Our People

Meet the team who make up Wakeman & Wright Group.

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Graham Wakeman

Founding Partner

Graham is a trusted advisor and executive leadership strategist, partnering with CEOs, founders, entrepreneurs, and influential senior leaders to enable them to thrive and excel in leadership and life. His warmth, genuine care for people, and exceptional relational skills underpin his wisdom, coaching and strategic guidance.

Drawing on 25+ years of hands-on leadership experience gained from leading highly successful organisations across both the corporate and in the church and non-profit worlds, Graham offers unparalleled insight into the unique pressures, complex challenges and  opportunities at the highest level of leadership. He serves as a strategic advisor, keynote speaker, confidential coach and mentor, helping leaders not only identify solutions but also personally experience the transformation they seek.

Graham's passion is to see leaders, their team and their organisations thrive and excel in leadership and life. His focus is upon guiding executives and their teams to discover their true identity and purpose, leading to profound growth across all areas of their lives. By enabling leaders to master team communication and nurture strong relationships, they cultivate vibrant organisational cultures where high performance and deep fulfilment consistently drive exceptional outcomes.

Outside of work, Graham loves spending time with his wife and three daughters, pursuing his passions for sport, exploring the great outdoors, and enjoying great food. He is passionate about community transformation and is involved at both Board and grassroots levels with a number of not-for-profits.


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Stu Wright

Founding Partner

Stu is a passionate and people-focused leader with over 30 years of leadership experience across a wide range of organisations, including those in diverse, multicultural environments.

He began his professional journey as an Electronic Engineer before following a deep vocational calling to become a Priest in the Church of England. There, he led churches, mentored leaders, and guided  communities with compassion and purpose. Stu is constantly delighted that he has the joy each week of coming alongside phenomenal CEOs and Executive teams to help them thrive, excel and achieve more than they thought was possible.

Working with influential leaders at key moments of transition, offering Executive Coaching and Executive Team Performance Consulting to unlock individual purpose and elevate team effectiveness. His approach helps leaders gain clarity, build trust, and lead with confidence — turning their vision into action. Specialising in team synergy, Stu helps navigate conflict, surface blind spots, and cultivate healthy, high-performing cultures where people thrive and organisations succeed.

He is also the founder of META Youth Leadership, a charity dedicated to empowering young people to discover their leadership potential, build confidence, and make a positive difference in the world.

Stu is married with two children and finds joy in his faith, in nature, hiking, and watching a good adventure movie.


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Roz Hobley

Senior Consultant

Roz has a deep passion for unlocking  potential and helping people become the best versions of themselves. She works as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and their teams in commercial and not for profit sectors, equipping them to reach new levels of team health and performance.

With 20 years experience working in cross cultural leadership with some of the world’s most influential leaders, Roz is adept at collaborating and building lasting trust and influence. She is valued for her unwavering support, infectious energy and skilful challenge to help leaders step into their innate strengths and overcome their biggest challenges.

Roz loves to travel and has lived and worked in Europe, South America and parts of Africa. She’s an extrovert and her hobbies  revolve around being with people! Roz was National Coaching Executive Coach Award Finalist in 2024.


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Lydia Jourdain

Senior Consultant

Lydia is driven by a deep commitment to people and to enabling individuals and organisations to realise their full potential. With a background in education, she is an accomplished communicator and facilitator, combining clarity and presence with a highly attuned listening style that allows her to identify effective strategies for sustainable development, progress and change.

As a Senior Consultant at Wakeman and Wright Group, Lydia works with senior leaders and leadership teams across a broad range of industries. Her experience includes coaching the senior leadership team of a top-tier pharmaceutical organisation, as well as influential leaders within the Ministry of Justice, the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury. She has a proven track record of strengthening leadership capability and building high-performing, aligned teams.

Lydia specialises in creating healthy organisational cultures that enhance communication, trust and productivity. She is known for bringing about significant and lasting change by equipping leaders and teams with practical tools that shift behaviour, improve decision-making and alter long-term trajectories. Alongside her strategic insight, Lydia brings warmth, credibility and a strong personal connection to every engagement.


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Simon Kirby

Senior Consultant

With over 35 years of leadership experience in the UK and internationally Simon Kirby is an expert in the art of building healthy, high-performing teams. Having led and consulted across multiple sectors, he brings a sophisticated, cross-cultural perspective to the complexities of organisational health.

Simon serves as a trusted advisor to CEOs and a strategic facilitator for executive leadership teams. He is able to facilitate challenging discussions between senior leaders, navigating difficult dynamics to foster alignment and unity at the highest levels. His track record of scaling healthy organisations is built on combining psychological insight with actionable strategy.

Beyond his consultancy work, Simon has spoken regularly at leadership conferences across the UK and overseas. 


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Dr Jules Morgan

Senior Consultant

Jules is passionate about developing healthy leaders and teams and is committed to walking alongside leaders when they need a trusted advisor, strategist and coach. Her heart is to see leaders flourish — however experienced or new in role — and to intentionally model and multiply healthy leadership.

Drawing from 25+ years of senior management and executive leadership experience across scientific, non-profit and charity  sectors, Jules now works as a Senior Consultant at Wakeman and Wright Group, serving a variety of clients. She keeps her consultancy sharp, occupying fractional charity managing director roles as well as being on the Board of several non profits. Jules’ early career as a postdoctoral neuroscientist, and expertise as a qualified people professional means she brings a variety of lenses to her consultancy when she partners with founders, CEOs, CPOs and C-Suite leaders to enable them to achieve success and remain healthy for the long-haul.

Jules lives in West London and enjoys making the most of city and London suburb life with her husband and two older teens. She draws on her Christian faith to sustain her and finds joy from her faith, family, friends and doing work she thrives on.  


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Mike Norris

Senior Consultant

Mike practised as a corporate finance lawyer for Clifford Chance before being ordained. He now works as an elite performance consultant specialising in leadership and communication. With over 30 years of leadership experience under his belt, Mike has a deep understanding of the opportunities and challenges of leading, along with the principles and strategies to ensure growth. He also helps boards and senior teams to communicate brilliantly and has expertise in helping them to prepare compelling  management presentations when raising funds or exiting businesses or running AGMs or AIMs. He is also accredited by the Resolution Institute as a mediator and conflict coach.

When he's not working, you'll probably find him cycling, swimming or reading anything good.


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