Meet the Rebel Leaders Team

We bring together diverse expertise with one shared mission: helping leaders in education, public services, and not-for-profits communicate with greater impact, engage your audiences more effectively, develop brave and brilliant leaders, and build a culture which delivers innovation and the best possible services.

When you work with us, you get senior-level expertise focused on strengthening your communications, improving your operations, and creating the change your communities need. Each consultant works in their zone of genius so you can focus on yours.

Rachel - Lead Consultant

Rachel leads Rebel Leaders with 20 years of proven results in marketing leadership, community and stakeholder engagement spanning internal and external communications. She is also an experienced business growth advisor and coach for executive education leaders.

Rachel helps marketing leaders shift from executing tactics to influencing strategy. She specialises in helping capable leaders claim their rightful authority and become the trusted advisers their organisations need for growth.

She brings together the right expertise for each challenge and makes sure your message reaches the people who matter most. She's passionate about helping marketing teams in education, health and public services create campaigns that change lives - doing your best work and getting rewarded, without burning out.

From working in agencies to running B2B, education and B2C campaigns, Rachel knows what it's like to juggle multiple campaigns with impossible deadlines. She's an accredited digital marketing professional, accredited CIPR Consultant and qualified ICF coach.

Marketing Leadership Expert

Bethan - PR Impact

Bethan is a multi-award-winning PR consultant who specialises in cause-driven communications that also have commercial goals.

 

Working alongside Rachel, Bethan offers strategic PR sessions - from focused one-hour consultations to comprehensive full-day strategy intensives.

She also delivers end-to-end PR impact campaigns, including research, creative development, copywriting, media relations, video content, and brand partnerships with influencer engagement.

Bethan is multi-award-winning. In the last 12 months, her PR, Comms & Film accolades include Media Relations Campaign of the Year, Best Micro PR Agency, Brand Film Awards (EMEA Region), Best Sports/Entertainment Campaign, Best B2B PR Campaign, Best New PR Agency, Business Charity Partnership of the Year, and SME Role Model of the Year,

Award Winning PR, Video & Comms

Lisa - Digital Marketing

With a robust background in corporate marketing within the travel industry and a recent focus on digital strategies for online businesses, Lisa has a proven track record in transforming marketing visions into tangible results.

Lisa brings a unique blend of traditional marketing acumen and modern digital expertise. This includes proficiency in digital marketing audits, email marketing strategies, and funnel mapping and setup.

Lisa also specialises in crafting evergreen webinar funnels.

Her approach is data-driven, customer-centric, and tailored to meet the evolving needs of marketing directors and managers in today’s dynamic digital landscape.

Email Campaigns, Lead Generation Funnels, Automation

Adele - Brand & Design

Adele helps marketing teams get their brand strategy and messaging spot on.

With over 20 years' experience, she works with leaders who want their brand to drive real change.

Whether you need a complete rebrand, clearer messaging that differentiates you from competitors, or a stronger value proposition that resonates with your audience, Adele delivers.

She can tackle just the strategy work, handle the visual identity, or do both.

From brand positioning to directing photo shoots or designing prospectuses and impact reports, she ensures everything aligns with your goals and gets you noticed.

Creative Director & Brand Strategist

Isabelle - Team & Culture

Isabelle is our team and culture development specialist.

She helps you build stronger teams and better employee engagement - which directly impacts your reputation and growth through the quality of student and stakeholder experience, and innovation in working practices.

With over 25 years in psychology and neuroscience, she brings insights to help you learn what's really going on in your organisation and how to lead change.

Using our DARE methodology, Isabelle takes you from data gathering through to team development and lasting behaviour change.

She creates safe spaces where teams can have honest conversations, build trust, and work through challenges together.

As a Chartered Coaching Psychologist, Isabelle combines research with practical coaching to help your people perform better, grow income and stay longer.

Coaching Psychologist

Melanie - HR & Neurodiversity

Recognised as one of the UK's top 20 most influential HR Professionals by HR Magazine, Mel is a neurodiversity and inclusive HR specialist with over 25 years’ experience supporting organisations to better understand and support neurodivergent learners and staff.

Melanie works with education clients to embed inclusive practices across recruitment, teaching, and staff development.

Using tools like the Do-IT Profiler, Mel helps education settings identify strengths and challenges early – ensuring the right support is in place.

A passionate speaker and trainer, Mel brings both lived experience and practical expertise, making her a trusted partner for creating truly inclusive learning and working environments.

Neurodiversity Expert

Sarah - Leadership Development

Sarah brings over 30 years of people leadership consultancy and coaching experience with major brands including Tesco, Greene King, Pizza Express, Fullers, and Wadworth.

As an EMCC Senior Practitioner, Sarah's coaching approach combines neuroscience studies from Ashridge Business School with hypnotherapy, NLP, transactional analysis, and mindfulness.

Sarah provides executive coaching, wellbeing programmes and bespoke leadership development programmes that create clear, confident, brave leaders who build deeper relationships and drive business success.

Leadership Development & Wellbeing

OUR VALUES

CARING: We care about the people you're working so hard to help. We understand the pressures you face and support you to make decisions with confidence and compassion.

PRIDE: We're proud to work alongside organisations doing vital work, and we help you show that impact clearly

POSSIBILITY: We believe your organisation can create extraordinary change. We help you see possibilities others miss and turn diverse perspectives into positive action.

GROWTH & ADVENTURE: We help you adapt and thrive by trying new things, taking smart risks, and building a culture where everyone can do their best work.

COMMUNICATION: We help you communicate with clarity and courage - whether that's getting your teams on board, engaging your stakeholders, or helping diverse voices shape the decisions that matter.

Services Available

STRATEGY SESSIONS


Tell Us Your Biggest Problem...

and we'll help you move forwards with ideas, innovation, tools and an achievable plan.

Choose From:

  • 1 hour

  • 2 hours

  • 3 hours

  • Full day sessions available.

  • One off bookings, monthly or quarterly.

WORKSHOPS

  • Half day and full day workshops including:

  • Employee Engagement for Reputation and Income Growth

  • PR, Partnerships & Influence

  • Digital Marketing, Automation & Email Strategy

  • Resilience (Happiness Club Training)

  • DISC profiles & workshops

MARKETING, PR & BRAND CAMPAIGNS

  • Brand Strategy & Rebrand Projects

  • PR, Media Relations & Thought Leadership Campaigns

  • Film & Video Content

  • Digital Marketing Strategy

  • Email , Funnel and Evergreen Marketing Automation

  • Editorial Design - Impact Reports, Prospectuses, Annual Reports, Stakeholder Engagement Materials

  • Photoshoots

  • Content Writing

  • Evaluation & Impact Studies

  • Employee Engagement & Internal Comms

CULTURE, LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION

  • Neuro-inclusive student & staff experience

  • Employee Engagement Surveys & Programmes

  • Learning & Development Evaluation Frameworks

  • Leadership Development Programmes

  • Executive Coaching

  • Leadership programmes for under-represented voices or aspiring leaders

  • Team Coaching & CPD Workshops

  • Leadership programmes for under-represented voices

  • Whole organisation wellbeing workshops

  • HR Consultancy specialising in Neurodiversity

Book a Call with Rachel

Fancy a cuppa and a chat about the ways we could work together - from coaching, to running team workshops, or consultancy to innovate your marketing strategy, brand, PR, photography or prospectus.

TESTIMONIALS

CLIENTS SAY:

“From the moment I met Rachel, I instantly knew she would be the right fit for our organisation. She had the gravitas, presence and experience I was looking for and commanded respect with her secure knowledge and experience.

Working with her has been a joy.

The experience is collaborative, she isn’t afraid to question our decisions or point of view but does so with diplomacy and with her wealth of experience backing up her points. It’s been a real refreshing change from the traditional agency/client approach.

Rachel is more like a member of the organisation and completely embeds herself in the culture, ethos and values – seamlessly installing herself so it feels as though she’s been working at the organisation forever!”

Rebecca, Director of Communications

“Rachel researched, planned and facilitated an engaging and thought-provoking workshop that left the whole team feeling energised and much clearer on our message and strategy.

Rachel has since successfully carried out similar reviews for other colleagues, Programme Directors and business development teams at the Business School.

Feedback from everyone has been extremely positive and we would certainly recommend Rachel to others."

Said Business School, University of Oxford

“I would like to say a big thank you for such an insightful experience.

Our group training day contained a wealth of industry insight for managers and our Senior Leadership Team.

Colleagues who attended the training left feeling empowered with quick wins and tips.

One of the key benefits is now having a more joined up approach with SLT members in the decision-making process, giving room for much more creativity and innovation.

We have now become an award-winning marketing team!"

Antoinette, Head of Marketing & Communications

"Working with Rachel was of huge value to me personally and of course to my employer.

I’m already seeing tangible change happening within our organisation off the back of the coaching sessions.

Having a coach who understands the marketing industry is invaluable because the coach isn’t just providing you with blanket techniques to try which may or may not work, we were able to hone in on both personal and marketing specific challenges.

In each session I set the agenda and we worked towards real individual goals and business objectives or in some cases, both.

I’d have no hesitation in saying Rachel will have an impact on you as an individual and also help your business find new ways of thinking."

A, Head of Marketing (Global B2B Tech Company)

Feedback for Bethan:

Bethan has not only got a deep understanding of how best to create and communicate an affective thought leadership or PR plan, but this is underpinned by a fundamental understanding that any plan needs to be firmly grounded within a business’ commercial objectives.

Driving bottom line growth through comms activity is at the heart of everything she does.

So in addition to being an absolute joy to work with, her output can clearly be seen to be demonstrated through revenue growth.”

Brett, Group Marketing Director

Feedback for Sarah:

"Sarah is an outstanding coach and facilitator. Her content is current and has high impact.

I’ve seen Sarah completely transform individuals, teams and even total business cultures.

She understands how to tap into true leadership qualities and whether it’s via a bitesize session or a full coaching programme.

Sarah will leave a powerful impression and trigger a positive mindset shift in everyone present.”

- Catherine, Chief People Officer

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