About Coote Advisory Ltd
Coote Advisory Ltd provides strategic and operational advisory services that help turn complex risk, safety leadership, and compliance challenges into opportunities. We offer practical, evidence-based insights for senior leaders and Board members who want to strengthen governance, culture, and organisational performance. We support the operational teams to deliver on your organisation’s objectives for risk, compliance and safety culture.
With over 35 years of experience in multiple industry sectors we build the bridge between strategic risk and opportunity and operational delivery, ensuring your business remains compliant and your people are safe.
Leadership that drives
meaningful change
Nicola Coote works with Boards and leadership teams across a wide range of sectors. She provides support on complex behavioural, regulatory, and operational issues within occupational health, safety, and risk compliance.
Nicola designs practical, commercially focused solutions that reduce exposure and liability while strengthening operational performance. Her work enables safety leadership to be led with confidence from the top of your organisation, through the management tiers to operational delivery in a way that is safe and effective. She supports teams at all levels.
Her approach combines cultural and behavioural insight with a clear understanding of the commercial environment in which leaders operate. Nicola is a Registered Expert Witness and brings specialist knowledge to strategic and operational challenges.
Key capabilities include:
Key capabilities include:
- Strategic risk and safety leadership
- Health and safety culture transformation
- Behavioural safety leadership
- Operational safety services and training
Associates
Parsons Talent Consulting Ltd
Parsons Talent Consulting offers a range of services across the spectrum of People Organisation, Team and Board Effectiveness. This includes:
- Board effectiveness / Board reviews
- General leadership, organisational and talent consulting
- Board / Director coaching
- Team design and build, team development
Parsons Talent Consulting provides broader Board and leadership advisory support, while Coote Advisory brings more targeted expertise in risk, compliance, and safety
Contact: https://parsonstalentconsulting.com/
Colin Todd Associates
Colin Todd Associates has worked in the past with the owner/director of Coote Advisory and specialises in all things that are fire related, including:
- Expert witness cases (Colin Todd is an Expert Witness in fire safety-related cases)
- Ad-hoc and ongoing support relating to specialist fire engineering, assessment and associated services
- Delivery of specialist and industry specific training courses for clients
Colin has received an MBE for his services to fire services which track back over 40 years. He is author of a number of BSI publications, including PAS 79, serves on several British Standard committees and is a board member of the Fire Industry Association (FIA), Chairman of the FIA Fire Risk Assessment Council.
Contact: https://www.cstodd.co.uk/
Insight That Strengthens Leadership And Governance
Coote Advisory supports organisations at every level, with particular focus on the C-suite. We embed risk and safety leadership where it matters most, helping Boards integrate safety with strategy, culture, and values. Our team brings extensive experience in business, behavioural insight, and regulatory environments.
Consultancy & Advisory Services
We deliver bespoke support across strategic, cultural, and operational risk and safety disciplines.
Consultancy & Training
Board-level strategy, governance, and compliance support that embeds safety leadership where it matters – in the boardroom.
Safety Culture & Behavioural Safety
Immersive programmes and workshops that transform safety culture and behavioural performance across all levels of your organisation.
Outsourcing Services & Competent Person
Our outsourced services give you access to senior level expertise as well as routine/operational support without the cost or commitment of a internally employed resource.
Expert Witness
Authoritative insight and evidence-based expert witness services for complex civil or criminal safety investigations.
“Coote Advisory transformed our strategic approach with remarkable precision and insight.”
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