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Meet the team

Paul Harris

Founder & Managing Director

07895 264 916
paul@real-success.co.uk
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The Founder of REAL Success, Paul is a thought leader, inspirational keynote speaker and people management coach for agribusiness. His work with farmers on maximising personal and team performance to drive success is widely recognised.

Emily Wilson

Finance & Operations Manager

07563 019 189
emily.wilson@real-success.co.uk

Emily looks after all our Finance, Office and Admin operations. She brings a wealth of experience in Finance, office management and customer relations! Emily has recently completed her AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accounting, further strengthening her expertise and contribution to the team.

Stephanie Minton

Key Account Manager

07362590273
steph.minton@real-success.co.uk

Steph works closely with retailers, processors and farming businesses. With extensive experience across HR, business management, and client relationships, she brings a broad understanding of the agricultural sector and the businesses and people within it.

Andy Gubb

Senior Partner & Director 

07515 964 256
andy.gubb@real-success.co.uk
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Andy and his brother farm 500 Holstein cows on their family farm in North Devon. After gaining a degree in Agriculture, Andy had a career in field sales, followed by working as a dairy consultant for ADAS in North Devon.

Paul Fox

Senior Partner & Director 

07921 893 870
paul.fox@real-success.co.uk
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With over 30 years’ experience in farm management and consultancy, Paul’s knowledge of the sector and ability as a trainer and facilitator are highly regarded. He has worked with some of the UKs largest farming businesses and helped many individuals and teams to improve their performance and capabilities.

Emma Shaw

Senior Partner (National)

07786 156256
emma@real-success.co.uk
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Emma has a 20 year career in Learning & Development in many different industries. She helps develop our training programmes and works with a variety of clients across the UK.

Becky Miles

Senior Partner (National)

07984 293847
becky@real-success.co.uk
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Becky is our longest serving Partner with extensive experience of the agriculture sector in her previous role as a Knowledge Exchange Manager for AHDB and farmer in her own right in Portugal.

Rob Lester

Partner (Wales)

07943 053451
rob@real-success.co.uk
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Rob is a professional coach and trainer with a wealth of experience across a broad spectrum of industries. Working with individuals and teams to function in a more coherent way so they can understand their strengths & opportunities.

James McCullough

Partner (East England)

07990 027426
james@real-success.co.uk
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James is a qualified management trainer and coach with over 20 years experience, he has worked with large and small organisations in a variety of settings.  He supports clients across the East and South East of England.

Lucy Clark

HR Advisor

07828 290502
hr@real-success.co.uk
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Lucy has worked across a wide variety of industries from Warehousing, Retail, Engineering, Construction, the NHS and Agriculture.  She supports REAL Success clients with the more complex employment situations.

Meet Our Advisory Board

Andy Harris

Non-Exec Director & Chair

Andy enjoyed a long career in the hospitality sector leading divisions of the Compass Group before starting his own consulting business helping food service businesses with strategy development. He now leads the advisory board of Directors to help grow REAL Success into the leading provider of People Management and recruitment services to the agriculture sector.

Tim Lock

Non-Exec Director

Tim manages his family farm in Houghton, England and has held senior positions within the dairy sector including Chair of the Board of M&S Farmers, Chair of the Dairy Board at Red Tractor and three years on the NFU board. He brings his vast experience in the agricultural industry to REAL Success, supporting our work on farm.

Oliver Templar-Coates

Non-Exec Director

Oliver has held senior financial positions in FTSE 100 companies across various sectors and markets including recruitment, finance, hospitality and construction. Currently the Finance Director of Morgan Sindall Construction, a £1.2billion business with 1700 employees. Oli is working closely with the exec team at REAL Success to support robust financial management and investment.

Fiona Ryland

Non-Exec Director

Fiona is an Executive HR Consultant with over 25 years’ experience leading large-scale people, culture and organisational transformations across Government, Higher Education and the private sector. She partners with senior leaders to design and deliver people strategies that strengthen organisational capability, accelerate performance and build cultures where people can thrive.