The Team

is a strategic thinker with the capacity to understand trends in business, society, markets and technology. From these he has the ability to identify new opportunities for revenue generation or working practices within a business. He is a natural team-builder and leader with a strong customer focus and the ability to build the long-term relationships necessary to see new ideas through to implementation. He has an extensive network of contacts and is skilled in involving, motivating and co-ordinating people, both internally and externally, to manage and bring about desired change.

Robert’s early business experience was gained from account management and commercial partnering within the technology and communications sector, and also the hospitality and travel industry. This followed Officer training and 13 years experience with the British Army. He has continued his Army association working in a voluntary capacity as a Lieutenant Colonel with the Territorial Army. Robert is Managing Director of WatsonSessions.

A highly motivated and experienced executive possessing core skills in business management, man management, project management and quality management, with more than 22 years experience in delivering bottom-line results in blue-chip companies and SMEs.

Much of Lansbury’s experience and successes have been in financial services, where his focus has been on visioning team building, partnership development, change planning and individual development. He specialises in leadership development, change management, organisation design and development and human resources development.

His passion for supporting true potential plays out in authentic partnerships with clients, resulting in solutions that combine personal growth with business excellence. Lansbury is the Finance Director of WatsonSessions.

David has wide experience of managing large, multi-site, national sales and marketing teams in sectors ranging from telecoms, technology and customer research.   He brings senior level experience in strategic sales and marketing from corporates like Eurobell, Deutche Telekom, Telewest & VNL and proven management and consultancy expertise with start-ups and Mid-Market businesses. 

He brings wide business development experience of adding value to B2B/ B2C organisations within a context of rapid change and technological innovation.  He is experienced in creating new and innovative channels to market, building effective sales, re-seller & affinity relationships and delivering results.  Currently on MBA programme adding cutting-edge thinking and global insight to best business practice.

David is the Sales and Marketing Director at WatsonSessions.

is a practitioner in Marketing Strategy and Project Management with a passion for the transformational potential of Information and Communications Technology. It is from this base that Accelerate Nottingham was initiated together with a number of ICT marketing projects for clients including: EMDA,The Greater Nottingham Partnership, Profile Nottingham, New College Nottingham and UK Online for Business.

He is an entrepreneur who enjoys creating new companies and re-launching existing ones. In his varied career he has helped expand a Unilever paper mill, travelled the world buying and selling innovative new packaging products, built up his own carton printing factory and been Executive Chairman of his own advertising agency.

A background in marketing has led him to directing a diverse range of projects including, a 1 million European environmental campaign for the carton board industry using Saatchi and Saatchi, the repositioning and promotion of the Galleries of Justice and the re-branding of the Melton Mowbray Building Society. Alan brings extensive new media marketing know-how and capability to the WatsonSessions team.

served in the Royal Air Force in the early days of Computer Security, and worked with GCHQ, CESG, and specialist Agencies. Worked for Logica, BAe, BAA, Police, Local Authorities, UK Government, the House of Lords, and large commercials.  He was subsequently Security Manger (Europe) with a large automotive provider and worked on International assignments in Rome, Germany, Ireland, Turkey, Belgium, and the US.

John holds the appointment of Visiting Professor at a University in the Faculty of Computing and Informatics and has worked on a number of International assignments, examples of which are Argentina, Germany, Holland, Spain, India, Netherlands, and Denmark/Norway.

John is a published author, with articles in specialist IT and management consulting publications. He has widely presented on IT Security internationally and engaged with Central Government,  contributing and presenting at Public, and Government debates for the House of Lords, House of Commons and DTI on the subject of reducing vulnerabilities, and countering eCrime and eFraud.

is a former CEO with over 20 years of experience in creating and delivering services to develop small and medium-sized businesses. He specialises in business strategy, process improvement, managing change, marketing and leadership development. Ron is also an experienced coach and mentor to businesses, having undertaken a range of assignments in leading businesses through deep change programmes. He holds a MSc in Entrepreneurial Studies focusing on entrepreneurial characteristics and traits, venture management, strategic planning and marketing.

Ron is an expert in moderation and an experienced facilitator of large and small groups. He is authorised to deliver the internationally recognised PinPoint moderation/facilitation process (known as ‘Metaplan-Technique’ or ‘PinPoint-Method’). Ron has successfully adapted the PinPoint process to deliver leadership, management development, teambuilding, problem solving and training programmes.

He has worked as a facilitator designing and delivering ‘change management’ workshops and focus groups for large and small businesses, including East Midlands Development Agency, Learning & Skills Councils, Ufi/learndirect, The Prince’s Trust, Jobcentre Plus, Fire & Rescue Services, charities and business support organisations.

is a professional engineer and chartered physicist who has been in commercial research and development for over 30 years. Colin brings strengths and experience to the innovation, research and development aspects of a business, with capabilities in practical problem-solving and physical systems solutions in direct response to a customer’s needs. This leads to the creation of new products and services that are ripe for further development and marketing support.

Colin has particular expertise in optical, programmable-electronic and wireless systems, taking prototypes to the pre-commercial trial stage in real-world environments. He is part of the team that transfers this technology to market by providing on-going support and consultancy. To date, Colin’s main interest has been to drive forward innovation in the communication and care sectors, responding to a client’s need to enable technological solutions to their problems or perceived opportunities.

is a Business Risk Consultant with forty-six years experience in business development. He has manuscripted many new ideas within the corporate world relating to risk and the protection of the corporation, its executives and employees from the prospective of how affordable insurance programmes can mitigate risk.

He understands that when looking at the risks facing the average corporation today, all aspects must be identified, quantified, discussed and understood in-house in order to give the chosen insurance professional responsible for placement, the best understanding of the corporate profile and William offers fee-based independent advice.

Resident in the UK, William lived and worked in USA for over fifteen years and has travelled extensively advising on insurance matters as a member of various Lloyd’s Brokers.

has a wealth of sales & marketing experience having spent over 25 years with some of the UK’s leading financial services organisations: Lloyds TSB, Alliance & Leicester and Lloyd’s of London.

Tim’s academic & professional qualifications (B.Sc.(Econ); FCIB (Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers); MCIM (Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing) provide the basis for Tim’s analytical approach to any given business opportunity or challenge.

Tim’s practical experience of all aspects of the marketing mix – pricing, product, place, promotion, people, physical evidence & process – enable Tim to blend theory with practice to create business winning and award winning results for clients.

is a highly effective People Director and Executive Coach and is a graduate of both the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (MCIPD). She is also a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF). Her experience has been gained working in blue-chip organisations in Director level roles over the past 17 years, both within the airline and hotel industries as well as the public sector.

Commencing her career in HR in 1990, she worked within the NHS before moving into the private airline sector and has latterly worked within the Hotel industry for some years as HR Director. She strongly believes that a company’s bottom line success is only achieved through the effective management and development of the people that they employ. Rhona has particular experience in the change management and organisational design field of HR and brings that broad spectrum of expertise to Watson Sessions.