Yasemin Borschberg

Yasemin melds deep Turkish roots with a Swiss education, giving her a profound understanding of diversity and cross/multi-cultural environments which she absorbs and navigates with ease.

She is the director of YCB Communication Training, an accomplished coach, and mother of three adult children.

Focusing mainly on interpersonal communication, self-knowledge, and harmony, all her programs have at their heart the role of active listening and acceptance. She offers an opportunity to become exposed to ‘kind mindful living’ anchored in meaningful and respectful connection with others.

Gulnar Vaswani

Inclusion strategist, board advisor, angel investor, and executive coach to CEO’s, Gulnar draws on a 20-year career across a wide range of industries and geographies. She is passionate about 
helping leaders understand and embrace inclusiveness, cross-cultural dynamics, and diversity. Her work is shaped by a powerful blend of innate curiosity, business acumen, in-depth research, and extensive experience. 
 
Gulnar has consulted with some of the largest Fortune 500 companies and is an active member of Young President’s Organization where she is also a highly rated forum facilitator & speaker. She is often called upon by her clients to share her cross-cultural expertise and insights into how to leverage the power of difference. 
 
She continues to be deeply committed to the advancement of women leaders and to future proof the education landscape through her impact investing and advisory arm.
 
Gulnar now divides her time between Hong Kong, London and the US, and turns to nature, music, yoga and the arts for inspiration and sustenance.

Esra Sertoglu

Esra was born and raised in Istanbul, lived and worked in New York for 13 years,  She is currently living in Istanbul. Her experience and passion is deeply rooted in organizational culture, team development and forums for which she travels from Europe to the Middle East. 

Esra’s professional journey as an organizational consultant, executive coach  and team/forum facilitator helps her see the big picture and create interventions on a smaller scale with people and teams to help them make meaningful shifts happen.

Andro Donavan

Andro Donovan is founder of AD Consulting Ltd specialising in Leadership transformation. She is a facilitator, speaker, best-selling author and high-performance leadership coach.
I help Leaders adapt their leadership style in these volatile and uncertain times, through this transformation they are better equipped to transform their teams and organisations. 

Andro is known for facilitating transformational retreats, she inspires leaders to become more effective with a stronger sense of meaning and purpose and an emphasis on head and heart centred leadership with their teams.

A fully accredited YPO facilitator, Andro has had over 20 years of experience in facilitating groups such as YPO Forums, EO Forums and Corporate Executive teams. 
Andro is a senior affiliate for Mckinsey and is a Vistage speaker.

Roni Witkin

Making a Difference

The hallmarks of Roni’s approach are her warmth, caring and deep understanding of both personal and organisational needs.

Her professionalism and level headed approach coupled with insight and empathy allow her to achieve results that have far reaching impact on the people whose life she touches.

With a background in psychology and organisational development she is widely acknowledged as a highly skilled specialist in all aspects of facilitation and coaching.

Elham Hennessey

Elham is a Leadership Development Consultant and Executive Coach with over 18 years experience working with executive leaders and business owners to develop their personal and leadership skills.

She utilises her understanding of people and organisations along with her Emotional, Social and Cultural knowledge to create a person centred approach to learning. A highlight for her is working with individuals, teams and forums to foster better communication skills and create meaningful connections.

Elham believes that Coaching is a structure that facilitates the process of development; her approach varies between goal oriented, person centred and positive psychology.

Nicole Sorrell

Nicole passionately transforms lives by igniting deep self-awareness, connection and potential. She brings a powerful blend of radical candour, intuitive wisdom, curiosity and empathy. These skills developed over the last 30 years as a successful business leader and organisational psychologist.

Nicole is a Director of Lumina Learning Global. Having successfully built and sold Insights Discovery Africa, she co-founded Lumina Learning, bringing the next generation, cutting-edge personalised assessments and solutions to organisations.

Nicole gives back through The Growth Project, a charity that partners leaders of emerging charities and businesses through an immersive one-year leadership programme. The expanding alumni continue to work together, creating on-going breakthroughs both personally and professionally.

Being an Upside Catalyst and YPO Forum facilitator is a delight, bringing enhanced nuance and depth to her work and contribution.

Luis González Llobet

Luis is an Executive and Team coach certified by ICF and Facilitator certified by YPO. He has more than 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur in the Textile and Real Estate sectors (leading his family group). He is also the author of “50 Life Learnings” and co-author of “Social Wellbeing”.

His passion for the development of people and teams has led him to found his latest initiative, Lifelong Learning, focused on personal growth through Coaching and Forum. 

Luis’ vision is that better leaders create a better world.

Dr. Deborah Heifetz

Dr. Deborah Heifetz is a Mediator, certified Y.P.O. Forum Facilitator, Certified Movement Analyst (C.M.A.) and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) who holds a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology, an M.A. in Dance and a B.A. in Genetics. She is a Chevening Scholar (University of Manchester and Cambridge University) and brings over 30 years experience as a peace activist, social scientist and somatic educator working at the nexus of inner and outer peace. 

Heifetz is the creator of the Heifetz Matrix: A Human Needs Map to liberate individuals from inner and inter-personal conflict to building a harmonious life of greater balance, love and meaning. The model developed from her concept of “non-mediated peacekeeping’ and ethnographic study of Israeli-Palestinian security cooperation during the Oslo Accords (1994-2000); projects in Pakistan, where co-founded the peace-building and community development NGO – HiMaT; and engagement with the international grassroots movement known as the Transition Network, where she co-founded the Israeli Hub and served as a mediator. Heifetz also co-created the Embodied Leadership Training, an intensive training in embodied self-awareness and effective communication under conflict that empowers personal leadership under challenging change processes. Currently based between Germany and northern Italy, she provides one-to-one life and embodiment coaching in her private practice.

Nathalie Assen

Nathalie is an Executive and Leadership Development Coach and has an extensive corporate background with over 17 years of Leadership Experience in Marketing Strategy and Brand Identity mainly in the food industry. Nathalie understands the challenges of today’s leadership and the expectations that come with it. A relentless passion drives her to help leaders & professionals get what they want in business and life.

Becoming a well-respected and influential leader doesn’t happen overnight and maintaining your successful status requires constant self-evaluation, reflection, learning, and action. Nathalie focuses on strengths to accelerate growth. With a passion for development and innovation, she will expand the horizon with new opportunities & surprising results.

Her contagious enthusiasm and a strengths-focused mindset enable her to turn presence into full engagement. Nathalie works with two Business Schools (executive MBA programs) in Europe, and with teams and leaders all over the world. She is a PCC accredited coach through the International Coaching Federation. Being a child of ex-pat parents, she traveled the world. This life experience defined who she became and still is today. A person that connects easily, adapts quickly, and is open minded. After having lived in California for 8 years Nathalie moved back to Amsterdam with her husband and two adult children.

Alix Stoedter

Alix brings a wealth of experience in counseling, coaching, facilitating, and training both individuals and top teams, including YPO forums. Her mission is to support individuals and YPO forums in thriving across both their professional and personal lives.

With a background in high-paced, impact-driven, and international environments, she enjoys swiftly building trusting relationships with top management and entrepreneurs, creating a positive, results-oriented atmosphere. She blends structured methodologies with a deep dive into key issues to deliver tangible results and high “take-home value”, just what Upside provides.

She can navigate complex corporate landscapes and connect seamlessly with top management. With a background in law, banking, and business coaching, she brings a wealth of knowledge to her roles. Passionate about mentoring and career guidance, she also engages in volunteer work, balancing her professional commitments with family life as a mother of four—and being a passionate, yet not very talented, field hockey player.