Our People in New Zealand

Kathryn started PEP in New Zealand in 1995, and soon established the business, then known as IBT NZ, as New Zealand's busiest and most respected white collar productivity specialists. Numbered among her clients are many household names in New Zealand business. She is a dynamic and energetic speaker and coach.

Mark joined the Auckland team in 2011.  He has a varied background in industries such as mechanical engineering, banking, hospitality and learning and development. 

Mark has worked with some of the biggest companies in the world throughout his career to date.

He has a real passion for helping businesses and people, so looks forward to working with all current and future clients.

Jason has been with PEP for over 5 years and has worked in many varied industries. He has a strong background in brands, project and event management and spent 8 years overseas as a professional rugby player and coach.

Jason has a passion for excellence. He sees the parallels in the raw drive to succeed in elite sport and in the work arena.

Jason’s PEP goal is to work alongside organisations and individuals to reach their full potential.

Michele has been involved in delivering training programmes for over 15 years. Her initial experience was developed within one of New Zealand’s most prominent companies as an in-house trainer and coach.

Michele has an extensive commercial background and experience in strategic key account management which has enabled her to progress to senior roles in sales, training and relationship management within the NZ market.  Michele’s sales development experience is across a wide range of industries including extensive FMCG experience, telecommunications, service sector industries, manufacturing and retail.

This experience enables Michele to expand upon the learning and offer tangible benefits in the form of strategic thinking and application of the tools and principles being taught. In the delivery of the programs Michele focuses on real-world application of the knowledge.

Elaine has facilitated PEP for over 15 years, working in various organisations and at all levels – from senior executives to administration staff.

Elaine has a wealth of general business and staff management experience enabling her to identify with the challenges that participants have in their day to day work.  Her training and development experience enables her to engage participants in PEP learning.

Elaine was also previously responsible for training the new PEP trainers.

Susan brings 20 years’ experience in training and development, including people, organisational and infrastructural development. Key areas of interest are facilitation of workshops, project management, leadership, management and personal effectiveness.

Susan has worked in New Zealand, South Africa, Samoa and Tonga.  She is passionate about working collaboratively alongside people to support them to achieve what is truly important to them.

Nikki joined the Auckland team in 2011, bringing with her many years of experience managing teams in various businesses, and a clear understanding of the challenges that face us all in our daily work.  Her experience allows her to assist with the application of the tools and principles being taught. In the delivery of the programs she can focus on real-world application of the knowledge.

Nikki has been a company owner, board director, manager, facilitator, trainer and coach for many years and this enables her to assist people in turn learning to application.  Her experience covers retail, insurance, hospitality, government departments, telecommunications, and financial institutions.  She is passionate about unleashing potential within people, and this includes facilitating communication, change, leadership and personal effectiveness programmes.  

She has trained in South Africa, Mauritius, Egypt, Australia and New Zealand.

Belinda has over 15 years’ experience of accountancy for business, both in NZ and the UK. In addition, she has worked as a business broker, where she gained valuable experience in understanding businesses in many different sectors.

Belinda has worked with PEP for over 10 years and seen the company grow. During this time she has seen incredible feedback from many participants saying how much PEP has changed their lives. She says these great results are what keep her motivated at PEP.

Having joined PEPworldwide in February 2012, Channon brings to her role as Client Services Manager several years’ experience from within learning and development, training, organisational development and HR consultancy organisations.

Channon has a passion for organisational psychology and a keen interest in enabling people to perform at their best.  This has continued throughout her career.

Sarah originally qualified as an architect but moved into advertising and graphic design. She has been a Studio Manager in the advertising industry, managing the creative and production area.

Whilst in the UK (2009-2011) Sarah was Clinic Manager for a busy sports therapy clinic and loved the busy client focused environment.

Rachel joined PEP in Australia in 2011 after 15 years working in the commercial sector. A significant part of this experience was working in a consultancy capacity where she has guided many business and individuals through the marketing process, including strategic planning, marketing plans, branding and customer satisfaction.

During this time Rachel ran numerous senior team workshops and facilitated conferences and recognised her interest and passion for coaching and training people.

Now relocated to Auckland, Rachel continues her role at PEP as a facilitator. She loves the opportunity that PEP gives her to work closely with people and guide them to get more out of their work and personal lives.

Craig began his career as a facilitator and programme designer of adult learning in 2000. Working within both public and private sector organisations he has gained experience within organisational learning, HR and Recruitment. He has also designed and managed innovative projects within Youth Justice and 'Back to Work'  programmes with the unemployed in his native UK.

Craig is passionate about human dynamics and coaching. He is a qualified practitioner of NLP& MBTI and is a board member on the New Zealand Association for Psychological Type (NZAPT).

With over fourteen years in the human resources industry Andree’s experience has been in the recruitment and placement of executive permanent positions. Andree is a trained administrator and interpreter of psychometric assessment tools with a particular interest in the link between behavioural preference and successful performance.

Barbara is committed to working with people and organisations to reach their potential. She has expertise in change management, organisational development and HR strategic planning.

She has extensive senior management experience in training and development and organisational development in New Zealand and the USA. Her corporate experience in New Zealand has been with New Zealand Post, as Organisational Development Leader for the Letters Group, and Toyota New Zealand as the Manager of the Toyota Training Institute. Both national positions provided excellent background in New Zealand businesses and culture.

Andrew is a highly respected facilitator, trainer and coach, having worked in the corporate, social services and not-for-profit sectors.

His professional interests are in the areas of executive coaching, individual and team development, leadership, communication and behaviour change.

Andrew is passionate about creating lasting change in the lives of others through the delivery of quality programs that provide meaningful and tangible benefits.

Joining PEP in 2010 Jo started out as a consultant and has quickly moved into an Account Executive role. With a passion for people she enjoys adding value through finding creative solutions to meet client’s needs. 

Jo brings with her a diverse industry background in marketing and management working both in New Zealand and abroad in the manufacturing , mining and design sectors.

Rona’s experience lies in corporate and professional account management. Her background is primarily in the areas of recruitment, training, learning and development, outdoor education and personal development.

Rona has worked in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors, in organisations both large and small. It is this scope of understanding of different business requirements and challenges that enables her to provide customised solutions to match her clients needs.

Tracey joined the PEPworldwide Wellington team in 2011. Her background is predominantly in the field of strategic key account/relationship management with experience in senior management, recruitment and training.

Tracey’s experience in having worked in large and small organisations (within both public and private sectors) enables her to work with clients to identify their challenges within the workplace and provide relevant solutions.

Being able to assist others to succeed by maximising their potential is a key personal driver for Tracey. Reviewing each program evaluation gives her great personal satisfaction, knowing PEP has made a meaningful impact.

Helen initially commenced facilitating the Personal Efficiency Programme in 1999, while working as the Learning & Development Manager at Trade NZ.  She introduced and facilitated PEP through the Trade NZ offices internationally.

Helen has over 17 years’ experience in learning and development and human resources. In particular her expertise is in development, design and implementation of organisational development initiatives, leading to organisational effectiveness, and also executive coaching.

Helen loves seeing the changes that PEP helps bring about in organisations, especially coaching senior managers to change and improve the way that they work, because it has a flow-on effect for the whole organisation. Leading by example means that managers can model effective behaviours and demonstrate a great work-life balance.

Judith has been facilitating PEP programs since 2004 at all levels of organisations in over 45 government and NGO organisations as well as corporates, including banking, insurance, telecommunications, manufacturing and utilities companies. She says that helping people change their habitual behaviour permanently to maximise their results, with less stress, is what she loves doing most.

Judith has over 25 years’ experience in Learning and Development, specialising in executive coaching, leadership, teamwork, communication and creativity. Her roles have included executive education, business planning, team building, marketing and time management for organisations as diverse as multi-national IT corporates, government departments and small businesses.

David is passionate about balancing a whole-person approach to life and is particularly interested in helping people discover ways of doing things that are workable for them.  For David, the PEP approach is a significant part of that and he enjoys sharing these ideas with others.

David’s career has led him into the corporate, academic and health sectors. He started out as an electronics engineer, doing oil and gas exploration in Africa and the Middle East. He then read for a PhD focused in technology-supported learning, which took him into the field of educational psychology and thinking skills. David then began to learn mindfulness skills and yoga, which he has now been practising for 15 years.

After migrating to New Zealand David lectured in usability and interface design at AUT. Following this he became involved in corporate sector research into the values-based cultures of high-performing organisations.

David has trained as a counsellor and facilitator specialising in communication and relationship skills. The PEP training is a very practical application of all these areas of interest.