What Clients Are Saying
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What Clients Are Saying *
"Emily has been inspiring and a joy to work with. She has worked with Carers First to help us enhance our service offer and develop new programmes of support, with and for carers. She fosters a collaborative and inclusive style of working, provides supportive, constructive and insightful challenge, and offers creative solutions. As a consultant she is professional, delivering work on time, to a high standard and on budget. I would highly recommend Emily for projects requiring strategic thinking, managing change and creating workable and thoughtful solutions."
Alison Taylor, CEO, Carers First
"Prior to meeting Emily, I had a personal view about consultants that was rarely positive. Emily changed that after the first hour of our initial conversation. She understood the charity, the sector, my role, my team, our challenges — and worked with me to provide solutions. Her knowledge on strategic development is second to none, and she is not afraid to get stuck into the detail and data. She is forward-thinking, able to see things differently to lots of people I have worked with, and in the short time we worked together, she came up with some brilliant ideas to take our charity to the next level. I rarely come across individuals with the amount of passion Emily has for strategic development and change. In a nutshell, would I recommend Emily... in a heartbeat."
Chris Stokes, Head of Corporate Partnerships, Make A Wish UK
"Emily Jarman is a highly effective, experienced professional, and her ability to get under the skin of the organisation and become an equal partner is truly remarkable. Her nuanced, meticulous approach helped to challenge us to think beyond our existing paradigms and assumptions. She helped us to get to the core purpose of the organisation and truly understand the needs of our stakeholders.
Her attention to detail and analytical skills were absolutely invaluable to ensure we had a process and strategy that meaningfully engaged everyone and rooted our ambitions in tangible plans that would help us fulfil our immense potential. She surpassed all our expectations.
It was also a genuine pleasure working with Emily — not only did she make the whole process easy for us, but she was an absolute joy to work with and will always be my go-to expert."
Ikram Dahman, Interim CEO, Fight for Sight
"Emily helped us arrive at a clear vision of how we want to prepare the organisation for a different future. She is a highly inclusive collaborator who managed to synthesise a huge amount of information from our SMT and trustees into a constructive, forward-looking plan. We very much enjoyed working with her and highly recommend her for complex strategic assignments."
CEO, Farm Africa
""Emily joined us at a pivotal moment for the MND Association, operating seamlessly as a peer at the Executive level to lead our 2025–2030 income generation strategy. Her approach is the definition of 'Ambitious Pragmatism' — she helped us dream big, setting a stretching target, while ensuring every recommendation was grounded in our existing assets, capabilities and a realistic understanding of what we could actually deliver.
What sets Emily apart is her ability to move with incredible speed without sacrificing depth. She introduced us to new ways of working that shifted our culture toward more agile, data-driven decision-making. Beyond the strategy itself, she provided invaluable coaching to our Directors, supporting them to be their best and giving them the frameworks and confidence needed to make truly difficult decisions about where to focus our resources for the greatest impact.
If you are a CEO looking for a partner who can synthesise complex information into a fast, effective, and forward-looking roadmap — and who has the high-EQ to lead an Executive team through that change — I would recommend Emily in a heartbeat."