Mark Rosenberg is an accredited executive and team coach and mediator with extensive experience as a senior manager and lawyer. As well as team coaching, Mark has sat on the Advisory Board for the Mediation Training Institute at Eckerd College (USA) and regularly acts as a mediator for the Office of the Franchising Mediation Advisor. Mark started his career as a lawyer at a large Australian law firm before spending over 10 years in various senior management roles at Caltex Australia. He spent three years as an Executive Director at Sydney Olympic Park Authority before starting his company, Balanced Curve. Mark is an accredited team coach with the EMCC.
Dave Tams is a director of Leadership Dynamics based in Wellington, New Zealand. He brings to his work extensive experience as an HR Director working across multiple industries and government. With experience also in the OD and change domains, he works as a coach and facilitator to help leaders and teams become more effective. Dave works in the areas of team development and facilitation, executive coaching, team coaching, team dynamics, and psychological safety. Dave is an accredited team coach with the EMCC.
Adam Smith has more than 30 years of experience in high impact partnerships across different functions, industries, and geographies. He has led successful leadership development engagements in Global 500 corporations, recruited top leaders as a Vice President in retained executive search, and currently leads an executive coaching and organizational consulting firm in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Adam holds an MBA in Organization Development from Johns Hopkins University, a Graduate Certificate in Leadership Coaching from Georgetown University, a Certificate of Advanced Study in Coaching Supervision from Oxford Brookes University, and is currently studying to become a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner.
Dr Suzi Skinner is Managing Director of Roar People, a boutique consultancy in Sydney Australia. Suzi works at executive and board level in a range of leading organisations across the UK, USA, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific. She has authored two books, ‘Build Your Leader Identity‘ and ‘The Wise Leader‘. She is published in several peer-reviewed academic journals. Suzi is a regular guest speaker at Sydney Business School, University of Wollongong as well as a variety of Leadership Conferences locally and internationally. Internationally Suzi was awarded the Outstanding Women in Leadership Award by the World Leadership Congress in Mumbai for her leadership work in India. Suzi is an accredited team coach with the EMCC.
Suva Chattopadhay is a coach, team coach, coach supervisor, facilitator, and leadership development consultant. He has diverse industry experience across FMCG, pharmaceutical, and wellness, working in multinational and Indian organisations in both India and emerging markets. Suva has 17 years corporate experience in various roles including business management, sales, marketing, capability building, project management, and organisational coaching. Suva coaches CXOs, senior leaders in FMCG, pharmaceuticals, financial services, social enterprise, NGO, IT, healthcare, manufacturing, consulting, and retail. He works with senior leadership teams to facilitate personal and team transformation. His coaching and leadership development work is rooted in the behavioural sciences and habit building.
Gina McCredie is an experienced organisational psychologist with more than 30 years experience working in and with organisations. She has a track record in designing, implementing and sharing practical approaches that are grounded in science and have been proven in practice. Gina seeks to help individuals and teams achieve their desired impact. She partners with people at all levels of an organisation to enhance their skills and effectiveness in collaborating, leading, and becoming high-performing at work. Whether it is coaching individuals or teams, she is focused on contributing to their success.
Marsha Acker is co-Founder & CEO of Elevate Dialogue and Founder & CEO of TeamCatapult. As CEO of TeamCatapult, Marsha has coached hundreds of leaders and teams through high-stakes growth, conflict, and change. She sees teams experiencing similar frustrations based on a limited ability to communicate effectively. This realisation led her to build Elevate Dialogue, whose purpose it is to help teams learn to really talk to each other – not just at each other. Marsha is the author of three books: The Art and Science of Facilitation, Build Your Model for Leading Change, and Staying In It: How great leaders transform tension into trust, speed, and scalable success.
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Ajay Kelkar has 30 years experience in leadership, driving marketing at HDFC Bank, helping scale Shopper’s Stop, and co-founding Hansa Cequity, a pioneering analytics firm that grew from three people to 800. Those years taught him how to build, scale, and lead, insights that form the basis of his approach to now coaching leaders, CXOs and business founders. Ajay works with leaders at moments of transition: A CXO stepping into enterprise leadership; a founder moving from hustle and instinct to building a team that can scale; a senior leader learning to let go of control and lead through trust. Ajay’s approach is based on his own business experience as CXO and founder, and the behavioural sciences.
Shilpi Joshi helps teams and leaders make meaningful change by improving how they work together. Team coaching allows Shilpi to bring together her experience as a leader, and her commitment to creating work environments where people feel heard, valued, and able to contribute. She help teams navigate complexity by working more collaboratively, collectively, and with greater awareness of each other and the systems in which they operate. Shilpi’s career has spanned allied health, corporate leadership, and organisational development. Since 2015, she has run her own coaching and facilitation practice, Ocean Consulting Partners where she works with clients across a broad range of industries in the private, government and not-for-profit sectors. She is also an Associate facilitator and coach with Melbourne Business School, Australia. Shilpi is an accredited team coach with the EMCC.
Rachel Russell joined Carma in 2021 and leads the People Team. With more than 20 years experience, she has delivered people strategies and initiatives to support businesses growing at pace and scale across a number of sectors including retail and consulting. Prior to joining Carma, Rachel worked as a Director at 27 Talent Consulting, and previously held recruitment management positions at large UK retail chains including Matalan and Iceland. Rachel has a BA Hons in French from the University of Liverpool.
Eva Kovacs is an experienced and relational coaching expert, with a track record in bringing transformational change. She specialise in coaching senior leaders and teams, supervising coaches and OD professionals, and advising organisations on building coaching capabilities. Her leadership expertise has been shaped by more than 25 years experience working in FTSE 100 organisations, spanning the FMCG, banking and pharmaceutical sectors. Over 10 years, she developed her coaching expertise before leading GSK’s coaching function, winning an ICF Global Prism Award. Eva is now the Director of Reflective Space, where she offers coaching and supervision services to individuals, teams and organisations who are curious about transformational change.
Pod O’Sullivan helps executive-level leaders and their teams to navigate complexities and accelerate through major transitions to lead effectively. Working with global clients such as SEEK, Nestle, BHP, SHELL, Credit Suisse, Macquarie Bank Roche, Syngenta, Eli Lilly, and Sandoz, Pod has established a reputation as ‘one of Asia’s top leadership experts’ (INSIGHT). Pod’s podcast series, ‘The Leadership Diet‘, a series of interviews with leaders and experts, was ranked in the top #10 business podcasts in Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and Denmark. Pod is the author of ‘Foreigner in Charge: Success Criteria for Leading in Australia’ and co-author of ‘Leadership: Helping Others to Succeed’. Pod is also co-founder of The Wisdom Vault, a new media and education company for people navigating midlife.
Kylie Holyland is a passionate coach, facilitator and educator, with 30 years of experience working in human resources, leadership and management for organisations in both the private and public sector. She has delivered a range of people development solutions, enabling creative, consultative and collaborate approaches to support individuals, teams and organisations to transform to a culture of excellence. Kylie helps teams and their leaders adapt so that being at work is more flexible, productive, healthy and fun. With her background in HR, she brings to her coaching a knowledge of psychology, team dynamics, neuroscience, neurolinguistic programming, whole-brain thinking, conflict resolution and adult development.
Aster Asfaw has more than 30 years experience, an extensive career that includes diverse national and international roles within prominent international NGOs. In her recent role as International Representative, she provided strategic leadership across 10 African countries, following a six-year tenure as Country Director for SOS Children’s Villages in Ethiopia. Beyond professional accolades, her life purpose centres on the altruistic endeavour of serving others through the exchange of knowledge and genuine care. Her ultimate goal is to serve as a catalyst, enabling, empowering, and inspiring individuals and teams to unlock their latent potential and thrive . Rooted in an ethos of perpetual learning, she is dedicated to continuous personal and professional growth.
Tameron Chappell is a business psychologist with over 15 years international experience. She is an expert in team dynamics, and she motivates and develops individuals and teams to achieve business objectives. Tameron uses group training and individual coaching to support bespoke L&D and change delivery programmes. She has a strong strategic focus and works collaboratively to problem solve and find best-fit solutions.
Luca Turconi is a senior OD consultant for Oracle, based in London. He completed an Advanced Practitioner Diploma in Executive Coaching and has his own coaching business. Luca joined the British Red Cross as an in-house L&OD advisor in 2022 and in 2024 joined Oracle as an Org. Development Consultant for the EMEA Region. His main areas of interest are team effectiveness, 1:1 and group coaching, leadership development and supporting executives in transition. Luca is an accredited team coach with the EMCC.
Vicki Webster is an organisational psychologist and leadership specialist, and facilitates teaming sessions to help teams identify their purpose and create goal alignment between team members. She coaches executive and leadership teams so they can build the mindset and skills to leverage their strengths and manage team dynamics by mastering conflict, engaging in dialogue and taking courageous decisions. This places teams in a better position to tackle the complex issues that impact on their organisation and on society more broadly. Vicki held senior management roles in consulting and healthcare organisations prior to starting up her own business, Incisive Leaders, in 2016, after she completed her PhD on the dark side of leadership. Vicki is an accredited team coach with the EMCC.
Laurie Gardner is a leadership and development professional working for Emirates Airlines based in Dubai. He has over 20 years experience in construction, safety, hospitality and aviation. Laurie focusses on creating strategies that help people and businesses perform at their best through a mix of applied psychology, leadership development, behavioural science, coaching, and psychometrics. He helps build leaders and teams that thrive, and stays curious as he continues to learn. He believes leadership should be equal parts purpose and compassion, with a good dose of honesty and humility.
Helen Lenehan is a highly commercial and pragmatic senior Talent and Development Professional with proven learning/talent and OD experience leading projects for a global corporate. She has developed and implemented long term OD strategies and initiatives within large organisations, in the areas of learning, leadership development, performance management, change management and talent development. These have directly impacted on improved business productivity, employee engagement, customer experience, sales results and cost efficiencies. She is experienced in a wide range of sectors including education, financial services, professional services, property and construction.
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Candida Javaid is a credentialed coach passionate about helping middle leaders and senior leaders thrive. She has more than 10 years experience as a coach training with Become Coaching (ICF-accredited), and with an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Coaching. Candida teaches coaching and mentoring skills at a local college and runs training for experienced coaches. Candida’s mission is to make coaching a natural part of professional development in education—helping teachers and leaders feel more supported, engaged, and empowered in their roles. Candida is an accredited team coach with the EMCC.
Francois-Xavier Lienhart is a former CEO of various companies in Japan, in the B2B industrial sector and slow moving consumer goods. He is currently a board member with Ichikoh Industries KK and a member of the Japanese Association of Corporate Directors, alongside his duties as an executive coach. He is an INSEAD Certified Coach for Leaders and Teams and an accredited team coach with the EMCC. Despite working for more than 20 years in Japan and Asia, Francois is French, and has worked in France and Brazil as well as Japan.