Crisis Coaching Team

Clive Russell

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Following a 30-year career in Fire & Rescue Service operations (West Sussex, Kent and Jersey), Clive delivered the leadership and systems to ensure safety, planning, response and resilience within the Water industry and Government. Clive excels in developing, organizing, assessing and testing management systems and contingency planning.

An innovative, motivated and collaborative Risk and Safety specialist in Emergency Planning and Risk Management. Clive has experience in the area of organisational resilience, which included working in close liaison at a national level with NPSA and the Channel Island’s LRF, the Fire & Rescue Service, and Local Government.

In the Training and Development field Clive has established Approved Centres, with qualifications and training programmes (which have been accredited by Skills For Justice, the Institute of Fire Engineers and the Institute of Fire Safety Managers). He also acts as the Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) lead for theses qualifications (marking, managing and assessing student work).

Clive is an experienced, engaging and insightful coach and instructor providing skills, knowledge and practical solutions in complex dynamic situations.

Michael Phelan

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Michael (Mick) Phelan is a specialist consultant in crisis management and business continuity planning. He has a background in the planning and management of big events and high-risk projects.

This includes thirty years police service – with eleven years in the firearms unit. He was a firearms tactical advisor and wrote the initial strategy for the armed deployment of police at London City Airport. He also designed bespoke firearms training. After the 11/09/2001 attacks in the USA, Mick wrote the generic plans for deploying armed police at all criminal courts which was adopted by all the Police Forces in England and Wales.

He has worked on national security projects as well as working with international companies building their business resilience. Mick has particular experience in security planning for high-risk locations, sporting events which involve large crowds, high profile individuals, and events with multiple moving parts. These include Wembley Stadium, LS185 Stadium, the O2 Arena, the 2012 London Olympic Games, high risk court cases and political visits.

Andre Regan

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Andre retired from the Metropolitan Police Service as a Detective Inspector having achieved success in a variety of unique and diverse roles. After serving three subsequent years as a Civil Service Senior Investigator, he diversified and became a Crisis Management and Business Continuity coach/consultant.

He has assisted clients from differing industries to increase their preparedness and organisational resilience to deal with potential major business disruptions. He has brought his experiences as a Tactical Firearms Commander to help others understand, manage and respond to risk in a pragmatic and dynamic way. As a Senior Investigating Officer, he has passed on his experiences in decision making, problem solving, team management, record keeping and report writing.

Having gained a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA), he seeks out any opportunity to develop himself and others to raise performance further, through continuous improvement.

He is a confident and considered speaker, who is responsive, adaptable, and flexible to the needs of his audience.

On a less serious note, he will embrace any opportunity to show off his 70’s dance moves much to the annoyance and embarrassment of his long-suffering wife and children.

Mike Davis-Marks OBE

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Mike enjoyed a 36-year career in the Royal Navy as a submariner. Highlights included navigating and surfacing a submarine to the North Pole (twice); command of the hunter killer submarine HMS Turbulent; a posting to the British Embassy in Washington DC before, during and after 9/11 and appointments as Director of Recruiting for the Royal Navy and Royal Marines and Director of Public Relations.

After leaving the RN, Mike helped set up and run several businesses for social purpose, mainly supporting military veterans, is currently the Managing Editor and Chief of Staff for TheVeteran.UK publishing company. Mike is also a qualified Neuro Linguistic Programmer and leadership coach, a Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards and the current Chairman of its Charitable Trust. Locally, he is a Parish Councillor, a member of the Royal British Legion and coaches/referees rugby to the village U7s team.

He was awarded the OBE in the 2006 New Year’s Honours List.

Ben Timpson

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Ben spent 13 years in the Royal Navy, first navigating warships and then acting as an advisor to Admirals and Generals around the world.

He served as Spokesperson for EU forces in Bosnia & Herzegovina and led high profile diplomatic projects in the Middle East and Latin America.

He now shares his experience through consultancy and training that brings military briefing techniques to the commercial sector. Ben will give your team simple, effective ways to get important messages across under pressure – with clients, leadership and the public.

He holds a Master’s Degree in Strategic Communication from Kings College London and won the 2024 Cicero World Speechwriting award.