Michael Cook

Michael Cook has more than 30 years in international business. He combines a range of C-suite roles alongside skills and strategic thinking development assignments with both SME and FTSE companies, as well as government departments. He is particularly known for his work on complex situations, and when change, conflict or negotiating difficulties threaten relationships and business success.  

By leveraging this experience, Michael established The 80/20 Business Consultancy to help clients sharpen their organisational focus on to what matters most. Using a suite of diagnostic tools that quickly get to the nub of the hidden issues, the overriding goal is to help you build the operational resilience needed to design and execute the right strategy. 

Mandy combines a 20-year senior level career in international sales, with an enviable experience of running high performing client teams in both challenging and competitive marketplaces. 

If commercial performance and client delivery are crucial issues that are at risk, Mandy’s ultra-disarming and empathic skills quickly identify where issues lay and help correct the approaches you need for your teams to get things back on track. 

Business problems can often appear intractable - you need a solution but finding it is often elusive. Tony Melhuish brings a unique and rare ability to both find and then analyse the angles on issues that are always hidden. He has also been an important catalyst for the ideas that led to our consultancy. 

He combines a wealth of project management experience with a consulting background at one of the global leaders in the field.

Stuart Aylward is a seasoned investment banker, debt specialist, consultant and advisor with expertise in the global debt capital markets, both public & private. 

Surrey based, Keith’s particular expertise lies in insurance risk, with close to 20 years in the sector. 

Having helped many small businesses analyse what they need and, perhaps more importantly, understand what they’ve missed, Keith brings a great understanding of the penetrative questions any business needs to ask. 

Scott’s vast experience across many cultures has shown that so many of the business problems faced today are a result of miscommunication or flawed dialogue. 

His highly unique facilitative process has solved complex problems for multinational companies through ‘dialogue meetings’. He has worked extensively across the Far East, Middle East, and Europe for over 30 years and his work is known for ensuring your key meetings are highly participative, fast moving and stimulating.