Meet The Team

Sheela is the Founder & CEO of Opsion, a consultancy providing interim or part-time COO resource to CEOs of high-growth SMEs. She has over 15 years of experience working in the financial services industry, including as a COO for major investment banks in the City of London. She graduated in 2004 with a D.Phil. in Clinical Medicine from Worcester College, Oxford.

David is a business communications specialist with over 25 years’ experience of the media, gained from a career in journalism, media relations, PR, marketing, social media training, and digital consultancy.

After travelling and living abroad, Alex worked in social care for a number of years before joining the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea within the then Economic Development Department.

Fran Minogue is the Managing Partner of Clarity, an international executive search firm specialising in the retail, consumer, leisure, and hospitality sectors.

Following an initial 20+ years career as a practicing solicitor in the London market, Simon then embarked on an entrepreneurial path, creating two successful businesses in the legal market, taking them both from initial concept, through start-up and into sustainable growth.

Carole lives at the intersection of hugs (hug is an acronym for hearing, understanding, giving back value), words and storytelling. Otherwise known as “The Sparkle Navigator”, Carole is an idea catalyst and marketing strategist with 20+ years of experience in marketing and event management, She holds two degrees in Marketing. 

Helen is a qualified chartered accountant who has spent the last 25 years working as a Finance Director in both the commercial and not-for-profit sectors.

Kumar has worked in Information Technology for going on 17 years now. He is working as a Solutions Architect with one of the big fours in London, UK and has extensive hands-on leadership experience working with many organisations across diverse sectors

Stephen Hoier is an economic development and transport planning consultant. He led the London Channel Tunnel Group team which successfully campaigned to re-route the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (now HS1) through Stratford as a catalyst to the regeneration of East London.

Maria has 20 years’ experience as a General Business Advisor. She has helped over 3,000 pre-start and existing businesses. Her areas of expertise are in the creative sector.

Marianna comes from sunny Athens, in Greece, and she has a passion, experience and background on digital marketing. She has worked for the largest Digital Advertising agencies in Greece for both global and local clients as well as on the client-side gained experience in branding and product development.

Sandra started as a volunteer and joined the PBC team as a Receptionist shortly after. She has experience in admin, retail and catering but after having children stayed at home for few years.

Olivia graduated from University of Chichester in May 2020; she studied event management and worked closely with the University to plan and host events such as the end-of-the-year Summer Ball, award ceremonies, and open evenings for prospective students.

Stephanie has been living in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea her entire life and she loves the area. She attended a school in Essex where she completed her A levels in Geography, Politics, and Business. Stephanie graduated from Oxford Brookes University with a degree in Business and Management.

Having gained vast experience over a long and successful banking career working with SMEs, Stuart has now established his own consultancy. His main focus is on assisting businesses with their debt requirements including invoice finance and factoring, in addition to private individuals who seek wealth management advice.