Dr David Cliff was named Lead Ambassador for Mentoring and Lead Ambassador for Business Crime by the Institute of Directors North East, and was awarded Mentor of the Year at the 2017 Entrepreneur’s Forum Awards. Dr Cliff is an expert coach and mentor with over 35 years of management and personal development experience.

He founded Gedanken, a leading edge executive and business-coaching organisation, providing businesses and individuals with the thought processes and strategies for personal and professional advancement.

Gedanken works with dozens of companies and individuals across the North East, and he and his colleagues have personally supported thousands of people. The coaching Gedanken provides helps business leaders and their team members to find a clearer direction and purpose, and to improve performance; which often results in a qualitatively better experience of life.