Meet the Team
A group of highly skilled practitioners who share a mindful approach to professional and personal development…

David Bliss
David has been a performance coach and facilitator for 20 years and in that time has been lucky enough to work with some of the world’s most successful companies. He is adept at working across all levels of seniority, from CEOs to management teams.
David has always been fascinated by what the various keys are to making great communicators, speakers, storytellers or leaders. He very much believes that everyone has the innate ability to be a dynamic communicator. This belief further underpins the philosophy and foundation of Brunel Harper with expert trainers who know how to combine professional skills and corporate know-how with a caring, supportive approach.

Simon Westwood
Simon has been designing and delivering high-quality training and development for companies large and small for over 15 years. With a warm, open and pragmatic style and a passion to engage and challenge people to be their best, he has helped develop excellent communicators all around the world.
He is an experienced ILM Level 7 accredited coach, Simon is comfortable working with individuals and teams at all levels. He has several one-to-one coaching relationships with senior people in organisations around the world. Simon’s speciality is helping both current and future leaders to define and demonstrate their own authentic leadership brand, overcoming the challenges that senior roles can bring and helping them to grow from both a personal and career perspective.

Jennifer Tollady
As a Performance Coach and Psychotherapist, Jennifer helps people understand what beliefs are holding them back, remove self-doubt, and find new ways to communicate with confidence. She is an expert in Transactional Analysis: A psychological method to understand yourself and other people better – helping make sense of the communication dynamics in relationships and organisations.
Working in both public and private sectors, recent clients have included: ZS, GSK,
Compass Group, SLB, Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Sky.

Olivia Griffiths
Olivia works with boards and executive teams to reduce execution risk during change and transformation. Drawing on C-suite experience in private-equity-backed financial services, she helps organisations design the leadership, operating and cultural systems required to sustain high performance and realise value at pace.
She is a trusted senior facilitator, bringing clarity and direction to complex executive discussions and helping leaders align on priorities, decisions and accountabilities. She combines sharp diagnosis with pragmatic action, strengthening organisational capabilities and removing the blockers that slow delivery and dilute value.
She has previously advised the World Gold Council and World Platinum Investment Council on communications strategy and holds an MSc in Organisational & Social Psychology from the London School of Economics.

Neil West
We all understand the power of keeping things simple. And yet it’s easy for complexity to creep into our products, our systems and our organisations.
Neil spent 16 years managing and launching businesses at Apple. He worked under Steve Jobs and Tim Cook. He was on the inside when Apple launched iPhone, iPad, and AirPods. His biggest lesson? Simplicity is the foundation of all the ways Apple wins.
His book “It Just Works: The 9 Simple Rules of Apple’s Success” unpacks Apple’s methods to reveal the principles of simplicity that you can apply to your own work, whatever that work happens to be.

James Osborn
James is a trained counsellor with an advanced diploma in psychosynthesis and a master’s in sports psychology from Loughborough University. As an ex-international sportsperson with more recent experience as a manager and mentor in the corporate world, James has a uniquely rounded perspective on what makes great leaders and successful teams.
Working both in one-to-one settings and in groups, James helps leaders, teams, and high-performers develop their authentic sense of leadership, confidence and resilience. He is passionate that, alongside being challenging and provocative, the process should be liberating and exciting. This underpins his dynamic and intuitive approach which has helped set his clients free to relish leadership, inspire those around them and create powerful cultures.

Pooja Middleton
Based in London, Pooja also works all over the world and across varied industries at every level. She is passionate about making a significant difference in people’s lives and guiding them to reach their full potential.
Pooja’s coaching style is to develop a strong rapport and trust with clients, focused on achieving their own goals and best interests. She has extensive experience facilitating large groups as well as working on a one-to-one basis. She can deliver all communication programmes and has consistently had a specialism and dedicated focus on Resilience, Leadership, Diversity & Inclusion, Customer Excellence and Unconscious Bias.
Recognising the importance of beliefs, self-care, behaviours and environment as key contributors to success, Pooja is incredibly warm with an intuitive approach.

Oliver Medill
Oliver is a highly experienced public speaker, coach and author. Oliver works with organisations and individuals, providing solutions ranging from training in presentations, public speaking and pitching, to mindset and leadership.
Oliver has in-depth knowledge of mindset, leadership and change solutions allows him to work with clients from the individual, team and cultural perspectives.
An experienced executive coach and NLP Practitioner, Oliver also delivers executive mentorngto Board level. A former career in acting ensures Oliver’s facilitation skills and his ability to command an audience, add a special flavour to his coaching around presenting with impact, personal brand, managing nerves and confidence issues.

Jennifer Ness
Jennifer is a professional vocal coach with a strong belief that your voice is an adaptable instrument. In these ever-changing times, communicating virtually is even more important.
You can improve your voice in many different ways – from issues with volume if you feel you’re too quiet or too loud when you speak, to teaching you the power of breath control. Whether you want to improve your vocal range or find a more charismatic tone to engage others, Jennifer’s friendly supportive approach will help you get there.
Jennifer is a renowned Voice Over Artist, having recorded many books on Audible, she is the voice of numerous brands from British Airways to Mecca Bingo. There is nothing about your voice that Jennifer cannot dramatically enhance.

Felicity Rowland
Felicity is Executive Assistant for Brunel Harper, providing administrative support to David and the team of coaches.
Felicity makes the arrangements for all coaching sessions, sends out invitations, and provides clients with access to their online member profile.
Felicity is friendly, very organised and happy to help so please don’t hesitate to contact her if you have any queries about your coaching sessions with Brunel Harper or accessing your member profile.

Dan Brotzel
Dan specialises in written comms, messaging, copywriting, brand voice and facilitation. After working in magazines and newspapers as a chief sub, features editor and editor, Dan co-founded digital content agency Sticky Content in 1997, helping it to see it through to a successful acquisition by the Press Association in 2013.
A highly experienced and versatile communications consultant, trainer and writer, Dan has advised a wide range of organisations on use of language, messaging and brand voice. He has written speeches for NHS executives, consulted with global drinks brands on their sugar tax messaging, and advised numerous internal comms teams on their language and stakeholder challenges. He is a popular speaker and trainer on content marketing and copywriting topics.
