Our staff and associates come from a diverse range of backgrounds but we all share a passion for improving organisational and individual decision making. Diversity of views and expertise is essential for decision making success so our teams typically blend experience of making and advising on high stakes decisions in your sector, academic and research expertise, and the ability to adapt Leapwise tools and methods to your specific context.
Tom Gash is Leapwise Managing Director, leading the organisation, overseeing some of its most critical projects, and developing many of Leapwise’s tools and methods. He has spent his career supporting decision making of ministers and prime ministers, senior officials and the boards of non-profits and private companies in the UK, Europe, Middle East, North America and Australasia. Read more…
Richard Smith is a Leapwise Associate who helps leaders to find their path to growth, impact and value creation, drawing on over a decade’s experience working with leaders in strategic, financial, operational and human domains. His focus is on understanding and building leaders’ direction and purpose, creating the space for exploration and debate before clarifying objectives and techniques for success. Read more…
Eliza Flynn is Leapwise’s Marketing Director, overseeing Leapwise branding and marketing and providing specialist design and marketing advice through Leapwise’s projects. She is an experienced digital marketing consultant, with 15 years experience helping brands to find their audience and build their reputation online. In ten years with digital agencies Sapient, Wunderman and Momentum working with private and public sector clients including P&G, Unilever, Sony Pictures, and Sony Playstation. Read more…
Jodie Reed is a Leapwise Associate. She was a Senior Research Fellow at the think tank ippr and has spent over a ten years in Whitehall supporting strategic decision making and managing complex policy projects in education and areas affecting the life chances of children and families. As a civil servant, her roles included advising Ministers on how to optimise spending for social mobility and delivering Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit projects on ‘good childhood’ and families. She also led the teams responsible for the reform of subsidised childcare and academies operational strategy at Department for Education. Read more…
Leapwise also draws on a very broad pool of over 20 independent consultants and experts with differing specialisms, allowing us to find the right person for each engagement.
If you have a passion for better decision making, strong skills and experience and wish to join our network, or even our core team, please contact us.