Donald is a former senior executive at Fortune 500 companies, who changed career direction to become a hypnotherapist, NLP practitioner and coach and a best selling author

On leaving the corporate world Donald and his wife took their children, then aged 11 and 9 out of school and travelled round the world for nine months, visiting 11 countries, before following a more entrepreneurial lifestyle, running a consultancy specialising in negotiation and going on his journey in hypnotherapy, NLP and coaching and as a writer  – as well as working as a standup comedian, performing in the UK and US.  

As well as his general practice, Donald has combined his knowledge, skills and experiences as an executive with hypnotherapy NLP and coaching techniques to focus on helping corporate clients develop their executives, helping them overcome limiting beliefs and develop a mindset for success, as well as providing practical tools and techniques to help executive  achieve peak performance.

This approach is captured in his Best Selling Book “The Unconscious Edge: The Five-Step Framework to Transform Your Thinking and Unlock Your True Potential” which was published in June 2025 and became a best seller on Amazon within a week.

Donald had also written a travel journal and (under the pen name Ivan Offolbot) two best selling children’s books The “Boy who Farted and Flew to the Moon” and “The Boy who Farted and Landed on Mars”, both of which are available on kindle.