Fiona is a senior transformational leadership and applied neuroscience practitioner.

Fiona has held both senior leadership and academic positions. She brings a wealth of expertise from executive coaching, group coaching and facilitation, leadership development and solution-focused approaches in organisations, and she is passionate about the application of neuroscience in individuals, leaders, teams and organisations.

She is committed to enabling people to grow and to understand how they can thrive and excel in everyday life and professional situations, through brain-based approaches.

Course director for a university post-graduate certificate in transformational leadership and ILM Level 7 tutor, Fiona is also a registered nurse (MH).

Jane is a skilled facilitator and an accredited executive coach. She is passionate about the development of individuals, teams and organisations. Having delivered training to groups of diverse people for over 25 years, Jane is motivated by those ‘lightbulb’ moments and loves that neuroscience helps to explain those moments.

Jane has over 20 years’ public sector experience and has been the co-director of Associate Development Solutions, an award-winning organisation, for the last 10. Jane understands how organisations work to enable people to be their best, and collaboration, compassion and leadership are at the heart of everything Jane does.

Jane is a course director for a university post-graduate certificate in transformational leadership, an ILM Level 7 tutor, and is also a registered nurse (MH).

Steve is a highly experienced leader in simplification and process improvement, with over 20 years of expertise managing teams of more than 300 FTEs.

His career spans a diverse range of industries, including manufacturing, services, private and public sectors, and both B2B and B2C businesses.

Steve specialises in enhancing productivity, streamlining workflows, fostering innovation, driving operational excellence and empowering teams to deliver sustainable growth and achieve transformative results.

Amanda has extensive management experience and holds qualifications in both leadership and coaching. She has over 32 years of experience in healthcare provision within services for children’s mental health, adult eating disorder services and early intervention for psychosis.

Amanda believes that connecting neuroscience information to our understanding of human behaviour really helps us to appreciate the impact our survival responses can have on our leadership behaviour, helping us to develop the skills needed to be more purposeful in our responses and decision making.

Amanda utilises her knowledge and skills in leadership, service transformation, transactional analysis, systemic thinking, group dynamics theory and neuroscience to deliver a learning experience that is highly engaging and rooted in lived experience.

Amanda is also a registered nurse (BSc Hons and RMN) and has training in systemic therapy, transactional analysis counselling and hypnotherapy.

John is a highly experienced mental health professional with over 30 years of dedicated service in mental health services. As a Senior Sector Specialist and Clinical Lead for Therapies, John brings a wealth of expertise in delivering specialist clinical interventions, providing clinical supervision, and leading training and development initiatives.

An accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist and Registered Mental Health Nurse, John holds a Master of Science in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Children & Young People). His approach is grounded in evidence-based practice, with a strong emphasis on communication, coordination, and creative problem solving.

John is known for his solution-focused mindset and his ability to inspire and lead multidisciplinary teams. His commitment to improving mental health outcomes is reflected in his strategic leadership and his passion for empowering both clients and colleagues through compassionate, effective care.

Heather has over 30 years’ experience gained through employment in a variety of finance and administration functions.

She has worked within the public and private sector and is able to bring transferable skills to Associate Development Solutions.

Gemma has 18 years’ experience across public, private and community mental health sectors, including inpatient care, internationally. Her most recent roles include serving as Service and Operations Manager of Youth Community Mental Health Services in both Early Psychosis and Primary Care in Australia. Her expertise in leading services through significant organisational change and service delivery adjustments arising from external impacts, such as the recent pandemic, benefitted these roles.

Gemma has successfully led teams through service design and operationalisation, internal and external quality and fidelity evaluations and peer-assessing mental health services across Australia. During this time, she developed skills in strategic and forward planning, tender applications and multi-service and team management.

Gemma’s passion for transformational service delivery and team clinical and professional development is demonstrated through improved workforce retention, clinical pathway improvement and innovative demand-management solutions.

Paul has a wealth of operational and strategic development of health services within the NHS.

He has over 30 years of working within CAMHS and young people’s mental health services. Over the time he has led and transformed services, with innovation and a strong emphasis on staff development.

As a registered nurse he has also worked clinically with children and young people with mental health problems. Since retiring from the NHS, Paul has turned his career to training and staff development with ADS. Within this context Paul feels that the Stress Mastery Course, having completed it himself, is an excellent way to understand and promote mental health and wellbeing in an easily accessible package.

Zoe is a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist and Registered Mental Health Nurse with over 30 years’ clinical experience in a variety of adult and children’s mental health settings. She uses cognitive-behavioural and EMDR interventions with adults, young people and their families who are experiencing mental health difficulties, adapting these to suit individual needs, developmental abilities and complex presentations. Zoe promotes and delivers ADS’s online therapy service – Thinking Through Therapy – a role that also involves developing, implementing and evaluating the processes and resources required to provide a high-quality service to those experiencing mental health difficulties.

Zoe is accredited as both a Therapist and Clinical Supervisor with the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP). Having completed a Postgraduate Certificate in CYP IAPT Clinical Supervision, she is skilled and experienced in providing clinical supervision to nurses, Cognitive Behavioural Therapists and low-intensity CYP IAPT practitioners. Zoe has also gained extensive experience as an Associate Lecturer, developing materials and teaching on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Clinical Supervision courses. Her passion for teaching has grown through providing training to clinicians on the assessment and treatment of a wide range of mental health presentations, both within the NHS and beyond.

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Josie has a passion for animals, particularly dogs. She holds an FdSc in Canine Behaviour and Training and a BSc (Hons) in Canine Behaviour Management.

Josie also has an interest in mental health from her own experiences and from supporting friends and family.

She has experience of working in admin roles from working in an emergency veterinary clinic and within the county court judiciary system.

Josie has worked for ADS since November 2022 and enjoys the varied tasks and responsibilities of the role. The admin team are involved with different aspects of the business and engage with all departments and manage diverse tasks.

Josie has recently completed a level-three qualification in business administration and achieved a distinction. She is looking forward to continuing her studies in the near future.

Simon is a freelance PRINCE2 project manager and lead software architect with over 20 years’ experience delivering complex, collaborative, multi-site IT projects across the globe.

Working with some of the world’s most recognised technology companies, his expertise spans the entire software development lifecycle, with strengths in stakeholder management, quality control and technical strategy.

Simon provides guidance on technology selection and supports organisations in navigating the opportunities and risks of AI adoption.

He also advises on data protection, privacy, and security, ensuring compliance with UK and EU regulations in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.