Meet the team

Nick Bennett. Founder & Managing Partner
Nick founded Rituals for Performance to help leaders and teams to create working lives that are more connected, purposeful, and enriching. He believes work should be more than productive, it should bring energy, growth, and meaning to the people doing it. With over 30 years of experience working with leaders, teams, and global brands, Nick has built businesses, hired, led and grown teams, and developed practical systems that help people perform at their best. His career spans commercial leadership, behavioural design, and product innovation, including founding a mental fitness tech company and serving as a Chief Product Officer. He has created science-backed skill development systems that have supported more than 63,500 people in life and work.

Greg Bateman. Partner
Greg brings over 22,500 hours of experience in high-performance sport and work environments, helping leaders and teams build trust, navigate pressure and perform when it matters most.A former professional rugby player with Exeter Chiefs, Leicester Tigers and Dragons, Greg has lived the realities of elite team performance: pressure, setbacks, standards, accountability and the constant need to adapt.At Rituals for Performance, Greg combines elite performance insight, lived leadership experience and a deeply human approach to help teams strengthen culture, communication and collective accountability.

Charlene Carrett. Associate Coach
Charlene Carrett is a Leadership Coach known for creating thoughtful, high-trust spaces where clarity emerges, perspectives shift, and growth begins. She brings adistinctive balance of warmth and challenge, enabling leaders to be both honest with themselves and intentional in how they move forward. Her work spans the UK, Europe, and Asia, partnering with educational institutions, corporate organisations, HR teams, and public sector leaders to build coaching cultures and high-performing teams.

Jason Sinclair. Associate Coach
With over two decades of executive leadership experience, I bring a facilitative and collaborative coaching style grounded in trust, curiosity, and shared accountability. I believe that individuals and teams already hold the insight and potential needed to succeed; my role is to create the space, structure, and challenge that enables this to surface. I work in partnership with clients, using thoughtful questioning, active listening, and constructive reflection to support clarity, confidence, and purposeful action. My approach is values-led and people-centred, fostering inclusive environments where diverse perspectives are welcomed and empowered.

Marjan Oloumi. Associate Coach
Marjan brings over 14 years of international HR experience across industries including Telecommunications, Energy, Engineering, and Manufacturing. She has partnered with leaders at all levels, including C-suite executives, coaching them through business-critical challenges, leadership transitions, and periods of organisational change. She also coaches founders and entrepreneurs in sectors such as agriculture, data analytics, and well-being.

Ailin Werner. AI Agent specialist
Ailin specialises in AI agents and workflow automation, with a focus on n8n — one of the most powerful automation platforms available today. She designs and builds automated workflows and AI agents that handle real business processes end-to-end: from client enquiries and appointment management to content workflows and internal operations, reducing the need for manual intervention at every step.
What sets Ailin apart is her non-technical lens. She understands the problems business owners and leaders face from the inside, and builds solutions that are practical, well-documented, and designed to be maintained without a full development team.