Beacons Consultants

Introducing Beacons partners and associates

The partners :

Peter Maliphant, formerly Director of Franchise Operations at Interlink Express, joined Beacons in 1999 and is now Managing Director. Peter used our services as a client for many years, and saw the effectiveness of our programmes firsthand. In his 6 years with Beacons he has made a significant impact to the business, opening up new markets and particularly in developing repeat business and major programmes. Peter is based in Bristol.

Claire Alston is a previous customer of Beacons who was inspired by the effectiveness of our approach and joined us in 2003 to play a major role across a range of our programmes. Claire has 15 years operational management experience in the financial services and call centre industry. She now plays a major role in business development, training delivery and consultancy in the Beacons team. Claire is based near Reading.

Sarah Maliphant joined Beacons in 2004 after 15 years working in IT, marketing and culture change management roles within BOC. She brings experience as an internal consultant and skills in achieving change and challenging perceptions. Sarah is Peter's sister.

Richard Clayton founded Beacons in 1987, having enjoyed a career which included teaching history in London and ten years in the Armed Services before he moved into management training with ICL. He later moved to Brooke Bond as Group Training Manager of their Mallinson Denny subsidiary. Having stepped down as Managing Director in December 2005, Richard's role now includes the design and implementation of 360° feedback and working in leadership and team building at a senior level with many of our clients.