Shân particularly enjoys working with executives on creating understanding in their roles as managers and leaders as they transition into new roles and refine their performance development, such as partners in international law firms and executives transitioning into senior management roles.

She has direct experience of the issues arising from managing in a cross–cultural environment, having lived and worked abroad for nearly twenty years in France, Germany, the Middle East and the Far East. She speaks several languages, holds French and British nationality, and is a bilingual French/English speaker.

Shân founded PCI for executive coaching and consulting work with a team of British, American and French coaches and consultants in London, Paris and Abu Dhabi.

Since 2006, Jon has qualified as a NLP practitioner and graduated from an International Coaching Federation–accredited in–depth coach training programme. He has built up a coaching client–base which typically consists of senior executives.

Jon is an Associate Member of APECS (The Association for Professional Executive Coaching and Supervision). His areas of concern include: personal and professional authenticity and congruence; intra–personal and inter–personal relationships, dynamics, influencing skills; personal and professional change management; confidence, realizing potential; presence, gravitas; emotionally intelligent leadership; and team interaction, Board development.

He describes his evolving coaching style as: solution focussed and results driven; process oriented with a practical approach; co–active, in the moment and intuitive; non–directive; friendly, humorful and enjoyable; and direct, challenging (yet supportive), encouraging.

Jon first worked in France in the early 1980s teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) and he is fluent in French. He has a BSc (Honours) in Philosophy and Economics. He is the Junior Warden of the Information Technologists’ Company (a City of London Livery Company) and is the Chairman and a Trustee of its Charitable Operations company. He is also a Freeman of the City of London and a Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS).

Alice has worked with a great variety of clients including Morgan Stanley, UBS Warburg, Arthur Andersen, Allen & Overy, Gide Loyrete Noel, and Publicis, among others and has excellent references.

Alice brings to her coaching a personal commitment to each client, a spontaneous empathy and a refreshing, natural style. With sensitivity and rigorous professionalism, she approaches every situation with the firm belief that the resources we need to achieve a goal are always within reach. She creates a good rapport with her clients which allows them to feel at ease and able to talk openly and in confidence. Her infectious enthusiasm and positive outlook combine with a genuine passion to help people live and enjoy their lives to the full.

Alice is Director of Training at the Franco–British Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Chair of the Montessori Endowment Fund for Children in Paris, and is actively running Executive English Coaching sessions for individuals and teams from leading French companies.

Bryan works on emotional intelligence, leadership styles and personal effectiveness. He is empathic and passionate about assisting with change and development. He likes to challenge and at the same time support his clients in their new learning. He works on developing trust and rapport and assists with integrating new knowledge and insights. He aims to assist clients realise their true potential.

Bryan was a partner in a law firm dealing with management and business issues as well as strategy and vision.

He then trained and worked as a psychologist in private practice, dealing with change, identity and development, as well as stress–related work issues and factors inhibiting personal growth.

Since 2002 he has been working with leaders, law firm partners and middle managers on performance, development and behavioural issues.

Over the years, as the workplace became more complex and demanding, Diana accompanied one particular company in the internationalisation of their management training consultancy. In the process, she became increasingly aware of the different factors hindering a manager’s ability to focus on his or her priorities, including adapting to change, stress, lack of confidence in certain areas, team cohesion, and motivating staff, as well as language barriers.

Diana has a media studies degree, and with her consumer psychology experience and her bi–cultural and bi–lingual origins (French/English), Diana developed a curiosity and a desire to master various tools to continue offering practical support to clients. Diana trained as an NLP practitioner in 2006 and completed a High Performance Coaching Course in 2008 to improve her natural inclination in guiding clients to establish learning goals and strategies and to accompany them to a position of assertive autonomy.

Today, Diana Furniss is a bi–lingual and bi–cultural coach. She has a particular understanding of the French business world, having lived and worked in France since 1985. Her in–company working experience lies in marketing and advertising, and her coaching experience has led her to work in the field of luxury goods, advertising, corporate banking, executive search, management consulting, hotel and tourism, research in ergonomics, museums, media, IT, pharmaceutical products, medical advertising, chartered accounting, and so on.

Jacqueline has spent the last twelve years working with professionals and professional service firms as a trainer and coach in the areas of business development, performance and career development, management and leadership. Her clients have included PricewaterhouseCoopers, Zurich Insurance, Herbert Smith, NatWest Commercial, ABN AMRO Bank, Linklaters, Hextalls, Hammonds, KPMG, HSBC, Gardner Leader, and Law South.

Through her facilitative, pragmatic, inspiring and gentle yet challenging coaching style, Jacqueline helps her clients to deliver business and personal results through translating objectives into practical action plans, uncovering and releasing potential and inspiring teams and individuals to take action.

Jacqueline is an NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) Master Practitioner, a Licentiate Member of The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and an active user of Accelerated Learning techniques to enable clients to turn intention into action.

Her own leadership skills were acknowledged at a world level when she was recognised in 1993 as the Best President in the World at the Junior Chamber International World Congress in Hong Kong.

Andrea is a firm advocate of the fact that learning to lead is a lifelong pursuit and that exemplary leaders continuously strive to improve themselves. As a scholar of leadership, she acts as ‘think partner’ for other leaders and helps them identify micro–adjustments to their behaviour which once implemented can improve all working relationships and overall effectiveness.

Undertaking a dual role as both legal and leadership consultant while serving as a JAG (Judge Advocate General) in the United States Air Force, Andrea was schooled in leadership with abundant on–the–job training. She is passionate about transformational leadership in this knowledge worker age, and draws on her own experience as a participative leader to enable others to better motivate their subordinates and deliver constructive feedback. With her energized approach to coaching, and added touch of humour, she motivates others to become peak performers.

Armed with corporate scientific experience as a research scientist at Hoffman La Roche in New Jersey, Andrea then transitioned into her legal career.

Andrea was stationed in Japan with the JAG Corp. for over two years, working and travelling extensively throughout East Asia. Her excellent communication skills saw her selected for high visibility briefings and protocol events. Returning to California, Andrea was placed in charge of all legal and leadership training and development. Instituting a weekly training program, she coordinated her training with numerous outside experts and actually televised the sessions. Her initiatives were held up for example to the greater USAF Judge Advocate General Corps.