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With our network of approved and certified Career Coaches, Executive Coaches and Career Change Advisors - all with unique experience to support you in a bespoke, tailored way.

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  • Samantha Leeman

    Career Coach

    Samantha provides coaching and advice for candidates at all levels.
    I'm a certified Barefoot Coach working towards ICF PCC accreditation. I have been coaching and supporting people for 15+ years working in the world of tech and recruitment.
    Over 15+ years I’ve built a reputation for myself as an expert tech recruiter across Scotland and the UK.
    Experienced working in agency, consultancy, and in-house roles Sourced talent on large scale transformation programmes including Lloyds Bank, Emirates Airlines, TUI, Wood Group, FIS, Tesco Bank
    Headhunted Senior IT Executives for roles in government, education and finance.

    Samantha Leeman

    Career Coach

    Samantha provides coaching and advice for candidates at all levels.
    I'm a certified Barefoot Coach working towards ICF PCC accreditation. I have been coaching and supporting people for 15+ years working in the world of tech and recruitment.
    Over 15+ years I’ve built a reputation for myself as an expert tech recruiter across Scotland and the UK.
    Experienced working in agency, consultancy, and in-house roles Sourced talent on large scale transformation programmes including Lloyds Bank, Emirates Airlines, TUI, Wood Group, FIS, Tesco Bank
    Headhunted Senior IT Executives for roles in government, education and finance.

    Samantha Leeman

    Career Coach

    Samantha provides coaching and advice for candidates at all levels.
    I'm a certified Barefoot Coach working towards ICF PCC accreditation. I have been coaching and supporting people for 15+ years working in the world of tech and recruitment.
    Over 15+ years I’ve built a reputation for myself as an expert tech recruiter across Scotland and the UK.
    Experienced working in agency, consultancy, and in-house roles Sourced talent on large scale transformation programmes including Lloyds Bank, Emirates Airlines, TUI, Wood Group, FIS, Tesco Bank
    Headhunted Senior IT Executives for roles in government, education and finance.

  • Emma Walker

    Neuro inclusion Advocate, Career Support and Advisor

    Emma Walker is a dedicated advocate for neurodiversity, with extensive experience supporting neurodivergent individuals to identify their strengths, plan for the future, and build confidence in their unique abilities. With a professional background spanning IT and HR, and more than six years as Regional Director at auticon—an organisation that enables autistic adults to build successful careers in the technology sector—Emma has a proven track record in fostering inclusive environments where individuals can thrive by being themselves.

    Today, Emma specialises in one-to-one coaching, partnering with clients to clarify their priorities, develop tailored career strategies, and take meaningful steps toward fulfilling professional pathways. Her approach combines strategic insight with a supportive, person-centred methodology, ensuring individuals feel heard, understood, and empowered to progress in ways that align with their strengths and goals.

    Drawing on years of leadership, mentoring, and personal experience—including supporting her autistic son through university and into a thriving career—Emma brings both professional expertise and authentic understanding to her work. She is a strong advocate for the value of neurodivergent thinking across all sectors and believes that sustainable success begins with listening, trust, and recognising each person as an individual.

    Emma Walker

    Neuro inclusion Advocate, Career Support and Advisor

    Emma Walker is a dedicated advocate for neurodiversity, with extensive experience supporting neurodivergent individuals to identify their strengths, plan for the future, and build confidence in their unique abilities. With a professional background spanning IT and HR, and more than six years as Regional Director at auticon—an organisation that enables autistic adults to build successful careers in the technology sector—Emma has a proven track record in fostering inclusive environments where individuals can thrive by being themselves.

    Today, Emma specialises in one-to-one coaching, partnering with clients to clarify their priorities, develop tailored career strategies, and take meaningful steps toward fulfilling professional pathways. Her approach combines strategic insight with a supportive, person-centred methodology, ensuring individuals feel heard, understood, and empowered to progress in ways that align with their strengths and goals.

    Drawing on years of leadership, mentoring, and personal experience—including supporting her autistic son through university and into a thriving career—Emma brings both professional expertise and authentic understanding to her work. She is a strong advocate for the value of neurodivergent thinking across all sectors and believes that sustainable success begins with listening, trust, and recognising each person as an individual.

    Emma Walker

    Neuro inclusion Advocate, Career Support and Advisor

    Emma Walker is a dedicated advocate for neurodiversity, with extensive experience supporting neurodivergent individuals to identify their strengths, plan for the future, and build confidence in their unique abilities. With a professional background spanning IT and HR, and more than six years as Regional Director at auticon—an organisation that enables autistic adults to build successful careers in the technology sector—Emma has a proven track record in fostering inclusive environments where individuals can thrive by being themselves.

    Today, Emma specialises in one-to-one coaching, partnering with clients to clarify their priorities, develop tailored career strategies, and take meaningful steps toward fulfilling professional pathways. Her approach combines strategic insight with a supportive, person-centred methodology, ensuring individuals feel heard, understood, and empowered to progress in ways that align with their strengths and goals.

    Drawing on years of leadership, mentoring, and personal experience—including supporting her autistic son through university and into a thriving career—Emma brings both professional expertise and authentic understanding to her work. She is a strong advocate for the value of neurodivergent thinking across all sectors and believes that sustainable success begins with listening, trust, and recognising each person as an individual.

  • Lydia Cordell

    Career Change Advisor

    I am an experienced IT professional who has returned to software engineering after a management career. I've just completed an intense bootcamp at Codeclan in Edinburgh to update my skills in Java, Python, SQL and Javascript. I am a customer focussed problem solver with expertise in the planning and implementation of systems to improve and transform the output of business processes and increase sales results. I have extensive experience in service delivery of new and migration projects with cross functional teams and many different types of stakeholder, working with in house developed software, software as a service (SaaS), cloud and vendor products. If you have a challenging IT transformation project that needs a steady pair of hands to figure out the issues and then deliver results, please get in touch.

    I’m a strong communicator with a flexible cross cultural working style, and the ability to legally work in the UK, EU and US. During my early career I worked as a developer, system/database administrator, IT support specialist, system/business analyst in the Publishing and Not for Profit sector. I’m fluent in 4 languages and can order coffee in many more!

    Lydia Cordell

    Career Change Advisor

    I am an experienced IT professional who has returned to software engineering after a management career. I've just completed an intense bootcamp at Codeclan in Edinburgh to update my skills in Java, Python, SQL and Javascript. I am a customer focussed problem solver with expertise in the planning and implementation of systems to improve and transform the output of business processes and increase sales results. I have extensive experience in service delivery of new and migration projects with cross functional teams and many different types of stakeholder, working with in house developed software, software as a service (SaaS), cloud and vendor products. If you have a challenging IT transformation project that needs a steady pair of hands to figure out the issues and then deliver results, please get in touch.

    I’m a strong communicator with a flexible cross cultural working style, and the ability to legally work in the UK, EU and US. During my early career I worked as a developer, system/database administrator, IT support specialist, system/business analyst in the Publishing and Not for Profit sector. I’m fluent in 4 languages and can order coffee in many more!

    Lydia Cordell

    Career Change Advisor

    I am an experienced IT professional who has returned to software engineering after a management career. I've just completed an intense bootcamp at Codeclan in Edinburgh to update my skills in Java, Python, SQL and Javascript. I am a customer focussed problem solver with expertise in the planning and implementation of systems to improve and transform the output of business processes and increase sales results. I have extensive experience in service delivery of new and migration projects with cross functional teams and many different types of stakeholder, working with in house developed software, software as a service (SaaS), cloud and vendor products. If you have a challenging IT transformation project that needs a steady pair of hands to figure out the issues and then deliver results, please get in touch.

    I’m a strong communicator with a flexible cross cultural working style, and the ability to legally work in the UK, EU and US. During my early career I worked as a developer, system/database administrator, IT support specialist, system/business analyst in the Publishing and Not for Profit sector. I’m fluent in 4 languages and can order coffee in many more!

  • Mark Miller

    Executive Business Coach, Mentor and GCIndex Administrator

    Unleashing the potential of your business seems obvious in theory but harder in practice. In today’s business climate and the current stage of the economic cycle, challenges are coming from all directions and the pressure on a leader can be intense, sapping profitability, creativity and quite simply enjoyment.
     
    With over 30 years of experience, creating, managing and coaching multiple senior teams of different functional responsibility this is not text book learning, this is battle hardened learning and expertise that has been hard earned and proven with the results speaking for themselves.
     
    As founder of an entrepreneurial business we built it to be the market leader, before successfully exiting and then continuing to run and further expand the same business as part of 2 different, multi billion dollar/euro global companies.
     
    I work with CEO’s, Business Owners, Entrepreneurs and Senior Leadership Teams across a wide variety of industry sectors. I help them unleash their potential, increasing profitability, equity value, effectiveness and just help them enjoy (re-enjoy) their journey.This is achieved by helping senior leaders become laser focused on their vision, values and strategy, gaining wider stakeholder buy-in and leveraging anything and everything that you have the power to control to gain the advantage.
     
    Any Coaching work I undertake has to have an real tangible impact and bring an absolute benefit to you personally and your business. 

    Mark Miller

    Executive Business Coach, Mentor and GCIndex Administrator

    Unleashing the potential of your business seems obvious in theory but harder in practice. In today’s business climate and the current stage of the economic cycle, challenges are coming from all directions and the pressure on a leader can be intense, sapping profitability, creativity and quite simply enjoyment.
     
    With over 30 years of experience, creating, managing and coaching multiple senior teams of different functional responsibility this is not text book learning, this is battle hardened learning and expertise that has been hard earned and proven with the results speaking for themselves.
     
    As founder of an entrepreneurial business we built it to be the market leader, before successfully exiting and then continuing to run and further expand the same business as part of 2 different, multi billion dollar/euro global companies.
     
    I work with CEO’s, Business Owners, Entrepreneurs and Senior Leadership Teams across a wide variety of industry sectors. I help them unleash their potential, increasing profitability, equity value, effectiveness and just help them enjoy (re-enjoy) their journey.This is achieved by helping senior leaders become laser focused on their vision, values and strategy, gaining wider stakeholder buy-in and leveraging anything and everything that you have the power to control to gain the advantage.
     
    Any Coaching work I undertake has to have an real tangible impact and bring an absolute benefit to you personally and your business. 

  • Ravi Rai

    Mental Health Fitness Coach

    I am deeply committed to helping businesses lead the way in creating societal change and acting responsibly and sustainably. I do this in 4 ways:

    1. Adviser to Founders & Entrepreneurs - integrating higher purpose into organisational structures and company cultures, building better businesses … profitably.

    2. Mental Fitness Coach - running programmes that have proven to improve the entrepreneur’s mental and emotional health, when faced with constant business and relationship pressures.

    3. Host of the Good Business Talking podcast - sharing the good, the bad and the ugly stories of what it means to run an impact-led business.

    4. Facilitator of the Future Leaders Internship Programme - providing under-represented young adults the opportunity to learn and shine, through experiences in impact-motivated businesses.

    My mission is to elevate underrepresented entrepreneurs, using their unique perspectives to build Better Businesses that drive prosperity and shape a more inclusive world for all.

    Ravi Rai

    Mental Health Fitness Coach

    I am deeply committed to helping businesses lead the way in creating societal change and acting responsibly and sustainably. I do this in 4 ways:

    1. Adviser to Founders & Entrepreneurs - integrating higher purpose into organisational structures and company cultures, building better businesses … profitably.

    2. Mental Fitness Coach - running programmes that have proven to improve the entrepreneur’s mental and emotional health, when faced with constant business and relationship pressures.

    3. Host of the Good Business Talking podcast - sharing the good, the bad and the ugly stories of what it means to run an impact-led business.

    4. Facilitator of the Future Leaders Internship Programme - providing under-represented young adults the opportunity to learn and shine, through experiences in impact-motivated businesses.

    My mission is to elevate underrepresented entrepreneurs, using their unique perspectives to build Better Businesses that drive prosperity and shape a more inclusive world for all.

    Ravi Rai

    Mental Health Fitness Coach

    I am deeply committed to helping businesses lead the way in creating societal change and acting responsibly and sustainably. I do this in 4 ways:

    1. Adviser to Founders & Entrepreneurs - integrating higher purpose into organisational structures and company cultures, building better businesses … profitably.

    2. Mental Fitness Coach - running programmes that have proven to improve the entrepreneur’s mental and emotional health, when faced with constant business and relationship pressures.

    3. Host of the Good Business Talking podcast - sharing the good, the bad and the ugly stories of what it means to run an impact-led business.

    4. Facilitator of the Future Leaders Internship Programme - providing under-represented young adults the opportunity to learn and shine, through experiences in impact-motivated businesses.

    My mission is to elevate underrepresented entrepreneurs, using their unique perspectives to build Better Businesses that drive prosperity and shape a more inclusive world for all.