Contributors

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Andrew Weakford

Andy spent more than 20 years in the corporate world leading and coaching teams, helping individuals grow, expand their comfort zones, and achieve their goals. After he qualified as an accountant in the early 2000s, his career evolved from Finance into Customer Experience and Customer Design, where his passion for coaching and developing high-performing teams became central to his work. He lives near Reading with his wife and four teenagers, values the role coaching plays in both work and family life. A keen sportsman and grassroots football coach, he has coached young players from age five through to 11-a-side football, guided by his motto: “Be the best you can be in everything you do.” Inspired by the impact coaching had on his own life, Andy trained as a Transformational coach. Since then, he has supported clients across wellbeing, careers, corporate challenges, and family life, earning a reputation for being approachable, professional, non-judgemental, and highly supportive.

https://www.andrewweakfordcoaching.com
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John Ferguson

John Ferguson is an ex Finance Director and founder of the FinancePeopleCoaching practice. He brings over 25 years of experience in finance leadership, previously worked in both public and private sector, in companies that are privately owned to large multi-nationals, with stints in the UK, Germany and India. He is a trained professional coach with a track record of developing high-performing finance teams and guiding individuals to achieve career breakthroughs. In 2025, he reached a point in his life where he recognised that his experiences and lessons learned afforded him the opportunity to “share and give back” to help others grow, continue to learn personally and have fun along the way.  John is an associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and his spare time, follows Liverpool FC, love travelling and enjoys cooking – the last two a legacy of growing up and living in Malaysia in his younger days!


https://financepeoplecoaching.podia.com

Guests

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Karl Barker

Karl Barker is an experienced life coach who partners with clients to collaborate and help them get where they want to be and beyond, even if at the beginning they don't know where that might be - they just need to know they want/need something to change.

Karl helps clients define their goals and make conscious choices that work for them to reach those goals, partnering to challenge their self-limiting beliefs, and to show them just how limitless they can be. He does this by pushing the boundaries and challenging what they believe is possible where those view are based on what's gone before, including their conditioning and biases.

A favourite challenge of Karl is this: What if you had a blank sheet and could start over, would it be this life? If not, do reach out to Karl, and he can help get you where you WANT to be, living the life you CHOOSE! And Not the life you might feel you sleep-walked into until now. 


https://karlbarkercoaching.co.uk