Following strong growth, we are excited to announce the appointment of Gareth Helm as our new MD. Simon Poole, who has held this position for the last two decades, will become CEO. Both appointments have been made to meet growing client demand and enable the company to develop its range of social impact products for clients and communities across the globe.
Introducing Gareth
Gareth is a highly experienced and respected business leader with a track record of driving business growth. He started his career at Unilever and has held senior positions at some of the UK’s best-known brands including Innocent Drinks and MoneySuperMarket before becoming Chief Marketing Officer of McDonald’s restaurants in the UK and Ireland and Global CMO for HomeServe. Gareth is a published author on marketing leadership (The Marketing Leader’s CODE) as well as a trained coach. Most recently, he has held several Non-Executive Director positions, whilst working as a fractional CMO and career coach.
“I am delighted to be joining Splash Projects. Simon, Rachel and the wider team are making a massive difference to local communities globally, whilst developing the leaders of the future. It is a truly unique offer, which I look forward to taking to the next level.”
Simon steps up
Simon Poole co-founded Splash Projects with his wife Rachel in 2000, overseeing the delivery of hundreds of projects involving more than 65,000+ participants across 34+ countries. He is passionate about everything having purpose and impact. Simon previously spent 23 years in the British Forces as a Parachute Engineer and senior instructor at the Royal School of Military Engineering and Joint Services Military Diving School, where he was responsible for the design and implementation of specialist training programmes including for the Special Forces.
Splash Projects
Splash Projects delivers award-winning experiential projects to businesses and business schools, leaving a greener, safer and better tomorrow for local communities. We build leaders and teams and enable individuals to develop their skills whilst making a difference in the world, by operating at the intersection of Learning & Development, Giving Back and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Projects run all over the world and include building playgrounds for deprived children, wheelchair courses for people with disabilities and gardens for terminally ill patients or senior citizens.
