TEAM

Learn more about the trainers and mentors you will work with.

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Marion Tilly

Director of Education // Coach Trainer // Mentor Coach // Supervisor

ICF PCC, ICF MCS for ACC & PCC, EMCC Senior Practitioner and ESIA

Marion is an experienced ICF PCC-credentialed coach, mentor coach and coaching supervisor. She has a keen interest in coaching psychology, mindfulness, and evidence-based models. Prior to becoming a professional coach and trainer, she worked for 7 years in the tech industry where she held different leadership positions.

Marion completed a 154-hour Accredited Coach Training Programme with the Performance Solution and received her Professional Certificate of Advanced Study in Coaching Supervision from Oxford Brookes University. She holds a Master in Management from Kedge Business School. In parallel with her work, she completed a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology in 2021.

Karen Hayes

Coach Trainer // Mentor Coach // Trainee Supervisor

ICF PCC, ICF MCS for ACC & PCC

Karen Hayes is a bold, heart-led coach, trainer, and mentor coach who supports soulful professionals, wellness practitioners, and emerging coaches to step into their confidence, reclaim their voice, and do work that truly matters. She is passionate about training and mentoring trainee coaches, and about developing the next generation of impactful practitioners through ICF-accredited programmes.

Karen is an ICF PCC-credentialed coach with over 1,300 hours of coaching experience, working internationally across startups, multinationals, SMEs, and grassroots initiatives. She co-founded Connect-A-Coach, an award-winning initiative that provided free coaching to frontline workers during the Covid-19 pandemic, and is currently training as a coach supervisor. She also holds professional qualifications in coaching, training delivery, and work-based learning, and is a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and the Irish Institute of Training & Development (IITD).

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Clara Whitaker

Coach Trainer // Mentor Coach

ICF PCC, ICF MCS for ACC & PCC

Clara Whitaker is an experienced leadership, executive, life, and career coach with over 2,500 hours of coaching practice. She is an ICF PCC-credentialed coach and a Clinical Psychologist, with nearly 30 years of experience in people development across a wide range of professional and organisational contexts. Her work is informed by deep multicultural fluency, shaped by living and working across multiple countries and engaging with diverse perspectives, cultures, and systems.

Clara’s approach is science-focused, values-based, nurturing, and creative. She integrates psychological insight with evidence-informed coaching practice to support meaningful and sustainable change. Known for her depth, warmth, and clarity, she creates spaces where clients can think deeply, reconnect with what matters, and move forward with intention and confidence.