Pippa Handford
Pippa joined The Collaboration Company in 2006 to work alongside Miles to develop collaborative solutions for people and organisations.
Pippa worked together with Miles at the marketing communications agency – The Marketing Store - where she spent 8 years perfecting her account management, client relationship and marketing skills. Previously to this, Pippa worked with Jaguar cars and assisted in the exciting launch of the Jaguar S-TYPE.
Pippa’s key role at The Collaboration Company is to
plan and oversee the smooth running of all projects and events. She is also responsible for the planning and development of the Ideathon Main Programme which involves engaging with charity and corporate partners. Pippa works very closely with Miles on the session design for all collaborative projects and is a key member of the facilitation support team.
Outside of her work at The Collaboration Company, Pippa also enjoys the country life - riding her horse, walking the dog and cuddling up with her cat!
Vicky Gregory
Vicky graduated from The University of Hull with a degree in American Studies in 2005.
She joined the public sector working with a nationally hosted NHS programme which specialised in organisational change. She spent two years working in project support with a number of challenged NHS Trust’s across the country – recognising the importance of NHS staff members working collaboratively to achieve change in the culture of an organisation.
Vicky joined The Collaboration Company in 2007 at an exciting time in the company’s growth. Since becoming a member of the team Vicky’s role has included event management, building client relationships and she is part of the event support facilitation team.
Vicky has worked on projects with British Airways, BG Group and TubeLines as well as several charities developing into a Producer role, assisting the team to create innovative collaborative work sessions.
Vicky enjoys travelling, particularly in the United States after spending a year in Miami, Florida as part of her degree program.
Marija Mercer
Marija joined The Collaboration Company in February 2009 as Office Manager. Since joining the team Marija has become an essential part of the event support team and plays a key role in all aspects of event management as well as managing the efficient running of the office.
Prior to this Marija spent 12 years working for British Telecom as part of the Facilities Management Team in Leicester and was involved in the major office move project and the opening of the National Distribution Centre in Leicestershire.
Marija's background is in catering and she still loves to entertain for family and friends.
Outside of work Marija's passion is her two chocolate labradors and she can often be spotted being dragged around the Leicestershire countryside!
Gwen Stirling
Gwen brings a unique blend of commercial, not-for-profit, and international experience.
With an MBA from a leading UK business school; over 20 years commercial experience; and over 15 years experience of developing people, Gwen is passionate about building collaborative partnerships between sectors which add value, and developing the necessary capacity and capabilities to enable organisations to compete globally.
As Country Director for renowned global youth development charity, Raleigh International, Gwen was responsible for all strategy and operations in Namibia. For a period of 4 years she ran international youth leadership development programmes for young people aged 18-25 from a diverse range of backgrounds and nationalities.
Gwen has designed and delivered leadership, change management, organisational development, corporate responsibility, and collaborative leadership programmes across the business, public and charitable sectors.
Ed Green
Ed held senior line management positions for 20 years
in the areas of Marketing, Innovation, Corporate Affairs, Leadership Development, and Change Management in Unilever and Masterfoods.
Ten years ago, he founded his own business, “Building Collaborative Futures”, a consulting and coaching practice. He has used this as an opportunity to work collaboratively with organisations, teams and individuals to effect change and create sustainable future plans.
He is an experienced consultant in the organisational, leadership and strategy areas and delivers programmes in the Public Sector Leadership Centre of Ashridge Business School.
He has continued to develop his personal coaching & consulting skills through links with the European Institute for Organisational Development ‘Professional Development Programme’ (where he became a certified OD consultant). He also has worked on Tavistock Institute of Psychology development programmes for many years and more recently graduated from the Ashridge Coaching for Organisation Consultants programme.
Ed is an experienced facilitator and has worked on a variety of Ideathons. He has also facilitated Modernisation teams in the NHS, Innovation teams in consumer and business markets, and public sector Think Tanks.
Ed brings an exceptionally broad understanding of business, organisations and leadership.
Tony Barton
Tony is a professional coach (CPCC), leadership trainer and experienced facilitator. As well as his work for The Collaboration Company, Tony also works all over the world for the prestigious Coaches Training Institute, for whom he trains executive coaches.
Before becoming a coach and leadership trainer, Tony had a very successful career in marketing, working for blue chip clients such as Ford and Bass on the client side before making the switch to join The Marketing Store, a marketing communications agency with clients such as McDonald’s, Walkers, ASDA, Shell, Nationwide, M&S and many more major brands.
His experience at board level in client and agency companies; his sense of humour and his undoubted
gift for coaching and facilitation make him a valuable member of the team.
