Jonathan Huxley, Army

Shoei at Pheniks Division has unrivalled experience of boosting young people’s confidence through practical training. He’s a natural communicator and quickly builds rapport with people from all walks of life. He’s one of the most dependable people that I’ve worked with during my twenty-year military career: he always delivers – and always has your back!

Shoei and I worked together closely for two years as the leadership team of a company of two hundred soldiers. He was always the consummate adviser and mentor – providing an excellent role model to junior personnel and never forgetting what it is like to be ‘at the bottom of the pile’. This approach allowed him to effectively plan and manage an annual training camp for up to three hundred personnel – helping our junior soldiers uncover their true potential and grow their confidence through learning specialist soldiering skills. His innate empathy was also key to enabling the company’s transition to a new role – he was absolutely pivotal in ensuring the commitment of our junior leaders at a time when many were daunted by the scope and scale of organisational change. Shoei’s honed leadership style, instinctive understanding and ‘can-do’ approach will be an asset to any organisation.