Born Leaders

Anthony Brook

Founder and CEO of Challenging Leaders, Anthony was a member of a CEO peer group for 9 years until 2007 and found it to be the source of the most practical & supportive help he could have imagined during that time.

For many years Anthony was the owner of Chickway Systems Ltd, which manufactured and supplied dynamic, overhead weighing systems to po…

Jon Hammond

Our first expert speaker, Jon is typical of the calibre we will have on our panel. His background and the level at which he typically works is aligned totally with our member profile.

Jon is one of the UK’s most experienced Presentation, Media and Communication Coaches with a who’s who of business leaders and leading companies amongs…

Peter Cruikshanks

Peter Cruikshanks is our first group Chair for Born Leaders…..

Peter is a specialist in business change and improvement. He was heavily involved in the substantial change programme that Yorkshire Water underwent in the last decade and went on to run two trading operations within the Kelda group, each one turning over between ?2m and ?3m. H…

Alan Thompson

Alan is our Business Partner for West Yorkshire.

A qualified marketer, he worked in business development and advisory roles with Financiers and Professional Practices including PwC and Grant Thornton before setting up his own consultancy company in 2003.

Since that time he has worked with businesses across various sectors including professional s…