Ryan joined the College’s board of Directors in 2019. He currently supports the College in maintaining and advancing standards, event organisation and website development.
His contributions to access and inclusion within mediation were recognised by the College of Mediators and The Civil Mediation Council when he was awarded community mediator of the year 2018-2019.
He is a Family Mediator, FMC accredited to mediate financial and child arrangements, qualified civil and commercial mediator, disability mediator, qualified master mentor/coach and provides disability awareness training.
Ryan has completed over 500 mediations. He co-founded the disability mediation standards and sits on the working group for the equality and diversity standards.
You could describe Ryan as tenacious after having approximately 200 operations due to multiple eye conditions. Although being a blind mediator has many hurdles, he has managed to overcome these by refining and developing his mediation techniques/processes.
Memberships: College of Mediators, Family Mediation Council, Family Mediator’s Association, European Mentoring and Coaching Council.
Ryan is an advocate for disability rights and has worked alongside the Equality and Human Rights Commission and was a Samaritans for 9 years.
He runs his own successful mediation company Access Mediation Services.