Manny Coulon

Manny has worked for and consulted in many business sectors, specialising in creating customer-focused organisations and making change happen.

He has also helped companies with strategy, R&D / product development, operations, marketing and sales, supply chain, project management, benchmarking and management development.

Through 16 years of working in industry and consulting, Manny has extensive international and inter-cultural experience, having worked in the UK, Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Mexico, Sweden and the US. Based in the UK, he is fluent in English and French.

Manny is also director-owner of specialist change management consultancy Expeditus Consulting Ltd.

Qualifications

• BSc, Physics, Manchester University
• Diploma in Professional Management, Open University Business School
• MBA, Warwick Business School

Neil Middleton

Neil has worked for and consulted in a wide variety of business sectors and as a manager at Levi Strauss & Co., initially in the UK and subsequently in Europe.

Neil was responsible for managing training and management development, facilitating cultural change through leadership development, team development, workplace diversity, career development and performance management.

Before leaving Levi Strauss in 1999, Neil was HR Director, Product Services, where he was responsible for creating and implementing rapid organisational re-design and change in both the Product Services and HR processes.

Neil is also director-owner of organisational change and management development consultancy Contour Consulting Ltd.

Qualifications and Memberships

• BSc, Occupational Psychology, University of Wales
• MSc, Management Development and Organisational Change, Bristol University

Certified and experienced application of:

• Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Levels I & II
• FIRO Elements
• Hermann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI)
• WorkStyle Patterns™ (WSP)

Neil is an Associate of the Department of Management Research, Bristol University, a member of the British Psychological Society, and an Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.