our team

“Ed has over 20 years experience as a qualified Executive Business Coach and Leadership Mentor, and has worked with many high-profile companies including BP, Coca-Cola, PwC, Barclays, Rolls Royce and the BBC”

He has a Degree in Psychology, a Diploma in Acting from The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and an ILM Level 7 in Executive Coaching and Leadership Mentoring.

He is an ongoing speaker on the High-Performance Leadership course for the IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland, and is also the Communication Trainer and Coach on the Advanced High Performance Leadership course for the IMD, in association with Professor George Kohlrieser.

“Marina is a culture & behavioural change specialist with many years’ experience.”

Marina has over 30 years’ experience in the psychology of human behaviour and has worked in organisational development as a facilitator, mediator, and leadership coach.

She has collaborated with top FTSE 250 companies, the armed forces, and the NHS. Her approach fosters collaboration, creativity, and meaningful conversations, leading to performance shifts and successful outcomes.

Marina excels in helping teams resolve deep-rooted conflicts, enabling leaders and individuals to overcome limiting behaviours, think creatively, and build empowering beliefs, resulting in new habits and improved performance. 

“Natasha’s background is as an Organisational Development and Culture professional with over 15 years experience working within the NHS”

She is CIPD qualified and is currently in the final stage of completing an MBA with Oxford Brookes University.

As a qualified coach she has energetically collaborated with teams and services through culture diagnostics, programme design, development and delivery to enable increased effectiveness through innovative solutions.

Natasha’s knowledge and experience of employee engagement, leadership development and team dynamics have sparked a strong professional interest in the impact of team effectiveness on both the individual and organisation.

“Frances has 30 years’ experience coaching senior leaders and teams, facilitating change and mediating where there is conflict and tension”

She has a Masters in Coaching, with a broad grounding in psychology as well as mediation, facilitation and organisational development.

She brings Transformative Mediative Team Coaching to teams experiencing pressure, tensions and lacking psychological safety. 

In her coaching, she brings a supportive, relational approach to offering new perspectives, promoting innovative and agile thinking, and improving relationships and conversations.  

In mediation, she uses her understanding of organisational culture to listen, support, and reframe. She helps each party to be heard, to hear one another more compassionately, to connect and to find a path back to productive ways of working.  

Her priorities are authenticity, creativity and a willingness to take innovative approaches in order to deliver successful outcomes. 

“Melanie specialises in carrying out a wide variety of disciplinary and grievance investigations, often involving complex matters of discrimination and harassment”

She has extensive employee relations and employment law experience gained through her HR roles in the financial sector while working for American Express, and in the technology and electronic sector whilst working for the National Air Traffic Services.  

Prior to joining ibex gale Melanie worked as a senior consultant in a boutique employment law and employee relations firm providing support to a wide range of clients from small, local firms to multinational blue chips.

Melanie has a BA (Hons) in Business Studies, a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management and is a Chartered Member of the CIPD.

When she’s not at work Melanie is a keen cyclist and enjoys walking her whippet with her family.

“Sian provides project support to the Directors and Associates in the delivery of employee relations and people management consultancy”

Prior to joining ibex gale, Sian spent 2 years as an administrator for an independent financial advisor dealing with a range of administrative and client enquiries.

She previously worked in banking and hospitality, including 7 years within Pensions and Investments for Lloyd’s banking group.

Zoe is an experienced employee relations professional and joint Head of our Investigation Service. She has a wealth of experience in complex case management and investigations, including MHPS, grievances, bullying & harassment and whistleblowing.  She works with clients across the private and public sector, including NHS Trusts, Councils, Multi-Academy Trusts, Further Education and Higher Education.

Zoe has over 20 years’ experience as an HR Professional with 10 of those working at a senior level within the NHS. Her last role was Head of Employee Relations for a large NHS Foundation Trust where she was responsible for leading a large service providing employee relations investigations, Medical HR services and HR policy development for the Trust. Prior to this she worked within local education authorities providing employee relations advice to schools.

Chartered FCIPD, Coaching to Lead (NHS England), MHPS Trained Investigator (NHS Resolution).

“Nick has over 17 years’ experience with Avon and Somerset Constabulary, an award-winning investigative officer who later worked within the Specialist operations department as an authorised firearms officer”

Nick is an effective, compassionate investigator now specialising in Employee Relations and Freedom to Speak up cases within the Public sector. 

With a proven track record of producing positive outcomes, Nick is experienced in investigating Dignity at work, Grievance and Disciplinary cases alongside cultural reviews.

Nick has an impartial and independent approach to the management of sensitive cases, considering Just Learning Culture principles, employment law and HR policy with the added expertise of offering advice when a case may meet the threshold of criminal law. 

“Kate started her career as an employment lawyer in private practice, dealing with a range of employment litigation work from complex discrimination cases and equal pay to advising on TUPE and reorganisations”

Prior to joining ibex gale, Kate spent over 5 years working as an HR Employee Relations Advisor at UBS in London.

She regularly conducted investigations, grievance and disciplinary processes as well as advising on restructures, employee representation consultations projects and all people related matters.

Kate also provided advice on policy best practice including aspects of diversity, equality and inclusion.