The founding director of Pantheon, Jennifer oversees all the practice’s advisory work at board and executive levels. An experienced coach, she is also part of the team that delivers Pantheon’s offering to clients.

She partners with CEOs, senior executives and their teams as they drive for higher levels of performance and navigate change and uncertainty. She balances a focus on results with reflection, theory with truth, and challenge with support. Recent engagements have involved coaching executive teams, coaching for first Board appointments, transitioning to CEO and the executive team. She has a systemic approach to change and her work includes the latest research in practical neuroscience, behavioural economics and positive psychology.

Background: Prior to her coaching work, Jennifer held partner and senior executive level roles in global technology and professional service firms. She brings working internationally with multi-national organisations with different ownership structures, including high-growth and private-equity backed ventures. She brings deep experience in global financial services, digital and infrastructure, having led and delivered cultural change and coaching programmes in Australia, India and Europe simultaneously.

Education & Qualifications: Jennifer holds degrees in International Business and French from Aston University and Financial Services from the University of Manchester. She has numerous ICF-accredited coaching qualifications including executive, systemic team, stakeholder (Marshall Goldsmith), workplace and leadership and she is a certified practitioner of evidence-based diagnostic tools such as Hogan, MLQ360, GLA360 and TEIQue. She is a Certified Business Psychologist through the Association of Business Psychology and a TEDx speaker on executive adaptability.

She is from North Wales and has a keen interest in the levelling up of society and business. She lives with her husband, four children and a menagerie of animals.

As Principal at Pantheon Leadership, Anna helps oversee and deliver all aspects of the practice. As an experienced coach, she works with senior leaders seeking to increase their performance and teams to build greater cohesion and effectiveness.

Background: Anna has spent over 20 years in professional services. Beginning at Morgan Stanley, she spent nine years in equity research and then sales and trading, first in New York and then in London. She then joined McKinsey as a consultant, before moving into executive and board search.

She has extensive experience in both senior executive and non-executive appointments, and leadership assessments. She has spent over a decade focusing on talent and succession challenges in, and on the way to, the boardroom. She brings an understanding of the commercial dynamics across a wide variety of industries and ownership structures, having worked across listed, privately owned, and private equity-backed environments.

Education & Qualifications: Anna holds a Master’s in Economic and Social History from Oxford University and a BA in Economics from the University of Virginia. She has a Master’s level qualification in coaching from Meyler Campbell (EMCC and AoC accredited). She is also a CFA Charterholder. She is a certified Hogan practitioner.

Born and raised in Virginia, she lives in Hampshire with her husband.

A business psychologist, Caroline specialises in executive assessment for selection and development and prides herself on providing the evidence clients need to make the right people decisions.  Her assessments often form part of management due diligence, as well as succession planning, individual development, and candidate selection.

Background: Caroline began her career as a Consultant at KPMG. She founded her own consultancy, Laidlaw Associates, advising boards on potential hires as well as on the development of current incumbents. She brings a breadth of sector experience in both listed and private equity environments, having worked extensively in financial services, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, retail, and digital technology. She is also comfortable working in multinational settings, where she has spent significant time across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas.

Education & Qualifications: A Chartered Psychologist, she has an MA in Psychology from the University of Edinburgh and an MSc in Occupational Psychology from London Guildhall University.

Outside of work, Caroline is mum to two (feral) boys and is passionate about travel. Recent trips with her kids include hiking in the Amazon jungle and a journey down the Mekong in a very small, wooden boat.

Carrie specialises in coaching and board evaluation, blending a strategic focus with practical results. She is passionate about supporting executives and board members increase in confidence and resilience in the context of personal, organisational, and market transition.

In working with executive leaders and teams as well as in her board work, she blends empathetic insight, a keen interest in her clients’ success, and practical knowledge gained from working across a wide range of sectors and organisations.

Carrie has partnered with clients across a wide array of sectors and ownership structures. This includes start-ups, multinationals businesses, and not-for-profits. She is energised by supporting clients embrace the joint challenge of creating growth strategies and building the infrastructure to support that growth. She understands the growing area of neuropsychology and uses this extensively in her work with leaders and boards to help them understand themselves, their reputation, and how unconscious triggers can undermine their impact. She uses psychometrics, 360 feedback and other methodologies to fully understand a client’s profile, motivations, and values.

Background: Born and educated in the United States, Carrie began her career in banking, working with Chemical Bank, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. She then moved into strategy consulting, where she founded and led various centres of excellence in the financial services sector.

Education & Qualifications: She has an MBA from UCLA and a BA in Economics from Wellesley College. She is an accredited executive coach with additional specialization in board and team dynamics. She is also accredited in numerous diagnostic tools such as MBTI II, FiroB and the Hogan Leadership Suite.

Helen is an Associate at Per Ardua Associates within the Consumer Financial Services & Banking and HR practices and also supports Pantheon Leadership. She joined the firm in 2020 and executes on assignments at Executive and Board level for the firm. In addition to her search work, Helen acts as a DE&I Leader for the firm working on all Per Ardua’s DE&I initiatives, both internally and externally. This includes long term succession planning, tracking of data and research into pertinent diversity issues within financial services.

Having studied Literature and Film at university, Helen is an avid reader. For her sins, she is also a long-suffering supporter of Watford FC!

Helen is a business psychologist, leadership consultant and executive coach. She has over twenty years’ experience working with senior and executive-level clients in multi-national organisations across a range of industries and geographies. She takes a systemic approach to change and has a passion for supporting individuals deepen their self-awareness, overcome challenges and operate at their best.

A highly experienced leadership assessment specialist, Helen brings extensive experience leading executive assessments that inform executive selection and development. She balances academic rigour with commercial pragmatism and sensitivity. She seeks to create assessment experiences that equally benefit candidates and their organisations.

In addition to her work with organisations, Helen also works in private practice, with a focus on meaning and purpose, life transitions, anxiety and wellbeing.

Background: Helen began her career in sales management in consumer products sector, before transitioning into dedicated talent and leadership development roles, first in investment banking and then with broader array of sectors as a consultant and business psychologist. She is also part of the INSEAD MBA executive coaching faculty. Currently based in the UK, she has lived and worked across the UK, Europe and Asia. She loves travel, yoga, sea swimming and attempting to learn new things.

Education & Qualifications: She is a Chartered Psychologist in the UK and a Registered Psychologist in Australia. She holds a MA in Psychology from Edinburgh, an MSc in Organisational Psychology from London Metropolitan, an MA in Psychotherapy from Leeds Beckett University, and a diploma in Counselling Psychology. Her interest in the biological basis of personal change has led her to study Nutritional Medicine and Applied Neuroscience, both of which she integrates into her practice.

Jacqui is an executive coach, mentor and leadership consultant. She focuses on the practical applications of neuroscience innovations, particularly as they relate to building resilience, improving inclusivity and overcoming unconscious bias. She has experience in developing and delivering leadership development programmes for large multinationals as well as facilitating board offsites and retreats.

Background: Her career has focused on leadership development, behavioural change and culture, beginning in law and HR in both the technology and consulting sectors. She later joined Merrill Lynch as FVP of Leadership and Development for EMEA, later adding Diversity and Inclusion.  Then, as Managing Director for EMEA at The Neuroleadership Institute, she built the organisation’s geographic and team presence across EMEA into a £ multi-million organisation, working with leading financial services organisations globally. Previously a board member of UK Government body ‘Opportunity Now’, she helped found The 2% Club, a women’s network for the top 2% of women in business in the UK.

Education & Qualifications: She has a doctorate in Existential Philosophy, specialising in executive anxiety, making meaning during times of change and career transitions. She has a Masters in HR strategy and top teams, studying with leading neuroscientists. She presents regularly at global conferences and has been a guest lecturer at academic institutions including Cranfield, IE and London Business Schools.  She has authored numerous publications, including ‘Executive Advantage: Resilient Leadership for 21st Century Organisations’ and is a regular contributor on leadership with publications such as Harvard Business Review, People and Strategy magazine and the NLI Journal. 

Jacqui lives in Bath with her husband and two golden retrievers.

Jamie is the Managing Director of Per Ardua and Head of the Banking and Consumer Financial Services’ Practice.

He joined the firm in 2009 to establish the Banking and Consumer Financial Services’ Practice and became the Managing Director in 2018. In addition to running the business, Jamie focuses on searches at Board and senior executive level across senior business leadership and functional roles in Banking and Consumer Financial Services. He is also a member of the Board Practice.

Jessica is an executive coach, facilitator and trainer. Over the last twenty years working at the executive and board levels, she has supported individuals enhance their leadership capabilities and their teams work more effectively together. Jessica’s area of particular focus is supporting her clients build personal resilience to lead during times of change and uncertainty. She also helps her clients grow in confidence, improve their ability to operate through influence and hone their strategic thinking capabilities. She has a track record of working with multinational organisations across ownership structures in a range of sectors including asset management, banking, consumer finance, insurance, consumer goods, and media and entertainment. Her style is described engaging, thought provoking, challenging, fun, pragmatic and able to get to the central issue quickly.

Background: Prior to becoming a coach, Jessica worked as a consultant in HR Services with Accenture focused on sales support for software and other outsourcing solutions. She began her career as an occupational physiotherapist, working with corporate clients in a diverse range of sectors.

Education & Qualifications: Jessica holds a Masters in Ergonomics from University College London, which included a focus on organisational psychology, and a BSc in Physiotherapy from the University of East London. She is an accredited coach (ACC and IFC) and is also trained as a coach supervisor. She is licensed to use numerous psychometric instruments including Hogan, NEO PI-R, FIRO-B, MBTI, Belbin Team Roles and the Strength Development Inventory. She also regularly employs 360-degree feedback where appropriate.

John is a clinical psychologist and coach, who specialises in executive assessment and development of individuals and teams. He has more than 30 years’ experience working with leading organisations to assess senior leaders for selection, succession and development. He has a reputation for considered judgment, insight, rigour and pragmatism.

In 2017, he also helped design and establish a new psychometric instrument, The GC Index, which profiles an individual’s natural inclinations for making an impact and contribution to their role, their team and organisational function.

Background: John began his career with the NHS as a clinical psychologist. He moved into organisational psychology and held director roles with Kiddy and Company and Kaisen Consulting, before setting up the Oxford Consulting Group, followed by Misura Consulting.

Education & Qualifications: He has a PhD in Psychology from the University of London. He is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a founding member of the Division for Coaching Psychology. He has authored numerous publications including the book: “Coaching Me Coaching You” as well research focused on the “DNA of a Game Changing Leader”, and as co-creator and director of The GC Index. He has been a guest lecturer and presenter at organisations including the Institute of Directors, INSEAD, The Cranfield School of Management and AMBA.

Life outside of work consists of seizing any opportunity for a new experience. 

Kim is supporting the development of Pantheon Leadership with coaching and advisory services to boards and executive teams. She brings over 30 years’ experience coaching on strategic change/transition, culture change, interpersonal and group dynamics.

Her style combines curiosity, challenge and commercial pragmatism with psychological expertise to support transition and change. When coaching individuals and teams, she aims to create a high-quality thinking environment, to explore patterns of behaviour and ways of working, enabling fresh perspectives and insights to emerge.

Background: Kim began her career in consulting, before moving into HR and organisational development in investment banking, FMCG and Retail. She established her own consulting practice in 2004 working across a variety of business sectors and ownership models including FTSE 100, private equity, start-up/founder-led and family-owned.

Education & Qualifications: Kim holds an MSc in Systemic Team Coaching from Middlesex University) and a BEd (Hons) in Education & Psychology from Birmingham University. She is a certified Gestalt and Psychodynamic coach, an accredited practitioner in Family and Organisational Constellations, Appreciative Inquiry and Time to Think Coaching, and is also certified in many well-recognised psychometric instruments, including Hogan.
In a pro bono capacity, she sits on the council of a national charity within the performing arts sector that supports professional dancers in the progression and development of their careers.

Kim is based in the UK and lives in the Chilterns area with her husband and two children (when she is not travelling to places on her bucket list or surfing in Cornwall).

Michael is a master coach, a facilitator and trainer with a deep background in psychology, organisational development and organisational change. Based on the East Coast of the US, he supports Pantheon’s work in the US and Bermuda. He brings experience working across numerous sectors including financial services (banks, insurance and reinsurance), advertising, energy, public relations and beverages. 

Over close to 30 years, he has worked extensively at the executive and board levels as well as with rising stars in small, medium and large-cap organisations globally. As a facilitator, he has also supported teams devise new strategic plans and organisational structures, resolve conflicts and build team cohesion.

Background: Prior to setting up his own practice, Michael worked in leadership, delivery and relationship management roles with organisations including ITT Corporation, Bankers Trust Company, Development Dimensions International and Wilson Learning. Michael has authored several books, been an adjunct faculty member at two graduate schools, and provides pro-bono coaching support to WeSpeak andThe Honor Foundation, which supports US Special Forces transition from the military.

Education & Qualifications: Michael has been certified a Master Corporate Executive Coach by the Association of Corporate Executive Coaches and holds additional certifications from The Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching programme, The Coaches Institute, the School of Coaching Mastery and The Gestalt International Study Center. He is certified to use numerous assessment tools, including Hogan.

He has an MBA from the University of Connecticut and a BA in Psychology from the University of Hartford. He has diplomas in industrial management and organisational behavior, and advanced certifications in organisational change and development.

Nana is a Chartered Psychologist and coach, who specialises in the design and facilitation of leadership development programmes. This includes supporting clients with individual and team coaching, as well as talent assessment. She has an interest in leadership topics related to women and minorities, as well as the evolution of leadership. Clients say that she brings combines perceptiveness and insightful challenge with energy and a focus on results.

Nana has a wholistic approach, drawing on several disciplines, including positive psychology, psychosynthesis, systemic coaching and constellations, Gestalt psychology, neuropsychology, role-play, and neuro-linguistic programming (NLP). She uses 360 feedback and a wide range of psychometric and diagnostic tools, as appropriate. She supports her clients cultivate better self-awareness, system awareness and authenticity.

Background: Over her career, she has worked with large-scale global clients, in-house and as an external leadership consultant. She founded her own leadership advisory firm, Castlegate International, in 2011. Previously, she oversaw Standard Chartered’s learning and talent agenda across the Middle East.

Education & Qualifications: Nana holds a BSc in Psychology from the University of Edinburgh and an MSc in Occupational & Organisational Psychology from the University of Surrey. She is a Member and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Founding Member of the Special Group in Coaching Psychology. She is a Principal Member of the Association for Business Psychology. She was certified as an executive coach by the Neuro-Leadership Group and has a post-graduate certificate in Psychosynthesis Leadership Coaching. 

On a more personal note, she is Ghanaian by descent but made her home on the somewhat cooler shores of Britain as a teenager. She is married to James and had her first child in June 2022. Embracing life wholeheartedly, her interests are many and varied, but her thirst for travel and adventure is never quenched.

Natalie is the Executive Assistant to Jamie Risso-Gill, Managing Director and Banking and Consumer Financial Services Practice Leader; Simon Hearn, Chairman; Jennifer Jones, Director of Pantheon Leadership, Per Ardua Associates’ Leadership Advisory business; and Executive Assistant to the Pantheon Leadership Team.

She joined Per Ardua in 2013, supporting across all assignments within these Practices and organises industry events on the company’s behalf. She began assisting Pantheon Leadership, which focuses on assessment and coaching at the Board and C Suite level at the beginning of 2018, when it was established.

In 2022, she was promoted to Team Leader of the Executive Assistants.

Natalie is proud to have completed the London Marathon and has an Art and Design Foundation Diploma from the Surrey Institute of Art and Design.

Paul is a certified coach with a focus on organisational change, resilience, culture change and developmental assessment. This includes the use of psychometrics and psychoanalysis. He works with corporate, academic and professional sports clients and has extensive experience working with a wide array of sectors including retail, manufacturing, legal, logistics, construction, transport, technology, financial services, housing, education and defence.

Paul marries an evidence-based approach with commercial pragmatism and has a clear focus on delivery and client satisfaction. His ongoing academic work allows him to remain current with leading research and techniques in his client work. He is passionate about exploring ways in which potential is identified and unleashed within individuals, teams and organisations.

Background: Paul moved into leadership consulting after an earlier career in multi-channel customer operations and HR in the financial services sector, during which he was awarded USA‘s prestigious  Stevie Award for global HR Executive of the year, relating to his HR strategy work, He has also worked as a Visiting Professor in the areas of Business, HR, Leadership Resilience and Wellbeing at several UK universities, including international campuses in Europe and China.

Education & Qualifications: He has a PhD in Leadership and Organisational Change from Birmingham City University, where his research focused on evidencing the connection between leadership behaviour employee engagement and organizational performance.

Paul enjoys family life, travel and a variety of sports, whether watching, coaching or playing, including golf, football, cricket and generally tries to stay fit.   

Richard is an executive coach with over a decade of board-level experience. He combines a creative approach with a focus on practical outcomes. He supports chief executives, boards, senior leaders and their teams to deepen trust, accountability and high-quality thinking. He aims to build working alliances founded on warmth and respect.

He brings extensive experience operating globally with both large-scale corporates and start-ups across a range of sectors, including financial services, marketing, engineering and entertainment. He has also worked with HM Government and at the highest levels of the judiciary and military. This diverse portfolio allows him to bring perspectives and lines of inquiry that prompt fresh thinking with clients.

He often runs large-scale leadership development programmes and has co-authored a bespoke instrument, the ‘Team Health Check’ to assess and improve eight critical aspects of team high-performance. Originally a BAFTA-winning film director, Richard also works with senior leaders on their presence and strategic aims. His clients include Barclays, Deloitte, Disney, eBay, HM Army, McKinsey, Mars, Standard Chartered, The Cabinet Office, Siemens, Tate & Lyle and WPP.

Background: Previously a film director and screenwriter, Richard directed a Hollywood western and won 15 international film awards, including the Best Single Film BAFTA. He was formerly co-director of Central London Samaritans and has served as a Chair and Trustee of numerous fast-growing charities. This includes the first Chair for the charity ‘The Listening Place’.

Education & Qualifications: He has an MA in Classics from Oxford University, Postgraduate Diplomas in Advanced Executive Coaching Gestalt Coaching and in Systemic Work. He is a qualified coach supervisor and is fluent in MBTI, Hogan and 360 approaches.