We started with a simple belief: that every organisation deserves access to world-class training, not just those with the biggest budgets. Here is the story of how that belief became a thriving practice serving companies across the United Kingdom.
From a small consultancy in Wales to a nationally recognised corporate training provider — built on relationships, rigour and results.
Corporate Progress Path was founded in 2017 by two learning-and-development professionals who had spent over a decade working inside large corporations. They saw first-hand how generic, off-the-shelf training programmes failed to create lasting change. Employees would sit through a day of slides, tick a box and return to their desks without altering a single behaviour. There had to be a better way.
Operating from Long Sauer in Wales, they began designing bespoke programmes for small and mid-sized businesses — organisations that were often overlooked by the big consultancies. Word spread quickly. Within two years, the team had grown to six facilitators and was delivering training in sectors ranging from financial services and healthcare to manufacturing and technology.
Today, Corporate Progress Path works with organisations of all sizes across the UK. We have trained more than 1,200 professionals annually, maintained a 97 percent client-satisfaction rate and built a reputation for programmes that are practical, engaging and genuinely transformative. Despite our growth, our core philosophy remains unchanged: training should be tailored, evidence-based and measured by the real-world outcomes it produces — not by the number of certificates it prints.
Five guiding principles that shape every programme we design, every facilitator we hire and every relationship we build.
We measure success by what changes after the training, not by how many hours we deliver. Every programme includes built-in evaluation so we can demonstrate tangible return on investment for our clients.
Our content is grounded in peer-reviewed research and industry best practice, but always translated into language and scenarios that feel immediately applicable to participants' daily work.
Adults learn best when they feel respected and involved. We create psychologically safe environments where people can ask questions, make mistakes and practise new skills without judgement.
We do not position ourselves as outside experts who parachute in and leave. We work alongside your internal teams, share knowledge openly and aim to build your organisation's own training capacity over time.
We apply the same growth mindset to ourselves that we encourage in our clients. Our facilitators undergo regular peer review, attend industry conferences and update their certifications annually.
A small, dedicated group of professionals who bring decades of combined experience in learning design, facilitation and organisational development.
Co-founder and managing director
Catrin spent 12 years leading talent-development programmes at a FTSE 250 company before co-founding Corporate Progress Path. She holds a master's degree in organisational psychology from Cardiff University and is a certified executive coach. Her passion lies in helping leaders unlock potential they did not know they had.
Co-founder and head of learning design
Daniel is an instructional designer with a background in adult education and digital learning. Before founding the company, he created e-learning platforms for two NHS trusts and a national retail chain. He ensures every programme we deliver is pedagogically sound, visually engaging and accessible to all learners.
Senior facilitator
Nkechi brings energy and warmth to every session she leads. With a background in sales management and a diploma in coaching and mentoring, she specialises in our sales-excellence and negotiation programmes. Clients consistently praise her ability to make complex concepts feel intuitive and actionable.
Key milestones that have shaped Corporate Progress Path into the trusted training partner we are today.
Catrin and Daniel launch Corporate Progress Path from a small office in Long Sauer, delivering their first leadership programme to a local engineering firm with 20 participants.
A national logistics company commissions a six-month management-development programme, marking our entry into large-scale, multi-site delivery.
We welcome three new facilitators and an instructional designer, enabling us to offer simultaneous programmes across England and Wales.
When in-person delivery pauses, we rapidly develop a virtual-training methodology that maintains interactivity and engagement, earning praise from clients navigating remote-work transitions.
We reach a significant milestone, having delivered over 200 individual programmes across 14 industry sectors since our founding.
Responding to growing demand, we introduce a dedicated digital-skills and technology-fluency service line, supported by partnerships with leading software vendors.
We invest in the credentials that matter — so you can trust the quality of every programme we deliver.
All Corporate Progress Path facilitators hold relevant professional qualifications from recognised bodies including the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) and the International Coaching Federation (ICF). We are committed to continuing professional development and require every team member to complete a minimum of 40 hours of learning each year.
Our programmes are designed in alignment with the Kirkpatrick Model of training evaluation, ensuring we measure reaction, learning, behaviour and results. We also follow the principles of universal design for learning (UDL) to make our sessions accessible and inclusive for participants with diverse needs and learning preferences.