Making the Impossible Possible

Zoe Williams started her career as an accountant moving into director of internal audit and risk roles. Zoe applied her love of humanistic behaviour and psychology to the strategic risk management environment. This resulted in her coaching executives and developing strategic risk management techniques for global FTSE listed companies that addressed leadership behaviour, culture and risk. Luminary Mindset was borne from Zoe's desire to help organisations understand the link between EI, human behaviour and achieving performance and results. She is now a qualified Transformational Executive Coach, ICF accredited and has worked with FTSE 100 and ASX 50 CEOs and Executive Leadership teams.

Nic has over 20 years of experience and expertise supporting staff at all levels of organizations from senior executives to frontline staff, to help improve individual and collective (team) performance and support the development of environments that enable people and organizations to adapt and thrive. This has involved working both internally, in senior roles at Credit-Suisse and, also as an external consultant at Seabury Consulting. Clients have ranged from large global enterprises to smaller high growth start-up companies across a wide range of industries, including Financial services, Professional services (Consulting), Technology and Aviation. Areas of specialism are in supporting organizational culture and enabling sustainable behaviour change. After finishing undergrad studies in Australia, Nic has lived and worked in the Americas, Europe, Russia, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific regions for more than 25 years and is now based in London. Nic holds a BSc (Hons) in Psychology from the University of Adelaide and a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) from the University of Pennsylvania. His work is underpinned by a deep interest in: 1. “Mismatches” between the environments humans evolved in and are adapted for, and the modern-day contexts that we now live in 2. Leaders acting as gardeners to develop contexts that support human-centred development When not helping clients change behaviour or develop cultures, he is a keen cyclist who has participated on multiple occasions and acted as an Ambassador, marketing advisor and participant for the multi-day Haute Route global series of premier amateur cycling events, acknowledged as the most challenging amateur event in the world.

Martin (Marty) Hassan developed his skills as a consultant by coaching hundreds of leaders from CEOs right through to front-line leadership in Fortune 100 companies and on the world’s largest capital projects. Marty is a Chartered Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineer, is Green Belt certified and holds qualifications from both the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and the Association of Project Management Professionals (APMP). With a decade of diverse experience in leading-edge engineering and programme management environments, Martin understands and appreciates the complex leadership and operational problems his clients face. He leverages his coaching skills to make positive change sustainable. His approach to executive and leadership coaching recognizes that all changes in culture or behaviour begin with changing how people see themselves, others and the world around them. He specializes in helping clients gain clarity on their aims and ambitions and addressing the beliefs, values and patterns that have been preventing them from achieving what they want. Marty has been mentored by experts in leadership, high performance, health, and wellbeing. He recognizes the science that connects high levels of energy to high performance and happiness. He enjoys exploring opportunities for his clients to de-stress and increase their physical and emotional vibrancy. Outside of work-life, Marty is an avid sports fan. He grew up playing both Gaelic Football and Hurling. He represented his county while living in his native Ireland and still follows his local team closely even though he now lives in Australia.

Jacqui brings a down-to-earth, practical and heart-led coaching and facilitation style to our team at Luminary Mindset. She is passionate about people achieving the outcomes they desire in all areas of life. Without the lense developed from a large corporate career background, she comes in with fresh ideas and perspectives, and an eye for uncovering blind spots in individuals and teams. She has over 25 years international experience working across a number of industries, including construction, project management, event management, hospitality, adventure guiding, and personal entourage spanning the globe in places such as Saudi Arabia, Europe, Asia, the Indian Ocean and America. She has led projects in some remote and challenging environments, often in foreign languages, resulting in a courageous, resourceful, solutions focused, dynamic and relatable team leader with an authentic, highly effective, adaptive and inviting communication style, keeping it real, raw and honest. Her stories of adventure from sailing across the Atlantic, summiting peaks in the Himalayas, and visiting over 60 countries are woven through her coaching and facilitation, bringing humour., energy and inspiration to her interactions. Her ability to engage with all levels of an organisation from the frontline to senior executives provides a deep holistic understanding and overview as well as a practical application of systems and solutions at all levels. Certified in Emotional Intelligence (EQi-2.0) and as an Mbit Coach (M Braining) she understands the link between the body and the mind, and uses systems and tools to support clients to create obtainable and sustainable skills and habits to increase their overall effectiveness, performance and satisfaction. As one of only 250 trainers globally for Tony Robbins, she has worked with hundreds of clients from extremely high net worth individuals to young teenagers, guiding them to transformational outcomes. She facilitates leadership, adventure and impact experiences internationally and is a passionate believer in the power of play and the outdoors as the most direct route to insightful breakthroughs. Her coaching skills are elegant and direct, and she quickly develops rapport and builds trust with her clients creating an environment for open, honest interactions that facilitate change. She has a unique ability to guide people to recognise the obstacles that have stopped them from achieving what they have desired in the past and to shine a light on the fact that in order to improve performance, results, and overall quality of life we must look within ourselves, recognise what we are truly capable of and inspired by, how to move past challenges, and take ownership of our place in the world. Jacqui is passionate about adventure travel and is highly committed to the charity she founded in Nepal in appreciation for a community that saved her husband’s life over 25 years ago, which is dedicated to keeping children healthy and in school, away from child trafficking. Tertiary qualifications in Business, Marketing and Finance, and formal training in Leadership, Neuro Linguistic Programming, Values elicitation, Emotional Intelligence and Mbit Coaching. Languages English – mother tongue Italian – Fluent