Meet the Experts
Susie Ambrose, MSc, BSc (Hons)
CEO
Susie Ambrose is a 20-year veteran in relationship counseling, psychotherapy, group therapy, lecturing, volunteering as a counsellor in war affected territories and writing for various professional publications.
Yugoslavian born, she relocated to the UK in 1990 and studied, before moving on to practice psychology, psychoanalytic psychoanalysis, relationship coaching and neuro-linguistic programming. She is responsible for many happy marriages, engagements, beautiful and successful relationships and happy friendships. Her life goal is to always make people happy and to help others.
Outside of business, Susie enjoys spending time with her charity work and her dogs (two Rhodesian Ridgebacks and two Border Terriers), rock climbing and skiing, reading books and watching independent cinematography. Susie is a big fan of alternative rock, indie rock, grunge and funky-jazz music.
She is an experienced entrepreneur who refuses to rest on her laurels, with aspirations to write books and help as many people as she can to find enduring relationships.
Rachel MacLynn, MSc, BSc (Hons)
Head of Membership
Rachel MacLynn has specialised in the psychological assessment of people across a broad spectrum of professions: including Managing Directors of multinational organisations, CEOs and Hedge Fund Managers. She has extensive experience as a psychologist in the public and private sectors and also participates in seminar-workshops for private and business customers of Seventy Thirty.
Rachel holds a degree in Psychology, a Masters Degree in Occupational Psychology and is soon to become a Chartered Occupational Psychologist. She is registered with the British Psychological Society and is a member of the Special Group in Coaching Psychology.
In her own time, Rachel likes to relax by painting and drawing. She enjoys keeping active through fitness training and successfully ran the New York Marathon.
Trudy Hill, MSc, BSc (Hons)
Psychologist, NLP, Health and Success Coach
A much sought after coach, Trudy holds an Honours Degree in Psychology from University College London and an MSc from Birkbeck College London. In addition, Trudy has a strong interest in personality theory and is a qualified Psychometric Tester (registered and approved by the British Psychological Society). Trudy has a specific interest in Personality Assessment and Profiling and has used Psychological Profiling for both selection and development purposes, with a range of professionals.
Additionally, Trudy is a certified Master Practitioner in NLP and has undergone extensive training in Hypnosis and Health and Success Coaching. She uses a blend of Neuro-Lingusitic Hypnotherapy, NLP and coaching with her clients. Trudy is constantly updating her own learning in the field of human development and applying her skills to a wide variety of related projects.
Trudy currently aspires to complete a book in the field of Relationship Psychology and is working towards this. In her spare time she takes great pleasure in watching live music from a variety of genres. She also enjoys oriental cooking and worldwide travel.
Gill Hughes, BA (Hons)
Membership Manager covering the North West of England
Based in the North West of England, Gill has over 20 years experience in client management and business development. With a passion for self development, Gill is working towards an MSc in Managerial Psychology and has gained British Psychological Society qualifications in psychometric testing.
Always on the lookout for new experiences, Gill enjoys dog training and is currently training her Hungarian Vizsla to be a working dog. She is an active volunteer for the British Red Cross, a patron of the Manchester Art Gallery and recently completed the Wilmslow half marathon raising funds for a local animal charity.
Gill will ensure that clients in the North West get exceptional service and that they find the Seventy Thirty experience enriching, positive and fulfilling.
Jill King, MSc, BSc (Hons), Dip Coach
Psychologist (covering the north of England)
Jill works with Seventy-Thirty clients based in the north of England ensuring they receive exceptional service at their convenience without having to travel to the Knightsbridge office.
She qualified as a Psychologist 10 years ago, completing both a degree in Psychology and Masters in Occupational Psychology. She then went on to specialise in coaching and furthered her qualification with The Coaching Academy, achieving a diploma with distinction in Personal Coaching which is reflective of her passion for the field.
Her professional goal is to make a direct positive impact on people’s lives and firmly believes that her success is as a result of this. Those with whom she has worked refer to her as inspirational, professional, positive and trustworthy.
To maintain balance in her life Jill ensures that she makes time for her main passion which is horse riding. She also loves art; drawing and painting in her spare time. She also frequents galleries and is steadily building quite a collection of originals and prints.
Elizabeth Allen, BA (Hons)
Client Services
Elizabeth specialises in Client Services and works directly with our members to ensure they are getting the absolute best from Seventy Thirty. She became aware of her inclination to be people – orientated, at an early age when she ‘could never really rest without knowing a little bit more!’ She completed her degree at UCL and developed her career within the luxury industry to indulge her underlying pursuit of high standards.
Elizabeth is an accomplished pianist and musician and has a real appreciation for fine art. She has travelled extensively although retains a love of all Spanish culture (music, art, food, and attitude!).
Patrick Swan
Hair and Makeup Artist, Stylist
Patrick Swan has enjoyed a long and successful career in the fashion and style industry for over 20 years. He has established himself as a top professional in his field and caters to clientele in New York, London and across the globe.Patrick was a regular guest makeup artist on BBC's ‘Style Challenge’ programme and has also appeared on ‘The Clothes Show’, ‘Daily Live’, ‘She's Gotta Have It’ and Granada's ‘Wellbeing’ as a hair and skin expert. He has also appeared as a Style Guru on UK Style's ‘Stylefile’ and Living's ‘Body Beautiful’ and as a style expert on GMTV's ‘LKToday’.
Patrick's client list is extensive and has included Julia Roberts, Madonna, Michele Pfeiffer, Uma Thurman, Jerry Hall, Patti Hanson, Angelica Houston, Kathleen Turner, Raquel Welch, Vanessa Williams, Helena Bonham-Carter, Janet Jones, Patti LuPone, Suzanne Vega, Jade Jagger, Tracy Ullman, Ruby Wax, Jessica Tandy, Jennifer Jason- Leigh, Joni Mitchell, Morgan Freeman, Gabriel Byrne, Kenneth Branagh, Steve Winwood, Macaulay Culkin, Charlie Sheen, Jeff Goldblum, Sting, Kevin Bacon, Darcy Bussell, Lili Maltese, Daisy Fuentes, Toni Morrison, Lady Bristol, The Marchioness of Milford Haven, Lowri Turner, Lisa Tarbuck, Kelly Brook, Annabel Heseltine and Helen Baxendale.
Rasheed Ogunlaru
HNWI Life Coach
Rasheed is a qualified member of The Coaching Academy and a highly experienced life coach who helps high net worth individuals to achieve success, fulfilment and balance in all areas of their lives. Rasheed's background includes over 16 years working strategically and creatively in client-centred coaching, training, media and communications. His clients are millionaires, company executives, performers and sports personalities.
Rasheed regularly writes and speaks on personal and professional development in the media. His appearances include BBC London, ITN and Sky News. He also runs motivational workshops, seminars and talks and is Co- Founder of The Mind, Body & Spirit of Singing.
Jamie Baird
aka The Fitness Coach
Jamie has been involved with health and fitness for the past 14 years, having established an impressive reputation within the industry. He regularly appears in newspapers and on TV/radio. With a Sports Science background from England's top Sports University, Loughborough, he is a much sought after Fitness Coach.
After a period with Nike as a Technical Consultant, and a year working as a trainer, lecturer and writer in Australia, Jamie returned to the UK. He now runs his own fitness consultancy 'The Fitness Coach' which operates 2 private fitness studios as well as being the Head Trainer at the 'agua' Spa at The Sanderson Hotel. Based in Soho, Jamie has an impressive client list, which includes Charles Worthington, Donna Air and Kate Beckinsale.