Meet the Founder
Mathew founded Xena Consultancy following more than fifteen years working across the NHS, primary care and wider health and community services in operational leadership, workforce development, programme management and frontline service delivery.
His career has involved leading teams and services through organisational change, workforce pressure and complex operational challenges. Having also experienced burnout during his healthcare career, Mathew developed a particular interest in how leadership, culture, psychological safety and organisational systems affect the people working within them.
That experience now shapes the way he works through Xena: practical, compassionate, honest and grounded in the realities staff and leaders face every day. His work helps organisations strengthen leadership, improve communication, rebuild trust and create healthier, safer and more sustainable working cultures.
Mathew is particularly passionate about supporting “the people who help the people”, recognising that sustainable services depend on healthy teams, strong leadership and cultures where staff wellbeing is treated as fundamental rather than secondary.
His approach is supported by extensive leadership and operational experience alongside professional development including PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner, NHS leadership development, Institute of Leadership and Management development and coaching development through The King’s Fund.