Shane helps organizations meet their ambition through impactful, relevant, future-focused leadership. For 20 years, he has advised CEOs, executive teams, and broader stakeholders to define, build, and sustain the leadership required to deliver positive, lasting change. His work spans multiple industries across public, private, and nonprofit organizations. He partners to implement culture change, leadership and talent strategy, CEO and C-suite succession, leadership development, and top team effectiveness.
Prior to Modern, Shane was a Senior Director with YSC Consulting, now part of Accenture. There, he spent 12 years building and leading subsidiary businesses, teams, and client partnerships across Europe and North America. A particular highlight was his five years in the Bay Area, where he worked with private equity firms, venture capital investors, and Silicon Valley’s most prominent technology companies. Shane is a chartered organizational psychologist and ICF-accredited team, board, and systemic coach. He has published numerous articles on topics ranging from implementing DEI strategy to using coaching principles to foster employee engagement and documenting fathers’ experiences of paternal life, which informed UK parental/family leave policy.
He attained a distinction in his Masters in Organizational Psychology from the University of Surrey. It was here where he met his wife, and the county where they now live with their two fast-growing children.