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𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗰𝗼𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗖𝗣 – 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗶𝗱-𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲-𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 

Diane is a senior adviser to private equity portfolio companies.  She helps investors and portcos to deliver robust growth against value creation plans - including via post-merger integration.  She has a sweet spot in Tech-enabled B2B Services including Professional Services in the UK and EMEA.

Her experience includes:

- pre-deal MDD and post-deal operating reviews of portcos - eg for Blackstone, Mercia, Silverfleet, LDC, Rockpool, Foresight
- rapid recovery of post-merger integration and transformation, ahead of an IPO (backed by TPG)
- commercial risk analysis for a PE portco, triggering an exit via secondary buyout (backed by ICG)
- recovery of an off-shore proposition, re-positioning for growth ahead of a merger
- design and global rollout of a post-merger data integration model.

Her skills include P&L management, business strategy, sales, operations, business transformation, and change management – drawing on her experience in startups, scaleups and global business.

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Career Coaching by Diane Blaxland

🚩 How will you know if my Career Coaching is right for you? Five quick signs: 

•	there is a gap emerging between your career and your satisfaction level 
•	addressing the gap is increasingly important to you 
•	there are risks if you do something, and risks if you do nothing 
•	you have some advice, but you want to take a wider, longer term view 
•	talking it through with an experienced executive feels like a good place to start 

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Catalysis Advisory Ltd

𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗘 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗰𝗼 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘀:
🔺 𝗽𝗿𝗲-𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 - 𝗕𝟮𝗕𝟮𝗖 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 (𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲)
🔺 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝗱-𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 - 𝗕𝟮𝗕 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀
🔺 𝗽𝗿𝗲-𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝟮𝗕 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝗕𝟮𝗚𝟮𝗖 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝗕𝟮𝗕𝟮𝗖 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝗕𝟮𝗕𝟮𝗖 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗕𝟮𝗚 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵

Business Advisor

Johnson Controls Inc

$5b EMEA region of $20b Business Services division of $40b Fortune100 listed company

Director Change Management, EMEA

Blaxland Consulting

Advising clients on operational and commercial change.

CPA Global

£100m global Business Services company, backed by Private Equity

Director Strategy

Williams Lea

£20m Division of this £1b global Business Services company, part of DAX30 company DeutschePost

Managing Director 

Clifford Chance LLP

£100m+ M&A practice of this £1bn global Professional Services firm

Head Business Development Operations

Blake Dawson Waldron

A$350m international Professional Services firm (now part of £1b Ashurst LLP)

Business Development, Sales & Marketing management

CEO & Founder Expert Leaders™ | Career Direction & CV Coaching | £1B PSF | $40B Fortune100 | PE scaleups | London Business School

I help professionals step into clarity, confidence, and growth - especially when navigating complex career transitions in challenging or unfamiliar markets.

My clients are technically brilliant, ambitious … and many are internationally experienced. They’re often MBAs, engineers, M&A/finance experts, consultants, lawyers, or technology & data/AI specialists. 

They're ready to step into senior leadership, but something isn’t landing. Their pitch isn’t quite resonating. The growth opportunities they seek feel just out of reach.

That’s where I come in.

With more than 10 years in senior leadership - including as Managing Director responsible for 550 people - I’ve led growth, transformation, and turnaround across organisations from under £10m to over $5Bn. 

I’ve advised private equity investors and portfolio companies on operations, building robust solutions to complex problems. 

And I bring that same level of focus, clarity, and strategic thinking into my coaching practice.

My sweet spot lies in tech-enabled B2B services - including engineering, data/AI, finance, legal, and consulting. 

Highlights of my work include: 

▪️Steering post-merger integration for a $6Bn PE-backed global professional services firm, resolving operational failures, client complaints, and transformation across 15 countries.
▪️Leading the recovery of a £1bn NHS Trust’s lab project post-dispute, bringing together investors, clinicians, scientists, suppliers, and engineers to co-create a viable solution.
▪️Delivering commercial risk analysis that identified a -70% risk to a target exit valuation for a PE-backed £100m B2B services firm, unlocking a £1Bn exit in under three months.
▪️Repositioning a struggling new BPO offshore (India) proposition for profitable growth, delivering 50% savings to the client in a new £3m contract while also tripling profit margins.
▪️Rolling out a post-merger Sales/Marketing/Finance integration model for a £1Bn global professional services firm across 30 offices in 20 countries, deployed to 4,000+ staff.

All of that senior experience now feeds directly into my career coaching.

Many of my clients are mid-career or post-MBA, and sense a need to reframe their narrative, sharpen their presence, and navigate a system that may not easily understand their value. 

We don’t just talk. We rehearse. We edit. We test. We build influence from the inside out.

Whether you're preparing for interview, pitching for promotion, or making a full pivot, I’ll help you to tailor your story, build trust, and move forward with strategic clarity.

🎯 Diane Blaxland

Southern New Hampshire University

Built and leading the best team of product and web analysts in higher education. Leading executives to make data driven decisions through insightful research and analytics that bridge the narratives between internal metrics and external market data. Leader of cross-functional strategic initiatives from systems integrations to AI implementation.

Director, Analytics and Insights - Marketing

Productionalized product and demographic reporting to meet business needs and align with market research data. Functioned as liaison between marketing and data teams to ensure best-in-class reporting transparency for executive business stakeholders.

Senior Market Research and Insights Analyst

Responsible for development, management, and communication of enterprise-level analytics in the areas of Marketing, Admissions, Student Experience (retention and performance), Workforce Partnerships (B2B), and the department of Diversity and Inclusion.

Business Intelligence Analyst

Chodrow Realty Advisors

Since 2014, I provide consultation services to select clients on my free time. 

Led acquisitions research for multi-use lifestyle center projects and multi-unit redevelopment transactions. Performed site-analysis and lease/purchase assessments for retail, hospitality, nonprofit, and office clients. Negotiated and closed multiple lease and purchase transactions.

Commercial Real Estate Consultant

Anthem

Responsible for the Implementation of advanced modeling and reporting for healthcare provider network operations and contracting efforts. Lead investigations into data integrity and process improvement issues.  Provide management and executive teams with clear diagnostic communications and innovative, implementable solutions.

Sr. Network Research Analyst

Beacon Health Options

Responsible for Pharmacy claims and intervention-based projects research design, analytics and reporting. 

Maintained responsibility for MCPAP and special projects data management and operational reporting (see previous role). Supervised and trained reporting and research staff.

Health Policy Analyst II

Responsible for data management and reporting for the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project (MCPAP), MCPAP for Moms, and components of the MA State Innovation Model and Race To The Top Grants.

Trained regional hospital teams in the implementation and standardization of data collection procedures.

Assisted Executive Team in data analysis for articles in Health Affairs, Pediatrics, and CDC grant applications.

Health Policy Analyst

Texas State University

Developed protocol for systematic literature database search strategy and bibliographic data collection procedures, responsible for training and supervision of undergraduate research assistants, led weekly research lab group meetings.

Graduate Researcher

Instructional Assistant for PHIL 1320 Ethics & Society, instructed by Dr. Craig Hanks.
Responsible for 3 weekly discussion sections per semester with approximately 35 students per section. Duties included: leading and mediating lab discussions, lecturing on supplemental material, grading student papers and exams, grade book administration and recordkeeping.

Graduate Instructional Assistant

Seton Healthcare Network

Graduate Health Psychology Internship (January, 2010 - May 2010) 
Volunteer Research Assistant (December, 2009 – December 2010)		
Investigated the impact of enrollment in the High Alert Program (HAP) on healthcare service utilization patterns and perceptions of access and availability among non-treatment drug-seeking patients presenting to regional emergency departments.
Conducted literature reviews, presented findings to the research team, and proposed the dual-focus design of the current HAP research project.
Researched relevant measures and developed surveys to for use in assessment of patient perceptions of healthcare service access and availability.

Volunteer Research Assistant and Graduate Internship

National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline

Founding volunteer advocate for the National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline, provided crisis intervention and educational outreach services via phone and online chat.

Helpline Advocate

The University of Texas at Austin

Undergraduate Research Assistant – Data Collection (January 2007- May 2007).
Telephone screening and scheduling of participants using e-MINI structured interview. Participant data collection procedures, including; participant intake and introduction to the research, questionnaire administration, eye-tracking data collection with Allied Science Eye-Tracker 2000, saliva collection for genetic markers, questionnaire coding and checking.


Undergraduate Research Assistant – Literature Review (August 2006 – December 2006)
Conducted literature review on empirical research to-date on group-and individual-based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy treatments for Unipolar Depression. 

Undergraduate Research Assistant – Undergraduate Research Project (January 2006 – May 2006)
Assisted in laboratory preparation and data collection in a study investigating the facial recognition abilities of children with Autism.

Undergraduate Research Assistant (multiple projects)

Camp Skylemar

Summer Camp Counselor, Counselor Liaison, Lifeguard and Ropes Course Instructor. 

Spent some of the greatest summers of my life working with and mentoring children and teenagers. Provided coaching in a variety of sports and activities. Supervised trips, hikes, excursions, and on-camp events.

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