
In 2003 he met Richard and started coaching communication skills. Since then he has built up a portfolio of clients ranging from finance to professional services to electron microscopy to industrials to fashion. He typically works with senior management, and often in pressured situations – Management presentations, large pitches, fund raisings etc.
Charlie is an CEDR accredited mediator, and in 2016 co-founded the LEADA Foundation, which runs a leadership programme for senior leaders in West Africa.
charlie@gsbcomms.co.uk
+44 (0)7714 203232

As you may well have known, Richard's generosity towards the charities he loved was extraordinary. Before he died, he set up a fundraising page https://gofund.me/c8785861 And in a very Richard way, told his children that he wanted to match (ie double) whatever funds were raised.
The two charities he wanted the funds to go to are:
Five Talents* helps marginalised people in East Africa to set up small savings and loan groups so that they can build small businesses and more sustainable income. (https://www.fivetalents.org.uk/)
The500k* empowers local people to share God's love and bring about community transformation. They do this through supporting field workers and the faith communities that they establish and grow. (https://www.the500k.org/)
If any of the rest of the team can support you with whatever you were contacting Richard about, please do let us know. And again, we're sorry if this comes as a surprise for you.

He is a qualified NLP hypnotherapist & life coach and a conference keynote speaker. He works one on one with C-suite executives globally. He occasionally gets dragged back into the world of documentary narration for the BBC Natural History unit.
russ@gsbcomms.co.uk
+44 (0)7956 472325

In between making slides, Spencer build and sold Bandmad.com, an online e-commerce platform for band merchandise, and co-founded the now defunct online presentation tool Present.me. For the past 15 years Spencer has worked with Richard, Charlie and Russ at GSB with a focus on management presentations for PE houses exiting their portfolio businesses.
spen@gsbcomms.co.uk
+44 (0)7710 471 821

As well as being a coach, Tim also regularly creates and delivers training programmes for companies wanting to improve their spoken communication.
He typically works with professional service industries and has helped numerous corporates and businesses, including Microsoft, KPMG, BCG, Willis Towers Watson, Indeed, among others.
His passion is bringing out the best in people and helping leaders craft engaging and effective narratives, to inspire those who follow them.
tim@gsbcomms.co.uk
+44 (0)7973 909299

Sonia has a passion for walking and has recently completed 2 hiking marathons for Macmillan.
soniam@gsbcomms.co.uk
07939 591189

Ryan is an accredited Executive Coach with the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching™ and a certified Financial Risk Manager™ with the Global Association of Risk Professionals. He has previously held the series 7 and series 63 licenses with the Financial Regulatory Authority and holds a BA in Economics from Rutgers University. Among the organizations Ryan has served are Bank of America, BlackRock, Deloitte,
The US Federal Reserve, Fitch Ratings, KPMG, and Goldman Sachs.
+1-973-714-2717
Ryan@gsbcomms.co.uk

charlieb@gsbcomms.co.uk
+44 (0)7976 426 392

As a programme designer, trainer and ILM Level 7 Executive Coach Paul supports businesses and leaders to be more effective versions of themselves. Recognising and valuing diversity, Paul enables leaders to bring their whole selves to work… but with new skills.
Working with a wide range of organisations from financial services, through manufacturing to virtually every UK government department Paul brings leadership development to life through the use of interactive and engaging techniques.
paul@gsbcomms.co.uk
+44 (0)7957 687964


An accomplished communicator, Mike brings a wealth of experience to his communication and leadership coaching.
Mike typically works with professional services firms, private equity houses, investment banks, M&A boutiques, and numerous management teams from small / mid cap to large corporates.
Alongside coaching general communication skills, Mike works with investment houses and partnerships, raising multibillion funds in Private Equity, credit, and real estate. He also coaches Management Teams for PE exits (coaching them for the fireside chats and the full MP), and re-financings.
He is also accredited by the Resolution Institute as a mediator and conflict coach.
07861 851429
mike@gsbcomms.co.uk

She has a BA Hons. in Theatre and an MA in Professional Voice Practice at Birmingham City . She is currently studying Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology. She'll work with you to discover your vocal power, and help you to find the confidence you need to get you and your message across under pressure.
christina@gsbcomms.co.uk

At an advanced age Alistair took a Masters degree in Classical Acting from London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and still works in theatre and film, and as a singer and occasional harmonica player.
Before moving into full-time acting, Alistair spent more than 2 decades working in the finance industry. He was a Director of corporate finance for a leading UK investment bank engaged on cross-border M&A transactions, IPOs and privatisations around the world. He then joined a bulge-bracket US bank as a Managing Director, working on many of the largest fund-raisings in the Asia-Pacific region.
Alistair’s clients have included Deutsche Bank; Allianz Global Investors; Barings Asset Management; Hogan Lovells; BlackRock Investors; Bank of America Merrill Lynch; GLG Research; Amec Foster Wheeler, and DLA Piper.
alistair@gsbcomms.co.uk
+44 (0)7788 635402

He brings practical leadership experience as a British Army officer, combined with 12 years in board level HR roles in the pharmaceutical industry & Not for Profit sector, and 20 years as facilitator & leadership coach.
He specialises in enabling top teams to lead well in the context of challenge, ambiguity & change.
guy@gsbcomms.co.uk
+44 (0)7974 924 776

As a coach/mentor and learning & development business leader, David has a ‘play book’ of tools, models and experiences harnessed over 30 years. David builds and develops bespoke training programmes and events, alongside 121 mentoring and coaching senior leaders in order to achieve specific outcomes or business goals.
Areas of focus are leadership development, team effectiveness, effective communications, managing well-being, creativity, & empathy.

kit@gsbcomms.com
+44 (0)7554 797 400

Her training began at Oxford University where she was an Exhibitioner in Modern History at Jesus College, having spent the year between school and university trading financial futures for S.G. Warburg.
After graduation she became a journalist and author, working as the New York correspondent of the London Evening Standard, a columnist at the Mail on Sunday, writing for Vogue, The Times, The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator magazine and publishing a comic novel In The Pink.
Returning to the UK from America, Molly turned her attention from transmitting communication to exploring how it is received and remembered. She trained as an opinion researcher and led the London office of Crosby Textor, election-winning strategist Sir Lynton Crosby’s corporate and political campaign business.
For the past 15 years she has combined her deep understanding of how messengers and their messages land, with her ability to organise, express and defend ideas and strategies for leaders and their organisations. She acts as a radically candid yet discreet expert counsellor and coach to leaders wanting explain, engage and gain the confidence of their Boards, their investors, their customers and their own people in their agenda and ability to deliver it.
Retained by GlaxoSmithKilne and KPMG, Molly typically works with very senior leaders, very high potential talents and specialist subject matter experts whose insights could have transformational effects if unlocked, understood and mobilised into action!