Carl is our CEO/Founder, and his focus is on democratising leadership development.

Carl has over 20 years experience helping people and workplaces be better with global organizations and startups.

Carl holds an MBA from Babson College, Boston, where he was Platinum-Triangle Fulbright Scholar in Entrepreneurship, and graduated top of his class. He also has a Bachelor of Technology (Hons.) from Massey University, in New Zealand, and was awarded the 2011 Massey University Distinguished Young Alumni.

Don is NZ Managing Director of JumpShift, and brings 15 years of continuous improvement experience and learnings from a variety of industries including Engineering, FMCG, Aircraft, Dairy and multiple SME’s.

Don has held senior and junior continuous improvement roles, senior management roles, and been an apprentice – all providing him the ability to share his learnings, and build the capability of people and teams at all levels within organisations. Don has qualifications in Lean, Six Sigma and TOC and his passion is in building the capability of the people he works with ensuring that mindset changes are embedded into the way we work.

Kristina is our Integration Manager. She works on integrating our programs into the Adeption platform, as well as conducting research to keep our programs at the cutting edge of the leadership development field.

Kristina comes to JumpShift from Massey University with a Master’s Degree in Leadership Development.

Caitlin has a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Diploma in Communications from the University of Auckland. Previously she has held Customer Service and Administration roles in local government and the Property industry.

Having relocated to Wanaka several years ago, Caitlin spends most of her free time, hiking and exploring all that the beautiful region has to offer.

Tessa has a Business Management Diploma from Emirates Aviation College in Dubai, and in the past has worked as a Customer Support Consultant in the banking industry. 

Mark is our VP Sales & Delivery at JumpShift. He brings 25+ years experience in sales, facilitation and coaching having worked with organisations across the world through a number of consultancies including his own business. Mark inspires meaningful conversations and is passionate about what enables organisations, teams and individuals to achieve their potential.

Mark holds a B.Sc. (Hons) in Managerial and Administrative Studies from Aston University in Birmingham, UK. He is a coach supervisor, an executive coach and member of the ICF, an NLP practitioner and loves facilitation and coaching that lifts and shifts personal and leadership development.

Mark lives in Waiuku south of Auckland, NZ with his wife Samantha, four children Alanah, Soraya, Jole and Khouri and cats Arty & Nova. He loves the forests and rugged beaches on the West Coast and body boarding with the kids so that the black sands get everywhere at home!

Lettie is a Lead Facilitator at JumpShift. Lettie is a highly experienced facilitator, trainer and coach, with a background working with organisations worldwide to empower, motivate and engage people. She is committed to helping people to be their ‘best selves’ in order to live their best lives and create positive ripples in the world.

Lettie’s extensive background working in project management, sales and leadership roles for corporate organisations has given her first-hand experience of how to address limiting beliefs, habits and gaps from a perspective of strength and possibility. Lettie trained as a facilitator and coach with the Neuroleadership Institute has her Professional Coach Certification (PCC) with the International Coach Federation. She has a diploma in Positive Psychology and Wellbeing. 

Lettie enjoys ‘upcycling’ old furniture, competing with herself for her fastest 10km run and ‘experimenting’ with positive parenting techniques on her 2 young children!

Wanda is an experience lead at JumpShift. Wanda’s passion is advancing women and creating inclusive cultures. Wanda has over 10 years working with all types of organisations creating engaged and high performing teams, supporting individuals to reach their unique potential. Wanda has a background in HR, OD and managing a small business.

Wanda is a certified coach, member of IOD and ICF and is the holder of our Advancing Women Academy accreditation with our global consulting partner Linkage Inc. She holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences from the University of Waikato, and is a current volunteer board member.

Outside of work, Wanda navigates the journey of being a fulfilled and balanced working mum with her husband and two boys.

Devyn is our Marketing Coordinator at JumpShift. She works on creating content and collateral surrounding the programmes that JumpShift facilitates. 

Devyn has a background in brand and experiential marketing and production management and loves developing customer led, needs based communications.

In her spare time, Devyn enjoys spending time at the beach, in the bush or buried in a good book.

Dan’s interest in equipping people to go beyond what they thought possible began when he was a bungy jump instructor and tour guide. A career highlight is the months he spent living in India teaching English to Tibetan monks. His favourite question is, “How can I help you succeed?”

Dan brings 20 years of coaching, team facilitation, and people development experience, working with organisations worldwide to empower clarity, ownership, and engaging communication.

Dan is a trusted advisor, speaker, and mentor. He has extensive experience with emerging leaders and senior management teams covering operations, training, coaching, and development. The US State Department, Tesla, Google, and Apple currently benefit from leaders he’s coached. APEC clients include Southern Cross Healthcare, Frucor Suntory, Fonterra, and the banking and FMCG industries.

Kathy is an experienced organisational and personal development professional with a zest for helping organisations, teams and individuals thrive and grow. She is a certified transformative coach, member of International Coaching Federation and holds qualifications in Positive Psychology and Wellbeing, Psychology and Economics.

Nicky is a Lead Facilitator at JumpShift. Nicky has 18 years experience working across a diverse range of sectors but always with the focus on how to support individuals, teams and organisations build capability and create an environment where people can thrive. She is passionate about bringing a strengths-based approach to leadership development and ensuring tangible benefits that can be measured.

Nicky is a trusted advisor and confidant of those that seek her guidance. She guides and empowers people to strive to reach their full potential. Nicky has a background in Organisational Psychology, starting her career in the Royal New Zealand Navy and having worked in various HR and OD roles within New Zealand organisations.

Michelle specialises in helping people, teams and organisations unlock their potential. She has over 30 years’ experience in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, and has held leadership roles across number of different industries including Technology, Financial Services, Education and Telecommunications.  She is passionate about helping others gain insights and achieves outstanding results through applying her extensive leadership and coaching expertise and knowledge.  She currently consults in the Culture and OD space, facilitates leadership programmes and coaches individuals and teams.

Michelle holds a Master of Business Coaching from the University of Wollongong, is accredited as a GTCI Certified Practitioner in Team Coaching, holds the European Coaching and Mentoring Council (EMCC) Individual Team Coaching Accredited Practitioner qualification and is a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF).

Paul is an improvement facilitator who helps his clients to articulate and deliver against their priority performance targets. With 20 years’ experience across Europe and New Zealand, Paul has spent the last 5 years working for McLaren, one of the longest established Formula One teams, taking their
expertise in data-driven decision support to industrial clients.

Ruth is a professional certified coach and facilitator with an extensive background in organisational development, leadership development and change management. Ruth has a Diploma in Positive Psychology & Wellbeing and is an mBIT Master Coach and Trainer. Ruth’s philosophy is that leadership starts with self and she loves supporting leaders to gain clarity, build confidence and create the impact they desire.

Following a 12 year career leading people globally at Air New Zealand, Caroline began specialising in transformative coaching, helping leaders and organisations close the gap between where they are now and where they want to be. Caroline holds an Associate Certified Coach Credential from the ICF.

As a facilitator, Caroline creates psychological safety and connection as a foundation for reflection and learning. She is passionate about growing leadership capacity and resilience in order to foster positive engaged cultures that deliver results.

Caroline has a passion for cultivating wellbeing and as a long-term meditator believes that by taking care of our inner world, we can better thrive in the outer world.

Anton is a registered psychologist. He has 28 years of international experience in forensic, organisational and clinical settings providing coaching, supervision, counselling and group facilitation through a neuroscience and leadership lens.

He uses his training to help individuals ‘get under the hood’ of their own behaviours, and that of others, to help maximise their strengths, and resolve their self limiting thoughts and feelings. He has trained in various therapeutic change models including CBT, solution focused therapy, motivational interviewing, ACT, and EMDR, which he has applied successfully to leadership, coaching, mental wellness and change management.

Driven by a passion for unlocking the human power of design, Dani works with leaders and teams to drive innovation and create change. As a coach Dani leverages a human-centred approach and leading practices in behavioural science to help individuals and teams achieve their desired outcomes. 

Internationally, has worked with large corporates such as HSBC, NTT Services, and Bank of America leading teams in transforming customer and people experience. She also served as an executive coach for c-suite leaders in the financial services sector. In New Zealand Dani has delivered for work Westpac NZ, BNZ, IAG, and ASB. 

Dani has a PhD in Design Thinking where her research focused on building and measuring design thinking capabilities. She also holds a Masters in Organizational Science where her studies focused on behavioural science and she completed clinical training in executive coaching, she also holds a Masters in Business Administration and a Masters in Leadership Development.

Cameron has over 25 years experience as an organisational development and learning specialist who has held senior consulting roles with Melbourne Business School and management roles in multinational companies in Australia, Asia and the Middle East. His passion is working at the intersection of the individual and group and creating spaces for people to discover their potential for learning and growth.

Andrea has been coaching professionally for over 20 years with over 2000 hours of leadership coaching in Oil & Gas, Mining, Finance, Health, Government, Architecture, Tertiary Education.

Qualifications: Certified Graduate, Executive Coaching Program, Columbia University NYC, USA; Member since ICF 2008.

Anna McNaughton is an experienced executive coach with over 25 years as a coach, facilitator and management consultant. Anna knows that people capability and development is key to driving business success.

Engaging, outgoing and commercially astute, she helps businesses get the most out of people by helping people reach their potential.

Anna has been in executive and general management roles in both NZ and Australia businesses including managing director of a consulting business and running her own business. She has worked with a wide range of corporate, government and not-for-profit organisations. across most sectors.

She is a internationally credentialed coach (ICF), is PROSCi accredited and holds qualifications in Higher Education and Career Development.