About

This is who we are

In 2006, two brothers decided that they would set up a company together that would benefit from their years of experience in industry and business.

Marius Hopley had run organisations for a number of years and had a background of expertise in leadership, recruitment, learning and assessment.

Phil Hopley was a VP in Unilever, with a wealth of experience managing complex dispersed workgroups, and large-scale organisation change.

Over the years we have been joined by other professionals who have enabled us to build a very strong team of people who know their stuff! Nobody is a theorist who has read about something and wants to “try it out” on a client. We have been there, done it, got the t-shirt.

Our approach is to work in partnership with a client, recognising that no two clients are the same. Some will have resources that they can deploy internally to support our work, whereas others will need us to do all the work, but what we do not do is simply throw people at a project. We aim to educate our clients so that they not only understand what we propose and develop but that they are reasonably self-sufficient when we leave.

We are extremely proud to have worked with some amazing organisations over the years. We have long lasting relationships with many clients and indeed, we find we are often asked to support another project once the current one concludes.

To be very clear, we have never been asked to leave a project, nor delivered a project which failed. Part of that is down to our close working relationships with our clients and a lot is to do with our own culture. When we work with a client, we work as a true partner, considering the best interests and objectives of the client, often appearing like we are part of their own internal team. However we maintain our external objectivity and ensure that we tell you the truth about what we observe or uncover, even when it’s not very comfortable.

We take a pride in the work that we do and derive our satisfaction from seeing the difference we have made to our clients and not from the fees that we earn.

Sound different? That’s because we are. We are Vivant.

If your organisation could benefit from our knowledge, experience and approach, then contact us for an informal discussion;

Phone: 0118 907 7009
Email: info@vivant.co.uk