Our Team

Jeremy Campbell, is the CEO of Black Isle Group.  He is the former Chief People Officer at the global HR, technology and services innovator Ceridian, where he worked for 15 years. He also worked as the Chief Commercial Officer and Managing Director of SD Worx, UK and Ireland.  He began his professional career at BUPA.  Jeremy is an executive coach and leadership mentor with an executive education at Henley Business School.

Sarah has over 20 years’ consulting and leadership development experience, working with executives and executive teams. Her work focuses on creating the conditions for leadership success and growth in an increasingly complex and changing business environment. Practically, this translates into personal coaching at senior level, leading into organisation-wide work that helps individuals and companies realise their potential.

Tom is Director of Black Isle Group. His 13-year experience as a leadership development coach and facilitator has led him to run, design and deliver programmes across sectors and around the world, working with teams and individuals from middle management up to CEO level.

Harriet is a highly skilled and experienced coach, having worked with large international businesses in London for over 10 years. Her particular speciality and area of interest is personal impact, where she excels in showing people how to increase trust and emotional buy-in through a mix of psychological and practical learning tools.

Atholl is the Chairman of Black Isle Group.  He was a senior executive with the BBC for many years; an Executive Director of ICAS; and a corporate affairs director for one of the UK’s largest utility companies.  Atholl is currently Chair of the Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation; Chair of UK Coaching; and a board member and former Chair of the British Horseracing Authority. He is an Insead Executive Coach with a leadership education from Harvard and Cranfield.

Tim has been coaching and advising multinational corporates at board level for 18 years. He was an officer in the British Army for 12 years, before founding Black Isle Group in London in 1998. As CEO of Black Isle Group, Tim brought together established international offices over three continents to grow a leading global brand in the field of executive communication coaching, and the London business to become one of the most respected leadership consultancies in Europe.

Doug ran the UK, Ireland and Mauritius arm of the global HR, technology and services innovator Ceridian for more than a decade, until it was sold to SD Worx in 2016. He is a former Managing Director of lastminute.com and a former MD of Budget Rent-a-Car. Doug is currently a partner in Prime Advantage Capital, the business advisory and corporate finance specialist. He advises a range of SMEs primarily in the HR, technology and services sector. Doug is a Chartered Accountant and a board advisor to Black Isle Group.

Heidi looks after most operational areas of the business, from Finance to Human Resources to Information Technology. She is the primary link between Operations, the CEO and the Directors – with whom she works very closely to create and maintain a warm and inviting working culture. Heidi also ensures our internal systems and processes are working smoothly and efficiently.

May is an assessment and development specialist with a focus on talent management. She has provided assessment consultancy services across a broad range of industries, including finance, retail, government (SA), biotech, petroleum and aviation.

Ann helps businesses build the right story, grab an audience and inspire a response. She’s an acknowledged expert in her field, and has spent the past 20 years helping leadership teams both within and outside the media sector create and craft compelling messages that speak to their chosen audience in an authentic voice.

Natalie has a background in biomedical sciences, and a passion for entrepreneurship. She’s inspired by working with business leaders and their teams to overcome issues that hinder their desired progress, and to develop leadership capability and clear strategy toward achieving their vision. She helps leaders manage the pressures of work from both psychological and physiological angles.

Nick is a highly-experienced business psychologist, leadership consultant and executive coach, with over two decades’ experience. He helps organisations improve business performance by identifying the potential and developing the abilities of individuals and teams. His experience spans many aspects of talent management, including selection, developing leadership capability, and high-potential identification and development.

James focuses his expertise on helping leaders and teams work out what they’re really after and what they need to do to get there. He provides facilitation, consultancy and coaching services. James is part of the executive education faculty of Nottingham University Business School.

Andy is a business psychologist and human resources professional who has led learning, development and talent management strategies in the private and public sector. His practice covers executive coaching, corporate education, experiential leadership development and HR consulting.

Lindy is an established and accredited executive coach, working primarily as a non-judgemental thinking partner with senior leaders. She works across the FTSE and NASDAQ, as well as with SMEs, advising CEOs, directors and high-potential individuals. Lindy also acts as a sounding board to start-ups in the UK and Silicon Valley.

Jane is an accomplished HR professional, with a passion for identifying and developing talent across multinational, matrixed organisations. She combines her HR and change expertise to work with executive teams, delivering radical agendas that ensure people plans are fit for purpose. Jane has developed a range of talent strategies, leadership development programmes and employee value propositions. She loves helping executive teams to create their ‘picture of success’, and develop plans to achieve it by playing to their strengths.

With over 12 years’ consulting experience in organisational change and leadership development, Clare has a wealth of experience working with global companies to strengthen leadership capability and build diverse, high-performing teams. She has worked across a range of sectors, with extensive experience in banking, professional services, pharmaceuticals and media.

Trevor has over 30 years’ international experience as a leadership coach and organisational development consultant. His consulting approach is strongly business-focused, taking into account wider organisational implications, with an emphasis on achieving significant performance improvements.

Josie brings more than 20 years’ experience in Hollywood, working both in front of and behind the camera. Her range of skills covers executive coaching, leadership training, corporate presentation, team building, pitching, reading the room and active listening.

Karen coaches on the fundamentals of human behaviour, unconscious biases, working preferences and strengths, and then builds an understanding of how to use this knowledge across different leadership needs.

Susan has over 20 years’ experience working with middle managers and senior leaders to enhance their personal and professional effectiveness through self-awareness, emotional intelligence and resilience. She is passionate about enabling individuals and teams to create healthy, effective and successful places to work.

Siân is delighted to have joined Black Isle in 2019. She is a highly experienced presentation, webcast, media and crisis-communication coach helping others exude confidence in the spotlight whether they’re presenting on stage, on camera or online.

Ravi has a flair for developing leadership at personal, team and organisational levels. He enables senior leaders to perform more effectively as individuals, and as a community of peers, to deliver greater results through their people. His ability to nurture self-awareness and develop leadership skill, coupled with 20 years’ operational management experience, underpins his value as a leadership facilitator, coach and advisor to C-suite directors and senior managers around the world.

Shona takes a refreshingly straightforward approach to individual, team and executive development through her natural ability to build and maintain honest relationships, and a genuine passion to help individuals be the best they can be. Her core expertise is in nurturing talent and harnessing the power of people to drive company performance.

Richard’s coaching expertise is in commercial communication and team development. He has broad experience within the professional services sector. Whether in commercial negotiations, pitching to clients or speaking to larger audiences, Richard helps technical individuals simplify their communication.

Andy’s core expertise is in helping people become more compelling when they lead, communicate and innovate. He brings structure and drive to how we do things, is provocative and bold, and builds trust quickly. His broad experience uniquely positions him to work with clients on leadership, culture change and relationship management projects.

Colin is an MSc-level executive coach and a specialist in management and leadership. He devises and delivers bespoke development programmes that support and challenge individuals and teams towards their best performance. He coaches and facilitates in the UK and internationally, across the financial services, retail and healthcare sectors.

An experienced executive and leadership team coach, Naomi brings 30 years of international experience to her executive coaching assignments. Fluent in French, Spanish and Italian, Naomi has held executive roles, managed teams and coached in international businesses across Europe. Typically, she works with leaders and leadership teams in strategic and operational transition, and personal career or role change.

Dorothea has substantial experience across a range of sectors, and has been a visiting tutor on the Cranfield University MBA programme, using the Centaur Model for the ‘Managing Personal Effectiveness’ module. She has worked as a consultant in developing people for more than 20 years, and as an executive coach for the past 18 of those.

Thomas is an experienced project manager who has managed the delivery of a wide range of programmes across sectors and around the world, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope and within budget.

Malgosia is an experienced project manager who leads on large-scale, bespoke client projects. She ensures that these projects are delivered on time and within budget, acting as the interface between the client, key stakeholders, third parties and the work that Black Isle delivers.

As Marketing Co-ordinator, Amanda is responsible for managing Black Isle’s brand, bringing together PR, social media and collateral. She supports BIG’s project managers, coaches and directors with any graphic, print or digital marketing materials they require.

James joined the Black Isle team as a project manager in January 2019, having previously worked in operational roles within the insurance industry.

Key to James’s role is co-ordinating the many moving parts of the projects he looks after, including managing key stakeholder relationships.