1:1 Executive Coaching that blends neuroscience and business insight - supporting you to unlock potential, gain clarity, and elevate leadership.
Coaching | Consultancy | Building Purpose-Led Brands
At Black Manta, Elizabeth combines deep commercial experience with neuroscience-informed coaching to help senior leaders and entrepreneurs grow.
Whether you're scaling a business, navigating a career shift, or reigniting your leadership presence, she’ll supports you to think strategically, lead with confidence, and grow with intention.
Why Work With Elizabeth?
With 25 years of global leadership experience, including building her own brand and leading high-performing teams in multi-million-pound retail businesses, Elizabeth understands the real pressures of growth, reinvention, and leading through complexity.
As an EMCC-accredited coach, she works at the intersection of evidence-based coaching, business consultancy, and mindfulness, helping clients who want to lead with greater clarity, overcome self-doubt, be seen and heard and achieve the financial success, professional recognition and personal fullfilment they deserve.
She offers a tailored, results-driven approach, partnering with clients in a collaborative process that supports them in deepening their self-awareness, expanding their leadership capacity, and achieving meaningful growth for themselves and their teams, sustaining performance without burnout.
Executive Coach and Mentor
EMCC Senior Practitioner
Henley Business School
Elizabeth’s Services
Empowering individuals to think outside the box and unlock their full potential
Alongside offering one-to-one coaching services, Elizabeth works with brands and teams to help foster a culture of shared purpose-led thinking, creativity and decision-making that drives individual and collective success.
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Executive Coaching
At the core of Elizabeth’s coaching practice is the belief that the client is the expert in their own life. Through enquiry and dialogue between coach and client — you, the client, can unlock previously untapped sources of imagination, productivity and leadership.
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Mentoring
Elizabeth provides tailored mentorship for small business and startup founders who need practical, hands-on guidance to accelerate growth and take the next step with confidence.
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Consulting
Elizabeth provides brand consultancy combining a focus on purpose and values to elevate your business and deliver growth. Big or small, local or global; Elizabeth enjoys partnering with a discerning range of clients and engages your talent to deliver an experience for development and growth that is productive, actionable and enjoyable.
What People Are Saying
Hear from past clients about their experiences working with Elizabeth, the challenges tackled together, the outcomes achieved, and what’s possible when you collaborate.
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Working with Elizabeth has been invaluable - she is warm, empathetic and has guided me through some important and challenging work situations. I thoroughly recommend Elizabeth for anyone in need of guidance within their profession.
Coaching for Leadership Impact
— Richard Walzer, Design Director, Breakthrough Innovation, Europe at Pepsico -
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Elizabeth is an absolute diamond. Imaginative and highly creative, Elizabeth is a visionary. She marries this with a clear strategic roadmap and manages also to be empathetic and very people focused too. We built a great relationship and value our partnership highly.
Brand Strategy
— Sam Carrington, Bulletproof
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I had the privilege of working with Elizabeth during my move into self-employment and can't recommend her highly enough. Her practical, tailored coaching made a daunting transition feel empowering, helping me overcome challenges I once thought impossible. She brings deep insight and a results-driven approach.
Transition Coaching —
Angela McNamee, Healthcare Consultant
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Elizabeth made me feel totally at ease, it's been my first coaching experience and I wanted to ensure I made the most of it. Elizabeth has challenged me to look at situations from a different perspective, I've noticed a difference in how I approach things, how I think about things and how I communicate with others. I've thoroughly enjoyed our sessions and couldn't recommend Elizabeth enough.
Career Progression
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Elizabeth is a very insightful business professional and leader. She’s mentored and supported designer entrepreneurs with strategy and the fundamental practicalities of market and product in an inspirational way. She’s direct and thorough and has a focus on delivery. A pleasure to work with!
Entrepreneur Coaching
— Nadia Danhash, Director, Innovation RCA Business Accelerator -
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I was really amazed by Elizabeth’s knowledge of the international luxury market and its online facets. I definitely recommend Elizabeth as a creative and knowledgeable luxury professional and a passionate speaker.
Public Speaking
— Carlo Pignataro, Author of "Sell with Style” and “Serve with Style"
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Elizabeth is a warm, attentive and deeply empathetic coach. She's incredibly easy to work with and I felt at ease straight away with her. Elizabeth asks great questions, isn't reluctant to share her observations and is great at keeping you accountable in a supportive way.
Executive Coaching
— Darinder Bhangoo, Head of Renewals EMEA, Box
Why Black Manta?
The manta ray symbolizes grace and fluidity, effortlessly adapting to changing conditions. Known for their gentle yet powerful movements, they navigate vast oceanic spaces with perception and agility, embodying big-picture thinking and strategic adaptability—essential qualities for today’s leaders.
Like the manta ray and the immersive experience of scuba diving, Elizabeth’s coaching guides high-performing individuals toward clarity, helping them navigate the depths of their potential, foster adaptability, and embrace transformation with grace—hallmarks of effective leadership.
By developing greater self-awareness, individuals can move beyond limitations into a space of expanded possibilities—leading with intention, resilience, and vision.
Brands and Organisations Elizabeth has delivered global work, or coaching for.
Ready to Transform Your Business or Leadership Thinking?
Elizabeth works with ambitious leaders and founders who want to grow with purpose, aligning business performance with personal resilience and vision.
All coaching and consulting services are available virtually or in person. Let’s explore how Elizabeth can support you.