Our Team

Collin Jennings was the founding member of Jennings & Associates in 1991. He was a specialist in business, executive coaching and strategic thinking. Collin passed away sadly in 2023 and Jenny, his wife, formed the company Jennings Training Solutions, to honour Collin’s wish that his passion for Training and his accomplishments over the years should leave a lasting impact on the world. Jennings Training solutions is supported by licensed Insights Discovery Practitioners and accredited Training facilitators in various fields.

Rob Cowling obtained an honours degree in Physical Education at Rhodes University and started his professional life as a teacher at King Edward V11 School in the mid-seventies. He then joined Prof Tim Noakes when the department of Exercise Science and Sport Medicine was established at Medical School, UCT in 1980. Here he obtained a B.Sc. (MED) (HONS) degree which was the start of a 30 year career as an entrepreneur in the Health/Fitness/Spa/Wellness/Bio-energy cluster. Today Cowling is widely recognized as an innovative Wellness/Personal coaching pioneer both locally and internationally . He was directly involved in the launch of the Sport Science Institute of South Africa (SSISA) in 1995 with Tim Noakes and Morne Du Plessis and was the consultant chiefly responsible for establishing the Fitness and Wellness Centre at the Institute. His long association with the SSISA has recently led to the joint establishment of a Sport Science and High Performance initiative in Mpumalanga. Cowling has established a number of successful businesses of his own over the years and has consulted for organisations such as the Arabella Group, Queensgate Hotels and Leisure, Shell, Mobil, Old Mutual, Health & Racquet Club/Virgin Active, High Rustenburg Hydro, Brookdale Health Hydro, SANTe, Medscheme and the SSISA. He was the first South African Exercise Physiologist to present to the NHS at the Royal College of Physicians (London) on Lifestyle Management and Preventative Health in 1999 and in the same year was appointed as a faculty member to the Foundation for Professional Development, the educational arm of the Medical Association of SA. Since 1985 Rob Cowling has been involved in Corporate Training, Facilitation & Coaching. More recently he has obtained an international license as an Insights Discovery (ID) Practitioner and delivers their programmes on Personal, Team and Organisational Effectiveness using the powerful ID preference-based learning system. He now uses the Insights Personal Profile, based on the work of the psychotherapist Carl Jung, as the basis of his Executive Coaching. He currently serves as a member of the executive team of Jennings and Associates, a local and international business consultancy organization.

Teresa Patterson is a licensed Insights Discovery Practitioner. Her work experience includes more than 20 years of serving on a Management Level in Corporate Companies and the Hospitality Industry. Teresa negotiated and interacted at Senior and Executive level. She was a founder member and Director of a number of companies that tendered and provided services to Educational and Health Institutions, Mines, the SANDF and Industry.

Brian is a business behaviour specialist. He has been intrigued by the Mystery and Magic of Human Behaviour for over 3 decades. His passion lies in HOW we can grow into amazing Human Beings and achieve far more than we ever believed possible. Brian's quest is to help as many people and companies as possible and find the SPARK of MAGIC in themselves and their teams. Once found it cannot be extinguished. Everyone has the magic of uniqueness inside of them. He fully believes that if you are not having fun in what you do, you are paying too high a price. Laughter is natures medicine. Brian 's experience in this field has been an accumulation of over thirty-one years of intensive study on Human Science & Behaviour. He is a licensed and experienced Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), & Design Human Engineering (DHE), having studied with the co-founder of NLP, Dr Richard Bandler and John La Valle. Brian is a licensed practitioner of Insights Discovery – an amazing and fun behavioural assessment, coaching and team alignment tool. Brian's toolbox includes: Neuro-Science – Insights Discovery Licenced Practitioner – specialising in Mindset, Attitude and understanding our FSQ -Familiar Status Quo – habits, patterns and behaviour and HOW to change them into a positive outcome. Executive Team Alignment (getting Real) Dynamic Adaptation to Change (getting There).

James Coppens started his career as a game ranger in the Timbavati. After three and a half years he returned to Johannesburg and turned his hand to Sales and Marketing for companies like 3M Company and Chemical Services. From sales he moved into the training field at 3M Company. He started his collaboration with Collin Jennings in 1989 and is active in the field of training and motivation. James believes his purpose is to help and grow people.

Sean Jennings is the son of the founding member Collin Jennings and his wife Jennifer Jennings. He has been in the online marketing field since 2013 and manages all online and IT aspects of Jennings Training Solutions