Our Team

andrew lewis director of corporate events and tv games at hi5 events

Andrew – Events Producer (All programmes)

Background

  • British doubles racquet ball champion
  • International racquets professional
  • 30+ years team activity event management

Now

  • Marketing and sales lead
  • Event design and delivery – events – tv games
  • Business networker extraordinaire

David – Instructor / Coach / Safety Lead (All programmes)

Background

  • Water ski professional and coach
  • Water ski boat engineer
  • 30+ years team activity event management

Now

  • Water activities lead (water-sking, wakeboarding)
  • Safety lead
  • Repairs everything the team breaks

julian dodson training and development @ hi5 events

Jay – Programme Director (Experiential Learning)

Background

  • Board level marketing specialist – brewing industry
  • Launched the UK’s first ever alcopop (it failed)
  • 30+ years experiential learning programme design and facilitation

Now

  • Built in the 1950s – still some original working parts
  • International wanderer (All who wander are not lost)
  • Programme design and delivery

Colin – Instructor (Team building and open water swimming)

Background

  • 30+ years management training and development
  • Swam in four charity cross channel relay teams

Now

  • Teaches children and adults to swim
  • Team development programme instructor
  • Open water swimming instructor and safety

Chris – Facilitator (Leadership development)

Background

  • Wild child
  • Broke the corporate glass ceiling then got bored
  • PhD research in leader awareness

Now

  • Discovering neuroscience: the study of the brain and nervous system.
  • Enables transformational change in leaders and organisations
  • Programme design and implementation

Ian – Instructor / Coach (Team programmes and water ski)

Background

  • 40+ years in water ski and wakeboard industry
  • Qualified coach
  • 10 years supporting adults with learning difficulties

Now

  • Team development programme instructor
  • Ski and wakeboard coach
  • Best bacon rolls

Richard – Instructor / Sales (Team programmes)

Background

  • 3 Counties archery champion
  • 35+ years multinational corporate sales
  • 30 years water-skiing and coaching

Now

  • Team development programme instructor
  • Ski and wakeboard coach
  • Sales consultant

Mark – Facilitator (Leadership development)

Background

  • BT Global Challenge Round the World skipper
  • Authentic leader
  • Fallible human being

Now

  • Helping ordinary people to achieve the extraordinary when the only way out is through
  • Motivational speaker
  • Programme design and implementation

Will – Facilitator (Leadership development)

Background

  • Royal Navy
  • BT Global Challenge Round the World skipper
  • Executive coach

Now

  • Face to face and virtual leadership development
  • Motivational speaker
  • Programme design and implementation

Claire – Facilitator (Team and leadership development)

Background

  • Financial services operational management
  • Implementated major transformation programmes
  • Natural trainer and facilitator

Now

  • Enables transformational change in leaders and organisations
  • Programme design and implementation
  • Horse riding

James – Instructor (Team events and paddle sports)

Background

  • Master cabinet maker
  • Mountain leader
  • Paddlesport instructor

Now

  • Team development programme instructor
  • Hand crafts our range of Challenge Me games

 

Denzil – Mascot

Background

  • Rescued as a puppy from a Scottish Island croft
  • 6 years on the Isle of Sheppey
  • 4 years on a narrow boat on the Thames

Now

  • Eats anything possible (especially Ian’s bacon rolls)
  • Motivational distraction

Hi5 Event Venues

Hi5 can operate at any venue subject to space and offer a mobile service throughout the UK, Channel Islands and Europe. Our permanent Team Building, Hotel & Conference venues are listed below.

Competitive Challenges

Competitive Challenges
Work together to compete against other teams in many different challenges. Our activities are designed to encourage a healthy amount of competition.

Team Building

Team Building
Our activities help individuals work together as a team. As a group of people work together to achieve a goal, lasting skills can be forged.

Fun Activities

Fun Activities
At Hi5 we help everyone have fun. We have activities that cater to all types of people and we help people enjoy their time with us.