Adrian set up the Deeper Leaders Collective (www.deeperleaders.com) out of a passion to help leaders explore deep questions about their organisations, their leadership and their lives – to encourage the kind of leadership needed for a ‘kinder, fairer, more sustainable world’. Whether working at individual, top team or organisational level, he loves to ask the questions leaders frequently neglect when caught up in the ‘tyranny of the urgent’ – questions that, when explored, unlock secrets to sustainable success.

Over the past 30 years, he has coached hundreds of senior leaders and worked with over 30 top teams to develop their effectiveness, focus their strategies and build resilience.

After a background in central and local government management, Adrian joined the Roffey Park Management Institute in 2004. He worked there for 15 years, where he became Programme Director for Strategic Leadership, designing and delivering leadership programmes for clients across the globe and across the sectors. These included: Lloyds of London, United Overseas Bank (Singapore), Ministry of Health (Singapore), Home Office, MoD, Hyde Housing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Macmillan Cancer Support, Christian Aid and Islamic Relief Worldwide. He was also the first Programme Director for the award-winning Leadership 2025 programme, a positive action programme aiming to develop a more diverse leadership in the affordable housing sector. Stirred to action by the death of George Floyd, Adrian set up the White Allies Network (www.whiteallies.net) for people who aspired to be true allies with people of colour against racism. With his wife, Laura, he also co-director of a not-for-profit (www.enabledleaders.com) that supports and develops church leaders in their important community leadership roles.