Clive Mann
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Clive is a co-founder and Managing Director of ridler & co.

An executive coach and group facilitator since 2003, he has coached in a wide range of sectors, including financial services, accountancy, telecommunications, food and pharmaceuticals. In his coaching he combines hard-edged commercial experience and strategic insight with a thorough understanding of organisational dynamics, to enhance the performance and organisational effectiveness of board members, senior managers and high potentials.

Before becoming a coach Clive spent twenty years working in senior finance and strategy roles in the financial services industry, starting as a fixed income specialist in an investment bank, then working in mergers and acquisitions for a Big Four accountancy firm and finally as a strategic planner for a FTSE 100 bank, where he worked closely with the main board on projects of strategic importance to the bank.

Clive has a degree in economics, qualified as a chartered accountant and took an MBA from London Business School. He is accredited as a coach with a degree-level coaching diploma, and is in the final stages of an MA in integrative psychotherapy at the Metanoia Institute. He is an associate member of APECS (Association for Professional Executive Coaching and Supervision) and a visiting tutor at London Business School.

Nigel McEwen
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Nigel is a co-founder and Director of ridler & co.

As an executive coach he works with clients in the accountancy, legal, manufacturing and financial services sectors. Nigel's expertise is working with individuals who, having built their careers through excellent technical skills, now wish to grow into leadership roles. He is also well versed in coaching groups, particularly management teams.

Before becoming a coach, Nigel was managing partner for over ten years of a top 100 law firm, based in the City of London. During this time he quadrupled fee income and tripled profit through pursuing a strategic vision which included developing a strong brand, specialising in technology law and championing the implementation of a coaching culture across the firm.

Nigel graduated in Law from the University of Kent and subsequently qualified as a solicitor. He is accredited as a coach with the Institute of Leadership and Management and is currently completing his Masters degree in Change Management and Strategies at Surrey University. He is accredited in the use of various psychometric profiling tools, including MBTI and Firo B.