Ros & Neil Johnson

Until recently, Neil was heading up the performing arts dept in one of Britain’s leading specialist music schools. He now runs presentation skills and business development training in the UK, Asia and Greece.
Neil is a co-founder of Naxos Creative. He spent many years working as an actor in theatre and television, following three years training at the Guildford School of Acting. He was a full-time project manager for the BBC and then the Tate Gallery working on educational and creative projects for Young People all around the UK. He produced and directed the prestigious Institution of Engineering & technology (IET) Faraday Science lectures for a number of years and was actively involved in all aspects of the project, including creation of the presentation and training the presenters.

Neil has coached over a hundred students over the years on Speech & Drama exams for Trinity College London. He is proud to say that his students usually obtain a merit or distinction for these exams in Acting, Communication skills and Shakespeare..

Neil has worked as a presentation skills consultant with board level executives from BT, American Express, Balfour Beatty, Lego, Lever Brothers and General Motors. He also worked with the senior management of Bougyues Construction, helping the team develop their presentations for successful bids on a number of major PFI projects.

As well as business leaders, Neil has also coachedmany other individuals, including students, teachers, architects, lawyers, accountants, apprentices and even a celebrity chef and an MP, to successfully prepare presentations for TV appearances, media events, conferences and interviews. Neil has a Professional Diploma in Management and a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA).

Ros is co-founder of Naxos Creative. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama as a teacher and voice coach and has worked with some of the UK’s top voice coaches. She is also a counsellor and trained life coach. She worked as a director at the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre in London and was involved in a number of West End Show transfers. Since then, Ros has worked with: Dame Judy Dench, Madonna, Dame Maggie Smith, Ewan McGregor and Benedict Cumberbatch. Ros has been a director of drama at a number of prestigious UK schools teaching drama to Advance level for exams along with extra-curricular Speech and Drama exams with both individuals and groups. Having run a number of successful intensive holiday speech and drama courses in the UK Ros is looking forward to bringing them to Greece in summer 2024.

Ros has also worked with the British Council, providing coaching for staff members based in Kuala Lumper, Malaysia and has trained drama teachers in China. Five years ago she co-founded the acclaimed Wells Theatre Festival which is now publicly funded, and she remains its artistic director. Helping to run acting & voice courses for Naxos Creative is the next step in a varied and rewarding career.