All about us
The founder of the business, Andrew Milbourn, first came across the term "Kiss the Fish" online, as a quote from an American swimming coach. "When in doubt, Kiss the Fish" is the phrase used to enable the young swimming students in his charge to overcome their fear of being bitten by "sea monsters" (fish) when getting into the lake.
"Kiss the Fish" is a metaphor for enabling change and confronting the blocks to growth. We will enable you to "Get in the pool" and proactively continue your journey to success.
Kiss the Fish is made up of very experienced staff, all of whom have a track record that speaks for itself. We aren't all the same because we don't all do the same job. Our skills, experience and expertise blend together to provide options for each problem that we encounter on behalf of our customers.
There is no risk to working with KTF. We are concerend with your ROI and if we can't see a way to pay for the work we will say so.
Contact us now to explore how we might help you.
Our Team
Andrew Milbourn
Andrew set up Kiss the Fish in late 2007 and is responsible for developing the business that it is today. > Read full bio
Mark Sullivan
Mark is our specialist sales coach and profiling expert. Mark started out as an actor and moved on to become
Pitney Bowes' top sales person.
He has since worked successfully in Media, retail, import and export and the insurance business.
Mark is a fully-qualified personal coach and counsellor and is qualified to oversee and run products from
Personal Strengths Publishing ltd and Thomas International Ltd.
Keely Nugent
Author of the book "Change, bring it on! A simple workable framework for leading and managing successful business transformation.",
Keely is a strategic thinker and communicator who specialises in business change.
Helping CEOs, boards and management teams to gain clarity around vision, proposition and market positioning.
She provides executive team alignment, stakeholder engagement a clear plan of action.
Keely is also a qualified coach and facilitator who has worked with organisations as diverse as the BBC, HSBC, BUPA, Vodafone and Aon.
Austin Ambrose
Austin runs the conferences and client services team.
He worked in the IT industry developing software and IT solutions for many years, and is still involved in his partnership at Integrate Software.
Austin's straightforward approach to business ensures he achieves what he sets out to do. He is an excellent negotiator,
always seeking the best value for money on the clientÕs behalf, without compromising on service delivery.
It is Austin's responsibility to be on the look out for new and innovative ideas that can help us create unique events that are in a class of their own.
Client testimonial
Marc Mendoza, CEO,“Andrew and his team have had a significant positive impact on the business since we started working with Kiss the Fish. He has helped our senior team engage clients in new services and given us insight into how best to future proof the business in a fast moving environment. The team here all respect his perspective as independent yet sufficiently knowledgeable of us to be trusted implicitly. ”
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