Coaching Team

RACHEL ELLISON LTD fields a team of high integrity, inter-cultural, values-aligned coaches. Operating at C-suite and senior leader level, we challenge powerful people to become deeper, more insightful, values-orientated leaders. We work collaboratively and confidentially. Our coaches create a non-judgemental environment that enables honest exploration and reflective learning. We focus on both individual and systemic perspectives, bringing specialist knowledge of multiple industries e.g. banking, law, pharmaceuticals, airlines, advertising, marketing, logistics, retail FMCG, international diplomacy, government, health and NGOs. Our coaches work with leaders across more than 40 different countries, cultures and organisational systems.

Expert knowledge: Leading in crisis, leading hybrid teams, resilience & burnt out, creating psychological safety, conflict & ‘difficult people’, return from parental leave, First 100 Days, integrating multiple sources of learning.

All coaches are committed to their own ongoing CPD learning and Supervision.

Rachel Ellison MBE

Former BBC news correspondent and development aid project director. Awarded an MBE for ‘the promotion of human rights and the self-empowerment of women in Afghanistan’. Executive Leadership Coach offering high support with high challenge.

Specialist knowledge: complex and changing global environments, resilience, ethical sustainable leadership, abuse of power, intercultural leadership & racism, emerging markets e.g. Afghanistan, Myanmar, former Soviet Union. Informed by meaning and purpose in coming to work. Coaches from a psychodynamic and solution-focused approach.

Clients include: HSBC, Samsung, Boots/Wallgreens Alliance, Diageo, the Foreign Office, Ministry for International Trade (Brexit), NHS, UK Sport, Teach First, UNICEF.

Public speaking: Oxford University, Cambridge University, Birkbeck University of London, International conferences.

Awarded an Honorary Doctorate following the publication of her book: Global Leadership & Coaching – Flourishing under intense pressure at work.

Liz Macann

ICF Master Coach. Former head of Executive Leadership Coaching and Coach Supervision at the BBC, developing 800 in-house coaches. Coaches teams and individuals. Trains and consults to companies wishing to create EMCC & ICF accredited internal coach provision. Inspired to become a coach after seeing a non-directive ‘coaching approach’ used by women leaders in the villages of Southern India. Uses CBC, neuroscience and somatic coaching to help leaders work in alignment with their meaning and purpose, values and goals. Clients include: BBC, Paypal, Samsung, Expedia, UNICEF.

Assanta Cucca MA

Italian TaeKwanDo champion. Coaches with mind-heart-body for leadership agility, mental health resilience and growth mindset. Specialist knowledge: banking sector, physical and emotional resilience and perseverance, agile organisations e.g. start-ups & SMEs, return to work after parental leave. Clients include: Lloyds Bank, VISA, American Express, Bank of America, Tesco, Moonpig, Lastminute.com.

Dr Anthony Kasozi

Former manager at Unilever, Deloitte and PWC, now organisational consultant Ashridge Business School. Specialist expertise: working across cultures with leaders where there is little time and limited resources; conflict, Africa, the Third Sector. Author: The Leaderships Shadow. Informed by experiential reflective practice. Clients include: World Bank, GAVI, ICRC, World Health Organisation.

Dr Susan Kahn

C-suite business psychologist, MA course director Birkbeck University of London, coach and mediator. Specialist knowledge: Individual and organisational resilience & failure. Author: Bounceback – how to fail fast and be resilient at work and Death & the City. Susan brings deep, carefully positioned insight as a conflict mediator and sounding board for powerful people at work. Clients include: the FT, IKEA, hedge fund managers, mental health charities.

Jane Morris

Exec Board BBC Radio 1 and Head of Talent, Saudi Aramco. Executive recruitment, development and talent management. Expert in strategy & burn out. Takes a ‘whole health’ approach in coaching. Specialist knowledge: Broadcasting, energy giants, Saudi Arabia/USA corporate culture, women leaders. Clients include: Saudi Aramco, News International, Relais & Chateaux, FCDO Foreign Office, Teach First.

Penny Berry

Global industry and new business specialist. BBC World programme editor now coach to senior leaders and young, emerging talent. Specialist knowledge: MENA region, international relations, resilience and multicultural leadership, including UAE, Myanmar, Mongolia. Clients include: Visa, Amex, UK Government SME accelerator programme, London Business School, the BBC, UNICEF.

Katherine Tulpa

Co-founder Global Association for Coaching with 3,000 members across 42 countries. Pioneer for the promotion of best practise and collaboration across the executive leadership coaching industry between ICF, AC, EMCC. Former C-suite marketeer, passionate about empowering women leaders in business. Specialist knowledge: C-suite specialist. Expert in marketing and strategy. Takes a positive psychology approach to personal transformation at work. Clients include: HSBC, Barclays, Disney, Yahoo, Diageo.

Lindsay Wittenberg

Began in HR at Marks & Spencer. Then moved to Luxembourg as CEO of a European human rights organisation. Coaches leaders who feel stressed and stuck but truly want to grow. Specialist knowledge: Conflict, ‘difficult’ people & psychological safety. Coaches leaders for resilience, leadership ethics & brand integrity. Informed by Gestalt and Constellations systemic approaches. Clients include: Lloyds of London, Marks & Spencer, Cost Coffee. UNICEF – Head of Coaching MENA region career transition programme.