CLEARWATER ADVISERS - Key Persons
Delia Lloyd is a London-based communications expert with over 20 years of experience as a writer, editor and coach. She brings together an unusual mix of rigorous, analytic thinking with an authentic, accessible voice.
Delia holds a PhD. in political science from Stanford University and has taught public policy and international development at MIT and The University of Chicago. During 2001-2, she was a Senior Development Adviser at the United States Treasury Department, where she was a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow. Most recently, Delia was the Head of Policy and Research Insight at BBC Media Action, the BBC's International development charity, where she was in charge of commissioning, editing and disseminating all policy and research outputs. A seasoned journalist, Delia's reporting and commentaries have appeared in outlets including The New York Times, The Financial Times, The Washington Post and The BBC World Service. Delia has training in coaching, mentoring and creative facilitation. She blogs about adulthood at her highly popular personal blog, RealDelia, and is a visiting fellow at the Oxford Institute for Population Ageing.
Delia offers coaching and workshops in writing, speaking and leadership communications for commercial, non-profit and academic audiences. Clients include the BBC, London Business School, The London School of Economics and Oxford University.
We are extremely happy to announce a joint venture between Clearwater Advisers and Guy Ruddle; founder of First Touch TV.
Guy has a unique perspective on modern video communications, having been both a multi-award winning broadcaster and the man behind the UK's leading online newspaper video product.
Guy spent 15 years at the BBC as a producer, reporter and presenter of business programmes. He interviewed the majority, if not all, of the business leaders of the day along with a range of senior politicians and other opinion formers.
He then moved on to become Editor of Telegraph TV, where he was responsible for the development of what was widely regarded as the leading online newspaper video offering in the UK. Through a combination of a ruthless focus on audiences, constant technical innovation and helping print journalists become broadcasters he built the channel from half a million video plays a month to over 8 million.
As we are all watching more video, our more savvy clients are recognising the value of this most powerful medium and the importance of distributing high-quality content. Working with Guy gives our clients the ability to get maximum leverage from their greatest performances and significantly cuts editing costs.
James specialises in communication training. This includes training for pitches and presentations, business development, negotiation, influencing key stakeholders, meeting the media and interview coaching. He has delivered courses and seminars for over 18 years across Europe and the Middle East for companies, governments, institutions and business schools.
After four years of military service in the British Army during the mid-1990s, James started his training career delivering negotiation and pitch/presentation training for most of the City of London's financial and professional service firms. This included work on board-level presentations, AGMs and IPO roadshow presentations.
James McCullough is a highly experienced consultant with extensive expertise in coaching, training and assessment techniques. He works with individuals and teams to achieve personal growth, development and ultimately adds greater value to their role. James has extensive experience in cross-cultural management development having designed and delivered programmes around the world. He has worked with a wide variety of clients including Kleinwort Benson Private Bank, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Royal Bank of Scotland, Rabobank, Virgin Direct, BT, Rover/BMW, Mowlem, New Look, Energizer, and Bayer Pharmaceuticals. Through his knowledge and study of psychology, James has a particular specialisation in raising the performance of individuals and teams. He does this by helping people better understand themselves, uncovering motivational issues and facilitating effective problem-solving. His first career was as an officer in the British Army during which time he designed and ran training courses for recruits and potential officers with a focus on leadership development and teambuilding. In addition to an Honours degree in Economics and Politics, James has recently successfully completed a Masters degree in Organisational Psychology from Birkbeck College, University of London and also a psychological counselling course. James is married and enjoys a wide range of outdoor pursuits.
James McCullough is a highly experienced consultant with extensive expertise in coaching, training and assessment techniques. He works with individuals and teams to achieve personal growth, development and ultimately add greater value to their role. James has extensive experience in cross-cultural management development having designed and delivered programmes around the world. He has worked with […]
Lawrence trained as an actor at Bretton Hall between 1990 and 1993. Since 1996 he has worked extensively as a corporate events manager, trainer and presenter for clients that include Novartis, Publicis London and BP. He is highly motivated, audience friendly and has a contagious enthusiasm for team building and interactive events. His facilitation work for Hendrix Training has included running Presenting with Impact courses for The Body Shop and The Kitchen Bathroom Bedroom Association. Lawrence is presently the Voice of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars' "Inside Rolls-Royce Exhibition", Dubai. In 2016 he became the face of the digital "BitDefender" Global Campaign.
Job Titles:
- Development Consultant
- Trainer
Lou Walker has been a behavioural development consultant and trainer for six years in the investment banking, construction, pharmaceutical, transport and media sectors. She spends 30 per cent of her time delivering leadership development programmes and business writing skills courses, but she is versatile and also has broad experience designing and delivering a range of management skills courses, performance management systems, assessment centres and training needs analyses.
Lou tailors every course to clients needs. Recent clients are property, manufacturing, financial, computing and media sectors; participants have been directors and senior managers through to graduate recruits and secretaries. Topics include report writing, PR writing skills, general business writing and letter writing. Her approach is practical rather than ‘chalk and talk'. Typically participants work on samples of their own writing throughout the session to reinforce their own good habits as well as eradicate the bad ones.
Before becoming a trainer, Lou was a freelance editor and PR consultant for eight years. She wrote and edited customer magazines, newspapers and employee publications for Whitbread, SmithKline Beecham, McDonald's, Samworth Brothers, ICI Paints, Courage plc and challenge Business
Steve is still a working journalist and during a media career spanning more than 30 years he has worked for many national and international media organisations. These include The Financial Times, The Sunday Times, The Times, The Guardian. The Telegraph, CNBC European Business and many others. He is also a very experienced journalist in the business press arena, writing regularly for high-profile titles such as The Grocer and Marketing Week. He has also worked on BBC Local Radio and freelanced for Sky Sports. He is a former sports editor on a local newspaper in Kent. He has media trained executives at a host of top companies including Sony, Boots, Disney, Heineken, Compare The Market, Costa Coffee and The Economist. He also provides training for many business-to-business companies across numerous sectors.