The team

Senior practitioners, not trainers.

A global faculty of facilitators, executive coaches and senior consultants. Every Amber engagement is led by people who have sat on the client side of the table.

Our team is comprised of practitioners with decades of experience across professional services, executive education and leadership. We combine real commercial expertise with world-class facilitation skills, giving our clients the rare combination of people who have done the job and know how to develop others to do it exceptionally well.

Leadership
Armond Mertikian

Armond Mertikian

Managing Director

Armond is the founder and Managing Director of Amber Professional Development, a leadership and advisory firm that works with senior professionals and organisations to strengthen client relationships, develop commercial capability, and build trusted advisor leadership.

Andy Rumbles

Andy Rumbles

Head of Business Development

Andy has over 20 years of experience advising senior leaders on change, culture transformation and organisational design, beginning at the UK Ministry of Defence and later as a Director at EY working with FTSE 100 / Fortune 500 companies.

Katherine Thalmann

Katherine Thalmann

Director of Operations

Katherine oversees Amber's operational infrastructure and the seamless delivery of client programmes across global engagements.

Senior facilitators

A global bench of senior facilitators.

Ian Bradley

Ian Bradley

Senior Facilitator

Ian is a consultant, facilitator and executive development specialist with more than 25 years' experience helping professionals build stronger client relationships, influence senior stakeholders and create commercial impact.

James Anderson

James Anderson

Senior Facilitator

James is a facilitator, leadership development specialist and accredited executive coach with over 25 years of experience, beginning his career with McKinsey and Accenture.

Lara Ayash

Lara Ayash

Senior Facilitator

Lara is a management consultant with 13 years of experience delivering large-scale human capital transformation, strategy enablement and leadership programmes across the UK, Europe and the Middle East.

Kathleen Bell

Kathleen Bell

Senior Facilitator

Kathleen is a consultant and facilitator who designs and delivers strategy development and consulting skills programmes across a wide range of industries.

Ivor Stevenson

Ivor Stevenson

Senior Facilitator

Ivor has over 17 years of experience as a strategy and operations consultant, working with blue-chip organisations across EMEA and the US, testing business strategies for investment, launching new ventures, transforming operating models and implementing new infrastructure.

James Callum

James Callum

Senior Facilitator & Coach

James has worked in L&D for the last 25 years, designing and delivering programmes on business partnering, leadership, personal impact, presentation skills, challenging conversations and coaching.

Marty Delaney

Marty Delaney

Senior Facilitator & Coach

Marty Delaney is a senior associate with Amber Professional Development, specialising in leadership communication, executive presence and high-impact client conversations.

Business coaches

Coaches who turn insight into behaviour.

Kas Darley

Kas Darley

Business Coach

Kas brings a lightness of touch to facilitation that engages participants, alongside warmth and authenticity that encourages reflection.

Helen Anderson

Helen Anderson

Business Coach

With nearly 20 years of experience as a facilitator, personal impact coach and business actor, Helen helps individuals boost confidence and elevate everyday communication.

Rodrigo Penalosa

Rodrigo Penalosa

Business Coach

Rodrigo is a business coach who works with senior leaders and client-facing teams to strengthen commercial confidence, executive presence and the behaviours that build long-term client trust.

Marianne O’Connor

Marianne O’Connor

Business Coach

Marianne is an accredited executive coach and leadership consultant with over 20 years’ experience helping leaders and teams enhance their impact, influence and effectiveness.

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