1st Coaching & Mentoring Conference in Cyprus

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Communication Scientist, Executive Director Canadian Centre for Brief Coaching

Dr Haesun Moon is a Communication Scientist, Adult Educator, and Researcher. She is the Executive Director at the Canadian Centre for Brief Coaching in Toronto and holds a Ph.D. in Adult Education and Community Development from the University of Toronto. Dr. Moon has made significant contributions to Evidence-Based Coaching, Dialogic Organizational Development, and Heutagogical Approach to Education. She's an esteemed instructor at the University of Toronto and the Institute of Coaching affiliated with Harvard Medical School. She's published various works, including "Coaching A to Z: 

The Extraordinary Use of Ordinary Words" (https://www.coachingatoz.com/) and "Appreciative and Relational Practices in Healthcare."  An internationally recognized speaker, Dr. Moon has delivered keynote addresses at global conferences, pioneering the essence of transformative conversations in academic and professional settings.  

Dr Haesun is one of the shortlisted thinkers for the “Thinkers50 Marshall Goldsmith Coaching and Mentoring Award”.

Psychologist, Integrative Psychotherapist, Corporate Coach & Supervisor

Marialexia is an occupational psychologist, psychotherapist & corporate coach who has worked for many years in the oil industry, both locally and internationally, before she decided to establish her own practice in 2009. The focus of her coaching practice is leadership evolution, for senior executives and teams, who go through major organisational and cultural shifts. Similarly, in her work as a psychotherapist, she focuses on individuals who are faced with life transitions resulting to significant challenges and hindrance stressors. Since 2018, she is also working as a coach supervisor supporting coaches, new to the profession, to strengthen their skillset.

Marialexia has pioneered in the establishment of EMCC Greece in 2010. She is known for her passion about ethics and professional standards, and she worked, to promote those, for more than 10 years, holding, among other roles, the position of EMCC Greece President and this of Vice President Quality in the Global Executive Board (GEB) of EMCC. She is also a member of European Association of Psychοtherapy (EAP) & Federation for Existential Therapy in Europe (FETE). 

Neuropsychologist, Executive Neuroleadership Consultant, Founder of Self Balance

Elisabeth Calbari (MISCP) is a neuropsychologist, executive neurocoaching leadership consultant and keynote speaker focusing on the brain as well as the psychology and behavioural sciences that influence and transform our performance in a variety of settings. She focuses on self-improvement and culture change programs that lead to enhanced performance, resilience and emotional control. 

Elisabeth is an award-winning program designer and the designer of the B.R.A.I.N. model. She is the founder of Self Balance, a L&D solutions company using evidence-based tools with real time brain mapping that engineer corporate growth on the basis of tailor made neuroscience-based programs. Self Balance’s mission is to promote and foster individual and organisational effectiveness by unleashing the human potential, enabling both individuals and organisations to change at the core.

EMCC Global Special Ambassador, EMCC Global President 2011-2017

A Global Leadership Coach, Executive Mentor, Published Author, Keynote and Conference Speaker. Founder of Bluesky International a global provider of EMCC accredited Coach | Mentor and Coach Supervisor training. An international award-winning coach | coach supervisor accredited Master Practitioner Coach | Mentor and ESIA Coach Supervisor. 

Lise brings a wealth of coaching experience across most sectors. She led an international team of multi-nationals for 6 years combining knowledge and practical experience with a sense of humour. Following completion of a Doctoral study in Executive Coaching Lise created a thematic framework – The Relational Leadership WAY. This is integral to trainings for client organisations wanting a unique approach for the giving and receiving of feedback for managers, leaders and coaches. 

She has published various books, with the latest one being 'Relational Feedback: Why Feedback Fails and How to Make It Meaningful.'  The book offers a new and refreshing way of engaging in authentic feedback that is willingly given and well-received. It demonstrates that focusing on the quality of relationship improves the activity of feedback. All publications are available here 

Consultant to Grant Thornton, Co-CEO Big Thinking Space 

Olivia Gadd is an EMCC accredited Master Coach, accredited Supervisor and accredited Team Coach at practitioner level. She is a co-founder and co-CEO of Big Thinking Space: a one-stop coaching consultancy that specialises in bringing coaching skills to leaders with the aim of creating culture change.

Following a 25-year career as a senior executive in marketing, communications and strategy, Olivia has enjoyed using her understanding of the pressures of a corporate role to become an executive coach. Over the last four years, Olivia has worked with more than 370 Grant Thornton leaders from more than 60 countries via their unique coach development programme.

Her work has seen her work in all parts of the world and has given her an appreciation of cultural differences in different countries and regions, and also highlighted how similar people are wherever in the world they live. 

Her outside interests include reading, cooking, family history and playing field lacrosse.

Board, Executive & Systemic Team Coach, Executive Development Consultant, EMCC UK President 

Rachael specialises in executive, board, and team coaching, she is also a supervisor. Her clients are typically subject matter experts or specialists who have moved into an enterprise leadership role. Particularly in the tech and engineering sectors, often PE backed. She has an MA in Coaching and Mentoring Practice (2020) from Oxford Brookes and her study in team coaching was published in the International Journal for Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring in 2021 (DOI: 10.24384/PGFG-2005). 

She recently contributed a chapter to a ‘Relational Team Coaching’ Handbook, published in October, 2023 in collaboration with her ex-colleagues at Hult Ashridge. She is currently writing a book for organisational leaders based on her own leadership experiences, her coaching practice and insights gained when undertaking board evaluations. She enjoys jazz, art (particularly abstract and sculpture), architecture, and travelling to islands.