Two decades of leadership, learning, and culture work across complex enterprises and ambitious SMEs. Julie shapes the consultancy frameworks and capability tools that power every MiMPeople engagement.
Our Team
Meet The Founders.
Experienced People professionals dedicated to your success. MiMPeople is led by practitioners who have built capability inside corporates, scale-ups, and everything in between.
Our Experts
A team of practitioners behind every subscription.
Real People practitioners, facilitators, coaches and specialists you can call on — spanning employment law, leadership development, culture, learning and data.
Rachel Watt
People Scientist
Rachel builds engaging, interactive microlearning courses across our LMS, turning e-learning into something people actually want to complete. With a BA (Hons) in Social Sciences majoring in Psychology and Sociology, she pairs a deep interest in human behaviour with sharp content craft across courses, blogs and social.
Jackie Lanham
Chief People Officer Advisory
Jackie Lanham is a Chief People Officer advisor with extensive experience shaping people strategy at board level. She helps organisations align leadership, culture and performance with commercial goals, bringing calm, pragmatic guidance to complex people challenges.
Professor Andy Pardoe
People Technologist
Professor Andy Pardoe is an AI and data strategist with deep expertise in artificial intelligence, machine learning and digital transformation. He advises MiMPeople on responsible AI adoption, helping clients harness data-driven insight while keeping people and ethics at the centre.
Claire Leahy
People Strategist
Claire Leahy is a seasoned HR leader and executive coach with 20+ years guiding senior leaders through growth, transformation and cultural change. A licensed Thrive Programme coach, she blends commercial HR expertise with behavioural insight to help leaders perform under pressure and lead with clarity.
Gail McPake
People Strategist
Over 20 years of HR generalist experience across financial services and contact centres, leading people change and transformation. Gail designs and delivers People projects that stretch teams out of their comfort zone through honest, powerful conversations — building leadership capability, resilience and proactive wellbeing at work.
Janey Smith
People Strategist
Janey Smith is a Senior HR Transformation Consultant who specialises in redesigning people functions, processes and systems for growth. She partners with leadership teams to implement practical HR change that improves efficiency, employee experience and business outcomes.
Darren Smallridge
People Strategist
Darren Smallridge is a Senior People Practitioner with broad HR experience across SMEs and scaling businesses. He supports leaders on employee relations, compliance, performance and culture, bringing a practical, people-first approach that helps organisations build consistent policies and confident managers.
Scott Hay
People Scientist
A highly regarded facilitator, consultant and fully qualified life and workplace coach with over 16 years supporting leadership, customer service, sales and L&D in large organisations. A National Training Award winner for creating and leading high performing teams — supportive, empathetic, and challenging when it counts.
Zemo Travathan
People Strategist
Grounded in trust-building, communication and collaboration, Zemo creates the conditions for individuals and teams to move forward on the challenges in front of them. His executive coaching leaves clients feeling both totally responsible and totally capable, drawing on work across Asia, Africa and Central America.
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