Mandarin Associates

Charlie Curson

Founder

I am a business owner, advisor and coach with a passion for helping organisations, teams and individuals achieve their potential through new thinking and optimised performance. Over the past 18 years, I have designed, developed and delivered ambitious growth strategies, product and service innovations, customer experiences and change programmes for global clients including Audi, BP, Barclays, VISA, McDonalds, M&S, Telefonica, Jaguar Land Rover and easyJet. In more recent years, I've applied these skills and experiences to start-ups and mid-cap businesses, as both advisor and founder, helping to align teams around a clear strategic direction, improved performance and sustainable growth. I particularly enjoy designing and facilitating innovative workshops and team experiences, creating organisational vision and strategy, and coaching high performance behaviours in teams and individuals - all underpinned by significant value proposition development and programme delivery experience.

Steve Williams OBE

Advisor

Steve works with businesses using his experiences to give insights into high performance culture that can be adopted by leaders and teams to help them perform better and be more successful. Steve and his team mates won Olympic Golds in two of the most heart-stopping and unforgettable Olympic finals Steve Williams OBE is a Double Olympic Gold medalist from the British Olympic coxless fours in Athens and Beijing and four times World Champion. In 2011 Steve skied to the Geographic North Pole and summited Mount Everest in two 'back-to-back' expeditions.

Sally Curson

Director

An experienced coach, facilitator and advisor, I am a Learning and Development and HR specialist with experience of enabling change at organisation, team and individual levels. My aim is to make a positive and lasting impact on those I coach, facilitate and advise using my commercial acumen, pragmatic approach, enthusiasm and passion for improving performance, increasing productivity and boosting well-being. Specialisms: 121 coaching at all levels – particularly focusing on those looking to increase their performance, boost their well-being or make a key life or career transition. I have extensive experience of developing and delivering development programmes in areas such as management and leadership, resilience, well-being and all areas of positive psychology.

Simon Owen

Advisor

Simon has experience across strategy, commercial development, innovation and transformation. He has deep sector expertise in media, technology and digital, with a broader based of experience in a variety of other sectors, and has worked with a wide range of organisations, from FTSE 100 and established corporates, PE and VC backed portfolio companies, SMEs and early stage businesses.