Testimonials

David Rose, Director of Equitix (London)

"The way in which Adam and the Chimera team have worked with us over the last 4 years has really added significant value to our offer- they have ensured that communities benefit from our offering and that we are able to help and develop real opportunities for all members of the community".

Jaz & Rashpal Rai, Directors of Wellbeing Works (Derby)

"As a mentor, not only has Adam has been a fantastic sounding board for us in testing our ideas for growing our organisation, he has also provided us with the tools to work out a clear way forward, prioritise our tasks and focus on achievable yet ambitious targets for the future. We immediately had a rapport with him; his friendly manner put us at ease straight away and his expertise and clear approach continues to help us enormously. His advice on a Lottery bid we were about to submit proved invaluable in ensuring the funding was secured."

Kevin Duxbury, Senior Regeneration Manager, URS Scott Wilson (Manchester)

"Adam was very useful as a sounding board and had a number of very useful suggestions. He also responded to tight deadlines for us and always having time to talk through things in detail. My colleagues also agree and that feedback and comments were very constructive."

Sallie Wocha, Arts and Creative Industries Officer, Leicestershire County Council

"I have worked with Adam Jeffrey of Chimera Consulting on several projects over nine years and he is the only consultant I recommend to colleagues and partners who are looking for expert, comprehensive and professional support. Adam is a brilliant person to work with. You become a member of his team, which is focussed but friendly. His depth of knowledge across a wide range of fields is impressive and he can adapt his skills and knowledge base to approach any discipline. He is highly adaptable and is adept at communicating with a range of clients, from local community members to directors of organisations, each is treated in the same highly professional yet approachable manner."

"Adam is a gifted manager of people and projects; he is the driver of ideas and the producer of results. Adam brings all the strands together and gets straight to the nub of the project, deftly identifying the shape and structure of it when there is confusion or inertia. He gets things done and delivers more than is necessary if this means it is done better. If you have Chimera on board you are in safe, reliable and expert hands.”

Patrick Nelson, former Chair of Greater Nottingham Employment and Skills Board

"Chimera provided several months of support to me, as Chair, and the rest of the Greater Nottingham Skills Board. The quality of support and thought offered by Chimera was very useful to us as we tried to move the objectives of the Board forward and I would not hesitate to use Chimera again in similar circumstance"

Steve Lee, CHART LSP Co-ordinator

"Chimera stand out as consultants who I have enjoyed working with, can speak to in an open and frank manner, have the utmost integrity and professionalism, are willing to challenge the client to ensure the best outcome is achieved, and are prepared to go the extra mile to ensure the best possible result. Out of the many consultants I have worked with, Chimera are one of a handful I would use with utmost confidence in delivery."

"An aspect I really appreciated was the flexibility in your approach and understanding of sometimes changing needs from us, or delays in our responses and your professional pride in wanting to provide the best possible report even if slightly beyond the original remit. I am pleased with the outcome of this work and have enjoyed being part of the working group, something that Chimera helped achieve through your enthusiasm and commitment to a quality publication addressing the issues identified at the outset"

Jim Taylor, Nottingham Science City Partnership

"A very professional and enthusiastic team who did a first class job and very good value for money compared to other consultants. We really appreciated the enthusiasm of the team and that we had a very high level presence dealing with the technology firms. It was obvious that Chimera built an excellent rapport with firms and came across very well which was just what we needed."

"There was some "gold" in the recommendations and key findings which will be very useful to us.A good job well done."

Robert Lee, Artistic Director / Producer of Luton Cultural Festival (also Visiting Lecturer at the University of Greenwich)

"I am thrilled to recommend Adam’s work as a business champion in providing professional services. Adam provides the uppermost quality consultancy services to clients operating in the economic and social regeneration and renewal arena. During my tenure as Artistic Director at the Peepul Centre we engaged Chimera Consulting (Regeneration) Limited and he helped us ask and gain answers to useful and pertinent questions via research and needs analysis for our business planning. He showed great decorum, patients and restraint when dealing with what was sometimes a very challenging experience. Ultimately a great service was delivered with the resultant business plan being cohesive and dynamic. Though I’m yet to hear his guitar playing if he approaches it with half the zeal, passion and focus which he brings to other endeavour’s he will be awesome."

Kevin Edwards, former CEO at Derby and Derbyshire Economic Partnership

I have worked with Adam on a number of occasions. I have always found him to be professional, diligent, thorough and very conscientious. In terms of Value for Money, he is very good. I would have no hesitation in recommending Adam to you.

Jacqueline Harrison, (former) Evaluation and Research Officer, North Fulham New Deal for Communities

"For me, I admired the way Chimera were extremely personable, open to comments and suggestions and feedback throughout the study work. I appreciated the chance to have an input into the design of the consultation questionnaires which I have not been given the option to do with other consultants. We particularly liked your enthusiasm for the piece of work, we were happy with your approach and felt your methodology, in practice, worked well.".