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Meet The Team

We 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 

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Megan Taylor
Managing Director
London, UK & Madrid, Spain

Jemma Barton Consultancy Director

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

Our consultant community 

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

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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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Simon Preston
Founder

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Fiona Clarkson
Finance

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Nana-Efua Lawson
Organisational Pyschologist
London, UK

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Jo wood
Artist and Facilitator
London, UK

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Martina Von Mayherhofen
RISE Catalyst
Munich, Germany

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Dr Graham Curtis
RISE Catalyst
Manchester, UK

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Kerry Sutcliffe
Executive Coach
Manchester, UK

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Beth King
Organisational Pyschologist
London,UK

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Dr Martin Wilderer
Board Advisor, Consultant
UK & Germany

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.

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.