I have always been curious about people. What makes us tick, what gets in our way, what helps us grow, and what becomes possible when we see things differently and have a go.

I’ve spent most of my career working with people, teams and organisations. For the past 11 years, I have focused on helping leaders develop, grow and navigate the challenges of leadership.

I grew up in the Netherlands and came to Australia as a youngster with my parents and siblings. After completing my degree in International Business, I moved back to the Netherlands, where I landed my first job with Sony Music. I spent six years riding my bike everywhere, wearing jeans to work every day, travelling across Europe and enjoying countless free music concerts. I also had the opportunity to lead a dynamic and diverse team and work with colleagues and clients across Europe and around the world. It was fun, challenging and rewarding, and taught me a great deal about myself and about leadership.

Back in Australia, I worked in the fast-paced world of Citibank before moving into ICT project management and then a strategic portfolio role. It was here that I recognised an opportunity to develop and deliver an organisation-wide leadership training and coaching program. I had found the work I wanted to do.

Since then, I’ve become a Certified Professional Coach and completed a Bachelor of Psychological Science, alongside more than a decade working in leadership development and coaching. I’ve had the privilege of supporting more than 1,300 leaders across a wide range of industries and levels of leadership.

My work draws on psychology, coaching, leadership research and my own experience of leading people, teams and projects.

How I work

I bring my experience, knowledge and expertise into the room and the conversation. You bring your experience, perspective and context. Together, we explore what matters, what might be getting in the way, and what could be possible.

Good coaching is not about giving people answers. It’s about creating the space for people to find their own.

I love those moments when someone shifts their perspective, gets unstuck and arrives at an insight that is genuinely theirs. That’s where empowerment and agency live, and where lasting change becomes possible.

Whether I’m coaching, facilitating a workshop or working with a leadership team, I aim to create a space that is warm, open, curious and positively challenging. A place where people can think, question, learn and have the conversations that matter.