Liz King
Liz has many year’s experience in HR & Learning & Development at a senior level, from being the Director of People & Learning for a complex Care Charity, to running the training department for Hampshire Constabulary. In 2012 she set up a successful award-winning hospitality business with her son, running four pubs, an outside catering […]
Emma Ellse
Emma is an accomplished and innovative training professional with a wealth of experience in higher education and professional development. She holds an ILM Level 7 qualification in Executive and Senior Level Business Mentoring and a Postgraduate Diploma in Policy and Practice in Higher Education. As a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA), Emma brings […]
Varsha Parmar
Currently serving as a Project Assistant at ABM, I contribute to the Government Help to Grow initiative, overseeing back-office functions and administrative tasks crucial to our operational success. With nearly 30 years of extensive experience in retail, I have learned many skills through various roles, ascending to management positions while actively engaging in operations and […]
Brenda Etchells
“I am honoured to take on the role of Regional Chair for the North of England. I am extremely passionate about promoting our profession to a wider audience and increasing the understanding of the value of business mentoring to both SMEs and larger corporates. I look forward to getting to know the mentors in our […]
Ben Jacobs
Ben has had senior roles in education, charity and creative sectors running national and international programmes with a particular focus on education and training. He enjoys finding innovative solutions to tough challenges and is equally at home reading economics papers or watching Paddington Bear with his young sons. Ben leads the Help to Grow: Management […]
Lara Ehmler
Lara is responsible for delivering the ABM Marketing & Communication strategy, and supports the ABM team in producing engaging marketing content across a range of channels.With an impressive track record of over eight years of experience in digital marketing and design, Lara possesses a diverse skill set including digital content creation, SEO copywriting, and graphic […]
Barbara Kovacs
Barbara is responsible for managing the day-to-day administrative operations and behind-the-scenes tasks, ensuring a seamless experience for ABM Members. With an impressive track record of over five years of experience in membership operations and customer service, Barbara possesses a remarkable level of expertise and proficiency, despite her young age. Her extensive background equips her with […]
Nicki Deeson
Over her 30-year career, Nicki held successful senior finance, IT and programme management roles, living and working in Britain, Australia, Asia and Africa after training as an accountant at PwC. Building on her expertise in stakeholder management, financial turnaround and strategy, she is an experienced non-executive Chair, regular speaker, and lectures on the Inspiring Financial […]
Mark O’Neil
Following a successful career in Banking, and having helped hundreds of Businesses to grow and be successful, in the late nineties Mark decided to prove he could use these tools on his own business and took the learning into the real world establishing and building from within a number of companies in different sectors as […]
Tim Anderson
Tim has over thirty years’ experience within the sales environment as a salesperson, a sales manager, a sales director and as a mentor and coach. He has developed and exited two IT businesses and supported three training and development organisations to grow their businesses by developing their commercial offering, taking these teams through change. Tim’s […]