Speakers – Session Hosts – Facilitators 2023

Ahmed El Ibyari, MSc., MCC is a coaching psychologist & executive coach, the founder of Intellect coaching school, the first school to introduce Arabic language ICF approved coach training program in the Middle East with the largest coaching community with over 2700 coaches.

He is also the founder of Intellect Executive, Based in Dubai, UAE, providing executive coaching services and leadership development programs to different organizations in the Middle East.

Ahmed is also the chief coaching officer CCO at coach you, one of the leading coaching platforms in the Middle East based in Amman, Jordan

Ahmed holds a master degree in applied positive psychology and coaching psychology from University of East London. Ahmed also is a master certified coach MCC from the International coach federation ICF and a senior practitioner from the European coaching and Mentoring council EMCC.

Alexandra J.S. Fouracres works as a cybersecurity managing consultant, runs her own coaching and mentoring practice and is an academic at the University of East London.  She is author of Cybersecurity for Coaches and Therapists: A Practical Guide for Protecting Client Data, published by Routledge. Alexandra runs a newsletter on simple cybersecurity tips at www.cybersecurepractitioners.com for practitioners, individuals and small businesses.

Dr Andrea Giraldez-Hayes is an internationally respected chartered psychologist, coach, supervisor and consultant. She is the Director of the MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology and co-Director of the Wellbeing and Psychological Services Centre at the University of East London’s School of Psychology. She is also a renowned public speaker at conferences in Europe and Latin America. Andrea has co/authored books and published on peer reviewed journals. Her main research interests are the boundaries between coaching and therapy and the use of arts and creativity in coaching psychology and supervision. She is currently the chair of the British Psychological Society’s Coaching Psychology Training Committee.

Anjali Nair
President, International Association of Coaching I Founder, The HR Studio I OD Consultant
I Certified Coach (IAC-CC)
Anjali Nair brings over 23+ years of experience as an HR business partner, OD consultant,
and leadership coach. She has worked across industries with organizations ranging from
Public sector organizations, the education sector, MNCs, non-profit organizations, and startups.
She is a member of the Governing Board of the International Association of Coaching (IAC,
www.certifiedcoach.org) and currently serving as the Global President (2022-23). She is
passionate about creating platforms to coach women leaders and has led multiple programs
for women entrepreneurs, in leadership and educational leaders.
Education: MBA (PGDM- HR), MLL & LW, and MSc Chemistry (IIT-Roorkee)

Dr. Ashley Yousufzai is the Director of Coach Ethics, Development and Partnerships at BetterUp, where she works to advance the science and practice of evidence-based coaching and behavior transformation in the workplace. Ashley is trained as an industrial-organizational psychologist, with deep expertise in coaching, organizational culture and transformation and has been the architect behind numerous change initiatives that align people and talent strategies to organizational priorities. Through her consulting and advising experience, Ashley discovered the transformative power of coaching and joined BetterUp shortly after completing her coach training. Ashley is passionate about ethical coaching and exploring ways to leverage the power of technology to enhance the coach experience.

Dr Benita Mayhead, with over 30 years’ experience in learning and development, executive coaching, and senior HR roles, is a highly accomplished professional. Her Doctorate in Coaching and Mentoring from Oxford Brookes University reflects her commitment to advancing the field. As an executive coach and facilitator, she helps leaders navigate complex challenges, enabling them to gain confidence, accelerate their impact, and enhance cohesion among teams. Her pragmatic and supportive approach is
valued by clients facing contemporary leadership complexities. She is also a coach supervisor, published author, academic journal peer reviewer, presenter at research conferences, and a nonexecutive advisor board member.

Carrie Arnold, author of Silenced and Sidelined: How women leaders find their voices and break barriers, is the Principal for The Willow Group. Since 2011, she has owned and operated her own consulting business. Previously, she has 20 years of experience working in healthcare, human resources, training, and organizational development. She has worked for multi-hospital systems in leadership positions and teaches at the university level. As a coach, she has served within the federal government, all levels of education, healthcare, and private sectors working with over 500 individual and group clients. She works with a fall spectrum of leaders, from new and emerging to the C-suite level.

Carrie also serves as faculty for the Evidence-Based Coaching program at Fielding Graduate University.

Carrie Hopkins-Doubts, PCC, is a Spiritual Resilience Coach working with men and women experiencing major life transitions, whether it be in relationships, career, health, or spirituality.

As the founder of Life’s Next Chapter Coaching, Carrie’s passion is helping men and women discover new dreams for themselves as they consciously and powerfully rebuild their lives after loss by guiding them to reconnect with their heart, reclaim their power, and realign with their purpose to create their life’s next chapter.

Carrie provides mentoring for practicing coaches and students who are seeking ICF credentialing. She joined the Ethics Independent Review Board for the ICF in 2019 and was appointed to the position of Chair in 2023. Carrie holds a Master’s Degree in Spiritual Psychology With an Emphasis in Consciousness, Health, and Healing as well as certifications in Grief Counseling, Mentor Coaching, Transformational Presence Coaching, and Relationship and Divorce Coaching.

Dr. Catherine Carr is a Master Corporate Executive Coach, Supervisor, Psychotherapist, and a university instructor, with 25 years+ experience. She has broad experience working across government and additional expertise in health and pharmaceutical, Indigenous organizations, mental health, resource, finance, IT, and start-ups. Catherine coaches for Ted Talks, supporting environmental and social justice presenters.

Catherine’s early doctorate research advanced the team coaching field. Publications include the co-authored High Performance Team Coaching and 50 Tips for Terrific Teams and research articles and chapters on team coaching. Catherine currently leads Systemic Team Coaching for North America.

Catherine is grateful to do work that supports people to be well, live well, and to meaningfully contribute around them and to our world. She lives in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia Canada (traditional territories of the W̱SÁNEĆ and Lək̓ʷəŋən speaking peoples).

Dr. Charline S. Russo is a member of the University of Pennsylvania Organizational Dynamics Coaching and Consulting faculty. She was awarded the 2018 University Award for Distinguished Teaching in Professional Graduate Programs. She is VP and Board member of the Graduate School Alliance for Education in Coaching (GSAEC) that focuses on strengthening and promoting graduate-level coach education and research globally.
She has held executive positions in pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies building Global Learning Centers of Excellence for R&D.
Charline founded CampoMarzio Group, a consulting firm that fosters trusted, collaborative relationships with organizations and leaders to create, drive, and sustain major transformations through tailored consulting and coaching services.
Charline received her BA in History and Psychology and MBA from Rutgers University and her MA and EdD in Organizational Leadership from Columbia University. Her publications include coaching case studies and Cohort Programming and Learning for Adults: Improving Educational Experiences for Adult Learners, co-authored with I.M. Saltiel.

David Clutterbuck is one of the earliest pioneers of coaching and mentoring. Visiting professor at four business schools and co-founder of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council, he is author of more than 70 books. David was lead coach on the Ethical Coach project and has trained hundreds of ethical mentors in the UK health service and elsewhere.

Dr. David Drake is Founder and CEO of The Moment Institute in Portland, Oregon. He has been a pioneer in the coaching space for 25 years, including as the founder of Narrative Coaching. Practitioners are using his new work, Integrative Development, to help them to liberate the learning and development potential in any moment in workshops, classrooms, and coaching sessions.

David has worked with over 70 organizations, including ARM, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Dropbox, Google, Logitech, Nike, PwC, Xero, and government agencies in the US and Australia. He helps organizations to effectively integrate coaching into how business gets done. He serves as the Learning & Development Advisor for Ovida (ovida.org), a leading AI start-up that accelerates the capacity of coaches to get better at what they do. He is using his work with Integrative Development to help them create a first-of-its-kind AI-informed complete learning pathway and customized algorithms.
David earned his PhD in Human & Organizational Development from Fielding Graduate University. He is a Thought Leader for the Institute of Coaching at Harvard. He is currently partnering with them on The Five Maturities Project to advance how coaches are assessed and developed. He is also an 8x WBECS Summit Speaker and a frequent contributor to Coaches Rising programs. He is the author of 70 publications, including as co-editor of SAGE Handbook of Coaching (2016) and as author of Narrative Coaching: The Definitive Guide to Bringing New Stories to Life (2018).

Dr Dumi Magadlela is an executive coach, team coach, coach trainer, leadership development facilitator, organizational ‘people whisperer’, and Ubuntu skills development practitioner. He is based Johannesburg, South Africa, and works globally. Dumi serves on the Board of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) Foundation as a Trustee. He co-founded the Ubuntu Coaching Foundation (UCF) at The Coaching Centre (TCC) in South Africa. Dumi has been part of Senior Faculty at The Coaching Centre for over twelve (12) years, delivering a module on “Coaching in the African Context”. Dumi is part-time faculty at the University of Stellenbosch Business School’s MPhil in Management Coaching programme, where he teaches a module on “Ubuntu Team Coaching”. Dumi currently works as part of the international faculty at the WBECS’ Global Team Coaching Institute (GTCI), co-designing team coaching programmes and facilitating team-coaching labs. He is accredited by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) as a Senior Practitioner in Team Coaching. Dumi lives in Johannesburg, South Africa, and works globally. Dumi’s work is informed by systems thinking, gestalt, emotional intelligence, Ubuntu and integral approaches, among others. Dumi is a regularly featured speaker on coaching, leadership, and people development.

Eva Hirsch Pontes is an Executive & Team Coach, Coach Supervisor, Conflict Mediator and Trainer. Eva currently alternates her residence between Berlin and her hometown, Rio de Janeiro. Eva holds a Master Certified Coach (MCC) credential from ICF - International Coaching Federation, as well as the ESIA Coach Supervisor Accreditation from the EMCC – European Mentoring and Coaching Council. Eva has been actively involved in volunteer activities for ICF: she integrated the first Board of ICF/Chapter Brazil, and held a seat in the Advisory Board of that Chapter. Eva has also served as a member of the Ethics Committee of ICF/Chapter Brazil. Together with Wendy-Ann Smith, Dumi Magadlela and Prof. David Clutterbuck, she has co-edited the book “Ethical Case Studies for Coach Development and Practice: A coaches Companion” (forthcoming) published by Routledge.

Eve is an award-winning coach, supervisor and writer who is a leading contributor to industry research and actively engaged in pro bono work. Chair of the leading professional body, APECS (The Association for Professional Executive Coaching and Supervision), she founded and leads the Global Supervisors’ Network and is co-founder of the Climate Coaching Alliance. Eve‘s writing includes two co-authored publications including one with Peter Hawkins (2020), “Systemic Coaching - delivering value beyond the individual.” She is currently working on two books, the Ethics Handbook associated with this conference and one with several co-authors on coaching and the ecological crisis. Eve’s a Fellow at two universities – The University of Southampton and Henley Business School.

Haesun Moon, Ph.D., is a communication scientist, an educator, and author of Coaching A to Z: The Extraordinary Use of Ordinary Words and several collaborative books, including Thriving Women, Thriving World, and Foundations of Brief Coaching, a short handbook for professional coaches. Haesun received her Ph.D. in Adult Education and Community Development from University of Toronto. She believes that conversations can change the world, and she defines this process as hosting dialogic conditions in which people participate to imagineer and perform their preferred change. Her academic and professional research in coaching dialogues and pedagogy from the University of Toronto led to development of a simple coaching model, Dialogic Orientation Quadrant (DOQ). Haesun currently teaches Brief Coaching at the University of Toronto and serves as Executive Director at the Canadian Centre for Brief Coaching. You can visit her online at www.briefcoaching.ca and www.coachingatoz.com

Dr Hugh Breakey is Deputy Director and Senior Research Fellow in moral philosophy at Griffith University’s Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law (Brisbane, Australia). Hugh’s work spans the philosophical sub-disciplines of political theory, normative ethics, applied philosophy, and legal theory. He has extensive experience in the application of ethical, legal, and political philosophy to a wide array of challenging practical fields, including institutional governance, integrity systems and corruption, climate change, sustainable tourism, peacekeeping, safety industries, property and intellectual property, professional ethics, human rights, and international law.

Inga Bielinska is a Master Certified Coach, team coach certified by both ICF (ACTC) and EMCC (ITCA), and a business trainer. In addition to that, she serves as an ICF mentor coach and ESIA EMCC coach supervisor. She specializes in supporting individuals and organizations globally, particularly those dealing with remote and culturally diverse teams or communication challenges. As a team coach, Inga helps teams overcome barriers, navigate processes, resolve conflicts, and develop a clear mission and vision. In addition to her coaching work, Inga regularly writes for US editions of Forbes and Newsweek. She has also published two books in Polish for leaders, one of which was shortlisted for a major Polish business magazine's book award.

Ivan Yong is an organizational psychologist, angel investor, sales coach and mentor. He is a frequent speaker on startup culture, disruptive innovation for corporate organization and sales strategy for growth. Ivan is passionate about social justice for his pro bono work, initiated various global social responsibility programs with the European Mentoring & Coaching Council (EMCC) and is an official mentor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong for the past 10 years. Last but not least, he authored the book, “Department of Startup : Why Every Fortune 500 Should Have One’, a holistic approach to the inception of a culture of innovation within corporates.

Jacinta M. Jiménez, PsyD, BCC (also known as “Dr. J”) is an award-winning author, psychologist, and board-certified leadership Coach with a 20+ year career dedicated to the betterment of individuals, leaders, and organizations.

Her work is focused around synthesizing her deep knowledge of human behavior and applying it to the development of technology, innovative coaching programs, and leaders. From this work, Dr. Jiménez has been recognized as one of the Top 50 Women Leaders in San Francisco for 2022 List by Women We Admire. She has also been recognized by LA Weekly Magazine as a top coach to follow.

Her book, The Burnout Fix (McGraw Hill, 2021) has been recognized by Business Insider as a top book to read about burnout, was the winner in getAbstract’s prestigious 2021 International Book of the Year Reader’s Choice Award, and was named a Best Book on Burnout & Recovery for 2022 by Choosing Therapy.

As the Vice President of Coach Innovation at BetterUp, Dr. Jiménez drives the development of groundbreaking technology-enabled science-backed coaching approaches for helping today’s top organizations foster resilience and mental flourishing at work.

Along with being a Fellow at the American Institute of Stress, Dr. Jiménez holds a certificate in Diversity & Inclusion from Cornell University. She is also on the leadership team of WELL (Women Entrepreneurs & leaders laboratory) for digital health.

She earned a B.A. Psychology from Stanford University, an MS and PsyD in Clinical Psychology from the PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium, all with top academic distinction.

Jeff Hancock is founding director of the Stanford Social Media Lab and is a Professor in the Department of Communication at Stanford University. Professor Hancock and his group work on understanding psychological and interpersonal processes in social media. The team specializes in using computational linguistics and experiments to understand how the words we use can reveal psychological and social dynamics, such as deception and trust, emotional dynamics, intimacy and relationships, and social support. Recently Professor Hancock has begun work on understanding the mental models people have about algorithms in social media, as well as working on the ethical issues associated with computational social science.

Professor Hancock is well-known for his research on how people use deception with technology, from sending texts and emails to detecting fake online reviews. His TED Talk on deception has been seen over 1 million times and he’s been featured as a guest on “CBS This Morning” for his expertise on social media. His research has been published in over 80 journal articles and conference proceedings and has been supported by funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Defense. His work on lying and technology has been frequently featured in the popular press, including the New York Times, CNN, NPR, CBS and the BBC.

Jonathan Passmore is professor of Coaching at Henley Business school, SVP at a digital coaching provider and past Chair of the British Psychological Society Division of Coaching Psychology.
He has previously worked for PWC, IBM and OPM and is listed as one of the Top 20 coaches in the world on the Global Gurus list. Jonathan has published widely including 40 books and over 200
scientific papers and book chapters, his titles include The Coaches Handbook and Becoming a Coach: The Essential ICF Guide.

Judit has been working as business and executive coach since 2009. She is a subject matter expert in the field of business ethics since she works as an advisor in business ethics and compliance for multinational companies and for 7 years she led courses in Business Ethics at the International Study Program at Corvinus University, Budapest the leading University in Economics in Hungary. She regularly holds workshops in coaching ethics in the past 6 years.
She has 20+ years’ management experience in the field of marketing management at Johnson & Johnson, one of the world’s largest healthcare companies.
She has started her doctoral program in Ethical decision-making in 2020 and publishes regularly in this topic.
She was the President of the ICF Hungary Chapter in 2016 and 2017.

As a pioneering leader within her field, Katherine is the Global CEO of the Association for Coaching, a leading professional coaching body, and Executive Director of Wisdom8. Described by others as someone who ‘pushes the boundaries’, and who role-models, ‘collaborative-based’ leadership, Katherine specializes in cross-cultural and global/top team coaching, having worked with CEOs and their teams from across 40 different nationalities. She is the recipient of the awards for Influencing and Impacting the Coaching Profession and was made Coach/Mentor of the Year, by Coaching at Work. She is also an author, speaker, and lecturer, with recent contributions in Leadership Coaching, Excellence in Coaching, and Diversity in Coaching (Kogan Page), and is on the Editorial Board for Coaching, an International Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice.

Professor Kristján Kristjánsson (PhD, University of St. Andrews) is Professor of Character Education and Virtue Ethics, Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, at the University of Birmingham, U.K. His interests lie in research on character and virtues at the intersection between moral philosophy, moral psychology and moral education. He has published various books on those issues, the latest ones are Friendship for Virtue (O.U.P., 2022) and Flourishing as the Aim of Education (Routledge, 2020). His previous books include Aristotelian Character Education, (Routledge, 2015) which won the SES Prize for the best Education book of 2015 in the U.K., and has since been translated into Japanese, as well as Virtues and Vices in Positive Psychology (C.U.P., 2013), which has a Korean translation. In addition to leading a number of the Jubilee Centre’s flagship projects, Kristján oversees all research activities in the Centre. As a member of various international organisations, Kristján collaborates with colleagues in Asia, Europe and the U.S.A. on issues that relate to the cultivation of virtuous character in general and virtuous emotions in particular. Kristján is Editor of the Journal of Moral Education.

Kristin Kelly has served the International Coaching Federation (ICF) since 2007 in numerous capacities (including marketing, membership, and leadership development) before her current position as the Assistant Director of Ethics, Policy, and Compliance. The ICF is the world’s largest membership organization, accreditation, and credentialing body for professionally trained coaches.

She’s actively involved with ICF’s management company (Associations International), including the Recognizing Achievement and Happiness (RAH) Committee. She oversees ICF’s New Employee Onboarding Process, serves on the ICF Internal Communications Task Force, and has been a driver in the co-creation of ICF Culture and values for the staff.

Lorraine Webb brings strategic insight and openness to her executive coaching practice. With more than 25 years of experience in the utility, pharmaceutical and manufacturing industries, Lorraine has grown to be a trusted coach and advisor providing counsel to C-Suite executives and senior management. As a hallmark to her career, she built a robust coaching culture that resulted in her organization being recognized as an employer of choice. Lorraine is passionately committed to helping people identify those behaviors that will lead to their success.

Prior to launching her executive coaching practice, Lorraine served as the Vice President for the largest municipally owned gas utility in the nation. She spearheaded the effort to develop a strong talent bench which included creating leadership development programs, including coaching, for both emerging and senior leaders.

Lorraine’s focus is on guiding leaders to become more transparent and authentic so that they can get the best out of themselves and their respective their teams. She extends this guidance to her dynamic work on Boards and non-profits.

Taking from her broad experience, Lorraine bridges her internal coaching background with her skills as an executive coach to help her clients reach their full potential. Similar to her service as an internal coach, today Lorraine guides leaders and organizations to become more open, diverse and inclusive.

Lise Lewis D.Prof MBA CFCIPD EMCC accredited coach | mentor supervisor and master coach | mentor. Founder of Bluesky International providing accredited coach | mentor and coach supervisor training. Practising Executive Coach and Supervisor for independent and in-house practitioners. Immediate Past President of EMCC Global and currently Special Ambassador. Honorary Member of APECS and AOCS.

Lise’s immersion in a doctoral study of human behaviour culminated in authoring Relational Feedback: Why Feedback Fails and How to Make it More Meaningful 2020. Global keynote speaker and webinar contributor: AI, Cultural Diversity, Ethics, EQ/SQ, Trends in Coaching and Supervision, Leadership Tomorrow, Relational Feedback. Contributor to Coaching Supervision Advancing Practice, Changing Landscapes. Volunteer with EMCC Global 20+ years initiating and contributing to professional standards in coaching, mentoring and supervision.

Building on a human resources senior management career, Lise’s private| public sector work focuses on Relational Leadership. Assignments help leaders and teams to sharpen existing people skills that sustain a high level of interpersonal intelligence. Team relationships improve and consequently team effectiveness is responsive to the rapid pace and changing world of work. Training focuses on creating organisational coaching facilities.

Magdalena Nowicka Mook brings experience in fundraising, coaching, consulting and association management. Currently, she offers her vision and strategic direction as the CEO of the International Coaching Federation (ICF), where she acts as a partner to the ICF's Global Board of Directors. Magda is a trained professional coach and systems’ facilitator.

Ms. Mook has also held positions with the Council of State Governments, where she was the Assistant Director of National Policy and Director of Development. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service has also utilized Magda's international business acumen, bringing her in for coordinating technical assistance programs and implementing special projects in four European countries.

Magda is a frequent speaker on subjects of trends in coaching and leadership development as well as regulation and ethics.

Ms. Mook received her M.S. in Economics and International Trade from the Warsaw School of Economics, Poland. She also graduated from the Copenhagen Business School’s Advanced Program in International Management and Consulting. She is a member of the Women's Foreign Policy Group, Forbes.com Council on Non-profits, ATD, ASAE International Section Council and the Advisory Board for Institute of Organizational Mindfulness.

Magdalena is fluent in Polish, Russian, and English, and has a working knowledge of French.

Dr Max Eames is a chartered psychologist, senior-accredited psychotherapist, executive coach, BPS-registered applied psychology practitioner supervisor (RAPPS), and co-director of the University of East London's Wellbeing and Psychological Services Centre, heading its counselling and psychotherapy services activities. As a senior lecturer, Max interrogates in his teaching the boundaries and overlaps between counselling, psychotherapy, and coaching psychology. His research interests examine the therapeutic use of metaphors, imagery, metacognitive rationales, and other conceptual frames in encouraging creative, mindful, and adaptive understandings of both psychological distress and psychological wellbeing.

Michael is an internationally recognized academic, practitioner and consultant in the fields of leadership and coaching psychology. Michael’s work focuses on preparing leaders, teams and coaches to work effectively and sustainably in complex settings. In his academic work he is the Deputy Director of the Coaching Psychology Unit at the University of Sydney (Australia) and Visiting Professor at Middlesex University (UK). He has coached leaders and managers at all levels from a diverse range of public and private, national and multinational organizations, both in Australia and internationally. Along with numerous publications in the peer reviewed press, Michael is the principal author of the Standards Australia Handbook of Organisational Coaching.

Pamela Larde, director of education for the Institute of Coaching, is committed to engaging in the work of advancing the reach and commitment of the coaching profession to serve and build up heart-centered leaders around the world. As a professor, coach, author, and business owner, Dr. Larde is intentional about integrating values of belonging, human dignity, justice and care for the whole person into every fiber of her work. She is founder and president of the Academy of Creative Coaching, an ICF accredited coach training school and engages in research around race and gender, self-motivation, joy resilience, and posttraumatic growth.

Pamela McLean, PhD, Co-Founder of The Hudson Institute of Coaching, brings more than four decades of experience as a clinical psychologist, master coach, coach supervisor, and contributor in the field of leadership coaching.
McLean has authored several books in the field of coaching including The Completely Revised Handbook of Coaching (2012), a comprehensive examination of the essential elements in coaching; Self as Coach, Self as Leader, (2019) exploring the dimensions of the internal landscape that support one’s conscious use of self in coaching and in leadership. She also authored LifeForward: Charting the Journey Ahead, focused on intentionally charting a course through the chapters and transitions in one’s life.

I am currently an Associate Professor of Coaching & Mentoring and a Master Practitioner with the European Mentoring & Coaching Council. For the last 25 years, I have worked with many different organisations and their leadership teams on the development of their staff using a range of group and team based interventions including action learning, open space methodologies and appreciative inquiry. I am also an experienced researcher and, using action research methodologies, have developed impactful interventions within organisations on creating a coaching culture, organisational learning and organisational design.

Professor Peter Hawkins is Emeritus Professor of Leadership at Henley Business School, Chairman of Renewal Associates, co-dean and founder of the Global Team Coaching Institute, Honorary President of the Academy of Executive Coaching and Senior Fellow and Advisor to the Singapore Government.

Peter is a leading consultant, coach, writer and researcher in organizational strategy, leadership, culture change, team and board development and coaching. He has worked with numerous leading organizations globally coaching executive teams and boards and facilitating major change and organizational transformation projects. He has coached over 100 boards and senior executive teams, enabling them to develop their purpose, vision, values, collective leadership and strategy for the future, in a wide range of international companies, government departments, UK health services organizations, the professional services sector and charities.

He is the author of many best-selling books and papers on leadership, board and team coaching, systemic coaching, supervision, and organizational transformation

Prof. Philippe Rosinski, MCC, is considered the pioneer of intercultural and global coaching. He is the author of two seminal books, “Coaching Across Cultures” and “Global Coaching”, and the co-author of sixteen books. He is also the author of the Cultural Orientations Framework (COF) assessment.
Philippe is the first European to have been designated Master Certified Coach by the International Coach Federation. He has received numerous awards including the Thinkers50 Marshall Goldsmith Leading Global Coaches Award (2019), the ICF Circle of Distinction (2022) and he is listed among the Global Gurus Coaching Top 30 (#7 in 2023).

Rachel Hawley: is a Leadership Associate at the NHS Leadership Academy and co-author of Values and Ethics in Coaching (Sage, 2017). Her doctoral study, at Sheffield Hallam University is on relational leadership in the NHS.

Rashmi has worked extensively with senior leadership teams to discuss, debate and design some of the most detailed strategies for implementing changes across the organizations. Her experience ranges from working with change makers in corporations, educational institutions and not for profit development initiatives. She was coach faculty at Leadership That Work’s, and currently serves as VP education Mastery at ICF Oregon board. She was instrumental in creating the new skills and competencies for ICF as a part of the Social justice committee for ICF Global. Rashmi has spoken on topics of Decolonisation, White Supremacy, Diversity and inclusion in several global forums. Currently she works as a partner at Rakarising.com, an HR, OD consulting firm that uses anti-oppression lens. Her work in social change has been in areas of women empowerment, youth and tribal leadership. Rashmi initiated a social change experimental initiative called Dhruvatara to connect children to nature.

Dr Kadilar is the president of EMCC Global.
Alumni of Stanford University, HEC Paris, METU, and INSEAD, Dr. Riza Kadilar is a PhD in media economics. His professional career includes senior level bank management in France, UK, Netherlands and Turkey.
He is the author of five published books, and columnist at Bloomberg Businessweek Turkey.
He contributes to the democratization of learning and development with his online learning platform (RK Academy) and also with his EMCC Quality Award recipient online micro credential course (MOOC) on coaching and mentoring. Dr. Kadilar is a visiting professor in various universities, and has delivered numerous motivational speeches during the last twenty years in more than thirty countries, and recently on online platforms reaching more than ten thousand individuals.

Sam Isaacson is an enthusiastic coachtech thought leader, as well as being an active coach and coach supervisor. He writes a popular LinkedIn newsletter and has written two books on the topic: How to Thrive as a Coach in a Digital World (Open University Press, 2021) and Superhuman Coaching (Hanwell Publishing, 2022). He is the founder of the Coachtech Collective, a global community of coaches grappling with technology, and works closely with the big coaching professional bodies on the development of thinking around technology and ethics. He is Chair of the Coaching Professional apprenticeship, the biggest coaching qualification in England.

With a background in professional services and a disruptive coaching technology startup, he's the first person to have delivered executive coaching in virtual reality. His coaching consultancy practice Coachtech Ltd, based in London, supports clients across the planet, with a particular focus on maturing organisational coaching ecosystems and enhancing coaching using technology, through coach development, coaching supervision, and advisory projects.

Silvina Spiegel, is a Multi-Cultural Executive Coach, Supervisor-Mentor coach and Coach Trainer. Coaching experience in Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew and English.
Current representative from Latin America for the Regional Coordination Team NALAC - ICF Professional Coaches, working towards the DEIJ&B of the Region.
Brazilian representative since 2020 for the Latin America Forum, responsible for the inclusion of Portuguese translation in every event.
Former ICF Brazil Chapter Vice President. Founder, director and former VP of the Rio de Janeiro sub-unit.
Professional Certified Coach by International Coaching Federation since 2015.

Dr. Terrence E. Maltbia, Associate Professor of Practice in the Department of Organization and Leadership, at Teachers College, Columbia. Scholarly interest includes strategic learning; leadership and organizational development; diversity and cultural intelligence; executive and organizational coaching. Terry came to Columbia after 30 years of diverse experience as an external and internal organizational effectiveness consultant, thought leader and educator—in positions ranging from field sales, sales management, sales training, to Vice President Organizational Effectiveness Center of Excellence for a major Fortune 200 Corporation—as well as two consulting firms. He is the recipient of The Academy of Human Resources Development’s Malcolm Knowles Dissertation of the Year Award for his pioneering diversity practitioner research; was recognized as #1 In Coach Education in the World by Thinkers50 | Marshall Goldsmith’s Top Global Coaches 2019, 2021; AIIR Consulting’s 2020 Coaching Leadership Award Winner in 2020; and Outstanding Contribution to Coaching Award – Henley Business School, University Reading, Fall 2021.

Tia Moin CPsychol – is a Coaching Psychologist, BPS Division of Coaching Psychology Committee Member (EDI Lead) and PhD Researcher at the University of Reading. She builds on a 20+ year career in Organisational Psychology and is passionate about applying coaching and psychology to help people flourish and thrive in life.

Travis is an independent Consulting and Coaching Psychologist and Adjunct Professor in the School of Business at the University of South Australia. He is a registered Psychologist with practice endorsement in Organisational, Exercise & Sport and Counselling Psychology, a registered Teacher, an accredited Coaching Psychologist, a Chartered Manager and Independent Company Director.

He has held a range of senior executive leadership roles including Managing Director of The Teleran Group Pty. Ltd. Leadership and Talent Director at Lee Hecht Harrison (Australia & New Zealand), MBA Director at the University of South Australia, Global Program Manager for Leadership Assessment at Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS) (now Hewlett Packard) and Manager, Human Resources (Asia Pacific) for Faulding Pharmaceuticals (now Hospira).

He has published widely in the research and professional literature on leadership, executive performance, education, and executive coaching and is co-editor of the international peer-reviewed journal, the International Coaching Psychology Review and Honorary Vice President of the International Society of Coaching Psychology where he is also an Honorary Research Fellow and Member of the ISCP Research Centre Advisory Board.

Wendy-Ann is a coaching psychologist, researcher and educator. She is the Director at her coaching boutique Eclorev, co-founder of the Coaching Ethics Forum and Visiting Fellow, Centre for Positive Psychology, Buckinghamshire New University, UK and Ethics group discussion lead at the Institute of Coaching. Wendy-Ann was awarded as one of the top 15 coaches in Paris, France for 2023. Her recent research has looked at how coaches understand their development with a number of publications arising from this work. Her recent publications are: Positive Psychology Coaching in the Workplace (2021) and The Ethical Coaches' Handbook: A Guide to Developing Ethical Maturity in Practice (publication 2023), and Ethical Case Studies for coach development and practice: A Coach’s Companion (Forthcoming, late 2023) she has also authored chapters on various topics within coaching psychology and positive psychology. Wendy-Ann regularly coaches a small number of one-to-one clients. She designs and delivers lectures, trainings and workshops internationally in a variety of settings including universities. Her interest is supporting the development of coaches through coaching psychology, positive psychology, and increasing ethical awareness and practice.

Yannick Jacob is a Coach, Trainer & Supervisor with Masters degrees in Existential Coaching and Applied Positive Psychology. He is part of the teaching faculties at Cambridge University and the International Centre for Coaching Supervision, and he’s the Course Director of the School of Positive Transformation’s Accredited Certificate in Integrative Coaching, for which he gathered many of the world’s most influential coaches. Formerly Programme Leader of the MSc Coaching Psychology at the University of East London, Yannick now presents at conferences internationally and his book, An Introduction to Existential Coaching, was published by Routledge. Committed to helping other coaches be the best coaches they can be, Yannick founded and hosts Yannick’s Coaching Lab which gives novice and seasoned coaches an opportunity to witness experienced coaches live in action, and he is the host of Animas Centre for Coaching's popular podcast Coaching Uncaged, as well as his own podcasts Talking about Coaching and Talking about Coaching and Psychedelics.

Dr. Zoë MacLeod is a certified executive coach, change agent and educational advisor working in the fields of leadership, executive coaching, and professional and organizational development. Zoe is currently Associate Vice-President, Professional and Continuing Studies at Royal Roads University where she leads a team of brilliant people working tremendously hard to serve students, clients, and organizations in their pursuit of professional development and lifelong learning. Zoe consults with external organizations to develop and deliver award-winning transformative leadership development programs for organizations across the globe and is also responsible for a suite of executive-level programs including the Level 2 Accredited Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching and she recently launched the Master of Arts in Executive and Organizational Coaching program at Royal Roads University. Zoe’s doctoral research focused on evaluating the impact of coaching for women in higher education and she is the elected Chair, Coaching Education Global Board of Directors for the International Coaching Federation.