Anne Sabine - Project Manager
Anne holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA), a Diploma in Careers Guidance, a Certificate in Education (Qualified Teacher Status) and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD). She is the director of Orbitals Ltd and Anne L. Sabine Associates: consultancies specialising in personal and organisational development and the project management of learning and development and career projects. Anne is also a trainer and coach.

Her consultancies have undertaken a variety of contracts within the public and voluntary sectors with particular focus on various aspects of career progression. Anne is passionate about the importance of managers developing their staff – leading to higher standards of performance and productivity.

Prior to running her own businesses, Anne worked in the NHS and careers service in a variety of senior management roles and also has experience in the private sector and education.

Anne has enjoyed working with Macmillan on other projects and is enthusiastic about the opportunity to help people with their careers and jobs and, simultaneously, to assist managers support their staff and develop their own skills. Her role is to ensure that the project runs successfully, from conception to closure, that objectives are met and to be the main communicator between Macmillan and the project. In addition she will be working closely with Mark and Simon to advise and assist employers and will utilise her previous NHS experience to liaise with NHS professionals and clinicians.

Mark Stevens - Case Manager
Mark relocated to London from New York City (via Chicago) 23 years ago. He holds an MBA in Marketing and Organisational Psychology and is an ICF qualified Executive, Business and Life Coach who specialises in Career and Business Development, Personal Development, Team Building, Facilitation and Communications and Media Training.

He also has extensive experience gained in over 20 years as a Strategic Marketing and Communications Consultant with a professional specialisation, as well as a strong personal interest, in national and local politics on both sides of the Atlantic.

As the Case Manager of the Cancer and Working Project, Mark will provide coaching and training for people affected by cancer who want to return to work. He will also be designing and presenting workshops for both employees and employers, developing a network of employers, GPs, cancer nurse specialists and Jobcentre personnel in the Gatwick Triangle, advising employers on how to adapt existing employee policies to meet the needs of staff affected by cancer and working closely with Marilyn Drury to ensure that everyone referred to the project receives appropriate and effective support.

Marilyn Drury - Olive Tree Information and Support Centre Manager
Originally a research Chemist, Marilyn reinvented herself following a career break as an education department administrator.

Thus began a long and enjoyable career in Adult and Community Education. Starting in administration and support management with Surrey County Council, and then in curriculum management for East Surrey College, Marilyn completed her time as a member of the Senior Management team in 2004.

Following six months in premature retirement, she accepted the post of Macmillan Information and Support Centre Manager, based at The Olive Tree, in May 2005.

Marilyn was instrumental in arranging for the Cancer and Working pilot programme to be based at The Olive Tree. The project is a natural progression from the services already being offered and she will continue to provide information and support to cancer patients and their families who contact the Centre.

Marilyn and Mark Stevens will work closely together to ensure that everyone referred to the project receives appropriate and effective support.

Simon Drury - Lead Coach
With a degree in ceramics in 1975, Simon moved into education and after a few years teaching in the mainstream sector, started working in special needs.

After 11 years he decided to move into the business world to become a trainer/coach. Following a 14 year career in financial services, during which time he was a sales manager and trainer, Simon set up his own business in January 2003. Whilst in financial services he gained an honours degree in psychology, through the Open University, which was the final piece of the puzzle.

As a business psychologist, coach, trainer and mentor, Simon now works predominantly in the corporate market focusing on key areas such as leadership development, change management and communication. He also works with private clients and small business owners. Every now and then he organises and stages live events for the general public in the field of personal development.

Within the Cancer and Working project he is the lead coach and will be overseeing the project’s coaching capability. He will also be working with and through The Gatwick Diamond Business Association where necessary to help secure an effective interface with the business community.

Paulina Slater - Project Evaluator
Paulina is a coaching psychologist who works one-to-one and with groups. She specialises in in-depth work and experiential learning particularly in the areas of wellbeing, thriving under pressure, intra and interpersonal business relationships and team functioning, communications, managing change well, and leadership development. She has a professional passion for one-to-one coaching, having had the privilege to travel alongside many business people in their professional and personal journeys. She has helped them with a rich variety of issues from leadership development through facing and dealing with some inconvenient truths to achieving heartfelt goals. Her experience spans repeat business with multi nationals, local authorities and NGOs and she has worked in the UK, C&EE and South Africa.

In the two year period, 2003/4, Paulina was involved with an in-depth qualitative research project on stress and burn out in senior managers in Central and Eastern Europe for PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Paulina is the internal Project Evaluator. She is highly skilled in creating trust so that individuals feel able to share and be honest and she has a strong background in building rapport with people from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds.

She likes to get involved with projects that make a positive difference and relishes having a part in shaping a project where she can draw on her preferences to produce work of depth and substance and work with others in a dynamic team such as this one.