
Helen Howard
Helen Howard, our founder, is an accountant (ACMA and CGMA), Certified Learning Practitioner and a member of the British Institute for Learning & Development. Before moving into the world of learning and development, Helen worked for a global pharmaceutical business, gently guiding budget holders in the right direction.
In her spare time, she is a busy mum of two, a keen vegetable grower, a scuba diving instructor and an enthusiastic (but not very impressive) runner.

Elizabeth Britton
Elizabeth Britton is an accountant (ACMA and CGMA) and trained facilitator. In her life before training, she held a number of senior financial roles for a large energy company, gaining a breadth of experience that has been invaluable to her since moving into the learning environment.
Elizabeth is an aspirational skier, opting for slow and stylish over speed. She enjoys the gym, which allows her to indulge in another of her favourite pastimes: working her way around her local restaurants.

Steve Berry
Steve keeps trying to retire but we are constantly dragging him back to work. He’s a former banker, CFO and international MBA lecturer in business strategy. An author of three books, he has spoken at business conferences on four continents.
His spare time pursuits are multifarious – from enjoying wines to training youth workers and vicars whilst generally trying to keep track of what his 3 children are doing (Law, Psychology and Medicine – so quite a bit).

Ian Glenister
Ian Glenister holds an MBA and a list of project management and British Psychological Society qualifications too numerous to list. Ian started out in the pensions industry before moving to a construction services business, where he was a director for a few years. He then turned to training and coaching as a career.
Ian has a passion for travel and has scuba dived all over the world. When at home in the UK, he is a keen squash player and runner.

Phil Renshaw
Phil Renshaw PhD is an ACC accredited coach with the ICF and holds the professional treasury and banking qualifications. Phil worked in investment banking as well as in Corporate Finance and as a Finance Director in the IT services sector. He is widely published including his new book, Coaching On the Go.
When he’s not busy working, Phil can be spotted travelling around the country in a VW campervan.

Sarah Coughlin
Sarah Coughlin is our training administrator, responsible for making sure that everything happens perfectly with our training logistics and admin. Before working with us, Sarah was a primary school teacher.
Outside of work, Sarah enjoys her family life along with swimming, yoga, zumba and renovating her house, but not necessarily all at the same time.

Collaborative, engaging, informative, team driven, extremely valuable and a great link between finance and operations.
People like what they are seeing. We can look within the business and see that the financial and commercial acumen has improved.
I found the training very helpful and easy to understand. Relating the content to smaller businesses & Landsec helped put it into perspective. Very clear, perfect pace, unique ability to explain to those who have no idea about finance yet at a level which isn’t boring for (the more) knowledgeable.
The training was incredibly valuable! I wish I had done it sooner in my career!
The course raised my awareness significantly and provided me with the tools to evaluate the financial strength of our suppliers and clients.
Helen has been a consummate professional and committed member of our contracted delivery team for many years, well respected by those who work with her and admired by the graduates she tutors. Helen’s industry knowledge and memory skills never fail to impress! It has been a pleasure to work with her throughout.
Phil quickly understood my own development needs whilst also understanding how they fit into the wider financial context. This was invaluable.
The Trainers understand our business and needs so well that it is like they are part of our team rather than external Trainers.
The Trainer was dynamic, open, friendly but professional. This course provided great value to our organisation.
The practical nature of this course was extremely helpful and incredibly well focused to our needs, engaging me from beginning to end.





















