About Phanella

Louisa is an Accredited Coach (ICF, EMCC) and facilitator specialising in supporting emerging leaders to build their confidence and develop their leadership style through transitions. Louisa’s training includes a MSc in Coaching and Behavioural Change, as well as Dare to Lead (Brene Brown). Prior to coaching, Louisa spent 15 years in senior Human Resources roles predominantly within the financial services industry. Working in partnership with executive leaders within many business areas, and having led teams herself, she has a deep understanding of the importance of organisational culture and leadership behaviours on employee engagement, wellbeing and productivity.

Louisa is passionate about the power of journaling, pilates and spending time in nature with her dog.

Alice is both an accredited coach (ICA) and a senior HR Professional, with a Masters in HRM and CIPD qualified. Alice brings a strong level of commercial focus and acumen to both HR and Coaching work. Combining her background, knowledge, and experience, Alice is adaptable to any culture or environment and has led businesses through significant transformational change. Alice is comfortable working at the Board level as well as developing effective and empowered teams. Her ethos is to listen, appreciate that each issue will have unique factors and personalities involved; then deliver a first-class and positive solution.

Alice is passionate about her charity work, particularly in domestic abuse, as well as running to clear her mind, reading to expand it and reiki to balance it.

Adept at combining psychotherapeutic interventions and executive coaching modalities, Miles is a leading psychotherapist with a business background in commercial law and property. Miles’s affinity for working with business leaders on enhancing their mental wellbeing, emotional development and relational skills, derives from his own business background. Before becoming a psychotherapist and coach, Miles had a professional and commercial career. He gained a First in law at Oxford and became a corporate finance solicitor in a City law firm. He then did a stint as a government lawyer in Whitehall, before moving in-house as commercial director of a real estate developer. He understands commercial & professional environments, as well as the City and Whitehall. He trained initially in well-grounded psychodynamic and attachment-oriented psychotherapy (including having a sub-specialism in relationship work). He has gone on to add an extensive suite of contemporary, proactive, neuro-informed psychotherapy modalities.

Outside of the therapy and coaching room, Miles takes a particular interest West German fat lava pottery, discovering new podcasts and woodland walks.

Nikki is a Professional Certified Coach (ICF) and trainer specialising in empowering senior professionals to lead at their best without sacrificing their personal wellbeing. Nikki’s background of almost 20 years in tax advisory (PwC & Deloitte) serving a wide range of clients across the financial services sector, means that she understands the pressures and opportunities of the corporate career. Influenced by her training in positive psychology, transformational coaching, mindfulness and resilience, Nikki empowers her clients to respond rather than react to challenges. Her coaching style is calm, intuitive, and transformational and she combines deep listening with her ability to ask incisive questions to help her clients explore blind spots and gain valuable insights.

When not coaching, Nikki can usually be found on the yoga mat.