About ICA

Mike Loyns, Elaine Wilkins, Saheed Adegbite and Sue Murkin founded The International Coaching Alliance with the sole intention of providing affordable coach training to those that could not ordinarily afford it.

Contribution is a key value to the four directors; and so the concept of partnering with charities, social enterprises and non-profit making organisations to offer voluntary coaching within their organisation was a main focus when developing their business plan. This resulted in the International Coaching Directory, profiling coaches from around the globe who were committed to devoting four hours a month to one of The International Coaching Alliances aligned charities, social enterprises and non-profit making organisations.


Mike Loyns
Founder Member

Mike has been involved in raising awareness about the benefits of coaching for individuals and organisations since 2001. He has collaborated with coaches from all over the world to provide high quality training and coaching solutions to the public sector, blue chip companies and individuals who want to make a contribution to other peoples lives.

Mike has an enviable track record of empowering people to fulfil their potential both personally and professionally and passionately believes that we can all change our lives for the better with the support of a Coach. His commitment to the ICA stems from a burning desire to see coaching made accessible to everyone rather than simply those that can afford to invest huge fees in their ongoing personal / professional development.

Sue Murkin
Founder Member

Sue’s commitment to the ICA comes from her genuine value and desire to make a difference and to contribute.

Her work as an established trainer & coach has lead her to develop relationships with such companies as DLA Piper, Canary Wharf Limited, UCL, EDF, DeBeers, Tesco, Asda, Hays, & the business start up group, Enterprise Gateway.

An accredited performance coach (CA), a Thomas DISC practitioner, a master NLP practitioner (McKenna/Bandler), an accredited hypnotherapist & Neuro Linguistic Reprogrammer (Bandler/La Valle) and a practitioner of energy meridian therapies (EFT), which Sue incorporates into her stress management programmes, she is also an associate of ITOL (Institute of Training & Occupational Learning).


Elaine Wilkins
Founder Member
Elaine’s career has incorporated running a successful Image business where she developed a passion for training. Her move to lecturing in communications in further education expanded her interest in individual motivation and personal development. In 1998 her career moved into the corporate sector with a global American company. Here she gained international experience delivering Sales Training, Motivational Seminars, Mentoring and Personal Development and Performance Coaching to all levels of the workforce.– B.A. Hons. PGCE Accredited Life Coach and Writer


Saheed Adegbite
Founder Member

Saheed’s background is an extremely successful career spanning over 17 years as a Management Leadership Consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Oracle, GE and independently working for numerous blue chip fortune 500 clients both in the public and private sector. As an established Executive Coach, Public Speaker and Leadership Expert, his natural personable nature, listening, communication and diplomatic skills makes him one of the best communicators in the UK today.

His passion is for using his skills in coaching, personal development and leadership to empower businesses, nations and individuals especially in the charity sector and those in the third world that are unable to afford the opportunities they rightly deserve. Saheed gets a buzz from watching the ‘impossible’ happen and that always brings his very infectious laugh.


Piers Thurston
Licensed NLP Trainer

Piers Thurston is an established personal & business coach, trainer, and facilitator; he designs and facilitates workshops in innovation, strategy alignment, and communication behaviour for blue chip clients worldwide. He is a NLP trainer, an accredited personal development coach, and hypnotherapist and mentor coach.

With a curiousity and talent for enabling individuals to experience transformational change, Piers is a dedicated and authentic trainer, coach and facilitator . He specializes in mentoring He is founder and director of Making Change Work ltd and FeelHappyNow.


Jonathan Jenkyn
NLP Trainer

Jonathan trains NLP practitioners exclusively for the ICA, he is one of the most dynamic, qualified and charismatic NLP professionals in the UK today, with industry recognised certifications in NLP and several other related technologies, Jonathan has an insatiable curiosity for learning and understanding human behaviour. A licensed Trainer of NLP though the Society of NLP, Jonathan will teach you all the tools and techniques you can use immediately to instil rapid and lasting change in both yourself and your clients.

Jonathan runs a private practice in the heart of East Anglia where he uses his expertises and skills to help individual clients overcome often debilitating behavioural conditions. From Phantom Limb Pain to Phobias; From Schizophrenia to Bulimia; Jonathan has seen a huge range of conditions, which he treats with his own unique style.

Drawing on the wealth of knowledge, skills and experience he has attained over the years as an NLP consultant, and his study of various NLP based technologies, Jonathan will give you a distinctive insight into how you too can use NLP to further your career, health and happiness.


Emma Darnell
Corporate Responsibility Director

Emma has worked for several high profile law firms in the City for over 20 years, including Freshfields and Olswang. More recently she became involved with projects within companies, developing corporate responsibility initiatives (CSR) to help raise awareness and engage staff to participate on a voluntary basis in the community during work time. This led to large scale coordination of volunteers working directly with Whitechapel Mission, UCL hospitals, Breakthrough Breast Cancer, Legal Advice Centres and other charitable organisations.

Due to the success of the iniatives and Emma's growing passion for this type of work she decided to join us full time to use her coaching skills and expertise within this field. Current projects that Emma is coordinating include working with London Care Solutions who help children who have been through the care system find their way in the world. She will also focus on generating individual sponsorship through corporates for education, sport and work placement for teenagers beyond the initial coaching programme.


David Brett
Business Development Director

David has been working strategically in the people development arena for the past 5 years. As a thought leader and agent for change he has built long term partnerships that allow him to be truly solution focused. An approach of ‘how can I help my clients succeed’ and a willingness to challenge have helped him to become a trusted advisor to a diverse range of clients. From charities and not for profit organisations to corporate and blue chip companies. By seeking first to understand, then be understood ensures that all training and development programmes are business relevant and value adding.

An ILM accredited coach and CMI accredited manager have given him a real passion and understanding of the importance and benefits of lifelong learning.

Danelle Hattingh
Internal Verifier and Associate Trainer

Danelle’s background in psychology, education and coaching has enabled her to work with people of all ages and stages in order to help them achieve their potential. She has also gained valuable management experience during the seven years she acted as Head of the Psychology and Sociology Departments in further education.

Danelle currently works as a coach, trainer and lecturer in the UK and South Africa. Her excellent inter-personal skills and advanced coaching and facilitation skills ensure that individuals and teams develop personally and professionally.


Simon Drury
Corporate Trainer & Mentor

Simon is a business psychologist and corporate coach/trainer. He has a wealth and diversity of experience in the field of business and personal development which ranges from working with business and private clients to design and delivery of coaching and training interventions.

He has coached and mentored directors, business leaders, managers and project managers in the telecommunications, legal, banking, pharmaceutical, retail and transport industries. He has also worked with sales managers and their sales teams and call centre staff, and business owner-managers running small to medium-sized organisations.

Simon’s training capabilities extend from NLP courses to the creation of leadership and skills development programmes. He is also certified in the fields of Timeline Therapy and Thought Field Therapy.