Alison Coulter
Adviser & Organisation Health Specialist
Alison is a freelance facilitator and coach has more than 20 years experience of working with leaders and leadership teams. She was a founder Director of Thrive Worldwide in 2017 and since 2021 has worked as an associate for Thrive, providing coaching and facilitation for senior leaders. She has a background in the National Health Service (NHS): having started life as a geography graduate, she trained as a physio before becoming a manager in the NHS and a public health specialist. She has an MSc in Public Health and is a member of the Faculty of Public Health. She is a qualified coach with a Certificate of Professional Coaching from Henley Business School.
As a coach and facilitator, her clients have included Boards, Senior Leadership Teams and NHS clinical leaders and teams. From 2007 to 2017, she was a Founder Director of Artesian; a leadership development consultancy, working with a wide variety of organisations, including a global consulting firm, a large manufacturing company,
many NHS organisations, The King’s Fund, and several Not for Profit Boards and Executive Teams. From 2021 to 2023 she was Programme Director for Organisation Development for Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Integrated Care Board.
Alison enjoys working as a Trustee Board member: she is elected Vice Chair of the House of Laity for the Church of England and is a member of the Archbishops’ Council and the Church of England Investment Board. She chairs the Board of Just Love, a student charity promoting social justice.
She is married with four young adult children and four grandchildren. She lives in Winchester and enjoys walking her dog by the river and singing in a small chamber choir.
Alison is based in the UK.
