Simon Wilsher
Chairman

Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Simon Wilsher graduated from Cape Town University in 1974 with an Honours Degree in Economics and Sociology having already done Law in Zimbabwe. Simon moved to the UK and joined Dale Carnegie where he set up and ran one of the most successful offices outside of the USA working with blue chip organisations in the telecommunications sector and later Richard Branson's Virgin. Having established The Wilsher Group, Simon Wilsher worked with innovative thinkers such as Richard Branson of Virgin, the President of Visa EU, Hans van der Velde, Stephen Bourne, Commercial Director of Cambridge University Press, and Alan Gooderham of Company Barclaycard. Simon Wilsher now lives in Bath with his wife Sue and their three children. He is actively involved in his local church and in his spare time Simon enjoys sport, entertaining, and classical music. He is Chair Governors of Monkton Combe School, Chairman of an international AIDS charity, which focuses on Africa and a trustee of The Wilsher Trust, a charity established to transform young lives in UK schools.

Role at TWG

Strategic direction, creating business alliances and high level relationships within our major clients.




Geo Roberts
Managing Director

Born in Kansas USA, Geo earned a BSC in International Affairs at USAF Academy. He then served 15 years in the USAF, flying nearly 300 combat flights in SE Asia in a front line aircraft. Geo went on to become a command fighter pilot and instructor on supersonic jets before settling in the United Kingdom, where he now resides with his wife, Heidi.  His experiences inspired a passion for helping others achieve personal and corporate breakthroughs. Geo has coached individuals and teams across a wide range of local, national and international organisations such as Visa, Baxter Healthcare, The European Tour, npower, as well as hundreds of smaller clients.

Role at TWG

Geo provides the inspiration and impetus to help the Delivery teams to have clients say, “No one could do this better”. He has written a book called “IMPACT!” on how to make a positive difference, which serves as a dynamic example of what clients get from their interactions with Wilsher Group staff. He leads projects and trains all customer-facing staff as a coach, facilitator and mentor to produce excellent results. He is answerable to the Board for the profitable execution of financial results, as well as people and product development.




Matt Perry
Business Development Director

Matt joined TWG in 2007 and his experience has included the transition from amateur to professional sport playing rugby for Bath, England, Barbarians, British Lions and a World XV player over a 12 year period. In this time he had become England’s most capped full back with 11 International tries to his name and notably has won the European Cup with Bath. His passion lies in High Performance Teamwork, being driven through the numerous teams he has played in (some excellent, some not so good, and some with real conflict). With this in mind, he now draws on his experience from World Class Competition and Coaching as well as developing on the proven Wilsher Group toolkit to help individuals/teams/cross-functions/client-supplier relationships to realise their goals through the process of a one page plan by identifying priorities and building accountability through action.

Role at TWG

High Performance Coaching

Relationship/Project management between corporate clients and their key partners

Helping sports people discover their next career

As a director, he drives the marketing with the team and has a long term vision of sustainable business growth and excellence in TWG delivery

Sue Wilsher
Company Secretary

I’m married to Simon. The youngest of our 3 children left school in the summer so I’m currently experiencing a bit of ‘empty nest’ syndrome. Fortunately, I’m kept really busy by working part-time for The Wilsher Group and also as Church Warden for our local church in Bath. Our children are ‘on the case’ to keep their parents fit and healthy so I enjoy swimming and playing tennis a couple of times a week and I’m trying not to eat so much! I love travelling, reading, creating photo albums for family and watching period dramas on TV.

Role at TWG

As a solicitor, I became Company Secretary when Simon formed TWG in 1994 and have worked in that capacity ever since. As our children have grown older, I have been able to devote more time to the company and for the last few years have overseen the management of the finances as well as continuing to ensure the Company meets its legal and HR requirements.




Casey Glover
Core Team Coach – Customer Care Specialist

Casey has been in learning and development for 21 years. Casey is MCIPD graduate and qualified in Coaching for Performance. Although originally British born, she has spent many years in South Africa and ran a successful consultancy from 1998 to 1997 specialising in Customer Service and Organisational Development. Since returning to Britain in 1997, Casey has been Training manager of ITV Digital and worked in Senior Training Consultant positions for the University of Plymouth and Power Train based in Bristol

Role at TWG

Casey joined The Wilsher Group in 2008 as Business Development Manager in Customer Service. Casey designs and delivers bespoke Customer Service programmes for clients who are looking at taking their customer service to the next level, using a methodology that triggers a real change in behaviour and attitude amongst staff. Casey is also involved in delivering self-awareness sessions using the Insights Discovery model aimed at improving individual/team performance for large and small organisations




John Myers
Core Team Coach
John spent 12 years in Engineering with General Motors and Loctite and 10 years in software with E3, SAP and Intel before joining the Wilsher Group in 2006 to follow his dream and retrain as a Coach, to invest the rest of his career in nurturing teams through change. John and his wife live in Bath, where they are bringing up 4 lovely children. John is a Parent Governor at the childrens school and active in his local church.


Role at TWG

A graduate of the Wilsher Group Change Leadership and Coaching College, Johns focus is nurturing the foundational stage of client engagements via a mix of one-to-one coaching and Team facilitation. Johns seeks to listen, explore, co-design and often personally deliver the first workshops for clients.





Alison Bennett
Associate Coach
Alison has a deep understanding of ‘People in Organisations’ gained from challenging roles in Organisational Development, Human Resources & Consultancy. She has worked in high-performing, rapidly- growing commercial organizations, as well as declining businesses experiencing severe market pressures. She is an experienced, skilled & passionate Coach who has facilitated courageous changes in individuals, teams and organisations. Her desire is to see her ‘fly higher’ than they and others around them thought possible.


Role at TWG

Alison is expanding her role at TWG and is looking forward to coaching more teams and individuals as our clients’ needs continue to grow..





Alexis Ernst
Associate Coach
Born in Canada, Alexis graduated with an Honours degree in Chemistry and has worked in the UK, North America, Europe and the Far East. With 20 years experience in international blue-chip food and beverage manufacturing and related industries, she has championed projects and process changes worldwide. She has also been General Manager, Asia, for an international industrial raw materials business. Alexis' additional experience in marketing with a leading Asian law firm and operations management in the education recruitment sector in the UK has given her extensive practical experience of the issues that businesses face today. Alexis will be on the Clipper Round the World Yacht race in 2010!


Role at TWG

Alexis has been working with The Wilsher Group since 2004. She has led many successful programmes with our major clients and has experience of delivering most of our public events, such as the Leadership and Management Programme (LAMP), IMPACT team building and the Executive Presentations Workshop.





Jerry Gilpin
Associate Coach
Jerry has been running his own coaching business since 2007, and has been an Associate with the Wilsher Group since 2008. Over these two years he has coached CEO’s and senior managers in the commercial, public and voluntary sectors, and put his team coaching and facilitation skills to work in areas as diverse as Oxford University colleges, large public sector organisations, charities and the Church of England. Prior to 2007, Jerry worked as a teacher, a parish priest and a college chaplain, roles which enabled him to support, encourage and develop people as they fulfilled their potential in the many different areas which make up their lives.


Role at TWG

Jerry provides high quality one-to-one coaching support to Wilsher clients, focussing on their development as professionals and as rounded individuals. He has taught on the cutting-edge Leadership and Management Programme (LAMP), and is currently engaged in supporting the CEO and Board of a London-based charity in a restructuring and vision-building exercise to make it fit for the 21st century and beyond.





Katherine Long
Associate Coach

Katherine Long is a very experienced and qualified coach and coaching supervisor, with 20 years of experience in training and development, involving design and delivery of bespoke training programmes for clients including Unilever, Hewlett Packard, and KPMG. Since starting her own coaching business in 2001, Katherine has experience of public and private sector clients, including finance, charities, health and universities, also offering CPD credited coaching to lawyers. She is chair of her local Fair-trade Town committee, and trustee to a local charity.


Role at TWG

Katherine supports a range of Wilsher Group programmes as a coach and facilitator. She is passionate about the development of authentic and inspiring leadership, and is highly effective in supporting individuals and teams to achieve clarity and alignment to their sense of vision and purpose, by utilising their unique combinations of personality, values, skills and experience.





Chris Sanders
Associate Coach
Chris Sanders spent twenty-five years in the marketing industry, working with major blue-chip clients in the business to business sector on both client and agency sides. In 2003 he qualified as a business and executive coach, specialising in leadership development. He and his wife also run a holiday cottage business in the west of England. Chris is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and a member of the International Coaching Federation.


Role at TWG

Chris is the Wilsher Group’s lead coach for the Leadership and Management Programme, as well as being a member of their individual coaching team. He is also to be found working with Matt Perry as part of the Strategic Supplier Relationship Management delivery team.





David Smith
Associate Coach
David had a full career in the British Army. He was made an MBE in 1992 for establishing the Army’s major ‘Fighting in Built-Up Areas’ facility on Salisbury Plain, now an essential prerequisite for all units deploying to Iraq or Afghanistan. His last Army appointment was a 2-year teaching post in Kenya’s Defence Staff College. He spent his first 3 years as a civilian in Nairobi working with a Gap Year company. Since returning to the UK in 2005, his main focus has been on marketing and planning.


Role at TWG

David’s role in TWG is business development and delivery, with particular emphasis on the Leadership and Management Programme. He and his wife, Sarah, have 3 daughters, are both involved in their local church and enjoy short runs, long walks and cycling. David is a rugby fan, too (“It’s compulsory in The Wilsher Group, isn’t it?”).





Tina Brookes
PA to Managing Director
Tina has 27 years of PA/secretarial experience. Having worked for many years in the City of London for a number of major financial institutions, she decided to move into training as she enjoys the variety of the job and the chance to meet high profile clients. She has administered training within Management centres, the NHS and IT software companies. She moved from London to Bath 14 years ago and lives with her two teenage daughters.


Role at TWG

Tina has been with The Wilsher Group for one year primarily working for the MD but also assisting all members of the team, providing a full secretarial service. Main roles and responsibilities include co-ordinating public programmes, diary management, processing profiles and facilitating all catering requirements for clients when they come on site





Clare Difazio
PA to Director of Marketing
After leaving school, Clare attended university and then divided her time between race crewing/yacht deliveries to the Canaries, Portugal & Spain, and studying for a further degree in psychology from home. She has a wide variety of interests in people, design, sailing and extreme skiing, the latter of which are sometimes difficult to fulfil when living in Somerset! She is married with 1.5 children.


Role at TWG

Clare joined TWG in 2005 as PA to Geo Roberts, the MD, but has been PA to Matt Perry, our Director of Marketing, since 2008. She is the main admin contact for Matt’s SSRM partnering programmes. Clare champions our use of e-media, runs the TWG newsletters and has coordinated the recent IT and website changes.





Susan Reeve
PA to Chairman
Born in New Zealand, Susan began her career in the secretarial world shortly after she left school. She then decided to travel around Europe using the UK as a base to work and travel from, later deciding to make the UK her permanent home. Having spent 15 years living in London she decided to move to Swindon where she continues to reside with her two children.


Role at TWG

Susan has been PA to Simon Wilsher, the Chair of The Wilsher Group, for four years, but also provides support to the other members of The Wilsher Group team and her administrative colleagues. She enjoys being involved in the varied programmes The Wilsher Group offer and shares in the delight of both individuals and the company in knowing attendees have gained such positive experiences from the programmes.