
A Genius Coach
About A Genius Coach
If you would like to book a coaching session, but would rather the Genius Within team select a qualified coach for you, just select this option and we will ensure that we provide the best matched coach to meet your needs.

Christoffer DeGraal
About Christoffer
Christoffer has built his career in helping people from all walks of life discover, understand and implement best practice changes. He is a coach, facilitator and musician with over 20 years experience in both personal development and group coaching, with qualifications in relational dynamics coaching.
Christoffer has experience in banking, professional services, defence, education, NHS and homelessness. Christoffer has lived experience of neurodivergence, managing long covid and supporting those seeking to destigmatise mental health. Christoffer has long been a proponent of the social model of disability, from his days creating art projects as a form of inclusive activism, touring Europe and South America. Christoffer uses creative tools to facilitate coaching conversations, as well as technology.

David Rendle
About David
David is a qualified executive coach, and he had a long career in secondary teaching and subsequently in teacher training and school improvement.
David has coached with Genius Within for three years. He has his own coaching business and has coached teachers and other professionals, and he delivers academic coaching to younger students.
David has had a long experience of supporting neurodivergent students through his teaching and he has enhanced these skills and awareness through his coach training and subsequent CPD. His approach is caring and empathetic and he aims to provide his clients with a balance of support and challenge.

Dr. Jane Freeman-Hunt
About Dr. Jane
Jane’s passion is to help people achieve their full potential. This combined with her real-life and academic knowledge along with shared experience meld together to form a cohesive offering which benefits all her clients.
Her credibility is borne from my career experience and knowledge. She hasn’t always coached. She spent many years in the IT industry working her way up from IT support to Director positions. Her recent academic knowledge has combined this career knowledge with a psychology degree, and coaching qualifications culminating in a doctorate researching the coaching of IT professionals. She also has 1000s of hours of coaching experience, much of which is working with neurodiverse clients.

Gilda Westermann
About Gilda
Gilda has an intensive coaching background and has worked with Genius Within for many years. In her private practice, she supports clients with Dyslexia, Dyscalculia and attention challenges to overcome their issues and unfold their talents. She brings together a wide range of coaching and mentoring skills, with mindfulness practice and experience.

Malcolm Tydie
About Malcolm
Malcolm is a successful management professional and a qualified business coach. He enjoys the challenge and satisfaction of personal development through structured coaching and mentoring programmes. This focused approach allows his clients to develop their skills in specific areas. As a preference, he uses experiential learning techniques to maximum effect and believes that all development programmes must be quantified through evaluation of the return on investment.

Robin Macdonald
B.Sc. (Hons) Science and Management
About Robin
With a background in management in fast paced international businesses, Robin is a Performance and Leadership Coach with global accreditation from the European Mentoring and Coaching Council.
He has a warm, versatile, yet focussed coaching style, where he adapts his approach to suit you and your circumstances.
Robin has a passion for getting the best out of people, helping them succeed and will naturally facilitate your thoughts.
No matter your situation, job or career, you will feel appreciated and supported as you create an environment to move forward, achieve your goals and embrace your future.