
artwhich®
Building capability, responsibly.
artwhich® is a London-based consulting, training, and coaching practice. We help organisations build stronger business models, visitor and client engagement, and leadership capability — and we help individuals, from students to senior executives, build the enterprise, management, and career skills to succeed.
Our roots are in sustainability, and that thinking still shapes how we approach long-term, responsible business building today. We work across three connected services:
1. Management Consulting
Business model, visitor/client engagement design, and leadership capacity building for organisations.
2. Leadership & Enterprise Training
Workshops, simulations, and corporate learning that build business model, management, and leadership capability — including enterprise-skills programmes for young people.
3. Mentoring & Coaching
1:1 and group coaching for personal statements, interview technique, and career development at every stage.
Our Founder — May Ho
May Ho is the founder of artwhich®, a consultancy helping businesses build stronger management models and leadership capacity, and helping individuals — from students to senior professionals — build career and enterprise skills.
About May
May Ho brings over 14 years of management and leadership experience across technology advisory, sustainability, corporate responsibility, diversity, equity and inclusion, and education. Since founding artwhich® in 2021, she has worked with individuals and organisations — for-profit and non-profit — to build stronger business models, management practices, and leadership capability. Through artwhich®'s consulting, training, coaching, and mentoring programmes, May helps clients turn strategic ambition into practical, day-to-day capability — grounded in sustainable, responsible business thinking. Alongside artwhich®, May teaches and researches at the university level, giving her client work an evidence-based edge: what she teaches in the classroom and publishes in academic journals directly informs how she coaches and consults.
Academic & Professional Credentials
Teaching & Academic Leadership
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Former Vice-Chair / Co-opted Governor, Grange Primary School Newham (2022-2026)
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Former Undergraduate Deputy Course Director (Year 2 Lead), Module Leader, and Lecturer in Business and Management, Coventry University London (2023–2025)
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Former External Examiner in Business and Management, University of Suffolk and University of Gloucestershire (2023–2025)
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Former External Panel Member for programme revalidation (Business and Accountancy), Oxford Brookes University (2025)
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Private tutor in business, management, and humanities (archaeology, history) for 6+ years, delivered 500+ hours of 1:1 sessions and 200+ hours of group teaching, online and in-person
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Teaches across GCSE, A-Level, and university level, university admissions coaching in humanities, economics, business, archaeology, and history
Research & Publishing
Research interests: sustainability, engagement, and landscape management (ORCID: 0009-0009-6751-6267)
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Co-Editor, Sustainable Development and Business Transformation (Springer Nature)
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Peer Reviewer, Technological Sustainability Journal and Social Responsibility Journal (Emerald), and Green Metrics in Higher Education (Springer Nature)
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Editorial Assistant, International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management (Emerald)
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Author, Ho, M. (2026). How Mindfulness Practices Impact Sustainability Leadership Capacities in Businesses. Social Aspects of Sustainability, 25
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Contributor to the QAA-funded Assessment Literacy project
Speaking & Conference Presentations
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CMI x Arden Lecture Sustainability in Action 2026
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Presenter, Advance HE Teaching and Learning Conference 2025, Sheffield
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Coogan, T., Ho, M. (2025). Module office hours as a space for critical thinking in a business school context: postgraduate students' perceptions. AMPS Conference — New Schools of Thought, Los Angeles 2025
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Session Chair and Academic Presenter, SRRNet International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, Cairo 2024
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Review Committee Member, University of Doha for Science and Technology 2025 International Conference
Education
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MSc in Applied Landscape Archaeology (Distinction), University of Oxford (Harris Manchester)
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MSt in Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge (Fitzwilliam)
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MA in Managing Archaeological Sites (Distinction), UCL
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BA (Hons) in Graphic Design, Central Saint Martins, UAL




Our Founder's Insights

'Be brave and try things out' was published on Knowledge & Insights Hub of CMI.
May was honoured to be interviewed by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) to share her career journey, which was later published as an article.
Understand how May Ho CMgr FCMI, an educator and entrepreneur, has built a career in education and how she can inspire you through artwhich®'s professional development programmes.

Five key insights for sustainability in action from the Arden Lecture 2026
Our Founder, May, joined the 'Arden Lecture: Sustainability in Action', hosted by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) in Jan 2026. The panel dives deep into a critical question: "What does sustainability really mean for you?" May shared how sustainable thinking boosts employability and how artwhich® helps leaders tackle real-world challenges.



