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BIOGRAPHIES
 JANICE
BARNETT
First and foremost Janice is an
Arsenal supporter but would still describe herself as an
‘International Football Enthusiast’. She was first taken to
Highbury by her father thirty years ago. Living in Dubai hasn’t
dampened her enthusiasm and she still retains her season ticket
(now for the Emirates Stadium) although more often than not
these days she has to make do with watching from afar. Her most
treasured moment is standing at Anfield with her sister watching
the double winning match. A triumph of self-belief over the odds
if ever there was one. Janice has been fortunate as most of her
supporting years have been successful ones in Arsenals history.
However, there have been football lows – Janice had her arm
broken whilst playing 6 a-side football for her office team. But
to prove every cloud has a silver lining, this happened two days
before the 1990 World Cup kicked off ensuring four weeks of
uninterrupted football viewing.
Professionally Janice
works within law enforcement (so don’t mess with this one!)
where she designs and delivers training and development
programmes. In addition she is a qualified coach working with a
diverse client base. You can find out more about this by
visiting
www.pathfinderscoaching.net ‘They thought it was all over-
they were right!!’ unites her passions for football and coaching
with her new found joy, collaborative writing. Whatever spare
time she has she devotes to skiing (yes, Dubai has an indoor ski
slope with real snow!), reading, belly dancing and drinking
coffee.
 GED
PALMER
Ged Palmer is from Wallasey, Cheshire, is a Liverpool football
supporter and has been passionate about the game for as long as
he can remember. His earliest football memories are of watching
the 1966 World Cup on black and white TV (yes, he’s older than
he looks!) while sticking pix of the England team into his
‘World Cup Willy’ scrap-book (unfortunate tournament mascot
name!). He was beside himself with rage to discover that the
World Cup wasn’t on telly every week and has been searching for
answers ever since.
Ged is a
Psychologist, Coach and Human Resources development specialist
who has spent the major part of his career in the Energy
Industry. He has been closely involved in team-building and
leadership training for the major multinationals, BP and Total,
helping to build effective multi-skilled and high performance
offshore teams in the UK North Sea oil & gas sector. He believes
passionately in people power, that people hold the key to
success in their hands and given the right motivational
environment can unlock their true potential with amazing
results. He currently works as a training and development
consultant in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
 JO
SIMPSON
Jo’s interest in football began
at a very early age. Growing up on the Nottingham side of the
Derby / Nottingham border with a Dad and Brother who were ardent
Derby County football fans, Jo decided to rebel against the
‘norm’ and be loyal to her place of birth and become a true red
and avid follower of Nottingham Forest – much to the shock of
her Dad, who then found himself crossing the great divide and
spending alternate weeks between The City Ground (‘in disguise’)
and The Baseball Ground
An inspirational Coach, Trainer and Speaker, Jo is the Director
of her own Coaching and Mentoring Company, based in Dubai. Jo
has over 20 year’s corporate experience, and a proven track
record in managing training teams, facilitating, designing and
developing education programmes in Europe, US, UAE and Asia
Pacific.
Jo’s personal philosophy, that an organisation is as good as the
sum of its individuals, each of whom need focused attention to
enable them to grow and improve corporate performance, lead her
to focus on Coaching. She now delivers Coaching within
organisations, to enable individuals at all levels to overcome
obstacles and raise their own awareness of their capabilities to
achieve their goals.
Jo can be contacted at
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