Meet the Team

At White Water Group we are people on a mission. At present our firm has two directors and six staff based in London, supplemented by 20 associates and senior experts across the UK who provide specialised input on a need basis.  They understand organisations, have deep insight into leadership and know about the specific challenges within organisations.

Here they are:

  • Averil Leimon (Director) bio_averil-150x150 Averil is a no-nonsense senior coach who has transformed individuals and teams over 20 years using her unique blend of clinical psychology and business insight. She is also a relentless researcher on the subject of leadership and gender diversity and ...
  • François Moscovici (Director) francois-moscovici François Moscovici is a strategy consultant who for 20 years has identified and addressed the practical implications of ‘the next big thing’ on industries and companies. This has ranged from privatisation to the introduction of the Euro or the i...
  • Helen Goodier (Senior Consultant) Helen GoodierHelen is a gender diversity specialist. In the early 1990s she became involved with Unilever’s fledgling gender-diversity programme and has worked with Unilever and others in this field ever since. She has helped companies embrace the subject and issues...
  • Katie Watkins (Operations Manager) katie-watkins Katie runs the day-to-day business. An archeologist by training – no jokes on the state of our files prior to her arrival please – she joined us after various project and office management roles in sectors as varied as legal publishing, heritage,...
  • John Dent (Senior Expert) john-dentJohn Dent is a sports scientist who leads the health and fitness aspects of our Resilience programme. He also works one to one with our clients helping them manage the many challenges of leading in the fast lane... So what makes John special? First he...