She's a creative and innovative leader, with the ability to think 'outside the box' and with the passion and drive to make things happen.

A successful track record in Consultancy, Training and Facilitation in blue chip multi-nationals over fifteen years has led Penny to start up her own company. She focuses on identifying organisational needs and devising unique solutions to make projects and programmes work. Penny believes that it is people who make projects work - when they are able to engage with each other and have the tools they need to do the job, in a way that makes the most of their strengths.

Penny is acknowledged as a change ambassador, who demonstrates a high level of strategic thinking, pulling together a group of individuals to act as one and raising performance to the next level. When working on child labour issues on cocoa farms, for example, she mediated between African governments, chocolate company executives, non-governmental organisations and the United Nations, to deliver a co-ordinated approach.

Penny discovered Graphical Facilitation in 2001 and was amazed at the power of combining powerful yet simple visuals with group facilitation - it allows people to literally 'see what they mean'. She experienced a dramatic increase in people's engagement with actions as well as improved communication during meetings. In Mars Inc. she set up a community of practicing facilitators around the world to maximise the benefits to the company of using these skills.

Penny is a Certified Professional Facilitator of the IAF and has a variety of Project and Programme Management qualifications. She's also a chartered Engineer and has a Ph.D.

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