Meet our team of experienced consultants and coaches

RACHEL BUTT

Business Manager

Rachel supports the team at GAP Performance in a number of ways, from keeping the financial wheels rolling to managing our Marketing activities.   A graduate in European Business Administration, Rachel has worked both in the UK and abroad, including running her own successful businesses providing Professional Support Services and as an award-winning entrepreneur in the tourist industry. She has experience in project management and has lectured in Business Communications and Office Procedures.  Whenever the opportunity presents outside work you will find Rachel enjoying creative crafts, from writing poetry to knitting.  She is also a keen cook.

PAUL MEHRA

Senior Consultant

Paul has over 30 years’ experience in both national and international organisations working at the highest level, and has operated in every field of learning and development including design and delivery of programmes, facilitation, consulting, talent management, training, project management, assessment, coaching and mentoring. His passion is helping individuals and teams be the best they can be, and to get the most from them to the advantage of their businesses and themselves. For Paul, development means understanding all that life’s experiences throw at us and taking the positive learnings from them in order to grow and thrive. Paul loves to travel and to meet and work with people from different backgrounds and cultures – as well as finding time for cooking, and enjoying his ever expanding music collection!

SARAH LAW

Senior Consultant

Sarah is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist who passionately believes in the benefits to both people and organisations of applying psychology at work. She has a particular focus on leaders at all levels and the impact they have on the culture of their teams, and their organisations. Sarah takes a system wide perspective to challenges and constantly seeks to align the many different strands of activity that take place in organisations and communities with their over-arching purpose. She relishes keeping up with current thinking and draws from multiple schools of psychological thought, as well as complexity theory and neuroscience, when developing interventions for clients. Sarah has worked successfully both as an individual and as part of a team of like-minded consultants on many different projects, in a range of sectors. These have included health, oil, construction, rail, technology, motor and pharmaceutical industries. All of her work is designed to enable development, build capability and embed sustainability. Sarah is a keen sportsperson and achieving a balance between mind and body, work and play is one of Sarah’s constant – and most enjoyable – challenges in life.

SUE NOBLE

Senior Consultant

For the past 11 years Sue has built up extensive experience of delivering management, leadership and coaching skills training (including qualification courses) and executive coaching to a variety of sectors and industries including Local Government, Financial institutions and Universities. As an experienced facilitator Sue is able to work with all sectors effortlessly. Through skilful questioning Sue will quickly understand the context, nuances and challenges within the organisation and work with them to produce results.

Sue is qualified to Level 7 in Coaching, has a Diploma in Coaching Supervision and is a Strengthscope Certified Practitioner. Sue is energised when she is supporting people either one to one or in groups to help themselves to take responsibility for their own goals and actions and to grow in emotional intelligence.  She achieves this both as a coach and as an experienced trainer and facilitator.  Sue draws on influences from NLP, Transactional Analysis, Neuroscience, Emotional Intelligence and management and leadership theories which she then supports her clients to use in a practical way back in the work place.

STEWART BEAMONT

Senior Consultant

Stewart is an experienced and highly successful development professional with a great track record in both private and public sectors. He has 20 years’ experience designing and applying professional development initiatives for individuals and teams. Stewart’s personal philosophy is that businesses succeed when talented individuals are not only deployed in the right way but also motivated to work towards the best interests of the business. His interests are in understanding the culture, direction and needs of his clients, where they are now and where they want to be in the future, drilling down deep to understand how talented people are identified and developed and designing and implementing initiatives to ensure talented people are deployed appropriately, developed effectively and retained by the organisation. Stewart is a keen 10k runner and enjoys reading and travel.

KATHRYN HODNETT

Senior Consultant

Kathryn is an experienced and well respected business and personal development professional. She is an excellent listener who takes pride in the rapport she builds with her clients. Following ten years as a Management Development Consultant and HR Director Kathryn now specialises in personal and organisational development drawing on her broad experience across the private, public and voluntary sectors. She helps others identify a clear purpose to both their business and personal outcomes providing strategies and tools to drive and deliver outstanding performance. With a passion for building strong values into the behaviour and culture of organisations Kathryn enjoys working with many of her clients on a long term basis. In her spare time Kathryn is a keen sportswoman and enjoys musical theatre. She is also an active member of her local community organising various social and fundraising events, most recently raising over £4,000 for children with terminal illness.

KIM EDWARDS

Senior Consultant

Kim is a graduate Human Resources Consultant with more than ten years’ hands on HR Management experience gained in the retail motor industry, reporting directly at board level. She is experienced in coaching and training managers, assisting them to achieve their full potential in general, strategic and hands-on HR practices. She is also one of our most sought after Consultants for outplacement and career counselling where her excellent interpersonal skills and practical approach are highly valued, both on a one-to-one basis and in group situations. Kim is a former county hockey player and now a keen tennis player. She is also a passionate cook and is currently exploring the pleasures and delights of the newly acquired Aga!