About Us

ETC was established to harness the wealth of experience of its three directors in helping small businesses to reach their full potential and their owners to realise their ambitions.

Doug D'Aubrey and Matthew Chuck have helped over 100 small businesses to date, ranging from catering, printing, financial services, IT support and many more. Theresa Comiskey has worked with individuals ranging from senior managers and their teams to the long term unemployed, to develop their skills and confidence in addressing the challenges facing them.

Before launching his own business, Doug worked at senior level in the manned guarding security sector for Burns International Services, dealing with large manpower issues, training, man-management, HR, logistics and sales development. His most notable success was turning them round from an £800,000 flagging annual turnover, to a £5m resounding success story. Capitalising on these skills, Doug then moved into management consulting and training, and ultimately launched ETC.

Matthew pursued a career in the manufacturing industry at home and abroad, the majority of it with the Chemicals Division of Alcoa (Aluminium Company of America ), where he spent a lengthy period as Sales Director at their Frankfurt HQ, directing sales of 120 million Euros annually. He returned to the UK in 2002 to set up his own consulting business, later joining Doug as a co-director of  ETC in 2008, bringing with him international clients such as DuPont Safety Resources and The European Council of International Schools, as well as many smaller owner-managed businesses.

Theresa Comiskey joined ETC in 2011 to develop ETC’s Training services. She brings with her many years’ experience within adult education, development and employment, ranging from multi-million pound government contracts to private sector organisations and the not-for-profit sector.

Underpinning this broad base of knowledge is an additional team of eight trusted, expert consultants, with an array of skills covering the whole business spectrum, including a fully fledged and highly successful Accountancy service specialising in small businesses.