Facilitators and Company Directors

Soozi Parker - Head Facilitator

Soozi has over 17 years' experience of helping managers at all levels develop their skills, capability and confidence in the work place.  She has delivered training across many business sectors, in both Europe, USA and Asia.  She has a unique combination of management training, coaching and personal development experience.  She specialises in combining traditional classroom training with the power of outdoor development, linking theory and practical in a fun and memorable way.

Her knowledge and experience are enhanced by previously having run her own successful businesses.  Her first business was involved in the management of corporate fitness facilities, corporate wellness consultancy and team-building events. Soozi then joined PA Consulting at their management training centre and later Paradigm Consulting where she was responsible for designing and running programmes both in Asia and the UK.  During this time she took qualifications in NLP, Stress Management Counselling and became a MBTI practitioner.  In 2005 she set up New Hat Thinking Ltd specialising in enhancing individual and team performance.

Soozi is experienced in designing and delivering residential training programmes as well as fun and memorable team building events.  Her style of working is very much one of shared joint discovery and she frequently utilises the benefits of experiential working and team challenges to enhance and cement the learning.  She thrives on enabling people to realise their potential.

Her clients include: Halma Plc, Allen & Overy LLP, Deutsche Bank, The N.E.C Group, The Foreign Office, St Michaels School,BrightonUniversity, The University for Creative Arts, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation and St Ives (publishing), Kent County Council, Geberit UK Ltd and Department For International Development. Visit www.newhatthinking.co.uk for more information. 

Oliver Knight - Managing Director

Until August 2011 Oli was vice principal at Ark Academy in Brent. He joined Ark Academy a year before it opened and alongside the Principal, led the school to it's 'outstanding' Ofsted inspection in November 2010. Oli's focus on delivering real value and measurable outcomes through outdoor courses results in a highly trained work force of instructors who are able to deliver training courses that are high impact and produce real results for the client. All instructors are trained to adapt their delivery to the Learning Objectives defined in pre-event preparation and to ensure that participants reflect on their performance and achievements throughout the event - this is vital to ensure that the work carried out by facilitators is evident at all stages of training.

Kevin Godlington - Director

Kevin grew up in Lancashire, in various children's homes and in state care. After a spell on the streets committing juvenile crime as a teenager, as result of abandonment and child abuse, he joined the army with no qualifications at 16. Kevin left the regular and reserve army in 2003 having served on operations all over the world including service with United Kingdom Special Forces.

Since leaving the army Kevin has founded a series of business's and charities. Founder and CEO of an African development company specializing in former conflict nations, he leads investment teams in setting up large scale agricultural, resource and extractive business's, managing assets of over $200M in five different countries across Africa.

An active ambassador and patron for service and veterans charities, including Heropreneurs, Tickets for Troops and Combat Stress, Kevin has raised over £2.4 million in the last 5 years. Kevin has also pioneered new development courses for disaffected youth and young people (NEETS) who have underprivileged backgrounds through his company Treejumpers and theTreejumpersAcademyand is currently assisting the Governments Big Society initiatives in this regard.

In 2010 Kevin set up the Godlington Foundation, a charity that operates orphanages in Sierra Leone and funds veterans initiatives in the UK including a private equity fund designed to invest in returning veterans and their entrepreneurial ideas, providing mentoring and capital, under the direction of the Heropreneurs team of which Kevin is a director. In his spare time Kevin develops media projects, writes and travels. He lives inKentwith his wife and three children.

Peter Bull - Director

Peter Bull grew up on a council estate in London, starting his working life at a young age when he accompanied his dad to work at his building company. At 15, Peter started a 5 year Electrician Apprenticeship and soon showed his management skills, often being asked to lead teams. He began to work on his own private jobs and was able to buy his first house in his early 20's. At 26, Peter bought a holiday home at a caravan park and soon saw that the industry offered him a potential change in business direction.

His evolving career has since seen him acquire, manage and build a solid team of employees across a large number of caravan sites and leisure attractions in the UK.