STRIDING OUT - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Finance Director
- Financial Director
Barbara is the Financial Director of Striding Out. She is a qualified book-keeper and manages the financial requirements of the organisation, working closely with our Accountant Pratish Patel of Tax Clarity.
Job Titles:
- Communications Coordinator
A graduate of Liverpool John Moores University with a BA Hons in English Literature and Imaginative Writing, Donna pursuit a career in retail management throughout a variation of locations within the North West. Her unique perspective and ability to communicate with others has aided her ability to succeed over the years and in turn have led her to her new home at Striding Out
Elaine Owen is a multi award winning entrepreneur, coach mentor and business consultant with a very strong passion and an impressive track record of managing and delivering hiqh quality coaching and training services. She has run a commercial B2B training and coaching company for the last 18 years, and Striding Out will be the social enterprise that complements her existing organisation, with a focus on supporting young people and disadvantaged groups to achieve success.
She has a passion for doing good whilst doing good business and is a technical expert in digital marketing & learning and development, working with leading organisation's including Google.
Elaine regularly writes for The Edge business magazine. She is a business panel expert for BBC Radio Merseyside and Elaine has been the subject of two television business documentaries.
Her awards include;
A graduate of Kent University with a BA Hons in Politics and International Relations, Hannah has enjoyed a variety of PA and sales roles in the Medical, Law and Recruitment sectors. Her previous work experience has only worked to hone her flexible but determined work ethic, and her love of new challenges.
Her ambition and drive are inherent in the work she does, and Hannah is both excited and expectant about the future with Striding Out.
Job Titles:
- Head of Learning and Development
Howard is a passionate, accomplished Learning and Development Consultant and accredited Co-active Coach with demonstrable experience gained in developing training and support infrastructure for the education and private sectors.
Paula Gardner provides training and support in PR and Media Relations to our team of coaches.
Paula Gardner is probably the best known PR coach in the UK. She has over 20 years experience in the PR industry, including running her own PR agency, and is the author of the respected PR and marketing handbooks Get Noticed and Do Your Own PR.
Job Titles:
- Accountant
- Chartered Certified Accountant
Pratish, a Chartered Certified Accountant, is the practice partner at Tax Clarity. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. He has over 15 years accountancy experience and has worked for accountancy practices both large and small.
He particularly enjoys helping smaller businesses develop and grow from being reliant on their owner to being sustainable entities in their own right.
He also has first-hand experience of the consultancy market having worked for Netscape/ AOL, RSM International and Alliance Boots so he is well equipped to advise clients from both sides of the fence.
With over 12 years experience, Richard has been involved in the search and digital marketing arena since its early inception. Richard works for Organic Development, who provide our web and online optimisation support.
Prior to Organic, Richard worked as a senior account manager at one of the UK's largest Direct Marketing Agencies, and more recently heading up the marketing and communications team for a high-end software development firm
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder of Livity and Live
Livity is a socially responsible marketing agency that helps big brands, charities and government departments connect with a young audience....