John Gilkes, MSc, BSc, PGCE
Chief Executive

John joined Roffey Park as Chief Executive in 2003 following a progressive commercial career. After graduating from Sussex University with a Masters degree in Physics and brief flirtations with teaching and banking, he joined Unilever’s prestigious graduate training programme and held a variety of roles in their consumer products businesses prior to becoming Head of Personnel for the international Research and Engineering Division.  In 1994 John joined De La Rue plc as Group Director of Human Resources and was a member of the executive team that transformed the business under successive Chief Executives. In 2000 he was appointed Director of the International Directors Centre for DBM, the global HR consultancy. In this role he coached many Chief Executives in career transition and developed a special interest in the organisational impact of Chief Executive turnover.  John is a Director of Devonshire House and recently has chaired international conferences on 'The Strategic Choices for Executive Education' and 'Talent Management'.

Helena Clayton MA, CertCoun, MCIPD
Director of Business Development

Helena's areas of interest and expertise include leadership development, managing and developing talent, career management, personal effectiveness and 1:1 coaching. Helena has a keen interest in learning and over the last 10 years her work has focused on helping individuals and organisations get the best from each other through learning and development. Her current areas of research include how organisations need to respond to the challenges of Generation Y, and how individuals and organisations can find meaning in their work.

Jo Hennessy  MA (Oxon), MSc, CPsychol
Director of Research and Product Development

Jo oversees a broad spectrum of research enquiries and has a personal involvement in Roffey Park's research programme exploring enlightenment at work. She graduated from Oxford with a degree in Experimental Psychology and also has an MSc in Occupational Psychology. Jo specialises in the design and facilitation of executive development programmes in the areas of leadership and change. She was previously a partner at Human Qualities where she worked across business sectors both in the UK and internationally. Prior to that, Jo headed up Executive Development for Penna and, at Brathay, she managed the team of learning and development consultants, with personal involvement in team facilitation and process consultancy. Jo’s early career was with SHL where she gained experience in managing large-scale assessment/development centre interventions. Jo was Dean of the Association of Business Psychologists 2005 Conference entitled, "Psychology at the Heart of Business" and she has been published on various topics.

Amanda Humphrey MBA, BA(Hons), FCIPD, Cert Ed, FRSA
Director of Resources & Company Secretary

Before joining Roffey Park, Amanda was Business Planning Manager at the Sussex Ambulance Service NHS Trust. Prior to this, she spent five years as Group Operations and Personnel Director for Fruitful Fundraising. Her earlier career which spanned ten years was with the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux where she was an Area Development Officer for the South East and then District Manager and Company Secretary for the Brighton & Hove Area. During this period Amanda also taught 'A' level Psychology at adult education.

Robert Kinnison BA (Hons)
Director of Finance

Robert was previously Head of Finance for nine years at the Edward James Foundation, an educational charitable trust which runs a college providing postgraduate diploma programmes and masters degrees in conservation & restoration and the visual arts. His projects there included leading the successful implementation of the Consensus Database. A Chartered Accountant, he holds a BA (Hons) in Economics and Agricultural Economics from Exeter University.

Steve Tarpey MA, DipPM, ACIB, MCIPD
Director of Bespoke Services

Steve is responsible for Roffey Park’s bespoke development and consultancy services.  He has worked with a range of organisations across public, private and not-for-profit sectors . He has extensive experience in delivering programmes for UK, pan-European and global management audiences.  Steve holds professional qualifications from the Chartered Institute of Bankers and the Institute of Personnel and Development, together with a Masters Degree in Management Learning from Lancaster University.  He is certified in the use of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP Master Practitioner) and Transactional Analysis, and is accredited to use instruments such as Myers-Briggs (MBTI Step 1 and Step 2) and FIRO B.