Our Associates and Staff
We pride ourselves on the quality of our Associates and Service Delivery Team, please see the links below to find out more about the diversity of skills, experience and support we are able to offer your business.
EDEAL
With a combined service of 23 years, the EDEAL Team have the experience and knowledge to help you identify the best service and support for your business.
Barbara Aston
An experienced business consultant offering start-up and on-going business advice to SME’s, Barbara has been running her own consultancy since 1994. She is able to empathise with her clients and build their confidence and self-esteem in order to give them the self-belief they need to move their business forward
Leon Banks
Specialising in pub accounts, controls and set-up with an excellent record of managing groups of pubs and considerable achievement in motivating and controlling staff.
Martyn Billing
A dynamic marketer who, having enjoyed a high level of success in senior marketing positions with a number of blue chip, market-leading companies, now offers business advice and an outsourced marketing management resource on a freelance basis
Alan Burdon
Over 30 years experience in retail banking with particular reference to the building industry. His main thrust is to ensure the business has robust reporting systems to monitor financial performance and make informed decisions about directional changes
Jane Bwye
A seasoned business mentor who has been self-emplyed throughout her life. Experience in the fields of journalism, hospitality, education, equestrian and general human resource consultancy, with emphasis on IT matters.
Larry Clarke-Smith
Highly experienced sales and marketing consultant with experience in the automotive industries and providing support to young and developing businesses.
John Craig
Horticulturist with business skills and extensive experience in amenity and environmental horticulture, landscape provision and project management. Both private sector and local authority experience. Adaptable, flexible, resilient and enthusiastic, taking pride in assisting SME’s in meeting their business development objective.
Ray Dale
Experience in local authority, private sector, retail and social enterprise offering project management, training and change management. Established training and consultancy business in 2001
Paul Dallibar
Nearly 20 years experience in the financial services industry. Since 2001 Paul has delivered business consultancy and advice, working with managers and business owners, to build plans, achieve goals, solve problems and make money.
David DiCara
Over 20 years experience in manufacturing and packaging industry plus 5 years in his own family’s restaurant. Since 1999 David has provided business consultancy and training to local authorities, private enterprise and Business Link, whilst recently developing and launching an internet retail business.
Jim Duffill
Over 25 years experience with Nat West bank looking after small business (from start-up to £2m). Since 2001 a self employed business advisor working with both start-ups and established businesses. His particular area of interest is helping start-ups evaluate markets and viability.
John Earl
Over 20 years as Bank Manager with Nat West specialising in financial management for private individuals and small businesses. As a self-employed consultant, John has been supporting SME’s to develop their business skills and expertise for the past 20 years. Additionally he is a Young Enterprise advisor and presented enterprise training to students through out Kent.
Nick Harvey
Set up Harvey Marketing company providing marketing services to SME’s. His experience lies in building sales and marketing plans and putting the plans into action. Nick has demonstrated success across a number of industry types and is a leading dynamic consultant in Brighton.
Paul Jordan
For the past 5 years, Paul has been based with the Sussex Innovation Centreas part of an 'Innovation' support team that specialises in helping product developers make businesses fromtheir ideas and raise funding. Paul focuses on the practical alongside the strategic, trying to help people get what they need for the the best outcome.
Su Shanson
With experience of creative businesses (Arts, photographers, films etc) Su has been providing marketing support to both SME’s and corporate businesses for the past 20 years. In the past 5 years she has expanded into the retail and restaurant trade.
Andy Silsby
Community development, Project design & management, training, fundraising, social inclusion, social firm development are just a few of the areas Andy specialises in. He has over 25 years of the voluntary sector and is known for his innovative approach to social enterprise development.
Norman Snell
34 years experience working in a large multi national company, the last 20 years in middle management positions. As a self-employed consultant, he has a broad business experience to support young and developing SME’s
John Stevenson
A self-employed businessman with a background in business analysis and auditing to corporate business. Since 1997 he has been coaching adults on a 1-2-1 basis on the use of technology as well as helping SME’s to identify their attitudinal strengths and ability to develop their business
Sue Stokell
Working independently with the small business sector for 25 years in an advisory capacity relating to business planning, business practice, marketing strategy, promotion and copyrighting in addition to designing and delivering training programmes for various training organisations and local authorities.
Paul Temple
Consultative in approach, mentoring & coaching by nature, a forward thinking generalist with multi-disciplined skills developed over a varied career. He has a genuine desire to assist business and their people in their development. A Trustee of Age Concern Malling, Paul also works in the field of Care and, until recently, was a registered Manager under the CSCI banner.
Tom Tyrwhitt-Drake
Trained as an Agriculturist he was Farm Manager for the Coffee Research Foundation in Kenya for 7 years. Returned to UK joined I.C.I and worked in Marketing & Sales for 28 years. Became Director of the Chichester Enterprise Agency in 1993.A Trainer and Consultant he helped businesses in both the Start up phase and trading up to 10 years. Chairman of Sussex Enterprise Agencies Ltd for 2 years and Project Manager for Coastal Business Growth, Tom has been supporting start-up and SME’s businesses for over 15 years
