The company was formed in 2009 and we describe ourselves as a “forward-thinking company with old-style values”.
We do not ask clients to enter into long term agreements or contracts, we like to do business on the shake of a hand and quite simply if you like what we do you will continue to engage us. We also have a ‘Satisfaction Pledge’ which means if you are ever not satisfied with the work we do with you then you do not have to pay. We are proud to say that we have never had a client call on that pledge.
We become their ‘challenging friend’, which means we will ask the question or maybe say the thing that business owners may not want to hear but know that it’s done for their benefit. To learn more, download our client brochure by clicking the link down below.
After a successful and varied thirty-five year banking career which brought a broad range of experience in Leadership/People Management/Strategy/Sales and Marketing Joe left to form UK Business Mentoring. Based on the knowledge he had gained dealing with small to large businesses and his love of helping people to develop, Joe found his ‘Ikigai’ in business mentoring.
Chris is an experienced banking and financial services professional who has supported businesses and individuals for more than 30 years. Previously Chris held senior roles with NatWest Bank, the Financial Conduct Authority, Consumer Financial Education Body and the Money Advice Service before joining UK Business Mentoring in November 2015.
Experienced Business Mentor, with strategic and operational experience at a senior level within the banking industry. Strong personal impact with proven ability to mentor and coach SME businesses, utilising a highly developed business and professional network in the UK, especially North West England.
After a varied and successful 30 years in banking and financial services supporting business owners, Graham decided the time was right to become one himself. Graham has led large people and customer-centric businesses gaining extensive “hands-on” knowledge and experience in People Management/Leadership /Strategy/Sales/Marketing/Financial Management and Customer Experience. Graham is a qualified Chartered Banker and gets a real buzz from supporting others to grow themselves and their business – becoming a mentor was an obvious choice.
After a successful and varied career in financial services, Jim was looking for a role that allowed him to fulfil his passion for helping people to develop, grow and achieve their potential. He, therefore, decided the time was right to join UK Business Mentoring and support business owners with their challenges and to help them be successful.
Jim has over 30 years of experience in leading teams and developing leaders. He is qualified in Leadership Coaching and Executive Mentoring and has a broad range of experiences in Leadership/People Management/Sales and Marketing/Customer Experience/Continuous Improvement/Company Culture and Strategy.
Nigel is an entrepreneurial, motivational and vision-driven business professional with 30 years of repeated achievements throughout the UK & Europe. He has extremely broad commercial experience, with proven expertise in all business functions, including strategic planning, sales, marketing, finance, structure & process. Often referred to as a “catalyst for growth and change,” he has helped clients and employers ranging from FMCG brands to medical practices to small retailers.
His passion for understanding and helping businesses led him to UKBM, where their values are perfectly matched to his own.
Anne spent 20 years in the corporate world primarily supporting businesses with various types of finance. Through this came a passion for the two things that dominated her career, helping people and enabling business growth. Anne is a strong leader and people manager with excellent sales and operations knowledge and she chose the route of business mentoring to make good use of her extensive experience and to satisfy the desire to help others succeed.
Mark has been instrumental in setting up and owning several successful businesses over the past 30 plus years. In this time he has accumulated a wealth of business knowledge, which compliments his natural entrepreneurial flair.
First-hand experience with international corporates to local S.M.E.’s gives him a vast range of trusted experience to share. His journey has given him great insight into the dynamics of how a high performing business should operate to succeed. Family businesses are a particular area of interest to him as well as helping others to realise their dreams.
Nick has more than 20 years of experience as Chief Financial Officer of a range of companies including listed and private equity backed businesses. Prior to that he qualified as a chartered accountant and spent 10 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
During his time as a CFO Nick has managed HR and Legal departments as well as finance and his achievements include working with management teams to successfully deliver high growth and increasing profits, raising debt and equity finance, and buying and selling companies.
Steve has over thirty years experience in blue-chip FMCG retail businesses across senior strategy, commercial, marketing, sales and operations roles - both in the UK and internationally.
Throughout this journey Steve gained deep insight into the key requirements for sustained high performance, and acquired extensive hands-on knowledge in helping many businesses and teams towards achieving this.
Steve’s passion is to use his experience and enthusiasm to help SME owners develop themselves and their teams to achieve high performance and grow their business.
Carol has held key positions in the banking and education sector whilst utilising her Psychology degree and counselling training to support children and teenagers.
Carol joined the UKBM North of England team in 2017 and recently completed the London Marathon in aid of Leukaemia Care UK.
Deborah has had a varied career working for Investment Banks in both the UK and abroad. She is experienced in Graphic Design and builds all the presentations and ensures the branding is consistent across the company including policing the team's use of weird fonts quite regularly.
She joined the business when it was formed in 2009 and was responsible for creating the company’s first ‘How to grow your business’ presentation. Deborah took several years off to care for her daughter who was born in 2015 and is now back providing support to the business across many areas.
UK Business Mentoring
Hill House
67 Chequers Lane
Walton on the Hill
Surrey
KT20 7QB
UK Business Mentoring
8 Church Croft
Bury
BL9 8JD