Champions
of a new way
of working.
We are an international team of leadership, learning, culture and communications experts who believe in the power of people creating together at work.
Our mission is to help our clients perform beyond the expected—so that people, planet and business can thrive.
Using a multidisciplinary approach that straddles consulting, coaching and content production, our certified practitioners deliver experiences that transform how your people think, feel and behave together at work.
Our beliefs
1
Creativity is an innate ability
Creativity isn’t something restricted to certain types of people or professions. It’s an innate human ability that can be developed by any individual or team, just like any other skill.
2
Creativity is the future of work
Digital technology and automation are reducing the need for technical specialists and increasing the need for adaptable, creative problem solvers. Creativity has become the strongest predictor of high performance in business today.
3
Culture is the strategy
Commercial performance is driven by people and actively managing an organization’s culture is the most powerful way to unlock the potential of those people. It drives the achievement of all major business goals.
4
Innovation is collaborative
Working closely and iteratively with others enables us to generate more ideas, test them fast and feed off each other’s experience and strengths. Most of the world’s greatest innovations were developed by many people, not one.
Our global team
of practitioners.
Our teams deliver programs in 33 countries and 11 different languages. To enrich these programs with inspiring perspectives and expertise, we collaborate with a diverse range of partners—from actors and academics to innovators, sport professionals and international explorers.
Dr Eugene Hughes
Chief Psychologist & Founder
Eugene believes creativity is our greatest human resource and has dedicated his career to helping individuals, organisations and whole communities to put their creativity to good work.
Eugene’s groundbreaking work has been instrumental in promoting the importance of creative thinking in Leadership, Learning and Mental Health across the globe.
Eugene has mentored and coached over 2000 senior leaders within global superbrands such as adidas, BBC, EY and Sony Music. His expertise lies in drawing out their creative intelligence as the essential resource in leading thriving organisations in an increasingly complex world.
He is co-founder of Lead Like a River: 8 day leadership retreats in remote wilderness locations across the world. Ranked in The Times top 20 life changing experiences, Lead Like A River helps leaders to use their experience to make a greater contribution to people and the planet. Eugene’s pioneering work combining eco-psychology with contemporary leadership has helped re-envision leadership for the 21st Century.
He has also brought many organisations and communities together in creative collaborations that combat prejudice and promote social inclusion and positive social change. Most recently he directed a series of mulit-award winning documentaries, exhibitions and workshops that shared 500+ people’s real-life stories of migration.
Eugene is a certified coach, group facilitator and licenced psychotherapist with training in Gestalt, Transactional Analysis and Psychodynamics. He is particularly interested in working with the unconscious and active imagination to enable people to release their full creative potential. He has extensively researched the role of imagination and archetypes in leadership and developed The Leadership Archetypes as a methodology for contemporary leadership development. He has also a won multiple awards for his work including most recently best director at London Independent Film Festival.
Eugene believes everyone is inherently creative and is passionate about enabling everyone in society to reclaim their creative potential so that we can affect positive change and transformation.
Douglas Brown
Design Director, Future of Work
Curious, always optimistic, calm under pressure
Loves exploring, playing sports, a behavioural enthusiast.
Location:
China
Languages:
English and Cantonese.
In a nutshell
Doug has a huge passion for people and what they can achieve. As one of the Directors at Artgym, he plays a lead role in helping companies from around the world re-imagine the future, collaborate more effectively and adapt at the speed 21st century business demands. Having worked from Asia, to the Americas, to Africa, Doug is excited by the power of international teams working smarter together. His gift lies in helping clients translate their strategic priorities into the everyday mindset and practices of the workforce.
Key responsibilities
Doug designs and leads large-scale transformation programs for some of the world’s leading brands. As the linchpin between Artgym clients and our international team, he’s the guy who is constantly striving for innovation and delivery excellence in everything that we do. Passionate about the future of work, Doug ensures we are always challenging the status quo by experimenting and testing new tools and methods to help our clients stay ahead of the game.
How Doug makes a difference
When leading the design of our programs, Doug always starts by seeking to understand and empathise with employees’ real-life challenges and needs, and strives to develop personalised, relevant, relatable and exciting solutions. With his naturally collaborative and curious mindset, his approach is always to co-create with clients. Having worked on different continents, with clients from sectors including automotive, fashion, finance, media and technology Doug brings a wealth of knowledge and a truly global perspective.
Most proud of….
Moving to Shanghai in 2018 to grow Artgym China and successfully developing a way to transition our face-to-face programs to a virtual experience, when Covid struck.
Some companies they have worked with:
Adidas, Audible, AXA, Kering Group, Sony Music, Volkswagen
Qualifications/certifications
- BA Economics
- MSc Corporate Communications & Reputation Management
- MBA
Awards
Part of the team that won:
- Gold in the Brandon Hall HCM Excellence Awards for Best Innovative or Unique Leadership Program 2021
- London Independent Film Festival – Best Documentary
- National Film Awards UK – Best Documentary
- Platinum Award Winner in Documentary Making
“I believe passionately that instilling the right mindsets and behaviours will develop the habits that matter.”
Candy Jannetta
Program Lead: Learning Design
Warm, dynamic, insightful
Loves walking, good conversation, cooking with her son and watching Anime with her daughter
Location:
UK
Languages:
English, French, Spanish
In a nutshell
Working on a global level, Candy designs and leads cultural change and leadership development programs for a wide range of high-profile multinational organisations. Her expertise and passion lie in next generation learning, and in harnessing the power of virtual environments to make learning more impactful.
Key responsibilities
With a marketing background working for Warner Music International and CNN, Candy has a wealth of experience in enabling large corporates to nurture talent, to develop outstanding leaders and to embed new cultures. She approaches all her coaching and facilitation with a focus on introducing behavioural change in line with a business’s strategy. At the same time, she creates a feeling of total trust and safety within the groups she leads. Spearheading the delivery of our flagship programs for clients in North America, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Candy is particularly interested in applying virtual learning to enable global collaboration and to speed innovation.
Areas of expertise
- Leadership training
- Executive coaching
- Coaching for executive women
- Team coaching
- High Performance coaching
- One-on-one coaching
- Hybrid & virtual learning
- Virtual facilitation
- Micro learning
Programs delivered
- Leadership development
- Talent development
- Cultural change
- Behavioural change
- Performance management
- Communications skills
- Presentation skills for creatives
- Inclusive Leadership
- Emotional intelligence development
How Candy makes a difference
Candy brings her warmth, her inspiration and her depth of expertise to her workshops, helping her learners to grow, transform and positively impact both their teams and the business they are contributing to. Candy values diversity highly and at the heart of her style is inclusion which she uses to create the best possible learning experiences. She is exceptionally skilled at virtual facilitation, building an immediate connection with all the individuals in her group, and making them feel included and special. As a result, she delivers highly engaging, creative and interactive online sessions that leave delegates both energised and enthused. Candy’s success lies in enabling client teams to identify their own performance blockers and in skilfully coaching these teams so they drive business results.
Most proud of….
Designing engaging and transformative leadership programs and seeing that design come alive when programs are launched.
Some companies they have worked with:
Adidas, AXA, Capgemini, Kering, Lebara, STADA, Time Out, Visual DNA
Qualifications/certifications
- Certified Team Coach
- Certified Life Coach
- Certified Youth Coach
- Certified in the Emotional Intelligence psychometric, Emotional Capital Report
- Chartered Institute of Marketing post-graduate diploma in marketing
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language
- Honours Degree in French and English
Awards
Part of the team that won Gold in the Brandon Hall HCM Excellence Awards for ‘Best Innovative or Unique Leadership Program 2021’
“I’m always looking to innovate and adapt to our ever-changing world and business environment. I love to learn new skills and up my game so that I can constantly deliver thought-provoking and inspiring workshops that are both professionally and personally transformative for my learners.”
Raymond Honings
Program Lead: Team Effectiveness
Practical, creative, empowering
Loves the sea, travelling and technology.
Location:
The Netherlands
Languages:
English, Dutch
In a nutshell
Raymond designs and leads large-scale behavioural change programs at a global level for some of the world’s leading brands. He has exceptional experience working with senior teams – coaching and supporting them to overcome barriers to performance and to become highly effective leaders.
Key responsibilities
As an Artgym Master Practitioner, Raymond combines his solid business experience with his astute understanding of management behaviour in order to coach and facilitate our clients across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Always looking at the bigger business picture, Raymond’s approach is to unlock people’s thinking, enabling them to tap into their own resources and to make positive and lasting change.
Areas of expertise
- Executive coaching
- Leadership training
- Team coaching
- Organisational change
- (Online) Workshop facilitation
Programs delivered
- Leadership & management development
- Vision development
- Talent development
- Cultural change
- Performance management
- High-performance teams
- Value-based coaching
- Organisational constellations
- Confidence and resilience
- Communication skills
How Raymond makes a difference
Raymond always shares his wealth of knowledge and experience and brings just the right balance of business acumen, empathy and insight. His style is to make his sessions practical, relaxed and enjoyable but he has a laser focus on achieving outstanding business results: a member of one of Raymond’s recent groups added €900K of extra revenue in just one month, by putting into practice the tools Raymond had taught him.
Most proud of….
The results achieved from a major cultural change project to realign a client’s core values: 80% of employees felt connected with the company’s brand new vision and values, increasing employee engagement, lowering staff turnover and driving sales.
Some companies they have worked with:
Adidas, AXA, Capgemini, Hyperoptic, Kering, Lebara, STADA
Qualifications/certifications
- Personal Coaching
- NLP Trainer and Master Coach
- Organisational Constellations
- Team Performance Coach
- University of Applied Sciences
Awards
Part of the team that won Gold in the Brandon Hall HCM Excellence Awards for ‘Best Innovative or Unique Leadership Program 2021’.
“When you reconnect people, teams and organisations with their inner passion and their strengths, the effect will be truly long-lasting.”
Susana García
Program Lead: Leadership Transformation
Curious, inclusive, courageous
Loves learning, creating authentic human connections, and walking in nature with her dog, Paca.
Location:
Spain
Languages:
English and Spanish
In a nutshell
Susana is certified professional coach and international leadership facilitator who specialises in helping leaders to think more creatively, communicate more effectively, and influence others more skilfully. She is highly experienced at coaching senior managers, helping them to enhance their emotional intelligence and to build high-performing teams.
Key responsibilities
With 10 years’ sales and management experience in the international corporate world, Susana has an innate understanding of, and empathy with, the global clients she coaches. She works with our multinational clients across North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Areas of expertise
- Management development skills (influencing skills, emotional intelligence skills, coaching skills)
- Leadership development
- Team coaching
- Body and mind connection
Programs delivered
- Leadership development (Management Development Experience, Director Development Experience)
- Coaching skills for leaders
- Stress management
- Executive coaching
- One-to-one skills coaching
How Susana makes a difference
By empowering senior managers to build and lead outstanding teams, Susana is enabling her clients to work more collaboratively and co-create new ways of working together. She is highly skilled at establishing a trust-based environment where she employs a number of powerful techniques that help clients tap into their potential, so they can start to think and act differently. Susana strongly believes that every human being is naturally resourceful and she is exceptionally talented at enabling her clients to discover the creativity and hidden talents they didn’t realise they had.
Most proud of….
The feedback she receives on the personal and professional impact her coaching has on individuals.
Some companies they have worked with:
Adidas, NGA HR, Westfield, STADA, Capgemini, BUPA, Edwards Life Sciences, JP Morgan, Nutricia, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Qualifications/certifications
- Artgym Certified Master Practitioner
- Certified Co-Active Professional Coach (CPCC)
- Certified Coach Emotional Intelligence and Leadership (ECR)
- NLP Practitioner
- Member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and Coaches Training Institute (CTI)
- Post Graduate Diploma in Psychopathology and Health
- Post Graduate Diploma in Stress Management and Mental Health Degree in Chemical Engineering
Awards
Key part of the team that won Gold in the Brandon Hall HCM Excellence Awards for ‘Best Innovative or Unique Leadership Program 2021’
“I allow people to open up, and really get in touch with their inner wisdom and talents so they can lead their lives more authentically.”
Rob Schilling
Program Lead: Leadership Transformation
Creative, engaging, always sees possibilities
Loves animals, cooking for friends, designing & making jewellery
Location:
Singapore
Languages:
English
In a nutshell
With over 30 years’ experience in learning and development, Rob successfully brings about innovation and transformation for our multinational clients across Europe, Asia and Australasia. A strong believer in the transformative power of creativity for individuals, groups and organisations, he enables clients to challenge their own mindsets and to spur them into achieving lasting cultural change.
Key responsibilities
Rob leads and delivers Artgym’s leadership development programs for our international clients, as well as delivering our Advanced Diploma in Leading Creative Collaboration in Asia. His special talent is to listen keenly to the outcomes a client wants to achieve and then to create a feeling of total trust and psychological safety with his individual group members.
Areas of expertise
- Group facilitation
- Team coaching
- Developmental coaching
- Integral coaching
- Somatic coaching
- Health and wellness coaching
Programs delivered
- Leadership development
- Talent development
- Leading creative collaboration
How Rob makes a difference
Rob’s approach to transformational learning is to create a collaborative partnership with each of our clients. He is exceptionally good at nurturing that partnership and at strengthening the ongoing relationship to enable the group – and the organisation – to achieve success. As a result of Rob’s coaching prowess, clients experience a huge positive impact on their talent retention, which makes a considerable difference to their business, both in terms of retained expertise and their bottom line.
Most proud of….
When he successfully forges a pathway towards insight and growth for the people he coaches.
Some companies they have worked with:
Adidas, STADA, Accenture Learning, Tata Communications, Unilever, Merck, Pfizer.
Qualifications/certifications
- BA in Psychology
- Certificate in Integral Coaching
- Accredited Somatic Business Coach
- Association of Facilitators, Level 3
- Master Facilitator, American Management Association
- Certificate in Health and Wellness Coaching
Awards
Part of the team that won Gold in the Brandon Hall HCM Excellence Awards for ‘Best Innovative or Unique Leadership Program 2021’
“I do everything I possibly can to successfully engage and integrate a team so they become a community who achieves great things through collaboration.”
Lynne Irwin
Program Lead: Leadership Transformation
Calm, quirky, collaborative
Loves gardening, trekking in the mountains, and walking her dog, Billy.
Location:
UK
Languages:
English
In a nutshell
Lynne is an award-winning coach, facilitator and supervisor who designs and leads Artgym programs. Her background is in working with international organisations -designing and delivering large-scale change programs for global HR operations. From managing complex and sensitive employee situations, facilitating difficult conversations to coaching leaders in how to make change happen, Lynne’s expertise lies in the human side of transformation and change. In her coaching and supervision practice, Lynne is highly experienced in using a number of tools such as Myers Briggs, Hogan, Somatics and FIRO. Her focus is always on nurturing people’s self confidence and authenticity and trusting what naturally emerges from the creative process.
Key responsibilities
Lynne designs Artgym coaching programs and delivers them virtually and in person to our clients right across Asia-Pacific , the US and throughout Europe. In addition to this, she facilitates a range of team building and leadership development events, from small groups right up to audiences of over 200 people. Her passion is in working with clients to build their confidence in order to help them release their potential to create and innovate for business results.
Areas of expertise
- Personality assessments
- Building self esteem
- Authentic leadership
- Supervision
- Facilitation
- Supporting people through transition at work and through cultural transformation
Programs delivered
- Adidas leadership development (Manager Development Experience and Director Development Experience)
- Adidas Global Finance conference
- NGA HR leadership development (NEXT program)
- Internal supervision
How Lynne makes a difference
As a transformational coach, Lynne helps managers to grow in self-confidence and self-esteem so they can become more authentic leaders. Through her leadership development programs, she encourages senior managers to become more emotionally intelligent and more creative in their thinking, enabling them to lead their teams more effectively and become inspirational role models.
Most proud of….
Helping people to become more connected to themselves, so they leave her sessions feeling more self-assured and more empowered.
Some companies they have worked with:
Adidas, AXA, Lebara, News International, NGA HR, Pan Macmillan, Springer Nature, Westfield.
Qualifications/certifications
- BSc (1st class Honours) Psychology and Sociology
- Accredited Professional Executive Coach (Association for Coaching)
- Accredited Advanced Facilitator (Association of Facilitators)
- Accredited Supervisor (Coaching Supervision Academy)
- Qualified Myers Briggs Practitioner
- Qualified NLP Coach and Practitioner
- Qualified FIRO Coach and Practitioner
- Qualified HAY Emotional Intelligence Assessor and Coach
- Qualified Hogan Coach
- Qualified Somatic Coach
“I create safe spaces where people feel able to take risks and express themselves. Because that’s when they are free to release their real potential.”
Dr Louise Austin
Artgym Faculty: Research and Supervision
Louise has worked with Artgym for over 10 years and was until recently the Course Director for the Advanced Diploma in Leading Creative Collaboration. She was involved in the original design and launch of this ground-breaking accredited programme and was also involve in supporting the launch of the Advance Diploma in Shanghai where she held the role of course tutor.
She has led numerous research, design and delivery projects with Artgym over the years and has worked with many global organisations. She has nearly 30 years of experience in leading change in individuals, teams and organisations, and specialises in arts-based methods.
She is currently a PHD student within the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytical studies at the University of Essex. Her research interest involves exploring the emotional, psychological and relational processes that help or hinder transformation in individuals, organisations, communities and adult education.
Louise has a MA in Integrative Arts Psychotherapy and is course director at the Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education for the Post Graduate Diploma in the Therapeutic & Educational Application of The Arts.
Louise is passionate about the power of creative collaboration to effect positive change in the world and has recently co-edited the special edition journal on creative collaboration for the Association of Management Education and Development.
Louise loves walking, especially going on long pilgrimages, and is happiest when she has a rucksack on her back and her walking boots on.
Mario Villarejo
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Location:
Spain
Languages:
Spanish, English, French
In a nutshell
Mario guides executives and their teams in the continuous pursuit of learning, innovation, and excellence whilst working within the complex organizational dynamics of international business.
Key experience
Mario is a highly experienced organizational development practitioner who specializes in leadership development, executive and team coaching, and group facilitation. With a proven track record of leading complex international programs with transformational agendas, he has 20 years of experience in leadership roles within the consulting and professional service industry. He combines this corporate experience with a multidisciplinary education in leadership and organizational development that includes: design thinking, creativity, transformation, group dynamics, and improvisation.
How Mario makes a difference
Mario has worked across various industries and territories, allowing him to develop a robust understanding of different business environments. Mario’s approach combines world-class leadership education with his strong business acumen. He uses proven organizational theories and practical frameworks to guide the dynamics and development of leadership teams and their organisations. At the heart of Mario’s approach lies a strong emphasis on collaboration and co-creation within teams. His programs not only inspire and engage participants but also leave a lasting imprint on mindset, behaviors, and performance.
Areas of expertise
- Executive and Team Coaching
- Leadership Development
- Large Group Facilitation
- Leading transformation
- Innovation and design thinking
- Psychological safety
- Team collaboration
- Emotional intelligence
Qualifications/certifications
- Personal Coaching
- NLP Trainer and Master Coach
- Organisational Constellations
- Team Performance Coach
- University of Applied Sciences
Companies Mario has worked with include:
Adidas, Axa, Alliance, Roche, Merck, BBVA, Santander
Qualifications and Certifications
- BA in Business Administration
- Artgym Certified Practitioner
- Organisational Development Practitioner – NTL
- IGold Program – International Gestalt Organisation and Leadership Program
- Professional Certified Coach (PCC®) – International Coaching Federation
- Organisational Relational System Coach ( ORSC® )
- The Leadership Circle Profile (LCP®)
- The Collective Leadership Assessment
- Certified Coach Emotional Intelligence & leadership (ECR®) – Roche MartinSomatic Leadership – Strozzi Institute
Tanja Schramm
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Tanja brings 20 years of business experience in a global corporate setting to her Coaching and Facilitation work.
She has held a range of international leadership roles and led teams directly or laterally across continents. This is where Tanja learnt that it takes a strong shared vision to motivate employees to reach their full potential and create successful change.
Moving from a small town in Germany to living in Southampton and Sao Paulo and travelling 55 countries with her backpack have made Tanja believe in the importance of changing perspectives. She has first-hand experience of how this brings expansion, growth and the emergence of new things.
Whether working one-to-one, with teams or the whole culture, Tanja’s focus is to help guide her clients through change and growth – truly believing that the success of any venture is based on the people driving it.
Recent projects include working with AXA, STADA, BMW and Charlotte Tilbury.
Her qualifications include:
- Diploma in Business Administration & General Management from Hof University, Germany
- Co-Active Coach by the Coaches Training Institute, US/Germany
- NLP Practitioner by the Fresh Academy Germany
Her fields of expertise are:
- Personal & Leadership Development
- Team Development
- Business Development (Vision/Mission/Strategy)
- Intercultural work
When not in the office, she feels best in the great outdoors – be that on the beach or a mountain summit.
Shalini Singh
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Candid ,caring, empowering
Loves hiking & yoga.
Location:
Sweden
Languages:
English & Indian
In a nutshell
Shalini is a leadership coach and facilitator specializing in leadership development, team effectiveness, and culture transformation. With experience spanning corporate and humanitarian organizations worldwide, she helps leaders navigate transitions with confidence. Drawing from her deep expertise in human resources and neuroscience-based coaching, Shalini creates inclusive, results-driven programs that empower individuals and teams to unlock their full potential. A global citizen, she has lived in multiple countries and integrates diverse perspectives into her coaching approach.
Key responsibilities
Shalini is a leadership coach and facilitator specializing in executive coaching, leadership effectiveness, and team dynamics. She partners with senior leaders and teams to navigate transitions, drive culture transformation, and enhance organizational performance. Drawing on her extensive corporate experience at global organizations such as General Electric (India) and adidas HQ (Germany), she understands the complexities of leadership in multinational environments. As a certified Neuroscience coach, Shalini integrates brain-based insights into her coaching, enabling leaders to develop new behaviors, foster resilience, and achieve sustained growth. She creates high-impact learning experiences through one-on-one coaching, group facilitation, and leadership development programs that empower clients to unlock their full potential.
Areas of expertise
- Executive coaching
- Leadership training
- High Performance Teams
- Workshop facilitation
- Culture transformation
- Group coaching
- Online Webinars
Programs delivered
- Leadership development journeys
- Vision creation workshops
- Supervisory Skills program
- Strengths based coaching
- Growth mindset workshops
- Hogan Assessment sessions
- Leadership Circle Profile (LCP) team sessions
- ‘Immunity to Change’ workshop
- Team coaching
How Shalini makes a difference
Having lived on multiple continents, Shalini deeply embraces diversity and quickly creates safe, inclusive spaces for growth. Her clients frequently appreciate her candor, presence, and ability to challenge them constructively. As a certified Neuroscience coach, she helps leaders and teams recognize the brain’s adaptability and leverage it for transformational change. By combining deep listening, systemic coaching, and strengths-based approaches, she enables leaders to navigate transitions, build resilience, and achieve meaningful progress.
Most proud of….
Shalini played a pivotal role in a major leadership growth project for a United Nations organization. Her tailored coaching interventions helped leaders enhance their communication and decision-making skills, resulting in higher team productivity and engagement.
Some companies they have worked with:
Adidas, Reebok, Bosch, Cisco Systems, United Nations, Siemens, Rexel
Qualifications/certifications
- Professional Certified Coach (PCC), ICF – International Coach Federation
- Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), Co-Active Training Institute
- Certified Team coaching / Systemic coaching, ORSC, CRR Global
- ITC (immunity to change) trained coach
- Hogan certified coach, Hogan Assessments systems
- Leadership Circle Profile
- Strengths Coaching, TMBC model
- Certified Neuroscience Coach, CNTC, BEabove Leadership
- Post Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management, XLRI (Xavier’s Labor Relations Institute) School of Business and Human Resources, India
- Bachelor of Engineering, University of Pune, India
Andy Dunn
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Andy is a firm believer that we are all capable of doing more than we already do but that working harder isn’t always the answer. If we are going to make an impact in business, for society and for the world, it’s our behaviours that change everything.
Andy is a leadership facilitator and creativity coach with over 10 years’ experience helping leaders, innovators and companies to excel. His work helps people to re-imagine working approaches, become more adaptable to change and navigate solutions to professional and personal challenges.
Working with international brands such as Adidas, Santander, Ricoh and London Business School, Andy is committed to helping the most ambitious brands invest in the people and creative, innovative ideas that make the difference to company success. Through a combination of management training, leadership strategy sessions and design thinking workshops, he enables and inspires people to think differently and do things differently with an action-focused approach.
Andy is also an Author and the Founder of Creators Club, an organisation supporting creative entrepreneurs and independent creators to realise their potential. Their work harnesses the unique power of collaboration through interactive and creative business events throughout the UK. He brings this vast experience in designing workshops, leading events and training facilitators to catalyse creativity in corporate environments.
With a background in design, coupled with a deep appreciation for our mind/body/spirit connection, Andy brings an uplifting and creative approach to the spaces he works. He uses techniques from coaching, NLP, theatrical training, design thinking and mindfulness, to help people create new ways of thinking, being and acting.
In his personal life he aspires to design and build a cool eco home, keep writing more books and get better at swing dancing.
Tristan Meisch
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Practical, Creative, Empowering
Loves hiking, expeditions & people.
Location:
Germany
Languages:
English
German
In a nutshell
Tristan’s coaching career began after many organizational transformations, re-organizations and optimized processes. He was tired of “change theatre” and found his passion in authentic communication, proactive collaboration, and problem-solving tools that inspire ‘rethinking’ and new action. He has now been sharing that passion and expertise with leaders across other businesses for more than 20 years.
Key responsibilities
Tristan focuses on making business transformation successful. He does this by coaching leaders and their teams on personal growth, team dynamics, and performance improvement. He also specializes in coaching and workshop facilitation focused on intercultural collaboration. Tristan loves to work in both intense 1:1 scenarios, as well as large group interventions, teaching teams to tap into their collective intelligence.
Areas of expertise
- Executive coaching
- Organizational development
- Facilitating change
- Working with cultural patterns
- Intercultural collaboration
- Performance management
- Face-to-face and online facilitation
- Working with large groupsg
Programs delivered
- Leadership & management development
- Cultural change
- Cross cultural initiatives
- Value-oriented organization design
- Vision quests
How Tristan makes a difference
Tristan provides inspiration and guidance that supports leaders to be the best version of themselves and achieve real business impact. Through candid interactions, immediacy and authenticity, he works with people to answer the big questions and rise to the toughest challenges. He likes things to be self-driven, practical and implementable.
Most proud of….
As part of his pro bono work as a volunteer probation officer for young offenders following a prison sentence, he helps young people to find their path and develop their talents in a healthy and legal way.
Some companies they have worked with:
Siemens, Euronext, PSI SE, Kering, ODDO BHF, Mars, Royal Canin, YSL, Saint Gobain, VMT GmbH, L’Oréal, REWE, Fresenius Kabi.
Qualifications/certifications
- Masters in Business Management
- Systemic Coaching
- ICF PCC (Professional Certified Coach)
- Organizational Design
- Certified OKR Master
“Tristan helped us to approach a complex, emotional topic in a structured, reflective and collaborative way, with a clear vision and roadmap to achieve our goals.”
Marina Preusentanz
Global People Programs Manager, Mars
Beth Hollahan
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Transformational, insightful, empowering
Loves live music, live theatre, ice hockey and travel.
Location:
Singapore
Languages:
English & Spanish
In a nutshell
Beth is an ontological coaching and transformational training expert with decades of experience in leadership development, culture change, and executive coaching. She has worked in over 50 countries with global organizations, helping leaders and teams achieve breakthrough results. A true citizen of the world, Beth has lived in twelve countries across five continents and brings a deep cross-cultural perspective to her work. Currently based in Singapore, she continues to empower individuals and organizations to unlock their full potential through transformational coaching.
Key responsibilities
Beth is an executive coach and transformational facilitator specializing in leadership development, culture transformation, and breakthrough results. She works with senior leaders, teams, and organizations to drive sustainable change by uncovering hidden barriers to growth and amplifying individual and collective strengths. With a focus on ontological coaching, Beth helps leaders develop self-awareness, resilience, and the mindset shifts necessary for high performance. Through personalized coaching and large-scale training programs, she fosters environments where lasting transformation can take place—both professionally and personally.
Areas of expertise
- Leadership development
- Executive coaching
- Performance coaching
- Ontological coaching
- Team coaching
- Culture change
- Business change
Programs delivered
- Transformational Leadership Development
- Executive & High-Performance Coaching
- Breakthrough Results Coaching
- Culture Change & Organizational Transformation
- Large-Scale Leadership & Team Facilitation
- Self-Mastery & Resilient Leadership
- Coaching Skills for Leaders
How Beth makes a difference
Beth creates deep, profound shifts for both her clients and, in turn, their organizations, by helping them get to the essence of their possibilities in both their personal and professional lives. To do this, she focuses on their strengths while exploring what has held them back from powerful, sustainable change.
Most proud of….
On top of her corporate work, Beth is actively involved in adult literacy and has taught over 300 adults to read.
Some companies they have worked with:
BHP Billiton, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Heineken, HSBC Bank, Marriott Hotel Group, Save The Children, Prudential, Rio Tinto, Royal Dutch Shell, Telefonica Argentina, and Unilever.
Qualifications/certifications
- Degree in Political Science
- Professional Certified Coach (PCC) ICF
- CSAC Master Certified Coach
- Master Accredited Coach – China Coaching Academy
- Level 3 Enneagram Certified Trainer
- TRE Level 2 practitioner
- ICF certification in Group Coaching
- ICF certification in Health Coaching.
- Advanced/Transformation Trainer
- Leadership Program Trainer
“Beth is very talented coach who has the empathy to bring people together whilst holding up a mirror reflecting honest, insightful and transformational feedback. I would recommend her wholeheartedly”
Mie-Leng Wong, Senior Vice President Global Brands at Mondelēz
Nathan Troy
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Kind, caring, responsible
Loves family, friends and good food & wine.
Location:
China
Languages:
English & Mandarin
In a nutshell
Nathan has more than 20 years of experience in professional training, coaching, and consulting. Born in Asia and raised in the United States and England, he brings a global perspective to leadership development. With extensive experience working with multinational clients across Asia Pacific—particularly in Greater China—Nathan is adept at delivering training and facilitation in both English and Mandarin, ensuring impactful engagement across diverse cultural and corporate environments.
Key responsibilities
Nathan is an executive coach and leadership facilitator specializing in strategy execution, high-performing teams, and culture shaping. With a strong background in operations, marketing, and organizational development, he partners with senior leaders across industries to drive transformation and business impact. Nathan’s coaching approach integrates ontological coaching, executive presence, and stakeholder navigation to enhance leadership capability and accelerate performance. Through one-on-one coaching and group facilitation, he helps leaders develop self-awareness, decision-making, resilience, and influence—empowering them to lead with clarity and confidence in complex environments.
Areas of expertise
- Leadership Development
- Executive CoachingCoaching Training & Development
- Human Potential & Awareness
- Public Speaking and Presence
- Performance Excellence
- Team Building
- Conflict Resolution
- Interpersonal Relationships
- Parenting Skills Development
Programs delivered
- Executive Leadership Development
- High-Performance Team Coaching
- Strategy Execution & Organizational Alignment
- Culture Transformation & Change Leadership
- Executive Presence & Stakeholder Influence
- Personal Mastery & Resilient Leadership
- Coaching Skills for Leaders
How Nathan makes a difference
Nathan empowers leaders and organizations to drive meaningful transformation by enhancing leadership effectiveness, team collaboration, and strategic execution. With deep expertise in coaching high-potential talent, he helps individuals refine executive presence, navigate complex stakeholder relationships, and develop the resilience needed for sustained success. His work spans leadership development, culture shaping, and performance optimization, equipping leaders with the tools to foster innovation, adaptability, and long-term impact. Through his coaching, Nathan has helped Fortune 500 companies strengthen their leadership pipelines, align organizational strategy with people development, and achieve measurable business outcomes.
Most proud of….
Balancing a global career in leadership coaching while being a devoted father to his intelligent and kind 10-year-old son.
Additionally, Nathan’s passion for discipline and excellence extends beyond coaching. He is trained in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, Pancrase (MMA), and is an accomplished freestyle wrestler. He was featured in the Boston Globe (1993 & 1994) as a Boston Globe Athletic All-Star, winning the New England Eastern Independent League Wrestling Tournament for two consecutive years in the 171lbs and 189lbs weight classes. Nathan also achieved an undefeated 24-0 record across two seasons and was recognized as the Nation’s Outstanding Athlete in the U.S. from 1992 to 1994 for freestyle wrestling.
Some companies they have worked with:
Morgan Stanley, Unilever, HSBC, AIA Insurance, Bristol Myers Squibb, British Petroleum (BP), Dell Computers, Ogilvy Advertising.
Qualifications/certifications
- Asiaworks “Basic Training®” Certified Trainer
- Asiaworks “Leadership Program®” Certified Trainer
- TWP Corporate Trainer & Facilitator
- Newfield Certified Coach (NCC)
- Dale Carnegie Leadership Training Facilitator
- TTI Success Insights “Trimetrix®” Certified Analyst
- George Leonard’s “The Samurai Game®” Certified Facilitator
- Boston University USA – School of Hospitality – Bachelor of Arts
- WSET Level 2 certified wine professional
“A genuinely life changing program. I can’t think of any other program that have had this personal or business impact and I must thank my coach Nathan for this.”
Human Resources Director, Dell Computers.
Albéric Augeard
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Curious, creative, caring
Loves nature, exploring and Belgian beers with friends.
Location:
Belgium
Languages:
English & French
In a nutshell
Albéric has over 20 years of experience in leadership development as an executive coach, facilitator, and coaching supervisor. He has designed and delivered global behavioral change programs, helping leaders and teams unlock their potential and develop their own leadership style in today’s volatile and complex world. Through holistic and systemic approaches, Albéric guides organizations in fostering meaningful transformation, ensuring both individual and collective leadership growth.
Key responsibilities
Albéric integrates psychology, business, and education-based methodologies to support leaders and teams worldwide. Using innovative techniques such as Clean Language & Symbolic Modelling, Systemic Coaching (ORSC), and Solution-Focused Coaching, he helps leaders uncover deeper insights and drive meaningful change. His expertise spans across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Africa, where he partners with organizations to cultivate leadership excellence, high-performing teams, and cultural transformation.
Areas of expertise
- Leadership development
- Executive coaching
- Team facilitation & coaching
- Modelling excellence
- Change facilitation
- Organizational development
- Supervision of coaches & team coaches
Programs delivered
- Leadership & management development
- Vision development
- Talent development
- Cultural change
- Change management
- High-performance teams
- Value-based coaching
- Organizational constellations
How Albéric makes a difference
Albéric has a unique talent for guiding individuals and organizations to the core of what truly matters. By surfacing underlying challenges and facilitating systemic change, he enables leaders to transform their collective leadership and create lasting impact. His background as an engineer, combined with advanced studies in behavioral sciences, gives him a deep appreciation of the challenges technical leaders face when shifting towards a more people-oriented leadership approach. Albéric’s coaching fosters clarity, alignment, and personal mastery, empowering leaders to drive authentic change.
Most proud of….
A transformational coaching journey he designed for a group of senior leaders. Through this experience, participants redefined their personal vision, deepened their leadership identity, and aligned their work with their life purpose—resulting in heightened motivation, resilience, and long-term impact.
Some companies they have worked with:
Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC), Pfizer Europe, AXA, Rexel
Qualifications/certifications
- Masters in Organizational Design & Effectiveness
- Masters in Audit & Consulting
- Degree in Computer Science
- EMCC Accredited Senior Practitioner in Mentoring & Coaching
- EMCC Accredited Coach/Mentor Supervisor (ESIA)
- Certified Team Performance Coach™ (CTPC)
- Organization & Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC)
- Clean Language & Symbolic Modelling Facilitator
- International Systemic Team Coaching
- Solution Focused Business Professional
“It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.”
E. Ionesco
Stefan Cornelius
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Stefan uses purposeful creativity to deliver better results. He does this by listening carefully and providing positive as well as constructive feedback to ensure his clients’ needs are always met, and by creating workshops with clients that challenge people to do things in a different way. This is an approach he role-models in his own work as well, which is why his mindset can be defined by one question: “Why not?”.
Stefan is a management facilitator and leadership coach who helps individuals and teams to achieve their goals. This includes guiding management teams to create a vision, defining ways of working, and solving conflicts. Stefan also designs and runs leadership programmes and coaches senior leaders from various industries.
Recently, Stefan designed and facilitated a number of workshops with Senior executives in the Aviation industry to help them create an inspiring vision and mission. Stefan pushed participants beyond the boundaries of written language by encouraging them to express their views graphically to access their creative brains. The end result was a stronger, more innovative vision for the organisation.
Another recent project saw Stefan working with a Senior Leader (FMCG) from South Africa and his multi-cultural team, made up of more than 10 nationalities. Stefan used culture profiling to foster mutual understanding and to unleash the combined creative power amongst team members.
Stefan pursued his academic career in the UK, France and Germany, earning a degree in mechanical engineering, a post-graduate degree in business and an MBA. He is licensed to use the Myers-Briggs type indicator (MBTI®) as well as the LIFO®-Method. He also holds a non-expiring ICAO language proficiency certificate level 6 (of 6). Recently he was awarded the Artgym Advance Practitioner Certificate.
Learning and development is his biggest professional passion. Beyond that his greatest passion is being a parent. In his spare time, he enjoys acting as a pilot in command and participates regularly in triathlon competitions.
Selma Burnett-Pronk
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Selma is an experienced Leadership Coach and Facilitator who loves to combine action and reflection. She specialises in leadership, career transition and developing high-performing teams. She believes that there is much more potential in teams and individuals when they actively seek that creative space and challenge themselves to use that potential.
Selma is result driven with a people-oriented approach. Selma has worked as a Leadership Coach and Facilitator for many different companies including T-Mobile and British Petroleum, and across different industries including FMCG, Healthcare and NGO’s (UNICEF, Red Cross). Having worked as a global Learning and Development Leader for the past 10 years for adidas, she is known to build creative and innovative learning solutions that are always directly linked to the strategic priorities of the business, including on a global leadership programme for experienced people managers and a High Performing Teams programme for leaders and teams.
In her team sessions and leadership programmes, she will always look for the stretch zones for the participants (and herself) to fully tap into the learning potential, create new perspectives and allow for new ideas to emerge.
Selma has a passion for working with teams and has a talent for being versatile and responding to the exact needs of each team. She strongly believes that each individual or team is unique and that’s why Selma uses a wide range of proven tools, techniques and activities to fully meet the needs of the team. Topics that Selma works on with her clients include:
• Building High Performing Teams
• 4 C’s: Communication – Collaboration – Commitment – Creativity
• Leadership
Selma holds an MSc in Social Psychology, is a Certified Co-Active Coach (CPCC) and certified ICF coach (ACC). She is also certified in HOGAN and LIFO(r)-method.
Selma has always had a fascination for people and their relationships. Finding where the connection is, for herself and others, is something she’s constantly doing in daily life. Her mission is to create space for human interaction at work.
Nadine Beaumart
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Location:
Germany
Languages:
English
German
In a nutshell
Nadine is a coach, facilitator and consultant with 20 years’ experience. Her approach is energetic, collaborative, empathetic and uses a variety of creative methods to build trust and cultivate change. Nadine has worked with multiple global businesses including pharmaceutical giant Roche. She has also worked at a number of leading consultancy firms including Eisenschmidt Consulting and Fischer Group International.
Key responsibilities
Nadine is one of our German speaking Certified Practitioners. In this capacity, she delivers programmes for clients across Western and Northern Europe. This includes team and leadership development initiatives, culture change programmes and group facilitation.
Areas of expertise
- Culture change
- Leadership development
- Executive coaching
- Leadership coaching
- Team effectiveness
- Team coaching
- Group facilitation
How Nadine makes a difference
Nadine’s approach is characterised by an open, positive attitude and the creative use of diverse methods. By cultivating empathy and mutual appreciation amongst learners, she promotes trust as an important prerequisite for cultural change in her clients’ workspaces. Nadine uses a wide range of tools and methods including systemic coaching, agile working methodologies, profile dynamics and best practice group facilitation techniques.
Most proud of….
Her change and leadership development work with global pharmaceutical business Roche. This involved coaching and facilitation across all managerial levels of the business to create a major, systemic change in the business’s culture and ways of working.
Some companies they have worked with:
Adidas, Deutsche Börse, E.ON, Hannover Rück, Roche, SIG and Volkswagen.
Qualifications/certifications
- MA, Culture Science
- Degree in Business Administration and HR Management
- Certified Business Coach
- Certified Systemic Organisational Consultant
- Certified Scrum Master
- Certified Profile Dynamics Consultant
- Certified Process Facilitator
- Corporate Flow – Change Management Consultant
Stephanie Armstrong
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Empathetic, Curious, Optimistic
Loves sharing experiences and learning from others, creative outlets, and traveling.
Location:
United States
Languages:
English
In a nutshell
Stephanie has over 25 years of strategy and management consulting experience, with a special emphasis on large-scale, complex organizational transformations. She is a dynamic leader who seamlessly balances strategic thinking with structure, process orientation and strong execution. Stephanie is known for her ability to build and maintain strong relationships with individuals across all levels of an organization and to foster a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
Key responsibilities
Stephanie focuses on large-scale, complex organizational transformations. Her expertise spans change management, organizational effectiveness, talent and performance strategy, leadership development, team development and team building. Stephanie possesses a unique combination of practical business experience (gained in her 15 years at Capgemini and Deloitte) and academic knowledge gained in her studying of organizational learning, performance and change.
Areas of expertise
- Organization development
- Change management
- Leadership & team development
- Executive coaching & advising
- Team Coaching • Group facilitation
- Leading transformation
- Talent management strategy
Programs delivered
- Enterprise-wide change
- Leadership & team development
- Executive coaching
- Change facilitation
- Soft skills development
- Talent management strategy
How Stephanie makes a difference
Stephanie brings her deep understanding of different business environments to every project. She is known for her ability to create space for growth and learning, helping her clients to see possibilities they may not have considered. Her caring and vulnerable approach fosters open, trusting, and authentic relationships that inspire and engage participants while creating long-term, sustainable change.
Most proud of….
Stephanie led the change management program for a multi-year, enterprise-wide technology transformation that replaced legacy HR systems for the sixth largest Catholic Health Care System in the U.S. The program impacted 45,000 employees, 30,000 contractors and was the most complex the organization had ever undertaken. The outcome was a substantial improvement in workflows and processes for all employees.
Some companies they have worked with:
Amazon, Capgemini, Deloitte, FedEx, Mercy Healthcare, Oracle, PWC, Securitas, Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Qualifications/certifications
- MBA in Political Science and French
- Masters in Education and Human Resource Studies (Organizational Learning, Performance and Change)
- Organizational Learning in Action – IMD Business School
- Prosci® Certified Change Practitioner
Tan Ling Sian
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Ling Sian is a facilitator who is passionate about bringing humanity into the workplace by creating human connections and authentic conversations. She brings this into the leadership programmes she facilitates by creating a psychologically safe space, which lies at the basis of building a culture of creativity and innovation.
Ling Sian has worked with various global clients across industries in the space of learning design, skills development and leadership. In her work as a facilitator, she has helped leaders, teams and organisations to become more purposeful, creative and impactful.
As a designer of learning programmes, she implements a design thinking approach and is keen to apply insights from the world of neuroscience.
Recently, Ling Sian has played a key role in the design of a leadership development programme for directors. The outcome was an innovative, self-directed blended learning experience, structured around mindset, practice and performance, with behavioural impact in the day-to-day environment of the learners.
Ling Sian’s core focus areas are:
• Leadership development, exploring themes such as purposeful leadership, transformation and group dynamics
• Disruptive thinking and design thinking
• High Performance Teams
• Executive presence
Her certifications and qualifications include:
• Masters Applied Economics, University of Antwerp, Belgium
• Post Masters International Relations and Diplomacy, University of Antwerp, Belgium
• Acting Essentials at NIDA (National Institute for Dramatic Arts), Sydney, Australia
• Advanced Financial Analysis, Amsterdam Institute of Finance, Netherlands
• Certified practitioner in Deep Democracy The Lewis Method, Sydney, Australia
• Design Sprint, Gouvieux, France
• Professional Qualification in Photography, Encora, Antwerp, Belgium
She helps to ignite people’s creativity by offering them space and techniques to be curious, playful and confident about their creative ability. To be creative is to tap into one’s imagination, make connections and be courageous. She strives to empower people by helping them to link their creativity to a purpose.
Ling Sian loves taking long walks in nature with my dog, buying more books than she can ever read, and thinks the best way to explore a city is to get lost in its streets.
Patty Barrett
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Enthusiastic, innovative, empowering
Loves her pets, comedy and deep chats.
Location:
United States
Languages:
English
In a nutshell
Patty started her career as an HR business partner before specializing in the design and facilitation of large-scale leadership development programs for global, matrix organizations… all while performing professionally as a comedian. She is an experienced facilitator and certified coach with a unique ability to engage participants with humor (and data!) to empower behavioral change and habit formation.
Key responsibilities
As an Artgym Practitioner, Patty combines her facilitation, performance, and coaching experience to lead engaging and effective sessions, mostly across North America. Her experience in leadership development and HR business partnering gives her a unique ability to hold participants ccountable for business goals and strategy, while still holding space for the needs of the participants.
Areas of expertise
- Executive coaching
- High-performance teams
- Virtual & In Person Facilitation
- Leadership & management development
- Improvisational comedy
- Neuroscience-led behavioral change
- Confidence and resilience
- Building trust and psychological safety
Programs delivered
- Leadership & management development
- Executive coaching
- Team coaching
- Value-based coaching
- DEIB Initiatives
- Employee upskilling
How Patty makes a difference
Patty’s purpose is to enable every human being to live their fullest life by their own values and on their own terms. That means encouraging leaders of all levels to have self-compassion, self-awareness, and the motivation to do uncomfortable things to make things happen.
Patty empowers participants with humor, self-awareness, and vulnerability. Her style is to connect with participants by meeting them where they are and providing space for them to believe what they’re capable of. Her goal is to help everyone identify their unique leadership perspective, so they feel empowered to achieve extraordinary results.
Most proud of….
Her work at adidas co-facilitating leadership programs across North America. She was able to see first-hand how programs impacted the business by creating a-ha moments that changed behaviors, developed talent, increased engagement, and ultimately increased revenue.
Some companies they have worked with:
2seventy bio, 72andSunny, Adidas, AMP Agency, Criteo, Reebok.
Qualifications/certifications
- Degree in Public Relations
- ICF-Certified Coach, ACC
- Gallup Certified Strengths Coach
- Certified Insights Practitioner
- Human Resources Management Certificate
Awards
Part of the team that won Gold in the Brandon Hall HCM Excellence Awards for ‘Best Innovative or Unique Leadership Program 2021’
“I’ve had the privilege of participating in multiple training and development sessions with Patty – each time had me researching for the next one! What an amazing balance of technical expertise and a highly engaging, personable style.”
Micheal Sullivan
Senior Director, International OpCo, Reebok
Alex Bustamante
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Alex facilitates deeper connections both within and between people, leading to the emergence of new insights and ideas. He grounds these fresh perspectives and connections in actionable steps to help individuals and groups move from status quo to creativity and meaningful change.
Alex has a high-energy style that is infectious. He models authenticity and vulnerability in his work and inspires creative courage in his clients with processes that allow individuals to freely express themselves and access their creative intelligence. He taps into a number of techniques, including somatic intelligence, which complements and deepens the impact of rational thought.
Alex has spent more than 18 years investigating, applying and training in the areas of personal and professional development. His work draws on experience from both the business and charity sector where he co-designed and led business education and leadership programmes for over 25,000 people, including the first Global Social Leaders Programme for Future Foundations, now in its 7th year.
In 2013 Alex moved from London to Bolivia and worked as National Director of Sustainable Bolivia, an NGO supporting over 33 local organisations with human and financial resources. His work was recognised by the UN foundation who described Alex as “One of 24 people to watch who want to change the world,” citing Alex´s ability to link people, organizations and opportunities. Recently, he also co-founded Emerging Leaders Bolivia, a project aiming to develop the leadership qualities of young people of diverse social backgrounds.
Alex taps into his own creative expression through salsa, bachata, guitar, cooking, outdoor treks and visual workshop design.
Eric Xu
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Eric has specific expertise in helping clients unlock growth and organisational improvement through customer/employee centricity, with a focus on strategy, customer experience, and organisational engagement. He also provides career development coaching to undergraduate and graduate students as well as young professionals.
With over seven years of corporate strategy and management experience in China and the US, Eric has extensive experience as a strategist serving multiple types of clients from Fortune 500 MNCs and local private companies to collaborating partners from Asia, North America and Europe.
Eric was an Associate Director in Kantar Vermeer of WPP, a marketing and branding strategy consultancy. Prior to Kantar Vermeer, he worked as senior consultant at Gallup and Towers Watson, where he worked with leaders and organisations to achieve breakthroughs in employee engagement, leadership development and customer engagement. He also held positions in industry strategic planning at the Colorado State Government and business management in West Airport Group in China.
Eric is the President of the Cambridge Judge Business School (CJBS) Alumni Group in China. His main effort is to make the alumni network in China stronger. Eric has a comprehensive business education background and holds an MBA from the University of Cambridge and a masters degree in organisation and management from the University of Colorado. He also holds a bachelors in marketing, and a masters degree in management in China.
With a diverse background in business and strategic thinking, Eric develops his coaching and training based on the in-depth understanding of the business models and strategies of each organisation. He believes in self-awareness and leverages the power of revealing one’s organisational self-awareness during coaching and facilitating sessions to co-create creative solutions with clients.
Eric is passionate about natural beauty and loves outdoor activities. He is very interested in providing pro-bono events and sessions for young professionals to discover individual strengths and identify future career possibilities.
Idot Wong
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Idot Wong is a life and team coach who is passionate about unleashing the potential of individuals and teams in life and at work.
She uses colors as media to ignite creativity in workshops, and her personal breakthrough was, with no formal art training, realizing her passion for expressive art painting which has developed into a new potential for creative development for herself and others.
With over 20 years of marketing experience in the Asia Pacific with multi-national companies, Idot promotes the B4B Challenge – ‘Big Data for Business’, a competition for start-ups and innovative talents in Hong Kong. With a rich career in Marketing and Communications in Asia, she held key positions at Kohler, Dorma and Amway.
Idot’s certifications include:
• Evolutionary Coach Training Programme (ICF/ACSTH) – CC Coaching Centre/Corporate Potential (2017)
• MBA, eCommerce & Management – ESC Grenoble, France (2001)
• Bachelor of Social Sciences – University of Hong Kong (1988)
Born & raised in Hong Kong, Idot speaks fluent English, Mandarin, Cantonese and basic French. She is based in Shanghai and delivers all over China and Hong Kong
Ben Payne
Expert Contributor
Ben believes everyone is creative and that we all have a story to tell. He thinks individuals and organisations flourish best and become more innovative when they have a better understanding of how to do both. His work is about giving people the confidence and capacity to do this better.
Ben’s background is in professional theatre as a writer, dramaturg, facilitator and producer. He also co-founded and co-directed the Ministry of Stories, a community-based writing centre for young people in east London. He was jointly responsible for developing its creative education programmes and the teams of volunteer mentors that supported the young people on them. He then mentored new leaders inspired by the Ministry model in how to start up and establish their own new organisations across the UK. His work focuses now on how increased creativity and better storytelling can lead to individuals and organisations having greater impact.
Ben’s core expertise is in writing, storytelling, the performing arts and in collaborative creative work, particularly with children and young people, but he also believes there is a lot that adults can learn from young people’s creativity. Ben’s ‘superpower’ is the development of individual and organisational stories as a way of creating change. He is a qualified professional coach and action learning set facilitator and a Fellow of the Clore Cultural Leadership Programme.
Adults are afraid to make mistakes, but there is no creativity without mistakes. We need safe spaces where getting it wrong first time is applauded as part of the process. From there, it’s about mentoring the innovator through the necessary reiteration and refinement to fully explore and complete an idea.
As an Expert Contributor on Artgym’s Advanced Diploma, he has already seen the course create more confident and collaborative people and is excited to see it do more!
Malcolm Nerva
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Malcolm Nerva is a trainer, facilitator, and coach with 17 years’ experience in China, Singapore, and AsiaPac.
Malcolm trains and facilitates in a variety of areas, including:
• Creative Thinking
• Transformational Team Development
• Effective Communication Skills
• Team Leadership
• Personality Typing & Personal Development
• Intercultural Communication
Since his arrival in China in 2002, Malcolm has worked with numerous multinational, state-owned and small and medium enterprises throughout the mainland. Over the course of his career he has trained, coached, and assessed over 10,000 participants from all over the world. His clients include Airbus, Alibaba, BMW, China
Railway, Huawei and Volkswagen.
Malcolm recently delivered a team-building programme for a German auto maker aimed at improving participant’s abilities to adapt and thrive in a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) world. He also recently worked with a Chinese MNC ecommerce, retail, Internet and AI conglomerate company to explore, understand and improve Intercultural Communications.
Malcolm graduated from The National University of Singapore with a Bachelors (Honors) in Business Administration. He is certified in MBTI Step I and II, DISC, Firo-B, and the Enneagram, and is a Career and Behavioral Consultant as well as an NLP Executive Coach. He is a regular guest lecturer at the BBA, MBA, and Masters of Finance programs at Peking, Tsinghua, and Renmin universities.
In his free time, Malcolm plays a number of instruments and loves to sing.
Ting-Ting Y Lin, PhD
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Ting-Ting brings more than 20 years of professional experience in management and business to her design, coaching and facilitation work. Ting-Ting believes in lifelong learning and encouraging accountability for oneself and one’s environment. Her strength is combining logical thinking (as a trained engineer), objective analysis of complex issues and creative thinking to produce results for her clients.
Ting-Ting facilitates creative thinking by stimulating the thought process of individuals to explore, evaluate, experiment, reflect and find ways to continue the learning journey. She has developed and run development and training programmes in the areas of Leadership, Cross-Cultural Teams, Mindfulness, Strategy, and Innovation. The industries she has served include Automotive, Consultancy, Finance, Media, Oil and Gas, Pharmaceutical, Technology, Materials and Manufacturing.
Ting-Ting has a deep understanding of and key insights into critical business processes and quickly builds trust with her clients. She also spent 10 years as a tenured Professor at the University of California, San Diego, where designing and delivering research projects provided her the ability to be creative, entrepreneurial, and to think outside the box.
Her qualifications and accreditations include:
• Certified Coach/Mentor (Heartmath)
• Certified in Coaching for Excellence (New Ventures West)
• Certified CBMT (Corp- Based Mindfulness Training) Facilitator
• MBTI, Firo-B Practitioner
• EMBA program, Philips/Ashridge College
• Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University
Born and raised in Taiwan, Ting-Ting now lives in Shanghai. In her spare time, she practices Taichi, Yoga, and ballroom dancing.
Ave Peetri
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Ave is a practical yet challenging facilitator and coach. She partners with clients in a thought-provoking way and focuses on bringing awareness to their strengths and building their confidence in their own creativity and capabilities.
Ave has led teams as a marketing executive and CEO, she has facilitated change in organizations like The Coca-Cola Company and Tallink/Silja Line. She also co-founded and later sold an e-commerce start-up. As a facilitator and coach, she has worked with senior teams of smaller start-ups and large oil and gas companies. Her list of clients Includes: adidas, OOCEP, Oman Gas Company, U-Technology, OMIFCO.
In a recent project, Ave worked with a senior team from OMIFCO to facilitate team work and collaboration and encourage proactive creativity. The participants reported a significant increase in team work and thinking wider to achieve company targets. They also demonstrated better conflict and time management, and more creativity and positive thinking.
Ave believes that teams are systems that can be co-designed by the participants to enable individuals to give more than they think they are capable of. Her certifications and qualifications include:
• Professional Certified Coach by International Coach Federation (ICF)
• Certification in Systemic Team Coaching by Academy of Executive Coaching
• Graduate of Co-Active Leadership Program by Coaches Training Institute
• Certified Professional Co-Active Coach by the Coaches Training Institute
• Master of Business Administration from Norwegian Business School
Ave Is passionate about understanding people and systems and dedicates time to self-development. She is also an avid golfer and has been practicing yoga and meditation for most of her life.
Sheryl Austin
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Sheryl is passionate about and specialises in coaching and facilitation with leaders and high performers to activate potential in all that they do. Leaders need to be able to recognize and take advantage of opportunities to ignite creativity and innovation in those around them; it helps teams gain stronger alignment towards business objectives and increases their ownership and determination. Sheryl’s approachable style quickly builds trust, relationship and collaboration in a way that creates new space for creative ideas to emerge. While leaders feel energized from working with Sheryl, her strong focus on enabling bold action is what pushes them to get results, which is why clients choose to work with her for years and years.
As a facilitator, Sheryl is unique because she has been in your shoes. She knows what it’s like to be stretched thin with big targets, complexities in the business, and complex people issues. Having held numerous leadership roles herself and through her work with over 1,500 leaders across the globe in the last decade, she has a deep understanding of what it takes to lead and inspire others, and how people’s potential can align with business objectives. Her greatest joy comes from helping leaders re-connect with their original purpose and ongoing passion.
Sheryl has had an exciting and diverse career – from consulting with Fortune 500 leaders at Procter & Gamble, Nestle, adidas to name a few to being a partner in a start-up. She has led large teams in global corporations and small teams in the non-profit sector. She has worked in manufacturing, financial services, and even in the wine industry. Her certifications include:
• Certified High Performance Coach (High Performance Institute)
• Licensed in DISC
• Licensed in Kozai Group Global Competencies Inventory
In her facilitation and coaching, Sheryl quickly creates space that is safe for people to get to the heart of the matter, and in turn, helps them bring more heart to the challenges they face.
Outside of work, Sheryl is a dedicated Mom of two teens with whom she loves to travel and enjoy the outdoors. Residing in Portland, Oregon, Sheryl is a nature girl at heart and you can find her training for her next event on the hiking trails or cycling circuit.
Cloud He
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Cloud is a professional bilingual (Mandarin; English) training consultant and facilitator, aiming to provide clients with tailor-made learning experiences. These include Leadership and General Skills courses and programs in the form of training, facilitation and workshops. Cloud’s background is in the entertainment industry, with over 15 years of solid experience working in movie studios, media, hotels, theme parks and resorts.
He has worked with some of the top brands in the world in a variety of industries, including:
• Retail – Unilever, L’OREAL, Sephora, Eland, Coccinelle, Saint Angelo
• Automobile – Lincoln Motor, SAIC Motor
• Real Estate – Yanlord Land, Country Garden, Yango, JLL, Mori Building
• Telecom – China Telecom, Casco
• Finance – ICBC
• Hospitality – Homeinn Group, Huazhu Hotel Group
• Industrial – 3M, Ecolab, Ampleon, Morgan Advanced Materials, Johnson Matthey
• Pharmaceutical & Medical Device – Carestream, Fosun Pharma
• Internet – Byte Dance
• Advertising – Max Communication
• Tourism – 54Traveler
• Education – New York University Shanghai, East China Normal University, Fudan University
• NGO – AMCHAM, B-Corps, Shanghai Sunrise
Cloud is a Disney University Certified Trainer, Franklin Covey Certified Facilitator, DDI Certified Facilitator and an ICF Certified Coach. He specializes in experiential learning, action learning, facilitation, and coaching.
Mila Dorosh
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Mila is a Millennial Coach – a coach for a new generation of leaders, teams of mixed generations and those who work for, with or towards the millennials. An empowering, confidence building and inspiring coach, Mila Dorosh combines her coaching talent with international experience, hands-on team leadership and business expertise to offer coaching and training services around the world.
Mila is ICF-certified (ACC) and WABC-certified coach, specializing in individual and team coaching for team leaders and high potential performers. Mila is not, however, just a dedicated coach professional, she has been using coaching in real life throughout her career to open the minds of her team members and build efficient and effective businesses. Mila has also been a guest speaker for American, British and European Chambers of Commerce and Tongji University School of Economics and Management and is currently serving on leadership teams of The Shanghai Coaching Circle and Motivate Shanghai community organizations.
Apart from successfully working with individuals, Mila has conducted training and coaching sessions for companies like Accenture, Air Liquide, Bayer, Daimler, Nike and Volkswagen to name a few. Her coaching expertise includes, but is not limited to, leadership development, communication skills, change management, cross-cultural communication and team development.
Mila works with both individuals and teams. Her tools for coaching sessions and workshops differ. For coaching assignments she uses ICF pure coaching approach to stimulate and provide the best environment for the coachee to attain their resources. In her facilitation, she starts from thorough preparation and interviews to develop the right approach to fit customers’ challenges and bring the best out of team dynamic on the day of the event. In her toolbox she has facilitation, coaching, action learning skills, mindfulness, psycho-somatic coaching and other methods as appropriate.
In addition to her entrepreneurial and developmental/coaching talents, Mila is fluent in English, Chinese and Russian and can converse in French, Spanish and Italian. Mila’s passion is bringing the best out in people, whether through coaching conversations or inspirational talks during her travels around the world, she is happy to witness and assist others to grow.
Annie Jiang
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Annie specialises in business simulations and experiential learning. With over 15 years of experience in facilitating business simulations, Annie believes in observing behaviours and working to improve them. In her sessions, she sets the stage for people to be themselves, to be mindful of what they do and say, to reflect on the messages carried out in their behaviours and to set intentions to keep or change their behaviours in order to become better leaders and collaborators.
Annie frames creativity as a mindset that drives innovative behaviours. Her process emphasises communication and listening. She encourages people to talk, open up and explore their ideas in order to release their creativity and produce more connections and ‘Aha!’ moments.
For the past 3 years, Annie has been working with Michelin China. As part of the Young Manager Fast Growing Camp, she designed and delivered a programme aimed at helping increase young leaders’ creativity in day-to-day management. The feedback from the participants says her workshops are practical, intensive and fun, which perfectly describes what clients can expect from her facilitation.
Annie is a JOLT-certified Personal Transformation Coach and an Artgym Advanced Practitioner.
She loves outdoor activities such as mountain trekking, jogging and skiing; as well as reading, Latino ballroom dancing and free-style painting.
Flick Hardingham
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
The world of work is changing. Fast. Flick is on a mission to develop organisations fit for a constantly evolving future through cutting-edge talent experience and development.
Her award-winning work arms leaders, teams and entire companies with the attitudes and actions to drive radical collaboration, creativity, audience-focus and innovation.
Flick developed her creative talents over 8 years in the media industry in London and Singapore, crafting communications for established and challenger brands, including Range Rover, Tiger Airways and Samsung, before honing an agile mindset as a brand and innovation consultant for London’s nimblest start-ups. She also trained as a teacher at the UK’s leading primary school, where she discovered how to design learning that sticks.
Since moving into talent development, Flick’s client work includes digital mindset at Accenture; innovative leadership training at Deliveroo; a new model of collective leadership for the UK National Health Service; and creative thinking for Canon Europe, London media agencies and numerous start-up teams.
Flick has a Post Graduate Certificate in Primary Education from the University of Roehampton and BSc Psychology from the University of Birmingham. Both come in to play in her work building great teams and she is inspired by the evolution of self-managed, purpose-led companies explored in Laloux’s Reinventing Organisations.
Flick’s creative, interactive and humanistic approach grounded in human-centered design is at the heart of all her work. She creates real, lasting impact through joined-up, multi-pronged learning and change management, driven by purpose, values and inspired by her global, cross-sector experience.
Out of office hours, Flick is an organiser for OpenIDEO’s London Chapter, the global movement using Design Thinking to solve tough social challenges. She is also passionate about helping young people develop the skills and mindset to thrive in the future of work.
Owen Bailey
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Owen is an intuitive creative, gifted facilitator and coach. He works with young people and management from creatives to business leaders on an individual and group level.
He has worked with organisations such as UPS, Ricoh, Barnardos, local authorities and the University of Birmingham. His work has taken him as far afield as Shanghai and Beijing where he has led facilitation teams on international programmes.
Owen has a background in business development, sports coaching, NLP coaching and creative facilitation.
He is constantly seeking to continue his development and growth by attending workshops and trainings in leadership, creativity, philosophy and meditation.
Owen creates space where creative confidence can be explored and uses a variety of facilitation and coaching techniques including positive psychology and his own learning experiences.
He believes strongly in the interconnectedness of the mind and body and brings this to his work, with encouragement to recognise and transform habitual thinking into creativity.
Owen enjoys teaching yoga and has taught internationally, however, he still considers himself a student in life.
He is enthusiastic about poetry and also illustrates and sketches themes of soul connection, nature and mystical journeys, which are themes of a book that he is attempting to write.
Iris Re
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Iris facilitates group training as well as workshops and specialises in young leadership development, team building, change processes and mediation. As a Master of business and arts, Iris easily adapts to various situations, challenges and cultural differences.
Iris brings people together in shared experiences that are relevant, energetic and memorable. Iris knows that communication is the key to success in business, and she uses communication as the primary tool to help individuals and organisations create innovative solutions that make a positive impact on people’s lives. Iris believes that actively reflecting on one’s leadership and position in relation to others is the first step in identifying needs. Therefore, she challenges people to create an understanding of diversity and inclusion. By using transformative mediation (e.g. socratic method) people create consensus instead of compromise. She is licensed to use the Myers-Briggs type indicator (MBTI) and certified mediator (University of Darmstadt) as well as an Artgym Certified Facilitator.
Iris draws from a diverse history of experience, including working for an industrial company, a music festival and several international marketing agencies before transitioning to facilitation, training and mediation for the last 13 years. Iris’ clients come from a variety of industries, including automotive (e.g. Ford, RenaultNissan), sporting goods (e.g. adidas), retail (e.g. Shiseido, Elizabeth Arden, Sony, Canon), assurance (e.g. Winterthur), auditing (e.g. EY), pharmaceutical (e.g. Bayer), telecommunication (e.g. T-mobile) and urban administration industries. In the last 3 years, Iris started working with adults that need occupational re-training due to mental or physical stress.
Iris is always looking for “out-of-the-box” ideas that will broaden one’s mind and help people and organisations to grow. She believes that most answers people struggle with lie in their subconscious. Iris speaks fluent German and English.
Bettina Helfenstein
Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Bettina is a leadership coach and consultant with more than 20 years of experience with an international and multi-cultural, diverse client base. In her work she focuses on organizational and leadership development always driven by the mastery of change, innovation, creativity, mindfulness, and an agile mindset.
When coaching leaders one-on-one as well as facilitating groups in a virtual or physical learning environment she finds it most rewarding to mobilize the power that lies within the people she works with for a direct impact on their performance and happiness.
Before moving into her current role, Bettina worked for more than 15 years in Europe and the USA for large, world-wide management consulting firms (Capgemini, KPMG) and media companies (Bertelsmann, ProSiebenSat.1) gathering a broad range of experience and competencies around transformation, change, culture, strategy and leadership.
She holds a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Illinois at Champaign- Urbana (USA) as well as a Master in Media Science and Mass-Communications from the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover (Germany). Bettina is a certified systemic organizational consultant and coach (Fritz Simon, Berlin) and completed the “Change Essentials” curriculum (Heitger Consulting, Vienna).
Bettina has a deep appreciation and respect for the expertise of her clients as well as a strong interest and curiosity about people and the dynamics of teams and organizations. She sees herself as an “artist” in orchestrating group dynamics and processes with the best possible collaborative and co-creative outcome in mind.
In her work with leaders she seeks to challenge, offer a fresh perspective, and present relevant parallels as well as differences, reflecting the best possible present situation while taking history and future aspirations into account. In this vein, she has helped leaders to unleash creativity in leadership and collaboration at organizations such as adidas, Allianz, BNP Paribas, Ernst & Young, Deutsche Telekom, Konica Minolta, Lufthansa, Roche, SIEWA, Union Investment.
Bettina is passionate about motivating the people around her to become more mindful and humane with themselves and others to create a better and more appreciative and constructive working world.
Sarah Pimenta
Creative Facilitator
Sarah is a Creative Facilitator who specialises in designing and facilitating group art projects in both the public and private sector. During the past ten years, she has been instrumental in researching, designing and delivering many impactful projects with ArtGym which have increased creativity and innovation within companies and helped our clients put creativity to good work.
Sarah makes creativity approachable and understandable to everyone. She takes a person who says, “I’ll be rubbish at this, I can’t draw,” and makes them understand that creativity is not about being able to draw or create art but is instead an attitude of thinking and learning. In helping her clients to understand that they don’t need to be afraid of creativity, she allows them to think differently in order to create and innovate.
Sarah taps into her background in Textile Design to design and facilitate creative processes that help her clients to explore a theme or answer a question visually. She facilitates group art projects that produce visual content that tells an important, creative, innovative story. These art projects have taken place in diverse and disparate communities in the UK and most recently Africa. Sarah uses creativity to make a difference in people’s lives. After one of her recent projects with Syrian mothers, a client wrote the weekly workshops had transformed her life and made her feel that she had, at last, a place where she belonged.
Sarah is also a lecturer on Creativity in Events for Event Academy where shares her stories and experience and regularly bring a creative approach to new audiences.
After completing a degree in Textile Design, Sarah worked as a professional designer before realising a passion for teaching and gaining a Degree in Professional Education Studies. She has taken many art courses and has developed a strong creative practise of her own with collaboration at the heart. She has worked with and been inspired by contemporaries in a wide range of creative disciplines from poetry, rap, film to experimental contemporary dance. Her core competencies lie in her ability to draw upon this experience in service to group work and her ability to comfortably utilise a wide range of media and creative process to build a commitment to co create.
Sarah embraces new challenges and continues to work within communities where a creative approach can make a difference however small because she believes creativity is a seed that will grow.
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