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 Meet The Team 
Women-led, community-owned, and organised as a community of practice.

We’re a community of people who care deeply about how leadership and collaboration show up in the world. Our team and wider practitioner network draw on backgrounds in executive leadership, psychology, coaching, facilitation, and operational delivery, bringing depth in human behaviour, organisational dynamics, and strategic change.

Our  core team 

Our core team keeps Rise moving and growing. It’s a mix of functional roles and associate consultants, our Catalysts, who’ve been closely involved in the journey, share ownership in the business, and actively shape how we work and grow

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Megan Taylor
Managing Director
London, UK
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Jemma Barton
Consultancy Director
London, UK

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Gita Goldman
Director of Practice
Bath, UK

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Helen Duckhouse
Director of Operations
Cambridge, UK

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Madelanne Rust D'Eye
RISE Catalyst
Edinburgh, UK

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Polly McAllester
RISE Catalyst
Manchester, UK

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Martina Van Mayherhofen
RISE Catalyst
Munich, Germany

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Graham Curtis
RISE Catalyst
Manchester, UK

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Simon Preston
Founder

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Fiona Clarkson
Finance

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Becky Walker
Programmes & Partnerships

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Lawrencia Awuku
Circles & Community Co-ordinator

Our  consultant community 

We work with consultants across regions and areas of expertise, resourcing each project with care. All are actively engaged in our community of practice, contributing to and learning from the work we do together.

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Kerry Sutcliffe
Executive Coach
Manchester, UK

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Beth King
Organisational Pyschologist
London,UK

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Nana Efua-Lawson
Organisational Pyschologist
London, UK

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Artist and Facilitator
London, UK

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Martin Wilderer
Board Advisor, Consultant
UK & Germany

Our Community of Practice

The work behind the work

We operate as a community of practice because if we’re supporting others to lead in complexity, we need to be in that work ourselves.

Working intentionally as a collective of practitioners gives us space to reflect, test ideas, and evolve our approach. It’s a more involved way of working, but it’s where we challenge our thinking, learn from one another, and continually strengthen our practice.

We’re proud that this sets us apart. When you work with someone from RISE, you’re drawing on the collective intelligence of our whole community, bringing greater depth, rigour, and relevance to the work.

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Join Our Community of Practitioners

While we’re not currently recruiting, we welcome conversations with those aligned with our work and approach. If you're curious about what we do and think there might be a fit, we’d love to hear from you.

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