Who we are

Mark Allen
Senior Associate

Mark has been helping people and organisations make the move to an online work culture for more than a decade. He is an expert at making technology do useful things, and at developing and delivering simple explanations for complicated concepts. Cloud whisperer. Google guru. Change expert. Builds online environments for fun. Founder of EdintheClouds and 123GO!

Roy Leighton

Founding Director

Roy holds an MPhil from Cambridge University in Knowledge, Power and Politics, is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an advisory board member for the Da Vinci Life-Skills School Cambridge.. As a senior associate at Independent Thinking and the CEO of Undiscovered Country, he uses 'transrational facilitation’ with schools, universities, businesses, and communities in the U.K. and internationally to develop cultures of 'positive peace' and play to support engagement, transcend conflict and improve outcomes.

Matthew Aldridge

Senior Associate

Matt is a writer and performance, learning and education specialist. He is a teacher of English and Drama and is passionate about people and the individual’s power to change. He believes that attitude can change outcomes.

Paul Sturtivant

Paul is a teacher with over 10 years experience in designing outstanding curriculum, leading teaching and learning and coaching to other people's strengths. He has taught and run teaching projects in four other countries. Currently fascinated by transforming whole-school culture and subverting the system to put the student first.

Kristina Bill

Kristina Bill has a unique background encompassing business, performing arts and personal development and is a highly sought after executive coach and workshop leader. She credits her organisational success to her performing arts background which underpins her outstanding communication skills and ability to read people and situations. She is a certified coach, and a published author of two books on personal and professional development, and parenting. She continues to work creatively and corporately, whilst finishing her MSc in Behavioural Science at LSE, and enjoying being mother to her young daughter.

Jon Ralphs

Jon is a confident and effective communicator with excellent facilitation skills. He has the ability to comprehend and analyse complex issues. He has strategic vision excels in motivating and empowering staff. Humanistic value base – person centred.

Emma Kilbey

Emma is truly passionate and committed to truffling out people’s potential and accompanying them in their development, whether it’s through one-to-one coaching, lively discussion-based team sessions or fun-filled, dynamic training days that inspire and motivate delegates.

Phoebe Leighton

Phoebe is the administrator for Undiscovered Country and a professional contemporary dance and personal trainer.

Julian Webb

Julian empowers you to focus on creating solutions to problems which can overwhelm you. With a vast experience of coaching individuals and organisations through processes such as remote working and behavioural change; your transition will be both successful and sustainable.

Lily Leighton

Lily is an Anthropology graduate supporting the development of the global and cultural aspects of Undiscovered Country. She leads the fundraising for the online Global Citizenship programme and is our administration and marketing associate.

Paul Sturtivant

Jonathan Tole

Jonathan brings an understanding of how to apply technology and culture change to business challenges to support people to achieve the required outcomes for success. He is vastly experienced in remote working, the tools and behaviours needed to succeed.

Ria Hardy

Ria is a multi-functional facilitator of change. A fine art graduate, she is a qualified primary teacher of 8 years specialising in primary and community art. An educator, creative, event creator and fundraiser Ria is passionate about community and being able to create positive change through the arts.

Paul Martin

Paul has managed major capital projects in education funded by both the DFE and the National Lottery. Since 2015 he has split his time between education consultancy, corporate film work, coaching corporate presentation technique, lecturing in higher education and performing arts documentary film making.

Ginny Bootman

Ginny has a passion for all things concerned with special educational needs. She has been published multiple times in the TES and has over 25 years experience in the classroom.

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