Steve Hinton BSc CEng MIMechE

Executive Chairman of QED

t: 01302 761222

e: steve [at] qedconsulting.co.uk

Steve is an experienced consultant who works with Chief Executives, Managing Directors, Senior Executives and other leaders. He brings a combination of wide business and consultancy experience and excellent interpersonal and coaching skills. He has a particular expertise in the whole field of business support, enterprise and entrepreneurship.

He has had a varied and multi-faceted career. He trained as an engineer and worked in manufacturing management and then general management. His entrepreneurial spirit emerged in 1987 when he led a buyout to form a new engineering group in the rail sector. After running that company for 6 years, the desire to do something different again asserted itself and he was one of the founders of QED Consulting. Steve is the Executive Chairman and owner of the business and focuses his client work on senior level coaching and high level consultancy projects.

Steve’s style is challenging, practical, business focused and very effective. He helps to stimulate and embed deep changes in behaviour and performance – transforming clients’ personal and business achievements. He has a First Class Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College and he is an NLP Business Practitioner. He is Chairman of the British American Project, a transatlantic leadership development and networking organisation.

Married to Michèle, with three grown up children, he spends his spare time sailing his catamaran. A passionate runner, Steve has taken part in numerous marathons and swears by the problem-solving and de-stressing clarity that a good run provides. With such a healthy outlook on life, we often turn a blind eye to his weakness for the occasional Bacon sandwich.

Kathy Denton BA BSc MSc

Director

t: 01302 767889

e: kathy [at] qedconsulting.co.uk

Kathy has wide business experience at board level within the commercial and marketing areas of premier league organisations such as Marks & Spencer, Boots PLC and L’Oreal. She has enhanced this experience with a Masters in Occupational Psychology which allows her to work with individual clients and teams to optimise their performance and maximise the opportunities for business success.

Kathy’s broad leadership and management experience enables her to support clients with a practical, insightful and inclusive approach to the achievement of objectives. She has been involved in a wide range of individual and organisational development initiatives taking a realistic and client-centred approach ensuring improved performance and the maximisation of potential. Kathy heads up QED Consulting’s Coaching team and is particularly passionate about optimising individual potential.

Kathy is also mum to 3 lively children who provide many useful and humorous examples to support her workshops and to keep the office entertained! She is currently involved in writing a book on Human Resource in the Leisure Services, is non-executive director of the Lyceum Theatre in Sheffield and Deputy Chair of the Governing Body of a local school.

Kathy’s current favourite quote is:

‘If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to go to the forest to gather wood, saw it and nail the planks together. Instead, teach them the desire for the sea.’ Antoine de Saint-Exupery.

With so many things in common (such as having a young lively family and being fluent in French), Kathy is hopeful that if Hollywood ever gets round to making a movie of her life, Kristen Scott Thomas would jump at the opportunity portray her.

Katherine Humphreys BA CIPD

Director

t: 01302 767897

e: katherine [at] qedconsulting.co.uk

Katherine brings to QED Consulting an invaluable insight of the public sector after gaining over 10 years experience of working there. Specialising in the areas of skills and business support Katherine spent most of her public sector career within the Learning and Skills Councils and Business Links.

Her experience includes setting up brokerage models and an NETP Programme funded by Yorkshire Forward. Previously she has worked with a variety of organisations both public and private in a consultancy role, concentrating on organisational development and skills acquisition.

With fantastic multi tasking skills and a real clarity of focus Katherine directs QED Consulting’s operations and excels in the areas of Customer First, Assessment Services and our Education and Skills Services.

When asked to describe her ideal customer, Katherine replied “one who is great to work with, provides interesting and stimulating projects on an ongoing basis, recommends us to others and with whom you can have some fun”

Martijn Mugge MBA

Director

t: 01302 767890

e: martijn [at] qedconsulting.co.uk

Martijn was born within and graduated from the Netherlands before his move to the UK in 1995 where he has become an acknowledged expert in fostering and developing enterprise and entrepreneurship.

Over the past few years he has led a wide range of initiatives throughout the UK including Entrepreneur Schools for budding entrepreneurs and early start-ups, High Growth Start-Up programmes for would-be entrepreneurs, and providing Succession Planning services. Martijn is also a qualified NLP Business Practitioner and NLP Coach and is a registered SBS consultant (SBS 2323).

After having been involved in community and economic regeneration, holding senior management positions within large training and enterprise development companies, and starting and growing his own training company (turning over just over £1m within 2 years of trading), Martijn brought his expertise and passion for enterprise to QED Consulting.

With no end to his talent Martijn is fluent in five languages (after living and working in different countries, including the Netherlands, Spain, Mexico, and Brazil, and Spain) and is loved in the office for his dry sense of humour and sharp wit!

An entrepreneur at heart, Martijn says that one of the best things about working at QED Consulting is the freedom to be entrepreneurial with support from good people; enabling him to combine his passions of entrepreneur schools and new product development.

Jeremy Thorn BSc CEng CCMI FRSA

President of QED

t: 01302 761222

e: jeremyt [at] qedconsulting.co.uk

Jeremy is an experienced business leader and management consultant specialising in strategic business, organisational and management development, including high level training across a wide spectrum of management topics and one-to-one senior executive leadership coaching. His clients include an unusually broad range of both large and small businesses internationally, a number of UK Government Departments, a wide variety of organisations across the National Health Service and several Local Authorities. He is also a widely experienced Non-Executive Director and Chairman of several client companies.

Jeremy is the author of several prize-winning, hands-on business books and is a frequent key-note speaker and top-team facilitator. He is also a licensed user of the comprehensive range of ethical psychometric profiling tools which QED employs widely to support their work with individuals and teams.

Mark Ellis MBA

Consultant

t: 01302 767893

e: mark [at] qedconsulting.co.uk

Mark specialises in working with public and private sector organisations at senior level, developing both managers and the wider organisation, leading QED Consulting’s workshop and training services.

Mark has experience of working overseas and being immersed in culturally different types of work this includes his delivery of the India programme strategic review of a Nobel Prize winning Aid organisation. Further to his experience Mark also holds an MBA from the prestigious Edinburgh Business School.

At QED Consulting Mark is passionate about providing strategy development and strategy implementation consultancy to private sector organisations. Mark also invests much time in the design and delivery of workshops, coaching and our Succession Planning services.

As qualified climbing, mountaineering, kayak and ski-ing instructor with a passion for outdoor pursuits Mark excels in enabling others to achieve more than they believed they could, both in and outside of work. If you ever find yourself needing a phone a friend on ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’, brimming with general knowledge, Mark is your man!

Bobby Singh BSc DMS

Consultant

t: 01302 767886

e: bobby [at] qedconsulting.co.uk

Bobby is QED Consulting’s expert in Research Consultancy, Managing research, evaluation and survey project services.

Bobby has worked on behalf of a number of Local Authorities, Chambers, Business Links and Health Authorities and one of his key areas of strength is to be able to undertake research projects using innovative, interactive and consultative approaches.

With a very busy family life and two young children, Bobby is also the Director of Personal Development for Junior Chamber International (Doncaster Chapter) responsible for delivering a programme of workshops to develop Young Professionals. At our QED celebrations you will usually find Bobby on the dance floor showing us how it is done (David Brent eat your heart out)!

Bobby’s motto is “doing things the right way and doing the right thing.”

Ali Imam MA MBA

Consultant

t: 01302 767895

e: ali [at] qedconsulting.co.uk

Ali leads our IT consultancy service and our overseas work. One of Ali’s most well known clients is the United Nations, in which his last 2 year project involved him designing and delivering Project Management workshops for their senior management worldwide.

Ali has previously worked in both the services sectors and the printing and publishing industry, which the marketing department take full advantage of by utilising his knowledge and advice in this area.

Being able to combine his interests in ICT and Knowledge Management (KM) with his academic background (Masters in International Relations and an MBA), Ali has delivered numerous lectures to MBA students on these topics across Yorkshire.

Ali takes pride in “identifying problems and providing solutions” at work and preparing his two sons to play cricket for England!

Jo Bloor

Consultant

t: 01302 767898

e: jo [at] qedconsulting.co.uk

Jo is an experience Consultant who specialises in Public Sector Consultancy. She is currently responsible for providing a wide range of consultancy services to our Clients. Interactive skills development workshops, project and programme management within the Public Sector arena.

Jo previously spent a considerable period of time working for the number one blue chip Financial Services provider in the UK. Jo specialised in providing a range of consultancy services during this time which included a significant time working as a HR and Training Specialist, but in the latter stages of her time within financial services industry, Jo offered in house consultancy services within the Risk Management and Corporate Governance discipline.

Jo left the financial services industry to enhance her experience within the public sector. Jo worked for the Learning and Skills Council as a Skills Development Manager, working closely with Sector Skills Councils and Skills Brokers in North Yorkshire. During this time, Jo had specific responsibility for Leadership and Management Development with in the sub region of North Yorkshire, along with responsibility for retaining Graduate talent within the Region. Jo implemented and managed several very successful projects to improve the skills and retention rates within North Yorkshire.

Jo’s diverse and wide reaching skills, developed during her career to date enable Jo to work effectively at all levels within organisations and provide expert Consultancy services on behalf of QED Consulting

An innovative and stylish individual Jo loves to work with “innovative, forward thinking clients who understand the value of developing their core business and their teams”

Amanda Edwards BA

Project Manager

t: 01302 767884

e: amanda [at] qedconsulting.co.uk

In the office it is clear that Amanda stands for focus and organisation but on a personal level when asked stands for “no creed, no colour, just justice.”

Dawn Shrives

Project Manager

t: 01302 767880

e: dawn [at] qedconsulting.co.uk

When asked what three things Dawn would do to make the world a better place, she responded; “I have already done three things -my three children!”

Jean Jones

Project Manager

t: 01302 761222

e: jean [at] qedconsulting.co.uk

Jean affectionately referred to as ‘Aunty Jean’ in the office can always be relied upon to provide help and support in any given situation.

Sam Bennett

Project Manager

t: 01302 767891

e: sam [at] qedconsulting.co.uk

With a love of France Sam is most happy when visiting the country and practising her language skills, but in the office is most proud when she “achieves new goals and her colleagues do well.”

Sue Elliott

Business Manager

t: 01302 767882

e: sue [at] qedconsulting.co.uk

“The way others can rally around and help when there is a crisis even when they are snowed under themselves, makes me really proud to work for QED Consulting.”

Emily Anderson

Business Development Manager

t: 01302 761222

e: emily [at] qedconsulting.co.uk

Leading the way in fitness Emily is always striving to improve her triathlon times, but if she could do one thing to make the world a better place Emily said she would “promote greater communication and understanding.”

Rebecca Hughes BA

Marketing Manager

t: 01302 767896

e: rebecca [at] qedconsulting.co.uk

Rebecca’s passion for shopping is only surpassed by her passion for marketing and Rebecca can be often be found conducting regular primary research on the fashion industry!

Patrick Louis-Jean

IT Manager

t: 01302 767895

e: patrick [at] qedconsulting.co.uk

Patrick, nothing like the characters from ‘The IT Crowd’ is an exceptional IT support! Patrick is always there for clients (internal and external) and is often relied upon by members of staff to solve their IT problems no matter what time, day or night!

Tara Wood

Business Management Coordinator

t: 01302 761222

e: tara [at] qedconsulting.co.uk

Tara is always calm and collected and there to support others no matter what. Tara leads the way with her continuous professional development and is an example to us all with her unswerving determination and good humour.

Caroline Dacres

Facilities Coordinator

t: 01302 767894

e: caroline [at] qedconsulting.co.uk

The heart and soul of the business management team, Caroline is forever cheerful regardless of the weather or situation and always ensures that her colleagues and customers are happy too!