Rachael is an engaging, empathetic, articulate and commercially literate professional skills trainer and performance enhancement coach who is not afraid to ask difficult questions to help others overcome challenges and reach their potential.

Experienced, highly collaborative and a good listener, she was a finance and restructuring lawyer during the global financial crisis. Following a period working in-house at a commercial role at a listed plc, Rachael is now a recognised adviser devising and delivering courses on professional skills. Areas of specialism include building confidence, networking and business development, writing and speaking, personal efficiency and team leadership.

Rachael is a mentor and coach across industries, from the professional services and SMEs to FTSE 250 corporates. Alongside her work, she has sat on different Boards for over ten years, anticipating and responding to shifting strategic priorities and economic conditions, making senior appointments, and undertaking volunteer and donor engagement in the charitable sector. She is passionate about empowering others in a meaningful way.

A first class honours degree politics graduate, Rachael was appointed a University Visiting Lecturer on leadership and management. She is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and appears as an expert speaker on the Business School’s Graduate MBA programme.

Named a ‘Woman of Impact’ by the Whitechapel Mission and a qualified mediator, Rachael works with professionals at all stages of their career to help them create and enhance their own success story, empowering individuals to get the best out of themselves and their teams by increasing employee engagement, confidence, productivity and creativity, especially through periods of growth or change.