Mark Thompson Associate
Mark is an experienced executive coach, member of the CIPD and a trainer with 12 years of facilitating experience. He originally worked in financial services, both for Lehman Brothers and Deutsche Bank before making a transition into acting. He studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School as a mature student and has been a professional actor since 2002. He’s worked in the corporate training and consultancy since 2005, when an MD in an infrastructure project management firm asked for help with putting together a successful pitch bid for a £1.1 billion PFI project.
He has worked across sectors and at all levels of seniority from graduate recruitment programmes up to the C-suite / Board and coaching blue-chip CEOs.
“What excites me is seeing real transformations in people and seeing change in how they deliver their message. I love being able to come at clients from a variety of approaches – whether as an actor and looking at someone’s physical presence and how they use their voice, as an executive coach where I can challenge their deep-seated beliefs and thinking patterns or as a trainer where I can introduce them to new ideas and concepts as to how they can approach their communication. For me, finding the key to making real, positive lasting change is what makes this job exciting.”