My career story begins with law, but my real story starts with the sea.

I was a merchant navy kid. Round the world voyages, and a fairly feral childhood, gave me a deep and long-standing relationship with the natural world. At university I spent a summer trail building with the Nevada Conservation Corps. When it came to postgraduate study, I had places to do Medical Ethics and Environment and Development, and it felt like choosing between the health of people and the health of the environment. At the time I chose people, but always had the natural environment at the forefront of my mind.

After years as a lawyer, I moved to coaching and then a portfolio career via a long series of tiny experiments that were both challenging and fun along the way. I noticed how so many of us choose work we think we should do, not what we really want to do.

Now my career has come full circle. As a coach and B Corp consultant, I get to support the wellbeing of people and of nature. I believe the two are interlinked, and that belief is at the heart of Coaching Wild. (Where it suits, sessions happen outdoors, by or in the water.)

I work with people who are serious about what they do, often in senior roles, and who care deeply about something more meaningful. They want work, or a seat on a board, that feeds that part of them. I also work with people who want something a little different, and who think best outside. I bring all of this together with a calm, person and nature-centred approach to coaching, to help you build work and lives with more creativity, adventure and meaning.

• Nearly a decade as a medical and sports lawyer, including sole counsel to a healthcare regulator

• EMCC accredited coach, Executive Coaching & Mentoring, Guildhall School of Music & Drama

• Career, wellbeing and coaching leadership roles at the University of Oxford, Skateboard GB and English National Ballet