Carol Wilson is a Fellow of the ILM, the Association for Coaching, and the Professional Speaking Association, and CEO of www.coachingcultureatwork.com. Carol has provided coaching and leadership programmes in 33 countries for organisations including IKEA, Philip Morris, England Rugby, the NHS, the BBC, GE Healthcare, Reckitt, IG Group, DSM foods, Kent County Council, Hilti Tools, World Animal Protection, and NCR. She has won and been nominated for awards for coaching and writing, and has authored or contributed to six books, including “Performance Coaching, A Complete Guide to Best Practice Coaching and Training” featuring Forewords by Sir John Whitmore and Sir Richard Branson. She is highly active in pro-bono work including the MOE foundation and the African Prisons Project. Carol first experienced the value of a coaching culture during a decade as a Managing Director at the Virgin group. Later she held board level positions with Island Records, Warner Brothers and Polygram, and signed many famous artists including Sting, The Buzzcocks, the Human League, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Martha and the Muffins, Tom Petty and Iggy Pop.