Our team
We believe that it’s the people we employ who are ultimately responsible for driving business success. Building environments and cultures where people can thrive and find fulfillment is paramount to this.
At INTOO UK and Ireland we don’t just share this ethos, we’re passionate about it. We use our vast experience and deep expertise to co-design and implement solutions that work. We’re creative and curious, and are not afraid to respectfully challenge you or your employees to get results. We’re knowledgeable; providing you with insight into traditional methods and breaking trends, mobilising the very best team around you. But above all we recognise that we’re working with people, so we’re always attentive, proactive and caring.
Leadership Team
As Managing Director for INTOO UK & Ireland, Owen is accountable for the overall direction and strategy of the organisation, its growth and the confidence of organisations that choose to work with INTOO. His key focus is to ensure the organisations functions run smoothly and efficiently and deliver successfully against the work we undertake. He also has ultimate responsibility for ensuring that INTOO’s portfolio of services reflect the current and future market needs, and are continually delivered to the highest standards.
Having worked in the HR space for over 17 years, Owen understands the challenges organisations face with regards to their talent. A natural people developer and coach, he firmly believes that supporting people to realise their full potential is the key to long-term business success. Owen started his career in the Oil & Gas sector with Petrofina SA, before moving to Total (GB) where he held a number of management positions. In 2001 he moved to the HR Consulting sector joining Penna plc. Contributing to its growth (and eventual sale) through his appointment to a number of senior management roles (Regional Head for Northern England, Commercial Director and Operations Director), Owen was appointed to the Board of Penna plc in 2014.
Owen holds a BSc (Hons) in Geography as well as an MBA (Merit). Owen is an Executive Coach, member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF), is an NLP Practioner, PRINCE2 qualified and a licensed FA Football Coach.
As National Service Delivery Manager, Gavin is responsible for the delivery of INTOO UK & Ireland’s services. Combining his passion for people and his previous experience, Gavin is committed to delivering an exceptional service across the broad range of clients and projects he supports. Holding a national role, Gavin believes in the value of relationship building to become a trusted and valued partner and uses these relationships to engage his stakeholders to deliver services that exceed both customer and individual clients’ expectations.
Prior to joining INTOO Gavin worked for Gi Group where he supported organisations with large scale recruitment requirements. Managing an onsite team, Gavin is no stranger to the importance of planning, process mapping and strong project management and brings these skills to INTOO and its clients. He also leverages his former experience to advise on key areas such as labour markets and workforce design.
Drawing on his earlier career within HR as a process manager, Gavin understands the benefits coaching and mentoring can bring to change management and transition strategies for organisations and employs these skills to continually improve ways of working and internal processes.
Always looking to develop his skill base, Gavin is a member of the CIPD, qualified at Level 5. He is trained to six sigma black belt standard and is currently completing a qualification in Business Improvement Techniques. However, he still makes time for his passion of all things green, taking every opportunity to develop his gardening skills.
Shirin is responsible for assisting the coordination of the delivery of INTOO UK & Ireland services. She enjoys helping individuals who are facing significant challenges in their daily lives and providing them with personalised services to overcome these. Shirin believes building trust and understanding that each individual is unique helps to develop long lasting relationships. This in turn helps to deliver high quality support.
Prior to joining INTOO, Shirin worked within private healthcare, providing bespoke, confidential and high standard of care to not only patients but consultants also. This has enabled her to master her skills of understanding the importance of having the individual’s needs at the centre of what she does. Not only is she adaptable; being able to recognise when to adjust and to whom with but respectful in embracing different perspectives along the way.
Her previous recruitment background has empowered her to be more; goal-oriented, determined and creative with the way she communicates, plans and executes herself, which nicely compliments her role within INTOO by providing people focused solutions via more pragmatic channels.
Shirin holds a diploma in History and a certificate in Law from BPP College, London. Keen to develop a better understanding of project management, she is looking to explore courses around this topic to broaden her knowledge and skills further in the coming year. Having an avid interest in child psychology, in her own time, she is also currently studying a Children’s Social Behaviour Training & Management Course.
Keeley joined INTOO UK & Ireland in 2021, having previously held senior marketing roles across diverse industries in consumer and business-to-business marketing including training and manufacturing for over 15 years. She is responsible for brand positioning, thought leadership and client engagement strategies for the INTOO brand.
She began her career as a graphic designer with a well-known gift bag and wrapping paper manufacturer before moving in to the field of business and marketing where she was responsible for multi-channel digital marketing strategies working with multinational companies to expand their digital presence and brand exposure. Utilising her creativity and experience Keeley also set up her own successful ecommerce business which was on her bucket list in life.
Keeley is committed and passionate in delivering & implementing strategic marketing plans, focused on client needs to ensure profitable growth and strategic change while leveraging her previous experience in positioning INTOO UK & Ireland as a market leading provider of career transition and outplacement services.
Cetti is the Managing Director of INTOO, Italy. Since joining INTOO in 2011, Cetti has reinforced the company’s position as the market leader in the Italian market, focusing on the development and design of customized Outplacement, Coaching and Restructuring solutions.
Having graduated in law with an MBA, Cetti’s earlier career was with the Nielsen Company, where she held several operational and managerial positions at both a global and national level.
Mike is responsible for the sale and delivery of all INTOO services throughout the island of Ireland. With over 30 years experience in consulting he has worked with major clients from the Private, Public and Voluntary sectors.
Mike began his career in education , then spending time in retail before moving into consultancy specialising in people development initiatives including outplacement, coaching and leadership. He was a Board member for Sanders and Sidney NI, Regional Delivery Manager and then Regional Director (Ireland) for Penna before establishing an independent consultancy in Ireland in 2014. He joined INTOO in 2017.
Mike is passionate about helping individuals reach their potential. He was a Board Member for Stepping Stones NI (a charity supporting young people with learning disabilities gain employment) and for over 15 years worked extensively with Career Academies UK, being awarded Alumnus status in 2014.
As Senior Business Development Manager for Intoo, Sunny is responsible for introducing Intoo’s range of Talent Consultancy services to the wider marketplace. With a passion for Coaching & Human Behaviour Sunny is committed to helping individuals & organisations find the best fit People centric programme for them. Sunny believes in the value of building true relationships by helping people understand the power and impact of Intoo’s suite of solutions.
Prior to Intoo Sunny assisted organisations in various sectors to enhance their employee engagement programmes. This was achieved by offering a real time temperature reading on staff wellbeing sentiment.
Always looking to improve on his skills, Sunny has two coaching qualifications which help greatly in his client conversations.
Outside of work Sunny is a family man and enjoys spending time with his wife & daughters. He also enjoys reading & swimming
Our coaches
Our coaches, consultants and mentors are carefully selected for their experience, qualifications and reputation.
Coming from senior roles in national and international organisations, they provide in-depth expertise to help you develop both your talent and your business.