Sarah was part of the director team that created Chimp Management with Professor Steve Peters (author of The Chimp Paradox) in 2013, and helped to shape the vision of the company. Chimp Management is a mind management consultancy that helps people to achieve their personal and professional goals. Sarah was the director of sport and managed a team of psychologists working in Olympic and professional sport to help athletes perform under pressure at the highest levels.  She was supervised by Steve and gained understanding of how the mind works from a neuroscientific perspective.

Sarah got the opportunity to work with the GB Taekwondo team in 2009, and still works with them today. She was the team psychologist at both the London and Rio Olympic Games, where GB Taekwondo exceeded its ambitious medal targets. As part of the management team, Sarah helped create a culture for athletes to perform and thrive at the highest level; this included coaching Jade Jones to win gold in successive Olympic finals, helping to recruit a new high performance coach, and delivering a mental health and wellbeing project for staff and athletes.

Sarah has worked with a range of sports including British Swimming, GB Canoeing, GB Archery GB, UK Athletics, GB Triathlon and Formula 3 motor racing, and has worked with individual athletes including European Tour golfers, a world champion 800m runner and a Commonwealth Games gold medal-winning mountain biker. Outcomes reported include a better ability for athletes to perform consistently at a higher level and to have more enjoyment of their sports, which allowed them to carry on for longer.

Sarah also applies psychological principles to the business world. Before she worked in sport she managed a team of business psychologists to help organisations tackle issues such as recruiting and retaining the right people, building high performing teams and developing future leaders. She designed bespoke solutions and tracked the progress of the interventions to show the positive impact. Having previously completed the PriceWaterhouseCoopers graduate scheme and tax accounting exams, she has an insight into the challenges faced in the corporate world. She works with organisations such as Baillie Gifford, Simplify digital, AQA, Police Service Northern Ireland, Greater Manchester Fire Service, NHS, SD Worx,  Linde, Cofatec and Plusnet.

Sarah has an interest in all aspects of mental health and wellbeing, which led her take on a volunteer role at First Steps Derby (a charity that helps people to recover from eating disorders) and work with 65 Degrees North (a charity that helps servicemen and servicewomen recover from injuries through challenge).

Julie is currently studying for a PhD in sleep, looking specifically at how to use sleep hygiene, the daily habits done before and into bedtime, to improve both sleep quality and duration. 

Julie is the lead author of "The Wellness Handbook", a book aiming to provide simple daily lifestyle tips to enhance life quality, health and wellness.

Edward graduated from Middlesex University with an MSc in Strength and Conditioning in 2010 and went on to work for Performance Hertfordshire followed by the English Institute of Sport where he led first the GB Wheelchair Rugby and later the England Netball programmes. Between 2017-2020 he managed a neurorehabilitation centre specialising in spinal injuries.

Phil has a BSc in sports science, a Masters in Strength & conditioning that focused on power development and a further Masters by research looking at neuromuscular and muscle damage responses to international rugby sevens.

Previously he has worked with an array of athletes including swimmers, tennis players & surfers ranging from national to international levels.

Ben’s primary role has been to deliver the most effective musculoskeletal care to the athletes and patients that he works with and has had to develop a broad consideration of potential therapy options that may assist a patient’s recovery and get them back on their feet as efficiently as possible. 

To enhance his clinical reasoning, Ben sought to gather an extensive portfolio of postgraduate qualifications, achieving masters level certificates in strength & conditioning, applied clinical anatomy, injection therapy and independent prescribing of medicines, whilst training under Olympic sports physicians.

Summary of experience:

• Head Physiotherapist Castleford Tigers RLFC

• First Team Physiotherapist Leeds Rhinos RLFC

• Lead Youth Physiotherapist England Rugby League

• Head Physiotherapist Jamaica Rugby League

• Head of Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Huddersfield Giants RLFC

• Traveling Physiotherapist with Dirty Dancing On Stage

• Lead Physiotherapist GB Taekwondo (Current)