thrive: Thrive and fly with Charlotte.

Christina Gates

Job Titles:
  • Coach, Managing
  • Senior Leader
Hello, I'm Christina, an executive coach and coach supervisor. As a coach, I enjoy working with formal and informal leaders, who want to work mindfully, tap into their resourcefulness and develop themselves to benefit them, their teams and the wider systems. I love to work with people creatively to disrupt patterns of thinking that are no longer helpful and are creating barriers to change and growth. I've worked in partnership with leaders in the NHS, local authorities and other public sector organisations, social housing providers, charities, education, and private businesses. My passion is for working with leaders who want to make mindful choices and have a positive impact on the lives of others. My areas of specialism are leadership development, change and transition, and (re)finding personal power and confidence. Christina is an experienced senior leader, facilitator, trainer, coach, coach supervisor and change consultant. Christina understands how to effectively and sustainably help people to help themselves and ensure they are equipped with the insight and tools they need to keep moving forward. Christina is a fully qualified and highly experienced Executive and Leadership Coach, an Executive Team Coach, a Coach Supervisor, a Licensed Practitioner of NLP and a creative and skilled facilitator and trainer. Beyond work, Christina is actively committed to her role as the Co-Chair of a dynamic charity providing advocacy and support to people with learning disabilities and other vulnerable groups. Christina is a highly skilled coach, managing to put me at ease and give me the confidence to be open and honest from my initial meeting and throughout our work. She was able to intuitively know how much to challenge me, push me and when to give me the space and time to reflect and build my own solutions and answer to challenges I was facing. Throughout our sessions she was professional, maintaining confidentiality, setting and holding appropriate boundaries and being non-judgemental. She [...] would regularly seek feedback and updates regarding my progress and her work, to ensure I was getting the most out of the sessions and achieving what I identified as my goals…she is supportive and creative, and I would highly recommend her as a coach Hello, I'm Christina, an executive coach and coach supervisor. I enjoy working with formal and informal leaders, who want to work mindfully, tap into their resourcefulness and develop themselves to benefit them, their teams and the wider systems.

Gareth Osborne

Job Titles:
  • Coach
Gareth is an exceptionally talented coach and inspiring mentor. Gareth's skills in enabling reflective conversations were key to helping me generate insights that were transformative and sustainable - a terrifically powerful combination - and enjoyable! Investing time as Gareth's ‘coachee' has been invaluable - thanks Gareth. Hello there! I'm Gareth and I've been coaching / mentoring for over 20 years. I have worked with wide variety of clients, from charity leaders, CEO's and senior execs of SMEs, through to partners and aspiring partners in professional services. I'm passionate about the impact that coaching can have, and firmly believe everybody should have a coach. I enjoy working through complex challenges and helping people to get themselves into a better place. I've been told that my coaching has been life changing. I specialise in Exec. and leadership coaching and career coaching. My mentoring largely focuses on marketing, business development, and strategy.

Julie Danskin

Hello, I'm Julie! I am a coach, mentor and coaching supervisor. As a coach, I enjoy working with people who wish to be more confident and effective as a leader. I also offer therapeutic coaching, helping people to develop strategies to improve emotional well being, work life balance and confidence, either separate to, or alongside, leadership coaching. I mainly work with people from the public sector although I have also coached clients in a large financial institution. My specialisms include leadership development, career progression and transition and personal effectiveness.

Julie McVeigh

Hi, my name is Julie and it's good to meet you. I am coach, coach supervisor and whole person facilitator. I am passionate about connecting and working with people in a protected and confidential space to surface whatever it is that you would find helpful to explore, free from judgment. My driver is to work with you to connect with the best version of you, whatever that may be, relevant to situation and context. I have a varied client base, although my own values draw me to people working in the NHS, local authorities and voluntary sector services due the challenges invariably faced from working in pressured complex systems where the stakes are high. I am energised by leaders who access coaching as a transformational space as I am passionate about facilitating leaders to be their authentic selves.

Julie Scanlon

Hi! I'm Julie and I enjoy working with clients to help them be the best versions of themselves that they can be. I've coached clients across public, third and private sectors, from mid to senior level leaders as well as individuals early in their careers. In my broader consultancy work, I specialise in diversity and inclusion, particularly the inclusion of women and LGBT people and awareness of these larger structural issues informs my coaching. I have coached individuals in areas such as career development and progression, career transitions, managing working relationships and confidence. Working with me will enable you to find clarity and to take practical steps to attain your goals.

Kitty Haylock

Kitty is a business psychologist, with a background working with public and third sector organisations. She has over 10 years' experience working in and for the healthcare sector in learning and development, organisational development, and consultancy. Kitty has been coaching for over 15 years, during which time she has also designed and delivered coach training programmes, acted as strategic coaching lead, led coaching CPD and supervision programmes, and developed and led intra- and inter-organisational coach networks and coaching strategy networks. Hi, I'm Kitty, I am an experienced business psychologist, organisational development practitioner, trainer, facilitator and coach, with experience working with a range of healthcare, public and third sector organisations, and private coaching clients. I am passionate about realising the potential of individuals and organisations, and utilising a wide portfolio of positive development interventions to achieve this. My key skills are executive coaching, career/transition coaching, leadership development, facilitation, coach training and development, resilience and wellbeing, network development, collaborative working, collaborative learning, team development, engagement, talent management, action learning, psychometrics, and Insights Discovery.

Lucy Ord

Job Titles:
  • Coach
Lucy is a coach, facilitator and organisation development specialist. Her experience, built up over two decades, has seen her work with clients in the public, private and voluntary sectors to enable their capability and performance. Lucy takes a person-centred approach, whilst also maintaining a keen focus on the organisational system. She is skilled in supporting clients through transition and change, enabling people to better understand themselves and their contexts. Lucy has twenty years' experience within leadership and organisation development (OD) and has worked in multiple sectors including the NHS, Civil Service, education, local government, housing, charities and the private sector. She has led leadership, performance and talent strategies; culture change programmes; senior talent assessment centres, and the coaching programme for a large NHS body. Hi. My name is Lucy and I'm a qualified coach, facilitator, and leadership and organisation development specialist.

Margaret Bates

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Marie Hunter

Job Titles:
  • Coach
Hello! I'm Marie, a career coach with a wealth of experience in both public sector and blue chip organisations. I'm passionate, warm and enthusiastic, and love working with people to realise their career goals. I enjoy working with leaders to realise the potential of their teams. I achieve this helping people realise their potential by optimising strengths and building confidence. I have a collaborative facilitation style integrating a people-centred and inclusive approach to facilitation, whilst ensuring a sharp focus on organisational needs and practical results.

Nadine Bleasby

Hello, I'm Nadine. I'm a leadership coach and development facilitator including Myers Briggs and 360 feedback. I work with clients across sectors including the NHS, higher education and local authorities. Fuelled by a strong belief that ‘to lead is to serve' I enjoy working together with people with curiosity to help them fulfil their leadership potential. By working and exploring together I help bring increased awareness and understanding of clients' holistic selves to light, which supports authentic and compassionate leadership and dissolves the notion of having to adopt a ‘work personality'.

Ngozi Lyn Cole

Hello, I'm Ngozi and it's a pleasure to connect with you. I have a portfolio of work which includes leadership, performance, and executive coaching. I'm also a non-executive director, facilitator and leadership catalyst working with organisations and individuals to identify and fulfil their potential. It's been a real privilege to work with a wide range of organisations including NHS Trusts, local and national charities, national and international funders. My mission is to help you to identify and achieve your full potential so that you can realise your goals and thereby live a full and fulfilling life. I love working with people who want to make a difference. By holding a safe space, I can help you to identify your strengths, challenging yourself and explore what the future might look like.

Oliver Pritchard

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Director Student Journey University of Sunderland

Sam Clark

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Director at Government Legal Department

Sam Patterson

Hi, I'm Sam, an executive coach living and working on the beautiful North East Coast. My clients come from an eclectic mix of organisations in sectors such as children's services, higher education, NHS, housing, software, manufacturing and construction, and they all have one thing in common; they want to make things better and different. The coaching space we create will be reflective, supportive and challenging, as we explore your opportunities, issues and challenges. In this unique space, you will develop strategies to enhance leadership, realise career ambitions or make the professional or personal changes you want to see. I believe that every person is innately creative and resourceful and this it is at the core of my coaching approach.

Sandra Egleton

Job Titles:
  • Executive Coach and Supervisor
Sandra is a trained executive coach and supervisor, has been coaching for nine years and supervising for many more. She developed and led on a successful internal coaching programme in a leading children's charity and more recently became self-employed offering a range of coaching and training services as an external consultant. This includes providing coaching and leadership development as part of wider development programmes for management succession. Hallo! My name is Sandra. I have a huge reserve of experience to draw on as a coach - a background in senior management and qualifications and training in coaching, counselling, social care and teaching. I create a positive coaching conversation with you to best help you change and meet your goals. I'm up for exploring knotty and messy problems considering both the individual and wider perspectives. I am also comfortable working with emotional issues maybe arising from stress, anxiety, imposter syndrome and negative working relationships.

Sue Osborne

Job Titles:
  • Coach
  • Executive
  • Leader
Sue is an experienced Executive Coach, Facilitator, Consultant and CEO with board level and general management experience across the public, private, charitable and social enterprise sectors. As an Executive Coach, Sue provides a safe space to explore personal and professional challenges and opportunities. She also works as an Action Learning Set Facilitator, enabling individuals to come together to form action learning sets to continue the process of learning and reflection in group settings, with the intention to commit to actions. As a Consultant, Sue supports organisations to measure the impact of their work, to help them evaluate their work and be clearly focused on delivering positive outcomes in the world, which may be social or environmental or both. As a CEO, Sue has a proven track record of developing successful strategies to support organisational growth, leading to positive change alongside increases in income and profit. Sue is a positive leader whose natural capacity to motivate others combined with excellent communication skills and high energy levels, encourages teams and individuals to deliver outstanding results. Hi! My name is Sue, I am a qualified coach, action learning set facilitator, consultant, and charity director.

Tricia Richardson

Job Titles:
  • Coach
  • Independent Consultant
Tricia is an independent Consultant, Coach and Facilitator, with an array of experience in Organisational Development, HR, Talent Management, Leadership Development and Coaching. Hello, I'm Tricia! I support people from all walks of life who wish to be seen and heard; all are remarkable in their own way and share a common theme, they have something that is blocking them from achieving their outcomes and they are willing to tap into their own thinking rather than mine. I have worked across many sectors including the NHS, Financial Services and Public Transport and I am at my best when creating the conditions for people to think independently.