PTS Consultants - About Us

We have held senior positions within major organisations and have transferable experience in managing large teams and implementing business change. This understanding is supplemented by specialist HR knowledge and experience.

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Malcolm Yates

MSc, Chartered FCIPD, FRSPH, FInstLM,

Managing Partner

My background includes………

Nearly 30 years experience within the field of management development and training.

I am a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development as well as a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM). I am a qualified and experienced practitioner of psychometric and occupational testing (Level A & B), and I worked closely with Dr Meredith Belbin for several years in his pioneering research into team development.

Before starting my own consultancy I worked with Hillsdown Holdings Plc as an internal HRD consultant across the 200 companies within the group.

My main areas of interest are in leadership and team development ensuring individuals and teams perform to ensure optimum results for their organisation.


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Ann Crockett-McLean

BA (Hons)

Senior Consultant

My background includes………

More than 20 years commercial experience, primarily in marketing. I have worked for The Boots Company, Mars and EMAP, operating at senior positions including board level. As the Marketing Director at EMAP Automotive I was responsible for a department of over thirty people. My experience of business and of people and teams is broad and varied.

More recently I have worked within management training and strategic consultancy. I am continually enthused by working with organisations to help them optimise their potential.


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Elizabeth Honey

BA (Hons)

Senior Consultant

My background includes………

More than ten years experience within human resource management.

A member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development and fully qualified in psychometric testing for many years, I have held both HR generalist and specialist roles including rewards management and graduate recruitment, for a number of organisations including Citibank, Nationwide Building Society and the legal sector. I have also set up and managed my own business.

My main areas of interest are recruitment and selection including rewards management and working with teams and individuals to maximise performance. I particularly enjoy working together with managers and individuals to achieve a given outcome.