Adrienne Curtis - Managing Director

Prior to forming Bluestone Talent Management, Adrienne spent four years at SHL Group, as Head of Executive Assessment. As part of the Change Management Team she was involved in a variety of projects and initiatives including Executive Assessment, Development Centres, One to One Coaching, Career Management and Senior Management Development. Key clients included: Whitbread Plc, Philips Plc, BDO Stoy Hayward, Pfizer, Cheltenham and Gloucester, Kodak and Manpower.

Prior to this she ran her own niche HR consultancy for six years, whilst completing a Post Graduate Diploma, MCIM, an MA in Human Resources. Her first degree was in Economics and Psychology.

Adrienne is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Sonja De Martini - Managing Consultant

An experienced occupational psychologist, specialising in assessment and development centres, competency frameworks, selection interviewing, structured application forms, and executive assessments. She also has considerable experience in delivering management development programs. Prior to joining Bluestone Talent Management, she spent over three years at SHL, where she undertook a wide range of consultancy work and managed the London Executive Assessment centre. Sonja has worked nationally and internationally. Her clients include Barclays, Lazard, and Pfizer. Her time at SHL also included a six-month secondment to UBS Private Banking.

Sonja has an MSc in Occupational Psychology. Her business experience stems from working for six years for a the Japanese trading company, Kawasho following her arrival to the UK in 1989, and two years in Japan following the completion of her BA in Japanese and marketing in New Zealand.

Rosalie Millard-Evans

An Occupational Psychologist with an MSc in Occupational & Organisational Psychology. She is also a qualified project manager. She has worked in the public sector (Tfl) and has experience of designing and delivering a range human capital programmes specifically in development and stress management.

The Bluestone Associate Team

We believe in harnessing the wealth of talent that Associates add to the team and its value to our clients. Our associates are fully assessed to ensure that they deliver work to the same high standard as our main core of Consultants and that they adhere to our values. They each have their own area of expertise and are individually selected for each assignment.

Alan Branagh
An Executive and Performance Coach with over 17 years international business experience. A certified NLP Practitioner, a member of the Institute of Directors and the International Coaching Federation.

Carolyn Boyes
An Executive Coach and Facilitator, and Master practitioner of NLP with a doctorate in clinical hypnosis. She has 18 years experience in international business and finance. She has written books on body language.

Dina Butler
MSc Personnel Management and Business Administration and a postgraduate certificate in Psychotherapy and a Diploma in Clinical Hypnosis. Dina has 16 years of experience in Assessment and Development with a mix of clients in the private and public sector including PO, Fujitsu, First Great Western, Prudential, Diageo, Pfizer and American Express.

Trisha Cochrane
An Occupational Psychologist and a member of the ABP. She has experience in Assessment and Development including design of Assessment Centres. She is also involved in coaching and training and has worked for the DVLA, NHS, and HMIC.

Elaine Down
A Chartered Occupational Psychologist with an MSc and over 15 years experience consultancy and training. Whilst working for SHL she ran the Jamaican office and was then seconded to Park Recruitment UK.

Dr Nik English
A Chartered Occupational Psychologist with broad ranging consultancy experience and expertise in team working. Previous roles included 5 years as a senior consultant at SHL and 4 years with the Defence Research Agency.

Jo Fleischer (Melbourne, Australia)
An HR management consultant with a background in adult education. Her particular expertise is in management development and leadership. She is a specialist in the use of the MBTI (Myers Briggs Type Indicator).

Rachel Glynn
An experienced Consultant, who specialises in research and surveys, and is also a qualified counsellor, Rachel was Operations Manager for Hay Information Services for three years managing a team of 45 people. She has a BSC (Hons) in Psychology from University of Northumberland, and attended the London School of Counselling.

Liz Harrison
Liz works as a Transformational coach and Development specialist. Her qualifications include a BSc, and BA in Psychology. She is a MCIPD, and has a Certificate in Stress Management (Centre for Stress Management Studies), a Diploma in Counselling, and is an NLP practitioner.

Victoria Henderson
Chartered Occupational Psychologist with an MSc in Occupational Psychology.  Vic has extensive consultancy experience with a range of organisations in the public and private sector, having spent four years with SHL, and two years at Norwich Union. She specialises in the design and delivery of management learning and development, leadership programs and all areas of assessment.

Deana Hirst
Deana specializes in coaching and one to one development at senior executive levels. She has an MA in HR and is a MCIPD. Her background includes considerable experience in the IT sector with a full HR and management development responsibility.

Caroline Laidlaw
A Chartered Occupational Psychologist (ex KPMG) specialising in the design and delivery of Assessment and Development Centres, one to one Executive Assessment, and team development with considerable experience in the PublicSector.

Tina McCarthy
A Chartered Occupational Psychologist with a breadth of experience gained as a managing consultant at SHL. Her particular expertise is in training design/ delivery - specifically in motivation, 360 feedback and psychometrics..

Shauna McVeigh
A Chartered Occupational Psychologist, with a background in retailing, and working in HR for the BAA.   She then moved to SHL where she remained for seven years, as a consultant and practice leader. She specializes in assessment and leadership development and has worked with some of the world's leading organisations in the fields of Telecommunications, Retail, Professional Services and Banking.

Sylvia Metzer
An experienced Occupational Psychologist, OD consultant and Executive Coach specialising in the areas of international assessment, performance management, leadership and development. An independent consultant she has worked for Vodafone, Colgate, Amex, L’Oreal, Sony, Barclays, Philips, and Harvey Nichols.

Peter Nowlan
A specialist in business performance coaching, working with executives/ teams from Chevron Texaco, EMI and Enterprise Inns. He has 20 years business experience, as Managing Director of a Virgin company, Marketing Director of a Granada division, and 10 years as a management consultant.

Coretta Patten
An Occupational Psychologist who spent four years with SHL working with Barclays Bank, Lloyds TSB, and Lazard Brothers. She is an independent consultant with experience in assessment and development, training, interviewing and facilitation.

Simon Watkins
An HR specialist with extensive experience in consultancy and training. Before setting up independently he had 5 years as a senior consultant at SHL managing large clients such as Hilton Hotels, Pfizer and South West Trains.

Linda Walker
An HR consultant for 17 years and former MD of Flexible Resource at Cable and Wireless. She has an MBA from Ashridge Management College and has worked with clients such as BNP Paribus, City Bank and First National.

Valerie West (Perth, Australia)
A selection and assessment specialist who worked for Morgan and Banks for over 10 years. Her key expertise is in training, occupational assessment and outplacement.

Alan Wilson
An Assessment and Development specialist with a focus on Organisational Development and Change. Previous roles include work as a senior consultant at SHL and Management Specialist with Securicor and the Police.