Our Services

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Clarity in complexity. Growth with purpose. Resolution in challenge.

Leadership today demands more than technical skill—it calls for self-awareness, emotional agility, and strategic clarity. Even the most experienced leaders can feel uncertain in fast-changing environments.

At Hawthorn Hill, we combine 30 years of senior leadership with accredited executive coaching to help leaders unlock breakthrough performance—for themselves and their organisations.

Our approach empowers you to:

• Gain clarity in decision-making
   
• Align personal purpose with business goals
   
• Lead with confidence through complexity
   
• Build resilient, high-performing teams
   

Led by Jonathan Gillespie, a qualified Meyler Campbell coach and EMCC member, our coaching is grounded in deep commercial insight and real-world experience.

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Clarity in vision. Growth with precision. Resolution through action.

Hawthorn Hill helps founders turn ambition into execution—advising on strategy, culture, and leadership to build businesses that thrive in uncertainty.

We bring blue-chip experience as CEO, COO, CMO, and CRO to support early-stage leaders in navigating complexity and accelerating growth.

Our advisory model blends hands-on strategy with targeted coaching to help you:

• Build clear, confident go-to-market plans
   
• Make sharper decisions under pressure
   
• Create scalable cultures and resilient teams
   
• Avoid blind spots that hinder growth
   

With Hawthorn Hill, you gain a trusted partner—not just to plan, but to lead through change and deliver measurable results.

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Clarity in conflict. Growth through dialogue. Resolution that lasts.

Disputes drain time, trust, and productivity. At Hawthorn Hill, we help individuals and organisations move forward—quickly, constructively, and with dignity.

Our mediation services are tailored to leadership, workplace, and commercial contexts, offering:

• A confidential, neutral space to surface and resolve issues
   
• Practical outcomes that restore focus and working relationships
   
• An expert facilitator with real-world business and leadership experience
   

Whether navigating internal tensions or high-stakes negotiations, we bring empathy, rigour, and results.

LSM-accredited mediator. CMC standards. Commercially grounded.

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At Hawthorn Hill, we understand the unique pressures faced by leaders in the Lloyd’s and specialty insurance market: underwriting discipline in volatile conditions, the weight of market cycles, cultural integration post-M&A, and the challenge of attracting and retaining next-generation talent.

What sets our coaching apart is a deep appreciation of complexity — from regulatory demands to relationship-driven broking and capital market alignment.

Jonathan Gillespie brings 25+ years of board-level experience across high-pressure, regulated industries and global transformation projects. He’s worked with P&L owners, senior brokers, and strategy leads navigating tough calls, legacy systems, and market evolution. He knows what leadership under scrutiny feels like — and how to build confidence, capability, and clarity at pace.

Whether you're refining your portfolio strategy, stepping into ExCo, or aligning your syndicate culture, Hawthorn Hill provides executive coaching that’s commercial, confidential, and built for leaders in high-stakes roles.

Few industries change as fast — or demand as much resilience — as media and marketing. The shift from analogue to digital, brand to performance, in-house to outsourced, has reshaped what leadership looks like in agencies, platforms, publishers, and client organisations.

Jonathan Gillespie has lived that change — launching YouTube’s monetisation model across Europe, leading M&A strategy at Guardian Media Group, and running global marketing and media transformation initiatives for Google, Omnicom, and Cognizant.

At Hawthorn Hill, our coaching helps CMOs, agency leaders, and client-side innovators lead with clarity in uncertain markets. Whether you’re driving a transformation, rethinking team culture, or preparing for your next leadership move, our coaching blends lived industry experience with world-class practice (Meyler Campbell trained, EMCC aligned).

This isn’t generic leadership development. It’s tailored coaching for commercial storytellers, growth leaders, and industry change-makers.

 Leadership in financial services has never been more demanding. Today’s executives face macroeconomic instability, digital disruption, regulatory change, and increasing expectations from boards, regulators, and clients alike.

Hawthorn Hill delivers coaching tailored for this environment — where decisions carry risk, perception shapes outcomes, and clarity is currency.

Jonathan Gillespie brings experience in enterprise-scale transformation, stakeholder engagement across regulated markets, and leadership of global consulting teams. He’s advised and coached senior leaders managing portfolios worth hundreds of millions — with the discretion, precision, and insight that financial executives require.

Whether you’re in asset management, retail banking, fintech, or professional services, Hawthorn Hill’s coaching combines strategic acuity with leadership depth. We help you see around corners, lead through ambiguity, and accelerate your own development with rigour and trust.