Alex O’Rourke
Before founding LockSmith, Alex worked for 23 years in marketing & innovation roles at Fever-Tree, Diageo and The National Lottery. She is a qualified life coach and champion of gender quality.
Before founding LockSmith, Alex worked for 23 years in marketing & innovation roles at Fever-Tree, Diageo and The National Lottery. She is a qualified life coach and champion of gender quality.
Chris, founder, has 24 years of experience with multinationals (Coke & Diageo) and scale ups (Camelot, Lily’s Kitchen & The Collective). He is a supercharger of collaboration, and has a lot of time for cats.
Claire brings 25 years of marketing, sales & L&D experience from Suntory, McVities & Disney. She is a qualified coach and currently studying for a Master’s degree in Business Psychology.
After working at Mars and PepsiCo Sarah joined Brand Learning as their Marketing Capability Director where she led client relationships and large-scale blended learning programmes. In her spare time, she hangs out with her son Kyffin & lively Labrador Luna.
With 12+ years’ experience in FTSE 100 and blue-chip FMCG businesses including Diageo, Mars and Johnson & Johnson, Caroline brings heavyweight marketing know-how to every session. As a facilitator, she is known for her infectious positivity. Her sessions are uplifting, inclusive and just the right mix of stretch and support.
With 20+ years driving growth and transformation at Diageo and William Grant & Sons, Tori knows big-brand thinking inside out. As a facilitator, she is an expert at creating interactive learning environments, prioritising games, movement and group work.
Jeanette brings decades of experience from the world of premium drinks, having built profitable brands at Suntory and William Grant & Sons. As a facilitator, she is a calm, inclusive presence, blending storytelling, listening and practical workshopping to create real trust in the room. She’s also a proud DE&I leader.
Like Alex, Georgie was instrumental in growing Fever-Tree. Her years in insight & innovation, running focus groups & qual research, make her an exceptionally empathetic facilitator. Her sessions strike the perfect balance between relaxed and informal, yet always structured and on point.
Having cut her teeth in the start-up world, Sophie brings 10 years of plate-spinning across copywriting, events and project management. When not working, you’ll find her escaping reality, either in the cinema, the kitchen or a cold body of water.
Nicole is a highly organised and an experienced project manager with over 25 years experience in marketing, event management and account management. Away from work, Nicole is a Mum of two who enjoys socialising with friends and family and is never too far away from a list of some sorts.
“If you have ever met Alex or Chris – you won’t need me to tell you how engaging they both are and put them together in a room and they deliver their materials with oodles of fun & energy. My team are already asking when they are coming back...``
``I can’t recommend Chris and Alex highly enough. The training they provided for UKTV was rich, impactful, educational and entertaining all rolled into one. They are experts in their field and you’d be hard pressed to beat them.”
“Alex is a brilliant leader, she creates high performing teams who deliver big outcomes. She is a thought leader who builds a stretching agenda and strategy, her breadth of experience makes her a highly skilled and rounded marketer who is committed to delivering amazing work.”
“Chris is an outstanding marketer with a track record second to none. Whilst working with him at Coca-Cola it was clear he not only has an astute marketing brain but also possesses a natural ability to get the best out of people.”