Mike De Luca


Senior Consultant and Chief Executive of Coverdale UK
Married with 3 children, has been with Coverdale since 1992

Career in brief
After studying literature and publishing Mike De Luca has had experience in many leadership positions. He has been on the board of three different publishing companies and has worked in the fields of magazines and books. This work has taken him to many parts of the world. As an editorial director he has bought and sold international publishing rights throughout the world. He is Chief Executive of Coverdale UK. Mike De Luca has working experiences in UK, Ireland, France, Spain, The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Monaco, South Africa, Nigeria, USA and China. His main focus as a consultant is board coaching and facilitation, international leadership development, performance improvement and helping organisations achieve their aims through their people.

In his work as a consultant and trainer he focuses on:
  • International leadership development
  • Board Facilitation
  • Executive coaching
  • Consulting, facilitating and managing of organisational development projects
  • Facilitating organisational development processes e.g. strategy work, visions etc
  • Facilitating project start ups, issue resolution and problem solving sessions
  • Facilitating large group processes, workshops of 100 people and over
  • Training sessions in team development, leadership and project management
Professional experience:
  • Managing Editor magazines, UK
  • Editorial Director, books, UK
  • Publishing Director, books, UK
  • Setting up international book packaging company
  • New publishing company start up
  • Turn round of oil refinery
  • Strategy work with boards in the healthcare, retail, manufacturing, telecom, engineering, distribution, oil and information management industries
  • Facilitating the start up of a new division of a plc
  • Project delivery improvement
  • Facilitation of improvement programmes
  • Lead consultant on largest Chinese/European JV
Education and training:
  • College Diploma in Book and Periodical Publishing, Edinburgh
  • MBA, Napier Business School, Edinburgh
  • Training as consultant and instructor in Coverdale UK
  • Trained in consulting by Bill Evans, Client Centred Consulting
  • Institute of Directors, London, training for Managing Directors
Working languages:
  • English
Mike says:
"My particular interest and expertise lies in the area of bringing people together from different disciplines, backgrounds and cultures to achieve extraordinary results. When this is done on an organisational level, the rewards for all can be fantastic. This is where I get my reward - through other peoples‘ success. Outside of work, my passions are my family, rugby, keeping fit, books, good food, wine and friends." 		Mike De Luca
Mike De Luca
Coverdale UK