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AoEC Business Team

Mike Smith

Mike Smith
Programme Coordinator

Mike joined the AoEC in 2009 having previously worked for over 20 years in the Financial Services Sector. A qualified Mortgage Advisor Mike has spent the majority of his working life Managing and Developing Teams. Mike currently looks after the Master Practitioner Diploma, The Systemic Team Coaching Diploma and the Supervision Diploma amongst others.

Sue Burston

Sue Burston
Programme Coordinator

Sue joined the AoEC in 2007 and currently looks after all the requirements for the Practitioner Diploma and our Psychology workshop series.  Before joining the AoEC Sue spent 19 years with the BBC in a number of finance and admin roles within the local, national and international Newsrooms. Here she gained invaluable experience of working with a wide range of people and situations and dealing with some very complex admin and finance systems.
In her spare time Sue enjoys spending time in the outdoors, walking and horse riding.

Mandy Golley

Mandy Golley
Programme Coordinator

Mandy is an experienced and efficient administrator with proven people skills. She has recently enjoyed a record of success in developing and implementing HR policies and procedures within a fast growing company before joining the AoEC.

Prior to having a work break to have her family, Mandy worked for one of the main UK banks and was responsible for the smooth running of the general office.

Whilst her young family were growing up, she helped in the development and running of a successful pre-school nursery which definitely tested her tenacity in implementing and maintaining adherence to the constantly changing Government policies.

Sue Simmons

Sue Simmons
PA to John Leary-Joyce

Sue has worked in the hotel, design and television sectors as PA at senior management levels.  She joined John at the Gestalt Centre in 1990 and then worked as his PA from the inception of AoEC in 2000.

Jo Dobson

Jo Dobson
Marketing Manager

Jo joined the AoEC in July 2010 in the role of Marketing Manager. With over ten years’ of marketing experience in both agency and client roles, most recently as the UK Senior Marketing Manager for Disney Consumer Products at The Walt Disney Company,  Jo has a record of success in customer-related marketing, brand and strategy development as well as retail and category management.  Working with the AoEC provides an opportunity for her to pursue her interest in the field of executive coaching whilst applying her marketing and commercial skills to support the future development of the company.  Jo has a BA Hons in European Business Economics, a Diploma in Sales Promotion and a French Maitrise in Foreign Trade and Commerce.

Ildeniz Yagcioglu

Ildeniz Yagcioglu
Business Development Manager

Ildeniz is a Chartered Marketer with 10+ years of experience leading business development projects, corporate marketing communications, branding, advertising and PR, events and database management, web development and copywriting for national and international companies across diverse industries, in the UK, China, India and Turkey. She has proven ability to drive marketing campaigns, execute successful product launches, and manage staff, external agencies and suppliers. She is a flexible, goal-oriented self-starter, able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines. She is highly professional and IT literate with extensive interpersonal, analytical and problem-solving skills.

Ildeniz has joined AoEC in 2011 and is responsible for the Corporate Services as well as developing and managing AoEC International Partnerships. Ildeniz is a qualified Executive Coach after successfully completing the Certificate and the Practitioner Diploma in Executive Coaching Programmes with the AoEC.

In her spare time Ildeniz enjoys photography, art, salsa dancing, swimming and skiing.

David Cadwallader

David Cadwallader
Web Developer

David joined the AoEC in December 2009 to assist in the maintenance and development of the AoEC websites.

David has been developing websites since 1992 as both a hobby and a business, trained in some of the latest technologies he is always striving to improve a website and keep at the forefront of technology.

In his sparetime he is studying for a Batchelor of Science and a Degree in Business Studies.

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