Meet the team

Our team brings a wealth of expertise to each programme, including psychology, leadership, coaching and entrepreneurship.

  • Dr Tom Cotton

    Founder and Group Process Facilitator

    Tom is a UKCP Reg. Existential-Analytic Psychotherapist and an EMCC Accred. executive coach (Snr Practitioner Level). Based in London, he works in depth with a wide range of individuals and challenges, specialising in working with people in leadership roles. He is a Director of Woodstock Street Practice in Mayfair, and an Associate of Therapy Harley Street. Previously, Tom was Clinical Lead of a residential treatment programme in London, and has presented his research internationally. He gained his psychotherapy MSc and PsychD degrees from Roehampton University (2008 and 2016), and his certificate in executive coaching from Tavistock Consulting (2016). Before his training in psychology, Tom worked in the film industry for fifteen years as a screenwriter and director, and gained his BA Hons degree in Fine Art Film from Central St Martins (1999). Both disciplines come together in his passion for helping people see the world around them more clearly.

  • Andy Iwaniec

    Group Process Facilitator

    Andy is an organisation development consultant with 30 years’ cross-industry experience. He has designed and rolled-out large-scale organisation change and leadership development programmes, ranging from firm-wide culture change to bespoke leadership development. He is a highly experienced facilitator, delivering effectiveness workshops for leaders and their teams across a broad range of organisations. Previously, Andy was the Global Organisation Effectiveness Director at Unilever, and held various in-house consultant roles with PwC, BT and the T5 construction programme at Heathrow airport. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Social Science and a PG Dip. in Personnel Management. He attended the 2010 Ashridge Business School coaching programme, completed the Institute of Group Analysis Foundation Course (2018), and is an accredited Hogan psychometrics practitioner.

  • Annabel Dunstan

    Host and Outdoor Lead

    Annabel is a Mind Environment Associate. She left the PR jungle in 2011 to found her own consultancy, Question & Retain (Q&R) to measure and manage employee experience, client and membership satisfaction. Clients include Imperial College, London North East Railways (LNER) and the Federation of Master Builders. She started her PR career at Le Fevre Communications, before joining start-up 3 Monkeys Communications, and as MD oversaw its growth to become an award-winning top 50 PR consultancy. Before her career in PR, she graduated with a degree in anthropology, and worked as a lumberjack’s assistant, a ski guide, and a sailing instructor, and has led groups for over 20 years. Her passion for the outdoors and communications come together in her role as Programme Host and Outdoor Activity Lead.

  • Alice Mayor

    Host and Group Coordinator

    Alice Mayor, our Programme Coordinator is founder of two pioneering creative businesses, We Built This City and London Made Me. She is a leading consultant, speaker and mentor for London's cultural and creative sectors, is Strategic advisor to The Mayor of London's Culture and Creative Industries Unit, and regularly shares her own business story and personal journey of 'burnout to breakthrough', with recent hosts including The London School of Economics, The Daily Telegraph, Google, City Hall and The Guardian. Alice has a BA Hons Philosophy degree from The University of Birmingham and is a trained women's circle facilitator.