Who we are … the people that will animate your organisation

Donnie MacNicol (Director)

Utilising his extensive PM experience in construction and consultancy Donnie leads consultancy, training, facilitation and mentoring assignments. Widely recognised as contributing to the “people side of project management” thinking, he is in much demand as a speaker and writer on PM leadership. 

Specialises in helping organisations improve project performance. Donnie is an experienced consultant, facilitator and trainer. Donnie set up Team Animation in 2005 to focus on the people side of project management, a principle that permeates all work that the company does. 

Donnie is also pleased to chair the Association for Project Management (APM) People Specific Interest Group and contribute as a member of the APM Policy Unit.  He is also an individual member of the Acumen7 professional network.

You will find Donnie on LinkedIn here and you can view his blog here.

Trevor Band (Senior Associate)

After many years leading projects and programmes, Trevor is now a leading exponent of Organisational Project Management. He helps major organisations advance their capability, practices and governance in order to increase competitiveness, client satisfaction and the value of project portfolios.

Brenda Hales (Senior Associate)

Accelerates leadership transitions, performance and capability through her work with individuals, teams and organisations. A well qualified and accredited executive coach with extensive project experience in the IT industry Brenda combines a wide range of organisational, theoretical and practical experience.  Through individual or team coaching, training and facilitating Brenda stimulates deepened awareness and enhanced ways of relating. Now writing and supervising other coaches she is proud to receive feedback describing her as “…sometimes too scarily accurate…”

Sonia Eckhartt (Associate)

In addition to being a fully qualified Executive Coach and HR Professional, Sonia brings to her coaching 18 years extensive experience of the IT industry. Her strength comes from her working knowledge of managing multiple business and operational improvement projects across Europe.  She demonstrates a sensitivity and practical understanding of the unique challenges facing the commercial world today - from a global perspective down to an individual level - enabling her to challenge the perceived limitations, identify hidden possibilities and coach to achieve positive results.

Bob Newman (Associate)

35 years in the IT and electronics industries, in an environment of major projects and complex change programmes, has given Bob a special insight into the key determinants of project success and failure.  Bob has used this experience and insight to create and develop the “Insight” stakeholder review method, which he has deployed with 250 organisations world-wide over the last 9 years.

John Rowley (Associate)

John created a 20-strong team of project management professionals at KPMG before embarking on a craeer as a project and programme management consultant.  John's passion is knowledge sharing, demonstrated through the creation of a 200 member community of practice at KPMG.

Charlotte Dunne (Associate)

As a Chartered Occupational Psychologist, Charlotte brings together people and business needs, and particularly enjoys working with people to deliver change.  After a number of years in the public sector, she is passionate about the  complex relationship of organisational culture and personality style.

Linda Feerick (Associate)

Over her 18 year business career Linda worked for and with lots of people. She became curious as to what made people tick and why businesses seemed to struggle to articulate what great leadership is all about. She realised that coaching helps people understand themselves better and this realisation lead her to set herself up as a business coach to help others find their unique gift.

Mo Stone (Associate)

Mo Stone has worked in the IT industry for over 23 years. Her career started in the software development industry with IBM Global Services and through the 80’s she worked in the software businesses in sales related roles.

Simon Cavicchia (Associate)
The holder of three masters degrees and a lecturer on another three (two are on coaching, the third is on organisational change) you only have to spend five minutes with him to realise how much he brings to developing people through a consultative coaching approach. With experience in many organisations and gravitating towards PM he is now available to work with organisations keen to incorporate coaching into their learning approach.

Geoff Reiss (Associate)

Geoff has focussed throughout his 30 year career on project and programme management.

He is a Fellow of the Association for Project Management and President of ProgM, the Association for Project Management /British Computer Society Specific Interest Group in Programme Management.  He has worked with a wide range of major organisation to improve their ability to deliver programmes and projects successfully including Lloyds of London; NatWest, Standard Chartered, Fortis and Barclays Bank ;a number of local government organisations, British Aerospace; Barco, Panasonic and many others both in UK and elsewhere.

Paul Erricker (Associate)

During an 18-year career as professional Engineer and Project Manager, Paul became fascinated with the human and organisational aspects of running major project-based businesses.  Seizing the opportunity to become an Internal Consultant at a major construction company, Paul developed his talents for leading business improvement through change programmes involving a keen understanding of the “hearts and minds” issues that affect all staff. Paul has a rare bend of high value skills that can drive real improvements in project and business performance.

Gordon MacKellar (Associate)

Gordon is a professionally qualified programme and project leader, with experience of implementing business and operational improvement projects in Europe and the Americas for multi-national organisations. He has led business start-up programmes, demonstrating his ability to lead and inspire dispersed project teams from different cultural backgrounds. He delivers project benefits through his skill in building relationships with project stakeholders, supported by the effective choice and deployment of project methodology, tools and techniques.

Stuart Murray (Researcher)

Stuart has been involved with Team Animation previously as an intern and has joined the team part-time since graduating in 2008.  Stuart studied for an Honours degree in Business Economics and Human Resource Management at Strathclyde University, Glasgow. Stuart is looking to develop his understanding of consulting with a keen interest in the learning and development of people within organisations.