Cheryl Samtaney (SHE/HER)

Cheryl Samtaney has 18 years of experience as a facilitator and coach. She strongly believes that her role as an Executive Coach helps people to unleash their untapped potential. Cheryl has worked closely with companies across the globe to develop their people and enhance their efficiency and productivity. She delivers sessions across India, the APAC region, and the Middle East, on topics such as Management Development, DEI, Personal Well Being and Executive Presence. Prior to working as an International Executive Coach, Cheryl was The Local Training Director for one of the world’s largest training companies where she managed a group of 20 training consultants. Cheryl creates a safe space for people to share, ask questions and learn from each other.

Languages Spoken:

English, Hindi, Marathi and Very Basic Arabic

Companies I've worked with:

Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, Deutsche Bank, Deloitte, Goldman Sachs, Ernst & Young British Council, Thomason Reuters

Areas of Expertise:

Management Development Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Personal Effectiveness Executive Presence

Interesting Fact:

I have travelled to 50 different countries and loved every minute!

Cindu Staub (SHE/HER)

I am a leadership transformation coach and facilitator . I create spaces that bring forth self and systemic awareness, that support deep reflection, and create energy for new action. My focus is to support leaders lead, collaborate, and achieve with expanded awareness, authenticity, and agency. My style embodies curiosity, compassion, and courage. I have a unique and diverse set of industry and leadership experiences across the last 20 years (in three different industries-Media, Technology, Learning- in global organizations).

Languages Spoken:

Facilitate in English. Can speak Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada

Companies I've worked with:

Technology(IT/ITES), Pharma, FMCG, Banking, Consulting

Areas of Expertise:

Leadership development, Coaching skills, Women leadership

Interesting Fact:

Been a student of practical philosophy for the last 11 years.

CLARE FITZSIMMONS (SHE/HER) 


Clare began her career in journalism at the BBC in London as a researcher in documentaries and quickly discovered a deep interest in human behavior and team dynamics. In pursuit of this, Clare switched careers and joined PwC Australia where she trained and spent 10 years consulting in transformational culture change. Clare worked across all aspects of large-scale organizational redesign and developed a specialization in leadership development, designing and facilitating learning experiences that inspired leaders to feel confident and motivated to make change. Clare went on to spend 6 years consulting in New York where she worked with some of the most senior leaders of global organizations to drive meaningful, sustainable positive change. Now based in Sydney, Clare works with a range of leading corporates across APAC, helping individuals, teams and organizations to realize their potential.

Languages Spoken:

English

Companies I've worked with:

Viacom, JPMorgan Chase, Tiffany, Disney, Sony

Areas of Expertise:

Leadership development, Leading within uncertainty and Adaptive Leadership, Culture change, High performance teams, Resilience and Wellbeing, Facilitator “Train the Trainer”

Interesting Fact:

Despite spending most of my life in 3 of the largest cities in the world:London, New York and Sydney, my favourite place is swimming in theocean under a big blue sky far away from city skyscrapers.

GIGI GILLIARD (SHE/HER)

Author of The Loud Brown Round Girl, The Inclusion C.O.D.E. (2020) and Hello Beautiful, Get Well Soon (2021), Gigi Gilliard owns and operates her learning and organizational development consultancy – Gigi Gilliard Development (affectionately referred to as GGD). She is a triple-certified Master Coach in the disciplines of leadership development, executive coaching and coaching for presentation/speech delivery for C-suite executives. Renowned for her work in the DEI space, Gigi masterfully leads professionals of all levels in conversations and skill-building that help elevate inclusion. Under her brand Gigi Gilliard: Author| Speaker | Executive Coach, Gigi utilizes dynamic content and facilitation as she provides remedies designed to help organizations in the areas of leadership development, inclusive leadership, and inclusion strategy. In client engagements focused on diversity growth, Gigi helps to build solutions that encourage and embed inclusion, while elevating and promoting the attitude of belonging. A stalwart enemy of exclusion and inequality for any group anywhere, DEI&B, (diversity, equity, inclusion, AND belonging) is her specialty. She believes that creating the sentiment of belonging is a crucial, and often missed, part of the inclusion conversation. A native and resident New Yorker, Gigi is devoted to her faith, family, and equality; and is focused on sharing principles of belongingness and inclusion to those interested in championing these crucial behavioral changes in their workspaces… and in their lives.

Companies I've worked with:

Ryan Health, Avalon Flooring, Young Audiences New York, Penguin Random House and Hachette Book Group

HYWEL BERRY (HE/HIM) 


Hywel spent the bulk of his corporate career in sales for the Financial Times and FT.com. During his 9 years with the newspaper he developed, grew, and managed multiple million-dollar client relationships. He also recruited and trained over 60 team members, ultimately managing a team of 25 and budgets of $50m. In 2010 Hywel transitioned careers and began working for The Mind Gym, a global training and development organization.Over the next ten years, as the head of their facilitators network, Hywel delivered over 1500 training sessions to over 50,000 people, the largest being a group of 7,000 at the United Center in Chicago. Hywel has worked with Fortune 500 companies as diverse as Nike, JP Morgan, and Microsoft, as well as startups like Etsy, Uber, and WeWork. His work has covered a wide range of topics from leadership development, to diversity, equity & inclusion, to storytelling, and many more. In addition, Hywel developed Mind Gym’s current methodology for facilitation which has been used to train over 100 internal facilitators and over 1500 client facilitators at companies all over the globe.

Languages Spoken:

Facilitate in English. Can speak Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada

Companies I've worked with:

Hywel now works as an independent facilitator for various companies including The Mind Gym, Corporate Visions, and Lee Hecht Harrison, as well as working directly with clients to deliver training sessions for groups from 1–1000.

Areas of Expertise:

Sales, Leadership, DE&I, Presentation Skills

Interesting Fact:

Alongside his corporate and training work, Hywel has worked as a screenwriter, selling scripts to the BBC and MTV. He is author of The Screenwriter’s Journey and works with new screenwriters to help them kickstart their writing career.

DR. BELINDA CHIU (SHE/Her) 


Founder of Hummingbird Research Coaching Consulting, Dr. Chiu brings 20+ years of experience in leadership development and training, executive coaching, consulting, public diplomacy, and higher education to be as a catalyst for leaders of diverse experiences so that they may be of greatest service to others. Also, as an author and speaker, she regularly writes for platforms such as Thrive Global and is working on a project on compassionate leadership and humor. Dr. Chiu is a Certified Teacher with the Google-born Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute, Teaching Fellow with True North Leadership, faculty with the Inner MBA, board member to eiFocus to champion female leaders, and an International Liaison for the U.S. State Department.

Languages Spoken:

English

Companies I've worked with:

Dell, ESPN, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, NBC, New York Times

Areas of Expertise:

Leadership Development, Compassionate leadership, emotional intelligence, resilience, burnout & mindfulness, inclusion & belonging, public speaking & presence, team building

Interesting Fact:

Walked 500 miles across Spain

Deanna Moffitt (SHE/HER) 


Deanna is the founder of Luminant Leadership, an organization that focuses on the heart, mind, and body of great leadership. She firmly believes the term “soft skills” should be renamed POWER skills. She helps organizations create collaborative, compassionate, and inclusive environments using a broad expanse of tools, including Social Science, coaching, psychology, improv, & narrative techniques. Deanna has worked as an independent consultant and entrepreneur for the past 19 years. Before that, she was a Senior IT Project Manager for a Fortune 1000 company and worked with the company’s strategic acquisitions team. She is a Sr. Instructor at Lumia School of Coaching and is ICF certified at the ACC level. She’s delivered over 3,000 workshops both virtually and in person and has worked with companies and organizations throughout the US, Mexico, Canada, Europe, and Australia. In any language, the most used word to describe her is “energizing.”

Languages Spoken:

English

Companies I've worked with:

Google, Viacom, Bristol Meyer Squibb, Microsoft, Estee Lauder

Areas of Expertise:

Leadership development, coaching, emotional intelligence, change agility, presence, resilience, creating psychological safety in teams, and conversations leaders need to be having today.

Interesting Fact:

I lived and worked on cruise ships for 18 months of my life. (I don’t think I’ll ever step on another cruise ship again.)

SHAUN SPERLING (HE/HIM) 


Shaun is a facilitator coach and motivational speaker who is passionate about creating spaces where people can show up and be seen as their best selves. Shaun has over 16 years of experience in leadership, working across industries helping individuals and groups become more connected and effective through keynote addresses and workshops. Shaun has created and facilitated leadership development programs to help leaders adopt new habits, embrace new mindsets, and unleash the potential of their teams. Before becoming a facilitator and speaker, Shaun was an attorney specializing in commercial litigation. Throughout his career, he has connected with people, using a unique blend of storytelling, humor and psychology as a bridge to teach, inspire and inform.

Languages Spoken:

English

Companies I've worked with:

Sony Entertainment, William Morris Endeavor, ESPN, Facebook, Snapchat

Areas of Expertise:

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; DISC (flexing behavior & emotional intelligence); Leadership principles (Feedback, Accountability, Delegation, Coaching), Resilience

Interesting Fact:

I've appeared on The Today Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live & The Ellen Show

MARION OBERLE (SHE/HER) 


Marion is a passionate facilitator with over eighteen years experience working in training and development. Marion's specific areas of focus include diversity and inclusion, innovation and leadership. Along with coaching leaders in a huge variety of Fortune 500 companies Marion has also worked at the UCLA Anderson School of Business and Duke University Fuqua school of business training the business leaders of tomorrow. Prior to focusing on learning and development Marion worked in media and entertainment writing television campaigns for advertising companies as well as animation for Disney. Recently Marion has been focusing on well being and completed her nature therapy certification in 2022.

Languages Spoken:

English

Companies I've worked with:

ViacomCBS, Dell, Marriott, Wellcare, Sony

Areas of Expertise:

Leadership development, inclusion, innovation & well-being

Interesting Fact:

Interesting Fact: I spent two months hitch hiking solo around Ireland!

JASON PARDO (HE/HIM) 


Jason loves what he does, and it shows. With nearly 30 years of experience coaching, teaching, directing and facilitating, his energy and humor shine through in his work. He's enjoyed an eccentric journey on his way to becoming a top coach and facilitator. From growing up in a trailer park in Ocklawaha, Florida, to studying and working overseas for several years - including multiple US embassies - to ascending to Line Producer in Hollywood, he truly understands the value of diverse perspectives, equitable treatment, and inclusive leadership. He's focused his career on helping people in all stages of their careers to learn, grow and change.

Languages Spoken:

English

Companies I've worked with:

Nike, NFL, Sony, Coca-Cola, NBC Universal

Areas of Expertise:

Leadership development, storytelling & behavioral science

Interesting Fact:

I've never looked cool getting out of a hammock

INDIRA BIMONT (SHE/HER) 


Previously, Director of Finance and Operations at Same Sky Designs, she developed the operational infrastructure that allowed them to scale rapidly and was responsible for overseeing all operational functions. She spent a part of her career in banking, working as a product controller for several trading desks at Goldman Sachs and Jefferies and Co. She believes we bring a lifetime of experiences with us to work and that creating an inclusive, creative, and innovative culture is about more than just building skills; it’s about exploring the ways in which our personal experiences collide with our work experiences. She is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation, and a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) with the Co-Active Training Institute. She is also certified in the Hogan Assessment.

Languages Spoken:

English & Spanish

Companies I've worked with:

Facebook, Google, McKinsey, Morgan Stanley & Salesforce

Areas of Expertise:

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging; Managing Change; Personal Effectiveness; Performance Management; Leadership coaching, resilience, authenticity.

Interesting Fact:

I'm really into bead crocheting and learned the skill from Rwandan artisans

ENAN CHOU (SHE/HER)

Enan Chou is a qualified Executive Coach, facilitator and consultant, with over 12 years of experience within the professional development industry. She has worked within a wide variety of industries across the globe, supporting businesses through designing and facilitating programmes in leadership development, DE&I, executive coaching and strategy building, to name a few. In addition, Enan is a Master Coach, facilitating Train-The-Trainer programs, and is highly experienced in delivering her services in a virtual environment. Although she works with professionals at all levels, Enan is particularly passionate about helping senior leaders make a real transformation and impact within their organization, whether this is related to team or individual performance. Originally from Taiwan, Enan has lived in several cities in Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the US, giving her a unique ability to establish an authentic connection with her clients and participants, regardless of their cultural or professional background. After earning degrees in International Relations, Latin American Studies and Asian studies at Boston University (USA), Enan began her career working in negotiation, mediation and conflict management with the world-renowned guru of negotiation, Roger Fisher, and his team at Harvard. This opened up opportunities for Enan to work with numerous organizations across the world, which is where she developed her interest in organizational development, later resulting in her setting up her own consulting and coaching business.

Languages Spoken:

She works fluently in Spanish, English and Portuguese, and speaks Chinese at home.

Interesting Fact:

She is a pianist, a globe-trotter and a food aficionado.

DANIEL OLDAK (HE/HIM) 


Consultant, dynamic professional and entrepreneur. Experience in leadership and organizational development. Daniel led transformational projects in training and development, talent management, competencies, change management, leadership and coaching in different sectors and levels within organizations.Daniel's passion is to unlock people's potential for them to become the best version of themselves. Daniel has over 20 years of international working experience in HR, change management, organizational development, training design, delivering training programs, and talent development. Daniel holds certifications in change management by Adizes, leadership by Tichy, success planning by Lou Tice and happiness coaching by Berkley Institute of Well Being.

Languages Spoken:

English & Spanish

Companies I've worked with:

Chubb Insurances, Viacom, United Nations, Phillip Morris, ATT

Areas of Expertise:

Leadership, Talent Management, Career and Succession Planning, Diversity and Inclusion, Change Management

Interesting Fact:

I was part of Up With People (the international educational performing group)

AYESHA COWIE-AYOUNG (SHE/HER) 


Ayesha Cowie-Ayoung has over 27 years career experience mainly in Human Resources, working with multinational and international companies, leading internal and cross functional teams in the execution of HR strategy. She has created and delivered multi-cultural training to corporate audiences, in addition to designing and implementing HR policies that incorporate diversity, inclusion and cultural competencies across the business. Her speciality is enthusiastically working alongside leaders and teams, creating an inclusive environment through individual focus. She holds a B.Sc. Sociology and Management, Co-Active Coaching for Organisations qualification from Coaches Training Institute, and once backpacked to 6 countries in 3 weeks with only carry-on luggage. Within a broad range of sectors, Ayesha’s delivered in areas such as diversity, engagement, performance and development programmes for all levels of corporate audience across business functions including Finance, IT, Operations, Projects and Procurement, and has conducted several business re-organisation exercises.

Languages Spoken:

English

Companies I've worked with:

Energy, Media, Information Technology, Finance, Entertainment

Interesting Fact:

She is a pianist, a globe-trotter and a food aficionado.

LANRE SOULA (HE/HIM) 


Lanre is passionate about empowering individuals to fulfil their aspirations and lead as their authentic selves. His engaging and collaborative approach allows others to harness their skills, experience and potential to improve performance, increase personal impact and create business growth. His facilitating, coaching and people development work has been recognised as inspirational, transformational and purposeful. Lanre’s strong commercial and financial background has been a key asset to a wide range of clients in stimulating business and personal performance improvement. Lanre is adept at facilitating in complex environments helping to bring clarity for clients and helping them in shaping a clear vision. Lanre has great experience running large scale transformation programmes and ensuring change is fully embedded within the Organisations he works with. He has deep experience in the field of inclusion and diversity, supporting leaders in creating an inclusive working environment and culture where everyone can thrive and benefit from diverse views, perspectives and experiences.

Languages Spoken:

English

Companies I've worked with:

Google, ESPN, Accenture, Warner Bros. Discovery, UBS

Areas of Expertise:

Coaching across all leadership levels: Inclusion and Diversity, Communication styles, Change Management, Performance Management, Behavioural change, Organisational Design, Stakeholder management, Strengths and resilience, Accelerated collaboration facilitation

Interesting Fact:

I am a poet and recently wrote and directed a short film featuring my poetry called ‘TheAnnouncement’. The film was played at the Newham Rising Film festival in 2019. I have also releaseda collection of poems set to music called ‘Inner Ambitions’ and a book ‘On the way to Somewhere’.

DR. KATYA LANGMUUR

Once a professional opera singer, Dr Katya Langmuur has spent the lasttwenty years as an academic, a therapist and a multi-disciplinarygroup facilitator. With an MA in phenomenology and a PhD in leadershipstudies, paired by a genuine fascination with human development, shespent seven years researching how socio-ethical and cross-culturalconsiderations become embedded within groups. This included spendingconsiderable time in a rural Indian setting to study colonial andpost-colonial perspectives and tensions, with particular interest incollective memory and agenda. Moreover, Katya acted as a therapeuticlead for HIV+ care within a central London National Health Servicesetting for 17 years. As part of this complex role, she was deeplyinvolved in creating care packages within gay and transgendercommunity settings as well as running specialist clinics withinaddiction care, for disadvantaged women, for refugees and for patientswithin the London African community. This unusual combination ofskills and experiences lends Katya a unique perspective as a coach andas a facilitator. Recognised as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Artsfor her professional contributions, Katya relishes promotingpsychologically-informed approaches to ethics, EDIB, leadershipdevelopment, resilience, change and conflict by advising leaders andtheir teams within high profile organisations across the globe and isnow often involved in high stakes and pilot deliveries, in particularat a senior level. She enjoys bringing her sessions to life with aspirited, agile and creative style and a knack for making complextopics accessible and as practically relevant as possible.

Languages Spoken:

English

Companies I've worked with:

Financial Services, Pharmaceuticals, Technology, Government / Civil service, Non-Profit

Areas of Expertise:

Ethics, EDIB, leadership development, performance management, resilience, change, conflict, communication, exec coaching

Interesting Fact:

I used to be a professional opera singer.

IGA BIALASZCZYK (SHE/HER) 


Iga has lived and worked in Wrocław, Berlin, and Toronto. She delivers to clients mainly from Europe. Her 16-year career in language training provided her with an opportunity to work with clients from various business backgrounds (corporate, freelance, and institutional (Wroclaw Contemporary Museum)). For the last 6 years, she’s been working exclusively online, creating and delivering different training sessions for clients from industries such as banking, technology, and e-commerce. She has designed and delivered virtual language workouts as well as complex interactive virtual programs for companies.

Languages Spoken:

Languages Spoken: Polish, English, German, Russian

Companies I've worked with:

Sitel Group, Santander Bank Polska, ING Bank, Maspex, Toyota,

Areas of Expertise:

communication, relations, company culture, diversity&inclusion

Interesting Fact:

I'm a working mom of 3 single-digit-age kids. The impossible I do immediately, miracles take a little longer.