Fiona Hemming has worked in the PR & Marketing industry for 17 years. She was a senior director for a top 10 luxury communications agency in London until 2021. Fiona has driven brand strategy for a wide range of global businesses across F&B, hospitality, public realm and luxury retail. She has provided strategic counsel to founders, directors and marketing specialists for brands including The Crown Estate (Regent Street & St James’s), Rolls Royce, Leading Hotels of the World, Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, Heckfield Place, Four Seasons Hotels, Moet & Chandon, Petersham Nurseries, Azumi Group, Alain Ducasse Enterprise, Soneva Resorts, The Peninsula Hotels, Umbel Restaurant Group, MINI.

Fiona led a large team of talented and ambitious individuals whom she feels privileged to have managed and learnt from. Over the years she has established herself as a business leader, team leader and skilled coach by helping her team, colleagues and clients to grow and achieve results.

Fiona is driven by developing and championing talent and unlocking potential. After leaving agency life she embarked on her ILM Level 7 qualification and has since coached senior leaders at Heineken, Net-a-Porter, Selfridges, Marks & Spencer, global comms agency founders and C suite execs.

Fiona believes passionately in the power of leadership training and change management. Her agency experience involved managing restructures and has first hand experience in operational change and how psychological safety can be instrumental to an organisation’s bottom line.

“Undertaking ILM 7 has given me the training and insight into the power of harnessing individual strengths. A leader who is willing to reflect, grow and be challenged will be a more effective leader and they have the power to impact employee engagement, company culture and bottom line. All too often managers find themselves in leadership roles without training and we owe it to our colleagues and ourselves to strive for understanding, empathy and fulfilment. Leaders should be better equipped with the right skills. An investment in coaching will develop higher levels of performance at all levels for individuals, their teams and clients.”