About Us

Diamond Bridge Initiative (DBI) is a pioneering, Anglo-Dutch corporate and personal development company . We are leaders in the field of ‘whole brained’ training. Since 1998 we have provide a unique consultancy Integrating logic and creative thinking, equipping the professional to thrive in an increasingly competitive and pressured environment.

Michaele Wynn-Jones BEd(Hons)MIAC MACC CSNdip

Has a multi facetted portfolio of professional skills and experience. For the past thirty years she has been involved  in education and training .This has included developing  and facilitating programmes for  adult learners in fields as varied as Colleges of Further Education, the National Health Service and Her Majesty’s Prisons Service . Her teaching success has always been the result of intergrating logic with intuition, forming highly effective whole brained learning .

Since 1996 Michaele has also become a pioneer in the field of numerology. She uses her expertise in both the corporate and private sectors.

Recognising the need for whole brained solution to management problems, Michaele worked in collaboration with an skilled and experienced  process engineer to create Corporate Signpost©, a strategic management tool offering insights and inspiration for business.

An authority on colour for environment, image, behaviour and health, Michaele consults for a wide variety of organisations, including branding companies, national care home organisations, schools and hospitals. In addition she has been offering workshops and seminars covering all facets of colour and personal impact.

Although not a scientist, Michaele has been researching and investigating the effect of poor lighting conditions on the human brain leading to depression and potential suicide. Her work has been widely reported and she is frequently invited to present at national and international conferences alongside leading scientists in this field. Her speaking portfolio includes: Queens College Cambridge, The National Physics Laboratories,and The Global Symposium for Professional Lighting Design.

Michaele is also a professional speaker on many other subjects including:prisons and prison education, personal branding and numerology

Marianne Woolwich

Originally from the United Kingdom, Marianne has been living and working in the Netherlands since the early 1980’s and is bilingual. She comes from a strong commercial and business background.

Whilst successfully managing her own retail company for sixteen years, Marianne began developing her highly original approach to enhancing effective business communication . Her technique incorporates a combination of tradition methodology with less conventional colour, symbology and multi-media skills. Apart from running her own businesses, Marianne has extensive working experience within multinational organisations. Within this sector, she observed the effects that everyday business dynamics have on the health, effectiveness and productivity of employees.

Studying these influences Marianne became proficient in this field and qualified as a professional business counsellor and coach. She is a registered member of the Dutch Association for Professional Counsellors – Algemene Beroepsvereiniging voor Counselling (ABvC). Within Diamond Bridge Initiative she operates an active counselling practice for the private and corporate sector. As business coach she works for various organisations who employ her consultancy for re-integration, team building and change management issues.

Marianne was commissioned to develop and write a coaching course for a distance learning institute and facilitates practical experience days for the students.

Under her management, Diamond Bridge Initiative continues to grow and in 2007 began expanding its activities to clients in Italy. The Anglo Dutch partnership is ongoing and Marianne commutes regularly to facilitate and develop courses in the United Kingdom.

Cherine Maskill BSc (Hons), DipNP (RCN), RGN, ONC

As a Director of DBI, Cherine oversees company administration and organisation. She has been working within the National Health Service since 1976. She is well known in her field, having initiated and developed innovative practice in the NHS. She has experience lecturing on national and international platforms as well as developing and teaching educational programmes within the Health Sector. Cherine has authored numerous publications, including academic papers, articles and chapters for nursing text books. She is an experienced mentor and facilitator. She is a valued member of the DBI team, bringing a strong left brained analytical perspective to the company, coupled with her own developing intuitive skills.