Penna in the Public Sector Team

Bev White | Managing Director, HR Consulting

Bev joined Penna in 2002. In just eight years she led our Career Transition business into the number one position in the UK market place in the private sector. She has accountability for leading the continuous design, development and delivery of the Career Transition services. Bev was made Managing Director, HR Consulting in 2009, which encompasses Career Transition, Training and Development, Board and Executive Coaching and Performance and Change Consulting Solutions.

Bev’s earlier career included seven years as CIO of NtL and prior to that as Director I.T. for Schlumberger. Today, she is President of the UK Association of Career Firms and of the European Board for the Association of Career Firms. In her work, she is passionate about innovating to make sure that our services are relevant for our clients and add real value to their business.

Declan Woods | Director of Coaching

Declan leads Penna’s coaching practice and manages some of Penna’s largest client relationships. He is a board and executive coach and leadership developer who specialises in coaching high-achieving leaders. He coaches senior leaders across a range of sectors and is known by his clients as bringing clarity to complex organisational problems and helping them get ready for change. He specialises in coaching for change-readiness and helping leaders identify and leverage their core strengths to be even more successful. He is also UK Director of the Association for Coaching (AC) and an ExCo Member of the BPS’s Coaching Psychology Group and a thought leader in the coaching field and sought after for his work on professional coaching standards and accrediting Executive Coaches.

David Weir | Head of Public Sector

David’s focus at Penna is on interim management recruitment across the whole public sector having previously led our presence in the local Government sector. Since joining Penna in 2006, he has personally delivered on numerous assignments, appointing board level Executive Interim managers across a range of functions nationally and leads a growing team of consultants. Prior to joining Penna, David worked for the MPS Group at their public sector executive recruitment business, Lawson Bishop. As a Senior Consultant he spent three successful years developing their Central Government business and delivering international assignments as the account manager for a major contract with the European Space Agency.