Our People
At Global Edge, we have an experienced team of consultants, facilitators and coaches, all well versed in a raft of tools and techniques and each with their own unique talent, style and specialisms. We bring together a richness of experiences, backgrounds, research and creativity from people who are professional coaches, actors, neuroscientists, psychologists, facilitators, trainers and designers.
We do, however, have one thing in common – we all have a passion and focus on performance conversations. Not only do we all have significant learning and development experience, we also have backgrounds in industry and firsthand experience of managing people’s performance. Very simply we are not just trainers we are performance management practitioners.
For our in-house programmes, we carefully select individuals with the ideal mix of experience, knowledge and skills to design and deliver requirements to the highest possible standard. We always take into account the style and approach of each facilitator, ensuring they are a good fit with the culture of the organisation in question, the style of intervention and the mix of participants.
Our international network of partners are based in 5 major hubs around the world and work tirelessly to maintain the same high, consistent quality of delivery wherever you may attend the programme and in whatever language.
Our Core Team
Jeff Benveniste, Managing Partner
As founder of Global Edge, Jeff leads the strategic direction of our business and manages many of our client relationships and accounts. With a sought-after reputation as a facilitator, Jeff also manages our delivery team for The Outstanding Performance Manager Programme. Read More
Steve Leslie, Creative Director
Steve and his team of drama-based learning specialists provide the creative input and support for both our open and in-house programmes at Global Edge. Read More
Jo Baker, Coaching Director
Jo leads the design and delivery of the coaching elements to all our programmes at Global Edge. A highly successful coach and facilitator with a background in psychology, Jo drives our supportive, engaging approach to help groups and individuals improve performance. Read More
Mike Grant, Managing Consultant
Mike is a Managing Consultant at Global Edge and a lead facilitator on our Outstanding Performance Manager Programme. Mike works with many of our more senior groups, enabling those at Senior and Board level to increase their effectiveness in having performance conversations and develop the cognitive strategies that help them become more resilient leaders. Read More
Trevor Penton, Managing Consultant
Trevor is a Managing Consultant at Global Edge and a lead facilitator on our Outstanding Performance Manager Programme. He combines his past career as an actor with his 12 years experience as a communication skills coach, to help people transform the quality and impact of performance conversations. Read More
Phil Dobson, Brain Expert
Phil is a qualified hynotherapist and works with Global Edge to integrate the latest research and insights about the brain into helping people having more effective performance conversations. Read More
Andy Beaumont, Delivery Consultant
Andy is a delivery consultant at Global Edge leading the facilitation of many of our in-house programmes. Andy has over 20 years’ experience as a trainer, coach and facilitator and is dedicated to delivering tangible results. Read More
Mark Slaski, Chartered Psychologist
Mark is our Chartered Organisational Psychologist at Global Edge, with over 16 years’ experience studying and applying the concepts of human psychology and emotional intelligence at work. His approach is both highly insightful and extremely practical. Read More
Mandy Saffer, Client Relationship Manager
Mandy Saffer is responsible for maintaining and nurturing the relationships between Global Edge and it’s clients both existing and prospective. Read More