Associate consultants

Richard Boston CPsychol
Associate Consultant

Richard is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist with a passion for developing individuals, teams and organisations. His approach varies depending on the needs of the client, but invariably draws upon his skills, experience and perspective as an executive coach.

Richard has worked in the UK and Australia for three successful consultancies, designing and running assessment, coaching and leadership development interventions for the likes of Siemens, Ernst & Young, Department for Constitutional Affairs, Shell, Royal Bank of Scotland and the British Library.

Dr Peter Gruenewald MD
Associate Consultant

Peter is founder and managing director of HeartSpheres Ltd.

He provides group and 1:1 coaching and training for organisations and individuals for developing resilience, emotional intelligence and to manage stress and to enhance performance. He also conducts sessions within leadership development programmes at

• SAID Business School, Oxford University
• National College for Leadership in Schools and Children’s Services

Peter’s clients span from business schools in the UK and Germany, corporate business, public services, educational and health organisations.

Patricia Mallett MSc, CPsychol, Occupational Psychologist
Associate Consultant

As a business psychologist, Patricia’s focus is to enable people, teams and organisations to become more effective. A key area of expertise is as an executive coach. She also has extensive experience in assessing senior executives and in building top teams. Typically, she works at senior levels with clients in blue chip and smaller organisations, and across both public and private sectors. She has a BSc in Psychology, an MSc in Occupational and Organisational Psychology, and a Certificate in Coaching Skills. She holds Chartered Psychologist and Occupational Psychologist status, and is a member of the European Coaching and Mentoring Council, and the Special Group in Coaching Psychology.

Mike Udin BSc, Chartered FCIPD
Associate Consultant

Mike is a highly experienced management development consultant working extensively within the public and corporate sectors, in the UK and internationally. He has delivered a wide range of development programmes to sectors that include banking, insurance, pharmaceuticals, transport, housing and the health sector. His focus is on enabling personal and team awareness and in helping individuals to develop their management and leadership capability to achieve their full potential.

Mike is an outstanding presenter, able to work creatively with large and small groups, and is a very skilled facilitator of team events and an experienced coach.

Dean Taylor MSc, CPsychol
Associate Consultant

Dean is a chartered occupational psychologist with an MSc in Applied Psychology from Cranfield University. Since 1994 his work has focused on identifying and developing leadership and team potential. In industry, he has worked extensively at senior levels within the manufacturing and financial sectors. In the public sector, his experience spans central and local government, police services, and extensive work within the NHS. His specialist skills include the design and application of assessment processes for selection and development; management and leadership training; competency framework design; and team development.

Amanda Pigny MSc MCIPD
Associate Consultant

Mandy holds an MSc in occupational psychology and is a chartered member of the CIPD. Having begun her corporate career in human resources she moved to consultancy and has over 15 years’ experience specialising in the design and delivery of assessment and development centres for public and private sector clients.

With a keen interest and breadth of experience in assessment methodology and psychometrics, she has a particular focus on designing quality driven solutions that are bespoke to client needs and which put the candidate and participant experience at the heart of this, managing difficult situations sensitively and flexibly.