What's in my pockets?
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"We all carry rocks & rockets."
I do an exercise with all of my coachees called 'what's in your pockets?' It helps identify the rocks that you carry with you, and also the rockets of potential and superpower we might tap into.
The Juice
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Following 10 years as a professional actor I went into e-commerce recruitment at a hugely exciting time of direct-to-consumer transformation, helping to build the first £1Bn UK online team at RS Components, as well as placing the team responsible for McDonalds digital experience transformation, in-store ePOS and App.
Biotech
Moving from e-commerce I landed in another frontier-tech environment, Biotech. Following a record £320m Series-A I was responsible for scaling Immunocore globally, circa 80 hires/year with an award-nominated EVP and employer-brand initiative. At Immunocore, I began to broaden my HR experience - leading on HR-tech as well supporting on a culture transformation project, leadership development programme and performance management.
I qualified as a Performance coach in 2019.
Oxford Spinouts
I have continued to build a career in highly-technical and regulated environments - joining the founding leadership team of Osler Diagnostics, an Oxford Sciences Enterprises (OSE) spin-out. As Head of People, from series-a to an £85 million series-c investment round and a £200m valuation, I scaled Osler to over 150 people bringing 41 nationalities and experts in biochemistry, electrochemistry and microfluidics to the UK.
Private Equity
Following a secondment to the broader OSE portfolio as an advisory and operator in 2020 - I went to New York, US in 2022 and joined Motive Partners, a $4Bn PE fund specialising in Fintech. I spent the next two years in private equity, working with investment teams to put talent at the heart of value creation plans as well as strategic HR advisor to PortCo's.
I have supported Monzo, Oxford Science Enterprises and Grayscale (US) in an advisory capacity.
In 2024 whilst supporting the acquisition of Businessfourzero by global search & consulting firm Heidrick & Struggles as People Director, I setup Oppo Coaching.
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Personally, I am husband and dad and live in South Oxfordshire. I am an endurance athlete notably captaining the only civilian team to beat the armed forces in the 180-mile London-Cardiff 24-hour relay race.
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​"I have lived, and continue to live life to the max. I have always pushed myself in every way, I enjoy that pressure and challenge. I've done the hard-yards on myself physically, psychologically and behaviourally.
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I would say I am a combination of high-philosophy, military rigour, systems thinking, boundless energy and northern straight-talk.
Through the (many) scars and laughter lines of lived experience, allegory and metaphor my gift is to simplify the complex, with humour. From biochemistry and the conceptual philosophies of the human experience I aim to illuminate actionable ways forward and craft with my coachees, visceral authorship of their own journey."
DISPATCHES
Shaun, Client
We found the centre of me today. And from there we focused the attention on my forward trajectory
Yasmin, Coach
Ben stands out as truly exceptional. His mind is razor sharp and fast. He brings the perfect blend of intellectual rigour and emotional intelligence to his work.
Liliana, Client
Ben has the most intelligent sense of humour. He can really listen and help others achieve sustained excellence and maximum performance.
LumosHR
Direction > Culture > Performance
Strategic clarity.
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> Purpose
> Mission
> Differentiation
Operationalising the mission and making culture real, defining how the work gets done.
Agency everywhere.
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Leadership > Teamship > Coaching
We're on a mission to build better leaders.
> Lead your life
> Lead others
> Lead organisations
High performing teams.
> Clarity
> Communication
> Collaboration
> Agility
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