Nick Holley, Principal Associate
Hanover Executive Ltd

Nick Holley MA MBA

Nick Holley has a unique background that combines an MA from Cambridge, a commission in the army, ten years as a successful futures and foreign exchange broker and sixteen years in senior organisational, leadership and people development roles in large global organisations. Nick has been involved in creating and managing large scale organisational change, leadership and people development programmes and performance management processes and systems. But his real expertise lies in embedding them in day to day operations. Nick understands the theory but combines this with a proven ability to deliver and sustain them in highly complex organisations.

Nick Holley Career History

2006 to present UK

Worked within a team of Hanover Executive coaches that designed and delivered a leadership development programme for the London office of a leading US Investment Bank, including one to one coaching, training workshops, team building, and identification of organisational development needs. This is an ongoing programme which started in 2006 and which has been cascaded throughout the firm.

A range of coaching and consulting assignments with leading UK, European and African companies looking at leadership development programmes, performance and talent management processes, strategy implementation and individual performance.

As well as coaching, Nick is Executive Director of the HR Centre of Excellence at Henley Management College.

2002 to 2006 UK/Global

Director of Global People Development with the world's largest telecommunications company.

Designed and delivered a consistent leadership development infrastructure including:

Global Performance Management process and system implemented in 18 countries and 8 languages;
Global competency framework;
Global assessment and development centres;
Global on line 360;
Leadership evaluation methodology used for development (including the ExCo) and internal/external recruitment.
Competency based interview methodologies;
Ad hoc support for specific top teams;

This was delivered through a small global team of controlled resource and a wider global leadership development community controlled by the OpCos with clear operational, governance and communication principles and procedures, including global conferences, virtual team rooms and involvement in all stages of design and delivery.

2000 to 2002 UK/Global

Part of the Global Learning and Personal Growth Executive within one of the top five global Accountancy firms with specific responsibility for co-ordinating training and development activities for the 54 countries, 112 offices and 29,000 people within Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa (WE/CEEMEIA).

1990 to 2000 UK

Various Management Development and Organisational Development roles within leading UK companies.

London Business School MBA.

1981 to 1990 UK

Vice President Futures and Foreign Exchange for a top US investment bank.

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Nick Holley, Principal Associate Hanover Executive Ltd