Experts in Adventure Travel
and really lovely people!
Passionate about what we do
Our staff have a wealth of experience running development programmes in the UK and overseas, making them our best asset. To date, we have trained thousands of people participating in expeditions. We have a unique infrastructure of expedition staff, including planning managers, consultants, medics and in-country agents who come together to provide a truly personal service, which we feel is second to none.
Our development programmes are designed within the framework of our mission statement to give the individual a central focus on what they will achieve throughout the programme.
Meet our experts
Meet the team behind Adventure Lifesigns. Our unique recruitment and development programme guarantees that we have the best staff at every level.

Alistair Cole
Chief Executive
As a qualified Mountain Leader, Alistair has led over 40 overseas expeditions, holds numerous NEBOSH and CIEH safety qualifications, is an instructor in Off-Site-Safety Management and is an experienced Trauma Medic.

Ian Forbes
Company Manager
Ian is at home in any wilderness environment looking after clients, he is an experienced and highly qualified outdoor instructor with over 30 years' experience. Having led over 50 overseas expeditions to date he is also a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Tessa Dawson
Office Manager
After completing her BSc in Animal Behaviour and Welfare she worked as a research assistant, spending a significant amount of time at sea studying the behaviour of dolphins. Tess holds the Off-Site Safety Management qualification, and the Expedition Care Programme qualification.

Patrick Rutledge
Expeditions Manager
Patrick's passion for the outdoors has inspired him to lead overseas expeditions and has led expeditions for Lifesigns in the past.
Patrick holds a Degree in Environmental Management and a PGCE Outdoor Activities (secondary), has completed Winter and Summer training, and is certified as an ML, RCI, Wilderness First Responder, and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is currently studying for an MA in Outdoor Education and is an IML aspirant.

Kerrieanne Cartwright Forbes
School Coordinator
Kerrieanne has worked in the expeditions industry for many years, starting as a School Coordinator and working her way up to Expeditions Manager, gaining experience both in the office and on the ground as an Expedition Leader.
After a period working in the health & Safety sector within the building trade, Kerrieanne has returned to her routes as Adventure Lifesigns' part time School Coordinator.
Kerrieanne is a highly experienced Mountain Leader.

Stacy Mallaby
Expeditions Director
Stacy has always had a passion for the outdoors and the natural world which led to her studying BSc Zoology and MSc Tropical Marine Biology. Following university, Stacy indulged her passion for travel, spending two years as the Resident Marine Biologist on a small island in the Indian Ocean. Travelling has given her a deep appreciation for different cultures and how communities interact with and rely on the natural world. She is an experienced and qualified diver and holds various remote medical qualifications, alongside the off-site safety management and aquatic rescue safety programmes.

Jonathan Moutia
Accounts Manager
Having studied business and finance at Greenwich University, Jonathan joined the company in 2021. Jonathan joined an ALS expedition to Morocco in 2022 and has been asking to go on expeditions ever since!

Doniert Macfarlane
MBBS BSc MRCS
Medical Director
Doniert has a background in Orthopaedics and Emergency Medicine. He has extensive experience of expedition medicine issues and prehospital care. When not advising the Lifesigns Group he works part-time as an Emergency Department Consultant.

Rowena Dodson
Educational Advisor
After leaving Exeter University, Rowena went on to do a PGCE at Reading. She went on to become a School Programme Coordinator, before moving into the independent sector. Having worked on both sides of the education system, she is aware of the pressures that now exist when organising any activities for young people.
Do you have what it takes to become an expedition leader?
If you have previous expedition leader experience, we would love to hear from you. We take groups across 5 continents and pride ourselves on having professional leadership teams that make the expeditions a success.