About Us
The people behind The Quarter
It's not just what you say.
It's what people hear, believe, and act on.
That's where we work.
Why We Exist
Because traditional training doesn't stick
We started The Communication Quarter because we kept seeing the same pattern: brilliant leaders sitting through workshops, nodding along, and walking out unchanged. The frameworks were fine. The slides were polished. But nothing shifted.
The problem wasn't effort or intelligence. It was that most training treats communication as a set of techniques, when it's actually a behaviour. And behaviours don't change in a half-day seminar.
We founded this company to do something different: to build experiences that reach deeper than tips and templates, and create real, lasting shifts in how leaders think, speak, and show up.
A Global Practice
Scientists in Bangkok. Bankers in New York. CEOs in Berlin. Music legends on stage.
Different worlds, same truth: the leaders who make the greatest impact are the ones who can make a genuine connection with the people in the room.
What We Believe
Our point of view
Communication is a behaviour, not a skill set.
You can memorise a framework over lunch. But shifting how you listen, how you hold a room, how you respond under pressure? That takes something deeper. We work at the level of mindset and habit, not just technique.
Confidence isn't performed. It's built.
We don't teach people to fake authority. We help them find genuine confidence, rooted in self-awareness, preparation, and the ability to be fully present with their audience.
One size fits nobody.
Every leader we work with has a different starting point, a different challenge, and a different context. We design around the individual, not the curriculum. If it feels generic, we've failed.
The work doesn't end in the room.
A great workshop creates a spark. What matters is what happens on Monday morning. We stay close, refining, supporting, and challenging, because lasting change needs lasting commitment.
How We Work
Designed around you, not us
We don't arrive with a fixed programme and hope it lands. Every engagement begins with a real conversation about your organisation, your culture, and the specific shifts you need. From there, we design something that fits.
Our approach combines three areas that are rarely brought together: • Communication strategy • Human behaviour and psychometrics • Performance and presence This allows us to work with leaders not just on what they say but how they think, how they show up and how others respond.
The Team
Four perspectives. One purpose.
We come from different worlds: performance, psychology, business coaching, and storytelling. What we share is a deep conviction that the way leaders communicate shapes everything around them.
Christian Billett
Co-Founder
Christian brings over 20 years of global experience in coaching, specialising in working with senior leaders across diverse industries to strengthen how they communicate, influence and lead. An in-demand keynote speaker, he combines deep coaching expertise with his background as a leading West End performer and classically trained musician from the prestigious Royal Academy of Music. Christian has a particular focus on helping introverted leaders succeed in environments that often favour more dominant voices. Drawing on his own experience, he offers practical, tailored strategies that build confidence, clarity and influence. His unique blend of performance insight and communication strategy enables leaders to elevate their presence, sharpen their message and lead with greater impact in high-stakes situations.
Katy Lewis
Co-Founder
Katy brings over 15 years' experience in coaching, training and leadership development, with a focus on helping individuals strengthen their impact in demanding professional environments. She has developed a distinctive approach that combines evidence-based practice with a highly personalised, client-centred style. She has worked with organisations and senior individuals to enhance gravitas and influence across a range of settings, from board-level conversations and interviews to high-stakes presentations. As an ICF-qualified coach, trainer, assessor and CBT therapist, Katy brings depth and rigour to her work, enabling clients to build confidence, communicate with clarity and achieve meaningful, lasting change.
Jason Piper
Co-Founder
Jason is a Consultant Occupational and Business Psychologist and BPS-certified Psychometrician, specialising in performance and organisational development. With over 16 years' experience in coaching, leadership and talent development, he works with individuals and organisations to strengthen performance in complex, high-pressure environments. He has received awards for course design, holds the position of Associate Professor, and has worked internationally with FTSE 100 organisations and high-profile individuals. Alongside his commercial work, Jason has founded and supported a number of charities, contributing to initiatives supporting the homeless, recovering addicts, refugees, victims of FGM, Creative Youth, NSPCC and those displaced by the Ukraine conflict.
Emily Fairman
Co-Founder
Emily has over 30 years' experience as a global communication coach, helping leaders and teams communicate with clarity, confidence and impact. Originally a corporate writer for The Guardian, she later trained as an actor and went on to co-write and co-star in the award-winning sketch series Your Bad Self. She brings this unique combination of writing, performance and coaching expertise to support leaders in delivering clear, engaging messages across a wide range of settings, from internal meetings to large-scale conferences. Emily creates a supportive and engaging environment, equipping clients with practical tools to connect, influence and communicate effectively across all business contexts. She is a qualified business coach and MBTI practitioner.
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