Executive Coach & Mentor Profiles

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'.

Carol Scholes

Associate Coach
  • Over 20 years of senior management experience working in Not-for-profit organisations and commercial organisations both in New Zealand and Australia.
  • Energising and experienced facilitator
  • Skilled in understanding how organisations can improve their systems and build their teams to achieve success for both the organisation and the individuals within it.
  • She has excellent training experience and utilises these techniques and her expertise in her coaching sessions with individuals and groups.
  • Skilled business coach specialising in assisting clients to find the tools to meet personal and business challenges
  • Corporate expertise encompasses finance, marketing, training and administration management.

Gerri Power

Associate Coach

Gerri is an experienced executive coach and mentor with an extensive background in leadership development. She works with established and aspiring leaders with a focus on promoting personal renewal and a resilient mindset, key leadership capacities in effectively navigating and leading change.

Gerri has a proven track record and reputation for combining creative leadership practices, commercial acumen and an intuitive approach to help individuals respond more skilfully to the need for increased flexibility, agility and adaptability, essential traits in today's workplace.

Jo Willis

Associate Coach

Jo has been coaching and mentoring since 2000. She works with a wide range of individuals including Company Directors and Managers of small to medium businesses developing personal potential, professional competencies and leadership skills. Jo has over 20 years experience in working both in and with the public, not for profit and private sector. She has designed and facilitated ‘Well-being Workshops and is skilled in working with those experiencing transition and change in their personal or professional lives.

Sam Farmer

Registered Psychologist (NZPB 90-02190; New South Wales PRB PS0072640)
Associate Coach

Sam has over 10 years’ experience developing training programmes and coaching professionals in the public sector in relation to risk-based decision making, change management and organisational commitment. He coaches leaders to develop and communicate clear strategic direction, encourage staff innovation, facilitate leadership potential, and, increasingly, foster corporate social responsibility. Specialising in working with new generation leaders, he has developed the Team Engagement Checklist © as a pre/post-coaching measure to ascertain the level to which team engagement has been achieved. Sam has held managerial, supervisory and coaching positions in the health, social and criminal justice sectors in England and New Zealand.

Terry Kayes

Associate Coach

Terry is an executive mentor, working with CEOs, senior executives and managers who are wanting to grow their capacity and effectiveness as leaders.

Terry was the managing director of a highly successful international environmental and engineering consultancy for seventeen years. He is a practitioner facilitator at the New Zealand Leadership Institute, University of Auckland and a professional company director.

Robyn Walshe

BA Otago, MBA Massey, PG Dip Arts, Dip Tchg, AFNZIM
Associate Mentor

Robyn supports a wide variety of people and organisations as a mentor, coach and communications consultant. With extensive experience as a communications and marketing director she adds depth to mentoring those challenged by connecting effectively with a wide variety of audiences - from customers through to colleagues. She also coaches and mentors clients who are initiating career-life change.

At the organisational level she has led a number of communication audits, marketing and branding strategies, market research projects, and professional and personal development programmes for a wide range of organisations.