John Bale

John runs a specialist consulting practice advising, training and coaching global clients in relationship-led growth strategy and sales performance. He leads transformation programmes for leadership and sales teams in large organisations.

He has built an international client base to include Deloitte, Herbert Smith, Allen & Overy, KPMG, Accenture, Santander, IBM, Lazard, Roschier Attorneys, Grant Thornton, Olswang, Nabarro, Gleiss Lutz, Fujitsu Services, Royal Mail Group, IMI plc, Morgan Stanley, Barclays Bank, Convergys, LG Lawyers, Bech Bruun, Infosys and London Business School. John has delivered engagements in most of the EU, the US, Canada and across Asia. He has been Managing Director of Halo Effect Ltd since 2001 and is a Senior Associate at Judge Business School in Cambridge University.

• Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing • Founding Fellow of the UK Institute of Professional Sales (FIPS) • Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts (FRSA) • Senior Associate, Judge Business School, Cambridge University • Adjudicator at the UK National Sales Awards & UK National Business Awards • Visiting lecturer to MBA classes in Imperial College and London Business School • Chair, Board of Trustees of Faith in Families, a leading UK children’s charity • John has a grown-up son and two teenage girls and lives in Grantham in Lincolnshire, England. He’s a keen skier and pilot.