Our Consultants
Here you will find a selection of the experienced consultants we work with, offering sector and skills diversity. To learn more about the consultant, please click on their photo.
Mark Blanchard
Mark is the founder of Orca. A business leader with over 25 years of performing at the highest level in increasingly senior positions within highly regulated, complex global organisations across Operations, R&D and Partnering/M&A functions. He has worked across Private, Public and 3rd Sectors and he brings expertise in areas such as; leadership development, organisational change, coaching, facilitation, mentoring, sourcing & partnering capability.
John Faulkes
John has 25+ years’ experience of training, consulting and coaching in collaborative working within life science sector. He has facilitated the development of effective cross-functional project management cultures in several medium sized life science companies and consulted with major EU Pharma company to transform their outsourcing capability.
He’s a trained and experienced leadership / team coach and facilitator and an expert in design of learning solutions that integrate digital, simulation and gamification.
Jo Clare FCIPD
A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and an Executive Coach, Jo has over 21 years’ experience working as a customer centred Organisation Development Consultant, Executive Coach and Facilitator within the airlines sector. Her areas of specialism include; Developing Authentic Leaders, Building Great Teams, Developing Business, People and Organisational Development Strategies, Talent and Succession Planning, Change & Culture Transformation and Building Resilience & Wellbeing.
Fraser Penny
An Organisational Development, Process Improvement and Change Management specialist, Fraser provides quality insight and solutions delivery across a range of sectors including Manufacturing, FMCG and HE. He offers exceptional purpose, process and people skills that enhance rate of change and generate employee engagement. His passion is for clients who want to get much, much more from their strategy execution, organisation improvement and process/system delivery initiatives.
Armand Brevig
Armand is a senior procurement leader who creates superior value through powerful combination of: business acumen; consulting skills; cross-functional team leadership; and international experience. He has over 20 years of procurement, consulting, sales and project management experience in Blue chip, small company and start-ups. His expertise covers a wide range of categories, across industries including; Construction, consulting, financial services, international development aid, pharmaceutical, public sector, publishing, utilities.
Julie Evans
Julie brings over 25yrs of Life Science sector experience where she performed at the highest level within highly regulated, complex global organisations across R&D, Marketing Company, Operations and Corporate IT functions. She works hand-in-hand with her clients, applying her expertise in leadership development, organisational change, change management, culture change, coaching and facilitation.
David Henderson
David is an NLP Master Practitioner who works with blue chip and public sector clients, designing and delivering bespoke team development and management training programmes. He has extensive international delivery experience, including the US, Europe, the Middle East and India. His specialisms include; bespoke interactive online training, process facilitation, management skills development and bespoke programmes to boost virtual team performance.