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 […]
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 […]
Jane Nicholson-Biss
Jane Nicholson-Biss is Senior Partnerships Manager at the Association of Business Mentors, with more than 20 years’ experience in membership, engagement, partnerships and events across professional bodies and charities. Previously, she held stakeholder engagement roles at The Institute of Leadership, where she led major global engagement initiatives and built partnerships across corporate, public and professional […]
Gary King
Helping business owners to have the freedom to choose how, when and where they work. After almost 25 years in high-growth businesses delivering results at a senior level, Gary knew he could use his skills to help SMEs. A straight-talking, no-nonsense Yorkshire man, he now helps ambitious business owners create more time, more money and […]
Ben Jacobs
Ben directs the Help to Grow: Management programme for the ABM where he is accountable for Onboarding, Training and Mentor Support alongside leading the ABMs PMO and project team. He also chairs the EDI group and sits on the expert advisory group for the HtG:M Alumni network. He has had senior roles in education, charity […]
Georgina Waite
Georgina has worked in senior roles across a range of professional membership bodies, with a career spanning government affairs and communications departments in business and the financial and professional services industries. Georgina’s work in reputational management and public policy advocacy has helped to transform the work of the teams and organisation’s she has worked for. […]
Andy Hickman
An ABM Fellow with over 20 years experience in leading and transforming corporate businesses, and a further 15 years in building and advancing SMEs. Throughout this career path, Andy has had the privilege of working with literally hundreds of organisations (across private, public, and third sectors) on their complex and business critical journeys. His breadth […]
Kate Davis
Kate Davis is the founder of Meraki People, an organisational design and development consultancy that helps scaling businesses strengthen leadership, culture, and performance. Before founding Meraki People in 2019, Kate built a multi-disciplinary career spanning law, event management, and large-scale organisational change and business transformation. This varied background gives her a practical understanding of how […]
Mark Walley
Mark has spent over 15 years in the professional membership body sector as a CEO and senior executive. Most recently as CEO of STEP – Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners and prior to that as Regional MD of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He is a keen developer of people and his deep-seated […]
