We are expert consultants, trainers and business mentors with over three decades of experience, working with uniformed services, major corporate organisations, governments, NGOs and in the Third Sector in the UK, Europe, Middle and Far East.
Our core values include offering a first-class tailored service to meet your needs, confidentiality, integrity and a personal approach to empower you and your people.
Our people
Dr Roger Prentis
Roger started his career in medical research at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London and went on to become a computer systems specialist. His background in mental health led him into consultancy and training where he specialises in the development of people's and organisations' potential. He is an NLP Master Practitioner and Master Hypnotherapist and he also uses these skills to help people overcome Post Traumatic Stress, volunteering with a charity.Roger has lived and worked in a number of countries and worked with commercial, not-for-profit, NGO and governmental organisations. His strategic and analytical skills add to his 'soft skills' to bring a wide breadth and depth of knowledge, expertise and experience from many sectors, countries and backgrounds. He specialises in working at Board level, as well as senior management, and has particular interest in leadership development, communications and media training.
He was a Special Adviser and Chief of Staff in the House of Lords (Upper House of the UK Parliament) for 10 years where he also regularly chaired meetings and arranged events. He has worked with the UN, a variety of diplomatic and educational clients and has a particular interest in Asia, the Middle and Far East.
Roger is Founder and Director of the Foundation for International Collaboration. He is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators, Freeman of the City of London, Chartered Biologist, Member of the Royal Society of Biology and Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
Katie Day MA
Katie has almost 30 years experience working with major corporate organisations across the globe on their CSR, Diversity and Leadership agendas.For many years, she worked at The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development where she led the Communications initiative, was head of the Diversity Task Force and ran Leadership Programmes for women from all the organisation's 51 countries. She has also worked with the leaders of many national and global organisations across the world.
She is a Guest Lecturer at Warwick Business School, lecturing their MBA students on a variety of topics from Business Etiquette, Effective Communication, Diversity, Creating the Perfect Pitch and Balanced Thinking.
She started and ran a joint UK and USA task force on CSR in 21st Century, working with organisations from both countries to create a global best practice model.Her book, The High-heeled Leader, was published in 2012 which led to book signing assignments on both the West and East Coast of the USA. She has appeared many times on radio in the USA, UK, Australia and Canada. She writes regularly for The Huffington Post, together with Executive Women and Capital Business magazines in Dubai. She has appeared on television in Canada and Dubai, speaking on women in the boardroom.
Katie is a sought-after global speaker on women in business and leadership which has led to her to being the keynote at conferences in the USA, UK and India, with requests from China, Kenya and Nigeria under discussion.
Katie is a Director of the Foundation for International Collaboration (FIC) and is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
Greg Board
Greg was an operational Firefighter and Station Manager for 19 years. He has had many roles with the Fire & Rescue Service, including at an operationally-based, busy, dual pump station in the North of the county. He then moved on to become an Instructor at the Training Centre, specialising in new skills development. He then worked in, and established, departments looking at productivity and organisational learning before specialising in protective clothing and standards.Greg is passionate about encouraging males to speak openly about their experiences and bringing hormonal health to the forefront of the conversation. He has lived experience of how this directly affects the male population. Through this and his teaching style, he promotes a safe space where people can interact and share their experience, as well as providing the tools to move forward with their lives.
In the past, Greg was diagnosed with depression for a few years, before making the link between physical health, mental health and Hormonal health. In youth, we take these things for granted and in later years it is "fobbed off" as a "mid-life" crisis. He is battling to change these attitudes.
Greg has many qualifications, including in Trauma Care, Mental Health First Aid, EDI, Evaluating Learning Programmes, Advanced Leadership, Coaching, Interview Panel Assessments and Appraisal, as well as Armed Forces Champion Training. Professionally, he is qualified in many skills,, including Mass decontamination instructor, Fire Investigation, Breathing Apparatus instructor, Structured debriefing (college of policing trained), Marine firefighting, Workplace assessment, Immediate emergency care and Advanced Incidence Command.
Our Clinical Partners
Our clinical partners are Professor Vikram Talaulikar from UCLH and the Menopause Clinic, London in Harley Street and Dr Saima Ajaz from King's College Hospital, London.We work with them around health and wellbeing to help people navigate their way through life. As part of this, they ensure that the courses and information we provide is the accurate and research-based.
We are expert consultants, trainers and business mentors with over three decades of experience, working with uniformed services, major corporate organisations, governments, NGOs and in the Third Sector in the UK, Europe, Middle and Far East.
Our core values include offering a first-class tailored service to meet your needs, confidentiality, integrity and a personal approach to empower you and your people.
Our people
Dr Roger Prentis
Roger started his career in medical research at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London and went on to become a computer systems specialist. His background in mental health led him into consultancy and training where he specialises in the development of people's and organisations' potential. He is an NLP Master Practitioner and Master Hypnotherapist and he also uses these skills to help people overcome Post Traumatic Stress, volunteering with a charity.Roger has lived and worked in a number of countries and worked with commercial, not-for-profit, NGO and governmental organisations. His strategic and analytical skills add to his 'soft skills' to bring a wide breadth and depth of knowledge, expertise and experience from many sectors, countries and backgrounds. He specialises in working at Board level, as well as senior management, and has particular interest in leadership development, communications and media training.
He was a Special Adviser and Chief of Staff in the House of Lords (Upper House of the UK Parliament) for 10 years where he also regularly chaired meetings and arranged events. He has worked with the UN, a variety of diplomatic and educational clients and has a particular interest in Asia, the Middle and Far East.
Roger is Founder and Director of the Foundation for International Collaboration. He is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators, Freeman of the City of London, Chartered Biologist, Member of the Royal Society of Biology and Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
Katie Day MA
Katie has almost 30 years experience working with major corporate organisations across the globe on their CSR, Diversity and Leadership agendas.For many years, she worked at The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development where she led the Communications initiative, was head of the Diversity Task Force and ran Leadership Programmes for women from all the organisation's 51 countries. She has also worked with the leaders of many national and global organisations across the world.
She is a Guest Lecturer at Warwick Business School, lecturing their MBA students on a variety of topics from Business Etiquette, Effective Communication, Diversity, Creating the Perfect Pitch and Balanced Thinking.
She started and ran a joint UK and USA task force on CSR in 21st Century, working with organisations from both countries to create a global best practice model.Her book, The High-heeled Leader, was published in 2012 which led to book signing assignments on both the West and East Coast of the USA. She has appeared many times on radio in the USA, UK, Australia and Canada. She writes regularly for The Huffington Post, together with Executive Women and Capital Business magazines in Dubai. She has appeared on television in Canada and Dubai, speaking on women in the boardroom.
Katie is a sought-after global speaker on women in business and leadership which has led to her to being the keynote at conferences in the USA, UK and India, with requests from China, Kenya and Nigeria under discussion.
Katie is a Director of the Foundation for International Collaboration (FIC) and is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
Greg Board
Greg was an operational Firefighter and Station Manager for 19 years. He has had many roles with the Fire & Rescue Service, including at an operationally-based, busy, dual pump station in the North of the county. He then moved on to become an Instructor at the Training Centre, specialising in new skills development. He then worked in, and established, departments looking at productivity and organisational learning before specialising in protective clothing and standards.Greg is passionate about encouraging males to speak openly about their experiences and bringing hormonal health to the forefront of the conversation. He has lived experience of how this directly affects the male population. Through this and his teaching style, he promotes a safe space where people can interact and share their experience, as well as providing the tools to move forward with their lives.
In the past, Greg was diagnosed with depression for a few years, before making the link between physical health, mental health and Hormonal health. In youth, we take these things for granted and in later years it is "fobbed off" as a "mid-life" crisis. He is battling to change these attitudes.
Greg has many qualifications, including in Trauma Care, Mental Health First Aid, EDI, Evaluating Learning Programmes, Advanced Leadership, Coaching, Interview Panel Assessments and Appraisal, as well as Armed Forces Champion Training. Professionally, he is qualified in many skills,, including Mass decontamination instructor, Fire Investigation, Breathing Apparatus instructor, Structured debriefing (college of policing trained), Marine firefighting, Workplace assessment, Immediate emergency care and Advanced Incidence Command.
Our Clinical Partners
Our clinical partners are Professor Vikram Talaulikar from UCLH and the Menopause Clinic, London in Harley Street and Dr Saima Ajaz from King's College Hospital, London.We work with them around health and wellbeing to help people navigate their way through life. As part of this, they ensure that the courses and information we provide is the accurate and research-based.