Eureka Team
All the Eureka Team are people who have backgrounds in business and enterprise. As such we are well placed to bring that expertise and experience into the classroom. We believe this is important and it's where teachers value the additional input to their own core skills and abilities. The Eureka team are also people with a real affinity for, and understanding of the education environment. All of us are parents, and most have been working with the education sector for many years. All our team are CRB checked.
We have a wide team based all around the county; what we seek to give you here is a feel for some of the key players:
Patricia Seabright - Director
Patricia spent the early years of her working life in a successful career in sales and management within the consumer goods industry, working for household names such as Procter & Gamble, Gillette and Coca-Cola. She rose from a management trainee to senior management. Her experience included roles such as operational management, team and organisational management.
She went on to develop her passion for people and her consulting business now works with individuals and organisations to help them become more effective, particularly around their interactions with others (communication, influence, selling and presentation).
She has been a consultant to global companies such as Norwich Union, Playtex, Revlon and Nvidia, designing and delivering major development programmes.
As a mother of two, she feels strongly that our young people will need to be both academically well-qualified but also creative and entrepreneurial to thrive in the 21st century. She believes that Eureka has a role to play in helping achieve that.
She has delivered Eureka programmes for Primary and Secondary schools as well as councils working with NEET young people, so has a good understanding of the educational environment as well as the challenges that today's young people face.
Donna Cranny - Facilitator and Client Manager
Donna's strong account management skills will ensure that Eureka's products and services are tailored to your individual needs. Donna's input will help and support your management team to maximise their effectiveness, ensuring your school's enterprise strategy is in line with current Government thinking on Enterprise.
Donna's career has involved working with many customers in the commercial finance and management industry. This entailed working with many household names and various disciplines, including Purchasing, Human Resources, Training, Commercial Sales and Procurement.
Recently Donna has worked with Eureka in designing and implementing development programmes for NEET young people. As a mother herself, Donna believes that Eureka's work is important and valuable in helping ensure all young people are optimally equipped to cope with the demands and opportunities of the commercial world.
Donna will work with you to ensure your specific needs and goals are met by Eureka, as well as ensuring the highest levels of service are always maintained.
Kirsten Whitehouse - Business Manager
Kirsten was born and raised in Germany, where she passed her Abitur (A-levels) in English, German, Mathematics and Philosophy before going on to study at the renowned University of Freiburg.
Upon moving to England in the mid 90s, Kirsten started work as a Sales and Marketing Officer for Radlett based manufacturing company Quadrant Connections Ltd.
Moving on to Mack Brooks Exhibitions Ltd some 4 years later, she thrived as an Exhibition Manager whose responsibilities included the complete organisation and day-to-day running of multi-million pound trade exhibitions throughout Europe.
Whilst taking some time out to be a fulltime Mum to her children, Kirsten set up two successful small businesses; she now happily shares the advantages and possible pitfalls of setting up on your own with the young people she gets to work with through Eureka.
With a strong background in Sales and Marketing, Kirsten is also ideally placed to advise on the benefits of training with Eureka as well as why working towards our Level 1 Qualification, which we offer in cooperation with the Institute of Sales and Marketing Management (ISMM), is an important stepping stone for young people who want to regain control of their life.
Steve Morris - Facilitator
Steve is a father of two and is a facilitation expert specialising in using active methods to engage and enthuse young people in a wide variety of environments. Steve has worked in the corporate sector with clients such as the National Grid, the Youth Theatre and with many public sector clients.
Jana Veryard - Facilitator
Jana has over 18 years experience in training within both Corporate and Public Sectors. Her background in Sales and Service, within such companies as the renowned Trusthouse Forte Group and Courtaulds Textiles, enables her to deliver workshops with knowledge, intelligence and a full understanding of the business environment.
Jana has been involved in the Education Sector for the past 8 years actively encouraging Enterprise and Business Skills from Primary up to sixth form.
Jana believes a good trainer 'entertains' their delegates, enabling a relaxed environment through a fun and facilitative approach. She is an interactive trainer with a passion for guiding others to reach their full potential. A qualified assessor and adult trainer as well as a First Aid Instructor she offers a broad and diverse range of experience.
Kelly Leach - Facilitator
Kelly is an experienced trainer, presenter and actor. With over six years experience facilitating workshops in presentation, communication, team-building, study skills, motivation, business and entrepreneurship in schools up and down the country. Currently, Kelly is training to become a fully qualified Dramatherapist at Roehampton University and hopes to use her MA to help, guide and nurture the creativity, confidence and self-esteem of children and young people on the peripheral of our society.
Kelly is an actor facilitator with the National Youth Theatre's Open Access courses, bridging the gap between the long term unemployed and young people with a passion for theatre. She wholeheartedly believes in the power and potential of our next generation and seeks to consistently engage young hearts and minds in an entertaining, interactive and creatively informative way!
Sarah Bishop - Facilitator
Sarah's background is as an actress, and she now works as a trainer of actors. She is a highly experienced and highly qualified voice coach holding a masters degree from the Central School of Speech and Drama.
She also works with corporate clients, voice coaching senior managers, and as the mother of teenages has a great empathy with and understanding of young people.
Andy Homeyard - Facilitator
Andy is highly experienced in sales roles, building, growing and managing sales teams and sales channels. He has been successful in growing other peoples businesses by increasing the number of profitable customers. He has worked for a variety of fast growing small and medium businesses, predominantly in recruitment, IT and telecommunications sectors.
He founded Castle 10 Ltd in 2008 to provide freelance sales director services to small and medium sized businesses on a more tactical and campaign led basis. His full range of sales and marketing services help customers with valuable input and new sales strategies.
At Eureka Team, Andy is dedicated to sharing his commercial experience with inquisitive and ambitious minds, and inspiring Eureka students to run a successful business with an enjoyable and rewarding future.
