Our People

Wendy Hall

Wendy applies a lens of neuroscience and organisational psychology to gain insight into leaders, an organisation’s culture, their vision and their strategy in order to create a psychologically safe environment. In her coaching, she guides senior leaders to understand themselves, their organisation’s current culture, and build their future. She focuses on their self awareness, self management, social awareness and social skills to face our world of uncertainty and volatility.

Wendy implicitly understands business from top to toe and how people’s sense of connection to their work, their leader and their organisation determines their output. As the Director of Pentagram Potential, a People and Culture Advisor for a private equity firm and as a GAICD holding board positions nationally, her deep understanding allows her to guide organisations to maximise productivity of people, teams and the organisation.

A highly inspirational coach and facilitator with all levels of management, she works with international and national businesses and SMEs across Australia, New Zealand and Asia.

Linda Chiodo

Linda is an advocate for tapping into and developing leadership performance and human potential. Having spent the last 12 years in the fields of Organisational Learning & Development & Human Resources in the Retail industry, her vision is to evolve how leaders achieve performance goals and success for themselves, their teams and their organisation using neuroscience insights. Linda’s firm belief that a rapidly changing world requires a renewed leadership approach, inspires her to work with leaders who are ready to reinvigorate leadership and achieve results beyond their own belief.

Linda is enthusiastic and always keen to share how understanding the science of the brain and the magic of the mind can make a positive difference to the quality of our daily lives. Her facilitation style promotes creating an open and safe space where people can take away what is meaningful and practical for their own future experiences.

Outside of her focus on helping leaders achieve their goals, Linda loves to spend time with her family and friends, going beachside, concocting new adventures, and creating memorable life moments.

Fun and laughter are always on the menu.

Jeff McKeon
Business Development and Sales Manager

Jeff is truly passionate about neuroscience, learning, and the value of books! After spending more than 10 years working with Toyota, Jeff knows a thing or two about people and relationship building.

Outside of work, Jeff is an under 15 cricket coach, an all-around sports fanatic, and also an endurance cyclist, pedalling to raise money for cancer research. Over the years, we have come to know some of Jeff’s favourite mottos and, when you look at them, you will understand what an asset he will be to NeuroCapability and to people in general as he helps us change the world one brain at a time. These are some of the words he lives by: “Plant trees under whose shade you’ll never sit”; “Have courage and be kind”, and always “Stay Awesome”.

Dr Fiona Warner-Gale

Fiona is now the Director of her own company Associate Development Solutions and has recently launched an online therapy, coaching and leadership development enterprise- ThinkingThrough. Fiona is qualified at PhD level having studied the effects of stigma and discrimination associated with mental health on children and families, so also brings a strong analytical and research base on her work.

Having recently undertaken her own journey through neuroscience through the Advanced Diploma of Neuroscience of Leadership – the learning from this course has completely changed the way she approaches her leadership and the way she engages with people around her, to build stronger and trusting collaborations and more resilient people and teams.

Rhys Villiers

Rhys is a business and psychology student with a passion or people in the workplace. He is an avid learner who enjoys the challenge of new tasks. Rhys values the help of others and excels when he is given the opportunity to work in a team environment. He is also strong in the face of problems due to his adept problem-solving ability.

Dr. Justin James Kennedy

Dr. Kennedy holds the position as the professor of applied neuroscience and organisational behaviour at UGSM-Monarch Business School, College & University, in Hagedorn, Zug, Switzerland. He is the Ph.D. professor of applied neuroscience and supervision with Canterbury Christchurch University and several other U. K. universities as part of the academic relationship with the Professional Development Foundation (PDF).

He is the author of The SAGE Handbook of Organisational Wellbeing’s Chapter: Applications of neuroscience to improve wellbeing in organisational life. His book, Brain Re-Boot, that was recently published, is an overview of applied neuroscience which proposes various applications from behavioural neuroscience, neuroeconomics, social neuroscience and health neuroscience. The book offers brain-based tools and behavioural hacks that have shown to build resilience to stress-related pathology and improve cognitive performance in organisational life. His academic work informs his executive coaching processes, his licenced clinical practice in neuro-behavioural analysis and neuropsychology as well as his consulting to various organisations globally.

Rachael Dunnett

Rachael is an energetic and vibrant personality with more than 19 years of experience in Organisational Development, Human Resources and Learning and Development. As an influencer and executor of effective business and people strategy, she has worked with SMEs to FTSE 100, public and privately-owned companies (including mining, construction, manufacturing, IT, food processing and medical sectors) across APAC and EMEA.

As an experienced coach, she is passionate about psychological safety and adding value through people, connecting with others to facilitate thought and insight. Rachael is purpose-led and relationship-driven and her curious mind and inquisitive nature can often create more questions than answers!

With qualifications in Neuroscience, Psychology and an MSc in HR, she is fascinated by all things people and brain and is humbled to have her work on Organisational Culture published in the number one best-selling book “Leadership Matters: 7 skills of very successful leaders”.

Meg Price

Meg Price has a love for learning all about people and helping others thrive by learning how to be truly human. She has specialised for the past 20 years in developing leaders of all levels to be more agile, more strategic, and more creative in this uncertain and volatile environment.

Meg brings a deep passion to this work and has specialist facilitation and coaching expertise in helping individuals and groups get to the heart of any matter. She is often described as having a warm and approachable style that puts others at ease. Her experience has been strengthened by recent studies in neuroscience, backed with research on transforming leadership effectiveness.

Meg is currently working on learning and coaching projects in Australia and many parts of Asia and in her spare time, she runs an Alpaca farm with her family on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula.

Clare Edwards

Clare spent her first 10 years climbing the ranks in hospitality and reaching Front Office Manager status for a European Hotel Chain, then she took a giant leap of faith into the world of IT, where she embarked on her management career and discovered her passion for people development.

The retrenchment of 70 people from a call centre she was running gave Clare the impetus to leave the corporate world and follow her purpose. Clare now facilitates, speaks and trains on changing your brain, the latest love of her life.

Martin Turnbull

Martin is one of our learning and development specialists and a Diploma of Neuroscience of Leadership Alumni. He provides support to students through the online student platform and marking assessments. As a keen learner, he loves sharing his knowledge and understanding of the Neuroscience of leadership and has an interest in the practical application of outcomes from the fields of organizational development, positive psychology, and neuroscience.

Martin has worked in roles managing leadership and organisational development programs and technical training (Defence related) and holds a number of qualifications which include the Diploma of the Neuroscience of Leadership (2011), Master of Education (Leadership & Management), Bachelor of Arts in Adult Education, Diploma and Post-Graduate Certificate in Project Management, as well as other credentials within the Australian Qualifications Framework.

Ember Jiddah

Ember loves creating student administration processes that are intuitive and user-friendly and believes that ‘keeping it simple’ with the right tools works best to ensure a delightful learning experience for everyone.

On her quest for lifelong learning, she’s currently learning Spanish and undertaking the Advanced Diploma of Neuroscience of Leadership. She enjoys bonding with her mum, connecting and collaborating with her discipleship group ladies at church, singing with the music team and planning her next adventure!

Vannessa McCamley

Clients rate Vannessa highly as she strikes the right balance of science, humour and pragmatic suggestions. Her specialty is helping clients to create sustainable change and wiring new habits to support individuals and teams in this digital age. Bringing 20+ years business experience Vannessa works extensively with individuals at all levels and spanning across a wide range of industries. Besides being an amazing facilitator, coach and keynote speaker, she is also known as the ‘Zumba dancing queen’ who enjoys Salsa music, outdoor activities and travelling to diverse cultures and countries.

Karren Jensen

Karren is the innovation and creativity hub of the organisation. With a flair for design and drive to build wildly wonderful workplaces she brings together strategy, design, and user experience to develop creative and engaging solutions for our clients, students and staff. An entrepreneur from a young age, Karren has over 30 years experience supporting businesses and organisations to streamline processes and practices and to support development of high performing teams.

A clever strategist she has an uncanny ability to see through to the heart of an issue and drive change throughout organisations. Highly agile, adaptable and with a talent for thinking on her feet, you will find her constantly developing and implementing solutions to our trickiest problems.

She thrives on developing forward-thinking solutions with teams who dare to think differently and enjoy being out of their comfort zone.

Tony Flynn

Tony has a strong pedigree in organisational development. He is passionate about growing and developing people and enhancing organisational capability. Tony has strengths in leadership development, team development and change management. He is also a strong facilitator and enjoys working with Individuals and groups to achieve outcomes.

Penny Curnow

Penny is a learning and development specialist and one of our Advanced Diploma of Neuroscience of Leadership Alumni.

Infectious, passionate, caring and professional in her approach, she provides support to students through the online student platform and marking assessments. Penny has a passion for Learning and Organisational Development with over a decade of developing her corporate Persona using her unique style, and guiding many successful businesses.

Organisations benefit from her vast experience in HR, Corporate and Tourism & Hospitality giving her a unique advantage to influence processes and systems within companies resulting in empowered teams and individuals and amazing ROI’s. Penny loves weaving her unique style of success throughout organisations in industries such as the Aquaculture Industry, Cold Seam Gas, Mining Consultancy and IT Industry to name a few.

When not busy marking assessments and contributing to student discussion posts and facilitating study calls, Penny can be found playing with one, two or all of her grandchildren, cuddling her three dogs and spending time with her husband. She also has a keen interest in Innovation and Commercialisation and sits on a number of boards.

Nick Mills

An insightful facilitator, Nick is a dynamic and versatile trainer and coach, and consistently gets asked back by clients for his passionate style and winning delivery.

Nick worked in the travel and finance industries for many years, before focusing on coaching and training as a way of helping others be their best. He has been through many mergers and culture change initiatives and as a key facilitator, is often called upon to lead new change initiatives for organisations.

Nick has worked in a variety of industry sectors including Travel, Finance, Professional Services, Property, Local and State Government, Education and a number of Community and Not-for-Profit Groups.

Karen Livey – Western Australia

Karen is the sassy leadership lady. She is known for her bold, lively, pragmatic, streetsmarts style, creating a fusion of real life stories, conversational techniques and sound theories that connect with her audiences immediately. Through her psychology, neuroscience, business experience, and qualifications, Karen is able to show people how to ‘rewire’ their brains to achieve their own greatness.

Nick Bennett – North Queensland

Facilitator, coach and accidental adventurer – Nick Bennett has taken the path less travelled to explore life and follow his curiosity about people, business and the way events shape our lives. He has been a policeman (Diplomatic Protection), shark fisherman, trawler-man, truck driver, trainer, hotelier, restauranteur, Safari Guide, worked with street kids, set up community projects and much more.

Chris Phillips

Winner of Australian Institute of Managements Professional Manager of the Year (Rockhampton) and recipient of awards for work achievements in disrupted work places, Chris works with individuals and organisations to gain exceptional results. Chris is a human capital expert with a brain friendly approach.

Chris has qualifications in neuroscience of leadership, PRISM Behavioural Brain Mapping, PROSCI Change Management and a number of human capital disciplines.

Chris’s clients describe him as… insightful, practical, professional, and on point.

The unique mix of expertise and experience Chris offers ensures a rapid understanding of your needs and fast application of real results.

Bronny Combes – Western Australia

With a passion for anything neuroscience and a background as an organisational change specialist with some of our country’s largest mining companies, Bronny’s focus is to bring the practical application of neuroscience to mainstream organisational thinking.

Linda Ray

Linda Ray is our Chief Translator of the science into the ‘so what does that mean’. Linda has an amazing ability and passion for translating complex science into easy to understand and apply concepts. She has pioneered the spread of the practical application of neuroscience to leadership and organisational development and for the past 11 years has witnessed first- hand how it makes a difference in how leaders and individuals work, live and interact positively with others.

In her quest to share this knowledge she developed Australia’s only nationally accredited Diploma of Neuroscience of Leadership which has been delivered to students around the globe and the success of this program inspired her to continue this path with the development of an Advanced Diploma of Neuroscience of Leadership.

Linda has presented her expertise at conferences in Australia, New Zealand, Greece, Thailand and Britain. She has also been interviewed for feature stories in The Australian Financial Review, The Australian, the Sydney Morning Herald, In the Black Magazine, HR Magazine and has been a guest on leadership podcasts and video blogs.

Linda loves pushing the boundaries on outdated workplace practices and is constantly exploring new ways to make sense of the science to continue to build Wildly Wonderful Workplaces that inspire and engage staff and drive innovation and creativity.