Professional background and experience:

Kevin is an independent professional mediator accredited with Conflict Dynamics and Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR). He has conducted over fifty mediation and conflict coaching cases, addressing a wide range of disputes in the workplace, civil and commercial sectors, as well as neighbourhood and community settings. Kevin’s background includes leading and managing organisations and teams in the UK and East Africa. His career began over two decades ago in banking with the Lloyds Banking Group, followed by roles in the local authority sector in London and Oxford. He later transitioned to international consultancy and development, most recently working in Nairobi, Kenya. Kevin holds an MBA from Imperial College and an MSc from the London School of Economics and splits his time between London, Oxford, Kenya, and South Africa.

Mediation experience and style:

A Conflict Dynamics and CEDR-accredited mediator, Kevin has mediated for diverse parties, including private individuals, local businesses, schools, charities, universities, and local authorities. His mediation style is thoughtful, and respectful, and places a strong emphasis on discretion and impartiality. He prepares thoroughly for each mediation, explaining the process in detail to his clients, and adopts a calm, conversational approach during sessions. Kevin prioritises giving all parties ample time and space to speak, listen, reflect, and think through shared information, facilitating the parties in reaching their own sustainable, equitable resolutions through a non-imposing approach. 

Coaching experience and style:

Kevin serves as a Trustee for Mediation Buckinghamshire and frequently mediates and provides conflict coaching for community and neighbourhood disputes. In 2024 alone, he has completed approximately 40 conflict coaching cases. Additionally, he is a Trustee and volunteer facilitator with the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) - Britain, delivering weekly workshops to 8-12 individuals connected with the UK criminal and civil justice system. In 2024, he has completed five workshop programs, totalling 25 weeks of workshops.

Comments from clients:

“In a time of professional discord, Kevin has been a beacon of calm and good sense. His adept mediation enabled me, a senior leader with 25 years of management experience in UK Higher Education, to navigate a complex and difficult professional dynamic. Kevin worked with me and a member of my leadership team with grace and professionalism, bringing us together to have difficult but productive conversations. He practised with professional discretion and great sensitivity. I trust him absolutely. His guidance led to a harmonious resolution that met the professional and personal needs of all parties.”

“Kevin has completed several workplace mediations for Oxford Brookes so far this year, and the feedback from parties is consistently good. In each case, Kevin has helped parties move their situation along towards resolution and helped them improve their working relationship.”  

“Kevin put a huge amount of work into making certain that he understood all the issues involved and explaining the mediation process before we even began the mediation. This meant that we could focus on working towards resolving our problem. It also helped our panel to trust him.”

“I would like to thank Kevin for the way that he defused the situation when we both lost our tempers. I thought that we were going to fail because of this but he managed to calm us down and redirected us to look at the issues constructively.”

“I had not really expected us to reach a settlement. Thank you for the huge effort that you put into helping us to get there Kevin. Initially, I was worried that you would impose a settlement on us, but I never felt that during the process. Rather, I found your saying that it was ‘our dispute’, and the ‘settlement would be ours’, to be true. Thank you for your helpful nature in facilitating us to reach our settlement ourselves.”