Experience/typical assignments

Prior to launching inspiria, Claire held a series of director level roles in blue chip companies in a career spanning over 25 years. She has been involved in the development and coaching of individuals and teams throughout her working life. Key to her approach is enhancing leaders' self awareness and increasing their comprehension of the organisational systems in which they work. Broadly, Claire's skills include:

• Executive coaching
• Project, people and change management
• Strategy planning and implementation
• Governance
• Organisational values
• Programme design and delivery
• Contingency planning
• Organisational learning
• Personal development planning
• Facilitation

Sector experience

IT services, financial services, transport, management consultancy, central government, local government and voluntary organisations

Professional affiliations

• Liveryman in the Worshipful Company of Management Consultants
• Accredited Coach and Member, Association for Coaching
• Member, Institute of Transactional Analysis
• Member, Institute of Directors
• Member, Association of Alliance Managers
• Member, Manchester Gold - Manchester University's Mentoring Scheme for final year students (Mentor of the Year 2005)

Qualifications and background information

• BSc (Hons) Geography & Geology, Manchester University 
• MA (Distinction) Managing Innovation & Change, Oxford Brookes University
• NLP Master Practitioner
• Licensed MBTI practitioner
• Licensed FIRO-B practitioner
• Certificate in Project Management for Information Systems
• PRINCE 2 Practitioner