Meet the Team
Alex Taskin
Managing director Alex leads from the front. Since starting Passe-Partout she has supported around 500 clients, providing some 20,000 hours of learning and coaching. She reckons she is getting the hang of it now!
Darren O’Conor
Our director Darren’s specialisms include, action learning, coaching programmes and cohesion & confidence training. Darren has worked within many organisations including the NHS & Cancer Research UK.
Sam Oliver
As commercial manager, Sam is responsible for all commercial and HR aspects of Passe-Partout with particular emphasis on finance, assisting tender and design of training materials.
Anne Bristow
As project coordinator Anne facilitates the running of our office, provides support and resources to the team and is responsible for planning Passe-Partout events.
Annette Stephens
An accomplished coach, Annette is a confident, approachable and versatile CMI centre manager able to work effectively with both staff and management groups.
Chris Moore
Chris manages our IT including Cloud systems and Cyber Essentials security compliance. His work has enabled us, and our facilitators, to deliver remotely since the pandemic began.
Lucy Taskin
As operations manager, Lucy assists in the scheduling of programmes and is also responsible for our online training platform and digital presence.
Tammy Watling
Tammy, our project manager is a key player in scheduling and managing at Passe-Partout. Tammy has experience working on executive projects within high profile enterprises.
Alli Gibbons
A specialist in strategic leadership and organisational development, Alli has helped many leaders develop their skills and confidence in managing and motivating people to achieve their full potential.
Ant Graham
Anthony has developed and implemented teamwork and leadership programs for a wide range of public and private organisations across the globe.
Cate Russell
A certified coach and mentor in the field of emotional intelligence & positive psychology. Cate works with individuals to develop their emotional intelligence, supporting them to grow both professionally and personally.
Chris Grimes
Chris Grimes is an experienced communication skills consultant, facilitator, executive coach & keynote speaker. Working in the corporate arena – across all levels of seniority. |
David Young
An experienced strategic development professional who has worked in both the private & public sector. David is a coach and facilitator who has worked to help manage cultural change and enhance organisational performance.
Gareth Russell
Gareth has a broad range of experience in people development including learning design & delivery, group coaching, and delivering capability improvements at organisational level.
Hilary Knight
Hilary has extensive management experience, working with local authorities including housing associations, local government and central government agencies.
James Clegg
Acknowledged as one of the leading learning and development professionals in the UK, James has worked with numerous high profile assessment and development centres.
Julia Felton
Julia specialises in creating and delivering experiential leadership development programmes for clients in both the public and private sector.
Laura-Rose Wilkins
Laura is an intuitive coach with a mission to help thousands of people improve their performance at work. She is known for taking both a creative and practical approach to client challenges.
Laura Toby
As a people and change consultant, Laura’s specialisms include leadership and management development, coaching, organisational change and service improvement.
Linda Litherland
A leadership coach with over 25 years’ experience working with senior leaders and middle managers to enable them to drive strategic success.
Louise Hawkins
A certified practitioner in both NLP and applied neuroscience, Louise has helped key organisations develop strategies for change.
Nick Allsopp
Nick has worked in a wide range of sectors focusing on individual and team development, helping companies and individuals achieve ambitious targets.
Nicola Tyers
Nicola has successfully developed and delivered online training to more than 1,000 educational supervisors across a range of sectors, through programmes commissioned by Health Education England and NHS Education for Scotland.
Rob Hendy
Rob regularly works with senior management teams in blue chip organisations, both here in the UK and overseas, creating and implementing effective change.
Graeme Green
Graeme is a highly versatile professional coach and trainer who can quickly adapt his style and delivery to circumstance.
Rocky Datoo
Rocky is a hidden abilities advocate – challenging perceptions, exploring possibilities and recognising the power of language.
Tess Salami-Oru
Tess is a transformational leader, mentor and coach, who specialises in analysis, identifying key issues and formulating strategies to deliver significant improvements and overcome challenges. She is passionate about reducing inequalities and influencing social change.
Nick Hawley
Fiona Setch
Following a successful first career in Nursing, Fiona moved into Learning and Development and has 28 years’ experience providing consultancy services. Fiona actively supported clients during the Covid19 Pandemic through Team Development and Resilience coaching.
Adam Kirkaldy
Eager, dynamic and creative, Adam analyses data and develops bespoke solutions to meet identified needs. Adam is a passionate presenter with professional theatre experience, he loves to entertain while challenging the status quo.

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Looking to join our team?
We are always looking for new talent and facilitators to join our extended team. If you have something to offer us get in touch via the form. We’ll do our best to get back to you as fast as possible.