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Success doesn’t happen by chance – it takes ability, time, effort and commitment. And to stay successful the best companies and organisations invest in developing, training and supporting their people.

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With over 50 specialist trainers, consultants and facilitators, we have the strength in breadth and depth to deliver exceptional programmes on a UK, European and International basis.

All our consultants are highly skilled facilitators and trainers and experts in their field - our management and leadership specialists have first hand experience of managing teams and delivering results, our sales experts are “quota carriers”, our coaches’ references demonstrate their worth, our presentation skills and voice specialists lead by example.

We work with you to identify the business and organisational issues you face and what you want or need to change. We look at how you will measure success and what return on investment you want to achieve. Only then do we create and tailor our solution.

Whether you work with our performance improvement specialists, our executive coaches, our sales training consultants or one of our lead trainers, expect a rigorous approach.

Our commitment to quality and our full ISO accreditation means that we monitor, very closely, the quality of our training team and the results that our clients achieve. Like you, we want to know that what we do makes a difference.

Isobel Rimmer

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Isobel is one of the founders of Masterclass and whether training business leaders, politicians or dogs, she gets results! If it’s positive change you want then Isobel will be pleased to support you in leading and driving it. She works closely with her clients quickly gaining an understanding of the business drivers and then, using her industry knowledge, advises on how to make the organisation’s goals, visions and values a reality. She is a firm believer in what gets measured gets done and this is woven throughout all her programmes. Read Isobel's profile of the month.

 

Greg Kemp

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Greg has been a key member of the Masterclass team for over ten years advising clients on the full range of people and business development programmes. Before joining the team Greg worked in Portugal as a teacher, location finder and maitre de for a number of Lisbon restaurants and clubs. Not only has he a few stories to tell but can cook up a treat too! Check out his recipes in our Inspiration link.

 

Simon Clark

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When not in the front row at the Royal Opera House, writing reviews on the ballet or travelling to wherever the Bolshoi is performing, Simon is in Datchet helping our customers build and run their training programmes. He brings over ten years of experience and an encyclopaedic knowledge of what’s needed to make things work effectively.

 

Vicki McAllister

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Vicki juggles a busy career with family life, keeps us all under control in the office and is responsible for our ISO accreditation. Having been with Masterclass for over 12 years there isn’t much she doesn’t know about course materials, venues, logistics and organising a first class event. She’s a dab hand at proofing and editing, too and doesn’t miss a thing.

 

Pearl Tyrrell

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Vicki’s partner in crime at Masterclass – Pearl makes sure that materials, questionnaires, certificates and all training items are in the right place at the right time. If you want to know about Masterclass Manches and HR Forum events, speak to Pearl – get yourself onto the database and she’ll keep you up to date with what’s going on at Masterclass.

 

Brad Solomon

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Brad brings a unique mix of business experience and sports coaching to the team – a great lead trainer and coach, Brad will challenge and get results from even the most demanding delegate. His “bite sized” sessions are particularly popular and effective for busy executives. Read Brad's profile of the month.

 

Hayley Mogridge

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Hayley draws upon her professional training as an actor to make her training and coaching sessions inspirational, fun and highly energetic. Even when putting delegates through their paces on leadership or presentation skills, feedback tells us that our delegates love working with her.

 

Anne Minter

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A former MBA tutor, theatre director and University lecturer, Anne brings a unique combination of business, academic and people skills to her training and coaching sessions. With her experience in both the public and private sectors, Anne is a great asset to the Masterclass team and very much in demand from our clients.

 

Martin Kahn

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Martin’s business experience – leading the design, delivery and roll out of major training programmes and graduate development initiatives and his qualifications as a teacher and coach make him a key member of the Masterclass team.

 

Peter Clarke

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Peter is a sales consultant for Masterclass specialising in working with new clients. Trained as an Engineer by profession, he has been working for longer than he admits in the computer industry. Initially, as a programmer and ending with his own software house. Once given the nick name of Pythagoras for his ability to always see another angle and hence solution to any problem, he has an extremely practical nature. Favourite saying "Shall I give you the Short Answer!"

 

Please contact Masterclass on +44 (0) 1753 676666 or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), if you would like a more detailed profile or biography of one of our consultants.

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