Clearworks was founded in 2013 by Aly King-Smith who is a Culture Consultant, Facilitator, post-grad qualified Executive Coach, Business Founder, Writer and Speaker operating in the world of Tech, Biotech & STEM.

A physiotherapist by background, her fascination with human behaviour has taken her career from the rehab of amputees, to a successful commercial career in pharma and vaccines, at Searle, (now Pfizer) and Pasteur Mérieux, (now Sanofi), followed by over 15 years in boutique behaviour change consultancy. Aly is an entrepreneurial leader and founder who is an intuitive coach. She's most at home outdoors and encourages leaders to work outdoors and with nature at every opportunity. Aly’s determined to grow a business where high performance can co-exist with happiness and wellness. Helping Senior Leaders, CEOs and Founders reconnect with themselves- their bodies, their surroundings, their purpose, their natural preferences and cadence, is the work that she loves the most. 

Gill Martin has been leading the Clearworks Coaching Circles in big pharma, since 2017, as Lead Group Coach. She also works 121 and with Teams. Her work is grounded in a career in Organisational Development and Change, in-house in organisations including The Body Shop, and recently alongside institutions such as Imperial College and Roche.

Gill’s magic lies in her ability to balance a systemic understanding of the whole organisational picture and complexity, with a gentle, heart-led care for her client. Gill has an uncommon ability to identify the affordable, realistic ways to make big impact on leaders and teams, and loves nothing more than exploring ideas that will truly make a difference "in the work" rather than adding theoretical homework to already busy leaders' plates. 

Gill is an Executive Coach & Supervisor. Based in London, Gill works indoors and out, often walking and talking in the inspiring parks and open spaces of London town. 

Based in the UK, working globally, Sophie's experience and style have developed over 25 years in sales, marketing, and managerial development. Sophie has received several awards and widespread recognition for delivering innovative solutions to organisations, with recent work at Bracco, Kion Group, Fitch Solutions, Experian, S&P Global Ratings, OIKO Credit, Signify (formerly Philips), Johnson & Johnson

She is a Master NLP Practitioner, Facilitator and Coach. This enables her to help clients remove limiting beliefs, build essential skills, and drive engagement in sales and leadership. Most of all, Sophie is warm and full of incredible energy.  A nurse by background, with a commecial career in pharma, Sophie has a developing speciality empowering a more positive menopause and hormone health experience.

Catherine has a commercial leadership and management consulting background in a range of fields including tech, insurance and banking.She has a whip-smart, straight-talking approach matched with a warm, collaborative and light working style. Catherine’s incredibly creative and colourful. Curious and insightful always. Catherine is wise and intuitive, as well as commercially switched on, and moved from being Aly’s Supervisor to valued team member & friend.

Catherine uses a blend of coaching methods including systems thinking, process-oriented psychology, and Gestalt, and is adept at creating depth in conversations so that leaders can make brave change with a trusted partner. As her client said: “She's like a top golf caddy - one shot and she's worked you all out!" - Nick, Head of Motor, NTT Data UK

Garry Pratt is an innovator, entrepreneur, and author with a passion for harnessing the natural world to unlock human potential. At Clearworks he facilitates Lead Team journeys - literal and metaphorical. Garry's work is rooted in Attention Restoration Theory (ART), which suggests that natural environments have a unique capacity to restore our mental focus and creativity. Garry has a background in business and technology, and a successful exit from the tech company he cofounded. His journey into the work with STEM Leaders began with his deep love for the outdoors. He recognised how spending time in nature, engaging in mindful activities, and allowing the mind to wander freely could lead to profound insights and creative breakthroughs. Garry continues to inspire individuals and organisations to embrace nature-based strategies for innovation, and personal growth.

Tracy Skyrme has been working for many years at top level with organisations, teams and leaders to help them find meaning in their work, lead with purpose and build values-based cultures. Tracy is a powerful team and individual coach and culture consultant, with a career started in KPMG and established in L&OD globally since 2003. Increasingly Tracy is working with teams outdoors with nature-connection. Tracy always aims to build sustainable leadership that builds engagement through its core, rather than using "programmes" and input. 

The 20 years as a leader in the big dogs like Pepsico, Costa and Whitbread, give Nic Armitage his corporate spurs. In recent years he has developed an on-line leadership profiling system for a Pharmaceutical client and developed a global leadership programme in the Biotech sector which equipped their leaders to implement a newly developed strategic direction across multiple markets.

Nic’s passion is in helping teams to form, accelerate and deliver. Nic works 121 with Senior Leaders as well, in his warm and pragmatic style.

Claire Burgess is a talented supporter of female leaders. Claire has worked in trust with Clearworks to provide innovative and affordable input for emerging female leaders since 2013 and continues to drive change in this speciality. With a Masters in Occupational Psychology, Claire delivers 121 coaching of all sorts at Clearworks, as well as maternity leave and parental leave returner Circles.

Claire is a patient and engaging facilitator of workshops and leadership development, using her expertise in emotional intelligence and positive psychology.

With a PhD in Biophysics, Dr Sian Rowsell had a successful and varied career in the pharmaceutical sector (mentoring, change leadership, continuous improvement, team leadership, project and portfolio management across global cross-functional teams), Sian is now a full time (and award-winning!) coach and facilitator.

Sian has a particular flair for working with female leaders in STEM, helping them forge ahead in their careers and achieve balance in their lives. Clients who have worked with Sian include National Physical Laboratory, Vocalink Mastercard, Serco, AstraZeneca, Samaritans and many many more.

Nana-Efua Lawson is an accomplished occupational psychologist, specialising in leadership coaching and development, team facilitation, 360° feedback, psychometrics and diversity and inclusion. She has a warm, gentle style and a refreshing clarity in the way she works. Nana has worked on programmes inside a broad blue-chip portfolio, including eBay, Standard Chartered Bank, BP, Nestlé, Diageo, Hasbro, Ernst & Young, Morgan Stanley, Aviva, NBC Universal, Deutsche Bank, Kinross Gold, UT Bank Ghana, Qatar Telecom, and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation.

Polly Downes is a really fantastic fit for Clearworks with her tech background and gifted coaching. Polly worked in strategic solution roles for Dow Jones Newswires and the FT.com, so is familiar with the pace in tech and biotech. At Clearworks, Polly focuses particularly on 121 work with leaders, as well as Clearworks Coaching Circles, parental returners and female leaders. Aligned with the Clearworks way, Polly's expertise is broad and deep, incorporating diverse skills from grief coaching to board readiness. She's a coach with the whole human in mind.

We’re so proud to be able to introduce the unflappable Sally Bernham as a member of the Clearworks team. When we grow up, we’d like to be as classy a coach as she is!

Sally is the Course Director for the professional coaching certificate programme for The University of Cambridge and an experienced, qualified Coach Supervisor. She’s comfortable working at the top table anywhere. Sally leads Clearworks’ Coach Supervision.

Andy works in the areas of performance, communication and facilitation. Having spent time as a professional actor, presenter and live television sports commentator, he is now a a stand-out facilitator of groups and team interventions, workshops, training days, and large-scale programmes. Andy also works one-to-one with leaders who prefer coaching outdoors, working and walking near his home in the South Downs, UK, and across UK & Europe.With Clearworks' clients in the STEM sector, Andy offers rich growth in developing presence, communication and leadership confidence.

Honestly, there could be no one nicer to receive an invoice from than Rachel Boyles.

Rachel looks after Clearworks accounts, statements of work and all things Xero, VAT and invoice. We’re very lucky to find the combination of efficient accounting and human touch. She's pictured after one of her regular wild swims.   This time emerging on her birthday from 1.4 degree water with the sun rising and the moon still in the sky. 

Any queries about your account, please ask for Rachel first.

Meet Victor. The most brilliant IT guy in the world with a huge heart of gold, a brain full of computers, and an uncommon patience with ridiculous requests. Unfortunately he supports the wrong rugby team, but apart from that, he’s perfect.

You probably won’t meet Rebecca. She remains hidden at HQ doing our sums, but we want to mention this fabulous team member who leads our finances year after year without losing her hair. She’s been with Aly since she launched her first business and won’t be allowed to leave.

The creative brain behind our lovely brand and materials is Claire Harrison from West9 Design. She understands what we are creating for the STEM sector at Clearworks, and keeps our materials looking sharp and pretty. Claire has over 20 years experience working with charities, not-for-profits, higher education institutes and small businesses. Her clients include: the London School of Economics and Political Science, Antibiotics Research UK and Putney BID.