Our People

Aly McNicoll

B Ed (Adult Ed. & Training), Cert. Training and Development, MNZATD
NZCMC Director

Aly McNicoll has been involved with coaching and mentoring in NZ and Australia for the last 12 years with a particular interest in training. She has refined techniques for both introducing coaching as a skill set and promoting learning as a way of being in teams and organisations.

Wendy Baker

M.Ed Admin (hons), B.A., Cert Adult Teaching.
NZCMC Director

Wendy has extensive experience in training and facilitation in the business and education sectors throughout New Zealand. She has designed and facilitated performance management and mentoring programmes, strategic planning processes, focus groups and conferences for a wide range of teams and organisations.

Loretta Brown

B.A., MSW (Hons)
NZCMC Director & Lead Coach

A leadership expert and executive coach, Loretta Brown specialises in the development of wisdom and leadership. In thousands of hours of conversation with executives in all sectors, Loretta knows individual, team and organisational leadership challenges inside out.

Patti Gwynne

Associate Certified Coach (ICF)
Senior Associate Coach

Patti has been mentoring and coaching since 2001 and is a Senior Associate with the New Zealand Coaching and Mentoring Centre. She works with CEO's, senior managers and emerging leaders wanting to step up to the development of Leadership competencies to enhance their personal growth and strategic thinking. Patti utilises her own experiences in Senior leadership roles and understands the challenges and often lonely space that senior leaders occupy. Her expertise and passion has developed specifically around Coaching for ‘Resilience' and 'Wise Leadership'.

Jan Robertson

PhD
Senior Associate

Jan Robertson’s expertise focuses on professional learning and leadership development. In particular, her work in  leadership coaching and boundary breaking leadership development has highlighted the importance of self-awareness and knowledge of others in leadership.

Lesley Dawes

Administration & Events

Lesley runs the office, and is the first point of contact for all accounts, events and enrolment enquiries.