Our people are what make us different
Chosen for their life experience as well as expertise and qualifications, our coaching staff have the skills and knowledge to guide people to success. From Olympians to record-breaking explorers and military leaders; vast life experience and a wealth of knowledge and training, forms the basis of their teaching, delivered with empathy, humility and great skill. Each of our programmes is additionally supported by a team of psychologists, teachers and specialists, to ensure each programme delivered, meets the needs of its target audience.
Director, and lead on design, development and delivery of a number of key service-lines for Fieri, Matt mainly concentrates on assessing and developing occupational behaviours within Early Talent, primarily around communication, leadership and high-performance teamwork for apprentices & graduates. He has additional responsibility for the Fieri Risk service-line, providing training and consultancy support to organisations operating in high-threat environments. Matt served for several years as an Army Officer, with operational tours including Afghanistan & East Africa.
Sarah is a health & wellness expert with a background in physiology, an ex-Army Officer, and subject-matter expert who brings to Fieri a focus on instilling behavioural change around lifestyle habits.
Through Fieri’s Learning & Development programmes, Sarah helps us build better people, teams and leaders, resulting in optimum performance through a mixture of nutrition, movement, mindset and how these integrate with high-performance teamwork and core leadership skills.
Harrie aims to inspire generations with sustainable bushcraft, outdoor learning and a growth mindset. He has a burning passion for the outdoors and all it has to offer, with a particular focus for Fieri on our Early Talent programmes for apprentices and graduates.
Highly experienced both in one-to-one tuition and larger groups, Harrie uses his wide-ranging experiences which have seen him provide everything from alternative learning for children outside of mainstream education, to corporate Learning & Development expertise.
Described as 'Tinkerbell crossed with the Terminator', Katy was a finalist in the 2016 BBC Series Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week. She has since gone on to train as an Army Reserves Combat Medic and has deployed out to Armenia, Georgia, Afghanistan and Norway. Katy is a Montane Athlete, supported in competing in endurance events, and mountain expeditions. Despite major knee reconstruction surgery at the end of 2020, she bounced back and completed the Montane Lapland Arctic Ultra only 15 months later. She is passionate about self-leadership, a 'can-do mindset' and leading by example to inspire others.
From no lower right arm to world champion in able-bodied competition up against the men, Hannah is a force unto herself. Besides her 4 Paralympics, 3 World Championship titles and scores of other results and awards, she's been the global leader for reinstating disabled sailing into the Paralympic games, and is an ambassador for Ditch the Label (anti-bullying) charity in London.
Raised to race rally cars and horse ride as well as overcoming the world through sailing, Hannah's independence and mental strength have been well proven for over a decade.
Sonny is passionate about the role of digital transformation in learning, personal growth, and education. Following his Masters in Technology Management, he decided to teach and quickly rose through the ranks to become an Assistant Headteacher in charge of IT at one of the UK's most cutting-edge schools. Over the years, he has given keynote speeches and led hands-on workshops for Microsoft, Apple, and Google, as well as launched two companies dedicated to revolutionising how technology can impact learning and development. Spongy Elephant, his most recent venture, has been a finalist and winner of multiple global accolades, including Start-up of the Year, Learning Platform of the Year, and Innovator of the Year.
Lachlan is a highly experienced leader who has been operating in some of the worlds most challenging and remote environments for over 15 years as an army officer, expedition leader and as a ski and mountaineering instructor.
With this varied experience he is highly adept at developing people both in leadership and team member roles.
Pearse Conlon is a highly experienced Business Psychologist who has worked as a training and development coach for the past 25 years, specialising in the neuroscience of team working and high performance environments. Over the years he has designed, facilitated and led extensive development programmes for thousands of people to go beyond their own expectations.
Director, and lead on Teaching & Learning for Fieri, Jim spent many years in the Education sector as a teacher and mentor for new teachers. Areas of expertise include Leadership & Followership and High-Performance Teamwork.
He served as an Army Officer in Kosovo and Iraq, followed by several years in the commercial sector in both consultancy and operations management. Jim is a Level 2 RFU qualified rugby coach, and a school Chair of Governors.
Director, and leading inspirational & motivational speaker, Adam knew that he wanted to build a career around the things that excited him, but did not know where to begin, or if it was possible. After multiple false starts and plenty of self-doubt, he went from leading soldiers on the front line in Afghanistan, to coaching sports in South Africa, ski-guiding in the French Alps, working as a sailor on a 55 metre superyacht, and working in Buckingham Palace for the Royal family. He also recently returned from assisting with the disaster response in the Caribbean. Adam is now on a mission to inspire people to do what truly inspires them, and help them carve out a career around what excites them.
Andy served in Iraq and Afghanistan before becoming medically discharged due to an IED attack. Since then, Andy has lived each day like it was his last: he has broken the world record 10km speed for a single leg amputee, and was selected to join the Adaptive Grand Slam team – the first disabled team in history aiming to summit the highest mountain on each continent, and walk to the North and South Poles.
Sandy Hennis is part of the record breaking Ice Maiden team, the first all-female team to ski coast to coast across Antarctica using muscle power alone, covering 1704 Km in 61 Days.
She has led teams in a variety of environments, and believes in pushing herself and helping others to achieve their full potential.
Jason Lee is a double Olympic hockey player and a triple Olympic coach, leading teams at the Athens, Beijing and London Olympics. In addition to 30 years developing elite athletes and sporting teams, he has over a decade of experience supporting the development of people and teams in various corporate sectors.
Billie is one of our talented Programme Managers and has served as a British Army officer for 19 years, leading teams operationally in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as leading recruit training in the UK. Billie gets a kick out of designing and facilitating behavioural change programmes for people that maximise their leadership potential and optimise team performance.
Charlotte is a sleep specialist and human movement scientist. She runs a sleep clinic in Chamonix, where she advises, assesses, diagnoses and treats individuals with a wide range of sleep problems and disorders.
Charlotte also works in an educational capacity in the corporate and public domain for Fieri Wellbeing, delivering workshops which primarily serve to raise awareness surrounding the importance of sleep, and how this underpins the necessity to be resilient as an effective leader.
Karl is a people development specialist with a passion for helping people, teams and organisations to be at their most effective. A former teacher, coach and CEO he led The FA’s internationally recognised work on youth leadership before sharing knowledge globally as international relations manager. He has worked as an advisor for UEFA, the United Nations and the Japan 2020 Olympic Committee and is the current leadership development expert for FIFA.
Laura is a role model to men and women, having led the first all-female team to row the Pacific Ocean setting 2 world records, rowing nearly 9,000nm in 9 months. She fully understands the importance of honesty, integrity and resilience when building high-performance teams. She is also incredibly gifted at understanding the importance of supporting individuals to achieve team goals.
Abi is one of our dedicated and talented Programme Co-ordinators. Qualified as a PA, her organisation skills are second to none as she makes sure Fieri events are efficiently run. Abi loves to go out of her way to help people and you will often find her working hard to make sure everyone has a smile on their face.
Following success in a challenging insurance-based role but being a creative thinker at heart, Annalies had a desire to put her skills to use in an industry she found more inspiring. She now uses her natural talent for being organised and efficient to support our Programme Managers in coordinating the day-to-day running of our leadership programmes.
Ella is one of our incredible Programme Managers, and responsible for the coordination and delivery of our programmes. Ella is also driven by continuous improvement and is delighted to have found in Fieri a culture of ongoing learning, and a philosophy to utilise the skills of everyone in the team to deliver the best, most impactful programmes.
Ken Moore is Fieri's Apprenticeship Programme Manager and all round apprenticeship expert. A highly experienced facilitator, he also brings his extensive knowledge from his previous work as a lecturer and coaching in management and personal development having worked across the UK and abroad.
Director and Lead on Commercial and Marketing Strategy, Al has over 30 years of industry experience, across multiple sectors and in a variety of technical and commercial leadership roles.
During his 15 years of working in the competitive and ‘high-performance’ world of Formula One sponsorships, Al has delivered sizeable growth to his teams’ partnership portfolios and celebrated the extraordinary successes of Red Bull Racing winning 4 drivers and 4 constructors world championship titles. An accomplished public speaker, Al is passionate about sharing his experience to encourage, motivate and inspire others to reach their full potential.
Turn Individuals Into Decision Makers
Each and every one of us are passionate about our work and are here because we have stories to tell of the physical and emotional challenges we have overcome; using our experiences to inspire transformation in others. World-class training allows us to recreate directly relatable experiences to challenge individuals and teams, preparing them for working in challenging business environments.
Working with the talented team at Fieri is a privilege. All of the team have cut their teeth in high-pressure environments and know how to create an environment which is challenging, supportive and developmental. Everything and everyone is geared towards the partnership with the client …
