Founder · strategic adviser
Mark Bayley-Smyth
Former Siemens UK Managing Director. Chair, non-executive director, strategic adviser, executive coach and mentor — bringing independent judgement to complex choices.
View Mark’s profileOur people
A core team. A trusted network. Expertise shaped to fit.
CIRCLE combines senior leadership experience with carefully selected specialist expertise. You get the right people around the work — without unnecessary layers.
Leadership grounded in real-world delivery.
CIRCLE is led by Mark Bayley-Smyth and Debbie Taylor. Together, they bring complementary experience across board leadership, organisational strategy, executive development, coaching, mentoring and facilitation.
Leadership · coaching · facilitation
Debbie Taylor
International operational leader, executive coach, mentor and facilitator with a track record of developing people, teams and service-led organisations.
View Debbie’s profileTrusted associate network
The right expertise, assembled around the work.
Our trusted associates are experienced practitioners selected for their judgement, credibility and ability to deliver. We shape each team around the brief, maintaining clear leadership and one accountable CIRCLE relationship throughout.
Specialist capability
Coaching, facilitation, organisational development and programme delivery expertise matched to the assignment.
Proven practitioners
Senior people with practical experience, selected for fit rather than drawn from a generic bench.
One CIRCLE standard
Clear leadership, consistent quality and accountable delivery from first conversation to measurable outcome.
Let’s bring the right people around your challenge.
Tell us what you are working through and we will shape the right response.