About us
“Today’s shifting leadership and organisational landscape require thinking and acting beyond limiting borders and embracing new frontiers where wide-ranging expertise, diverse experiences and varied identities collide.”
– Centre for Creative Leadership
This changing environment has been the catalyst that saw us evolve our thinking and practice. Building on what we have learnt over the last two decades, we have changed direction and created a new and exciting perspective at the nexus of organisational development, leadership, coaching and diversity and inclusion.
We have reimagined what we do and how we do it to better help our clients become high performing inclusive leaders, teams and organisations.
A tribe built on success
Our consultants are bound by a common goal: to help organisations and empower leaders to fully tap into their unique differences and become more inclusive and impactful.
Carol Campayne
Executive Director, The Diversity Practice
Carol Campayne, Executive Director, The Diversity Practice
Carol Campayne
Executive Director, The Diversity Practice
Borderless Consulting – Maximise Difference, Bridge Boundaries, Shift Mindsets
With a reputation for delivering prominent diversity, inclusion, organisation and leadership development programmes across the public, private and voluntary sector, Carol has established a national standing for successfully implementing organisational change at strategic and operational levels.
Previously a Principle Lecturer in strategy and change management, Carol’s bold ambition is to drive fundamental character change within organisations from the inside out by working with them to think differently, disrupt the ‘norm’ and shift mindsets. She excels at developing courageous, values-driven, globally minded authentic leaders who are then able to create inspirational, high-performing and inclusive cultures.
As one of the architects of Different Women, Different Places, Carol has spent the last decade exploring the impact of intersectionality and the relationship between ‘different women’ and their white female counterparts.
With a strong background in Corporate Strategy, Executive Coaching, Diversity and inclusion, Leadership and Organisational Development, Carol has extensive experience across the public and voluntary sectors. Carol’s outstanding track record of facilitating strategic and operational transformation of organisations, development of Board and team effectiveness helps her to expand individuals’ leadership impact, influence and capabilities, particularly those from minority groups.
Carol has a BA in History (University of Ibadan) and MBA from Strathclyde University and is a qualified Executive Coach through the Coactive Training Institute (CTI) and Organisational and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC).
Andrew Bidnell
Consultant, The Diversity Practice
Andrew Bidnell, Consultant, The Diversity Practice
Andrew Bidnell
Consultant, The Diversity Practice
The Diversity Practice – Unlocking the missing 30%
Andrew’s approach works well for those seeking to deepen their self-awareness, understand diversity and inclusion, and explore purpose and direction. He can help unmask a greater sense of clarity on core values and how these values align with day-to-day life and work. Andrew helps clients develop the confidence and courage to make things happen and helps strengthen resilience and the ability to recover from set-backs. Andrew builds deeper capability in his clients to tackle leadership challenges from different perspectives and to better engage with others from diverse backgrounds.
Andrew is certified by the PCC International Coach Federation, CPCC Coaches Training Institute and holds an MBA from the Manchester Business School as well as a BA (Joint Hons) from the University of Leeds.
Dave Ashton
Consultant, The Diversity Practice
Dave Ashton, Consultant, The Diversity Practice
Dave Ashton
Consultant, The Diversity Practice
The Diversity Practice – Supportive, Expansive, Challenging
He has a background as a clinician and has worked in a range of senior managerial roles. He has also worked in the field of coaching and leadership development designing and delivering large-scale national leadership development programmes as well as bespoke interventions for individual senior leaders and teams.
David often uses action learning as part of his approach as a means of connecting with a work based diversity and inclusion issue – from here he works with clients, be that an individual or team, to explore the scope and consequences of their actions and the impact on themselves and their context.
David has a Post Graduate Certificate in Coaching for Professional Leadership and Development from the Tavistock Institute, an MBA from Durham University Business School and is a Doctor of Philosophy. His doctoral research covered work role transitions and the psychological contract at work.
India Gary Martin
Consultant, The Diversity Practice
India Gary Martin, Consultant, The Diversity Practice
India Gary Martin
Consultant, The Diversity Practice
The Diversity Practice – Pioneering, Heart, Stretch
India is a globally recognized leadership expert and coach with a clientele of Fortune 500 and C-Suite executives from around the world. Formerly an adjunct professor of Corporate Education at Temple University in Japan, she is a well-known keynote and panel speaker. India is on the coaching faculty at Georgetown University for the Exec Master’s in Leadership and is also on the coaching faculty of the New York City Bar Association’s Associate Leadership Institute. She additionally sits of the President’s roundtable at University of Notre Dame Maryland and is on the board of LeadNowin India.
India has been featured on CNBC, Bloomberg, BBC, CBS and in Harper’s Bazaar, Marketing Week, The Financial Times & Computer Weekly in the US & UK. She is also a contributor to CNBC, The Sunday Times, The Star and SABC in South Africa. India is a published writer, speaks fluent French and functional Japanese. She attended Spelman College and London Business school. She resides between London and Washington D.C.
Jackee Holder
Consultant, The Diversity Practice
Jackee Holder, Consultant, The Diversity Practice
Jackee Holder
Consultant, The Diversity Practice
The Diversity Practice – Coaching with Edge
Jackee has extensive experience in leadership and career advancement, along with coaching and facilitation around difference, diversity and inclusion and challenging conversations. Her leadership and coaching clients describe her as: “empathetic and intuitive, mindful and present, doesn’t allow you to get away with stuff and not afraid to challenge”; “her personal presence and style always made me feel at ease”, “I’ve witnessed her work highly effectively with a wide range of people from different backgrounds”.
Key clients/projects include NHS Leadership Academy, Royal College of Nursing, International Coach Federation, University of West England, Babcock International, and Coaching at Work.
Jackee has Post Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching from Lancaster University, a Diploma in Coaching Supervision, Diploma in Performance Coaching, and a BA (Hons) Government and Politics.
Obi James
Consultant, The Diversity Practice
Obi James, Consultant, The Diversity Practice
Obi James
Consultant, The Diversity Practice
The Diversity Practice – Breaking Down Self and Society-imposed Boundaries in the Workplace
Obi has held a variety of senior leadership and organisational development roles within large global Financial Services companies, and spent over 10 years focusing on executive coaching, talent management, succession planning, career management and leadership development. One of her clients describes her style and approach as “When I think of the leadership development I received from Obi James, three words come to mind: encouraging, challenging and transformational.”
Obi’s qualifications include being a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) by the Coaches Training Institute (CTI), Certified Organizational & Relationship Systems Coach (ORSCC) – Center for Right Relationships (CRR Global), and a BSC in Physiology from University College London (UCL).
Oonagh Gaff
Consultant, The Diversity Practice
Oonagh Gaff, Consultant, The Diversity Practice
Oonagh Gaff
Consultant, The Diversity Practice
The Diversity Practice – Helping People Thrive
With an early background in manufacturing and energy supply, Oonagh has a pragmatic, down to earth approach. This, combined deep knowledge and experience of helping people change and grow, means that she creates good levels of support and challenge to enable positive change. Oonagh works with clients in the UK and internationally, in the public and private sectors.
She has an honours degree in Psychology, a Masters in People and Organisational Development and a Post Graduate Diploma in Executive coaching.
Paul Anthony
Consultant, The Diversity Practice
Paul Anthony, Consultant, The Diversity Practice
Paul Anthony
Consultant, The Diversity Practice
The Diversity Practice – Serve, Empower, Transform
His overriding passion is to serve, empower and transform his clients, against all odds, to grow and fulfil their potential, and maximise their authentic leadership, personal effectiveness and business impact. He encourages leaders to shape their difference into valued added distinctive assets and supports teams and organisations to develop cultures of inclusion.
Paul’s qualifications include a MA in International Business and a PhD in Economics from Reading University. He is also a qualified Executive Coach through the Co-Active Coach Training Institute, and a certified NTL (National Training Laboratories Institute) Organisational Development Practitioner.
Stephen Clarke
Consultant, The Diversity Practice
Stephen Clarke, Consultant, The Diversity Practice
Stephen Clarke
Consultant, The Diversity Practice
The Diversity Practice – Global, Boundary Spanning, People Focused
He has global experience with working scope in the US, Canada, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. His clients say: “His engagement was highly insightful and impactful!”; “His knowledge, creativity and expertise were incredibly helpful especially given we had a tight timeframe”; “He has a knack for quickly understanding the context and customising content to align with our philosophy and culture”.
Stephen has a Master’s in Business Administration, and an MA in Theology & Leadership. He has co-authored white papers on topics specific to the Future of Work and Millennials.
Tina Dean
Consultant, The Diversity Practice
Tina Dean, Consultant, The Diversity Practice
Tina Dean
Consultant, The Diversity Practice
The Diversity Practice – Caring, Conversation Driven, Impactful
She continued to work in the corporate arena and for the last 10 years has worked as a Leadership coach and facilitator. She facilitates across public and private sector organisations and has delivered transformation training using bespoke role play, forum theatre and one to one skills practice sessions on areas including personal impact, questioning and listening, delivering difficult messages and assertion.
Tina graduated from Warwick University with a 2:1 in French and Drama.