Steve has spent much of his working life in the arena: leading people, carrying responsibility and making decisions whose consequences could not be kept theoretical. 

His career began at 16 as a British Gas apprentice and developed through engineering, technology, transformation and senior leadership roles. He has worked as a Chief Technology Officer, IT Director and Managing Director, led large teams and multi-million-pound programmes, and supported organisations through operational pressure, growth, M&A and significant change. 

Through Glasshouse People, Steve coaches, mentors and advises leaders, executives, founders and investors facing uncertainty, where judgement and decisions carry significant consequences, and works with boards facing challenges with governance, technology, transformation, culture and long-term value. He helps people see both the immediate issues and the wider systems context: the assumptions shaping a choice, the constraints in play, and the impact on people who will live with the consequences. 

People tend to experience Steve as calm under pressure, direct, thoughtful and fully present. He creates space for serious reflection without offering easy reassurance or allowing difficult truths to remain politely untouched. 

Steve is an EMCC Coaching Practitioner and ABM Registered Mentor. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering, an MBA from Warwick Business School, and an MSc in Psychology from the Open University; he has also completed the ILM Non-Executive Director Certification. His speaking and writing explore leadership’s impact on human lives, judgement and decision-making systems with which people work, and the factors that influence human and organisational flourishing.