Chris is a supportive and dynamic coach and facilitator who
brings foresight and a wealth of business experience and hunger
to find new solutions to help leaders reach their full potential. Chris is a business executive and strategic transformation practitioner with over 20 years of experience facilitating and delivering change and shaping effective leadership. He has worked in operational management and the consulting sector, holding Chief Executive Officer positions in New Zealand and South Africa.
Chris has specialist expertise and experience in systems thinking, strategy execution and transformation and change leadership. He is a highly skilled executive leader who has a breadth of experience across various sectors, including Government and Public Sector, Financial Services, Retail, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods and Manufacturing. Chris has a broad array of expertise in financial and operational management, stakeholder management, managing the board/executive interface and providing governance oversight. Chris is an experienced leader, facilitator, mentor and coach with an aptitude for solving ‘wicked’ problems. He supports other leaders to ‘step up’, overcome challenges and optimise opportunities. Others describe Chris as “dynamic”, “passionate”, “committed”, “knowledgeable”,
“insightful” and “trusted”, with the utmost professionalism.

Working at the intersection of social good and cloud computing since 2010, Aine McGlynn is an “accidental techie” with more than ten years of experience in closing the digital divide for nonprofits. She holds a doctorate from the University of Toronto with a focus on global activism and gender formations and has published widely. Aine runs a consultancy dedicated to helping small non-profit organizations do big things with tech. She is a course designer and instructor at Humber College and McMaster University and serves on the advisory committee of Tech Impact’s Technology Learning Centre, and was an inaugural Okta Nonprofit Technology Fellow.

Having spent more than two decades in various leadership and consulting roles across 6 continents, Ineke has built up a reputation for being a recognised subject matter expert and astute business leader. She has had the privilege of working with executive-level colleagues and clients in 23 industries to solve complex, evolving business problems effectively. Ineke has added value through several start-up innovations, successfully leading and delivering transformation initiatives, business and operating strategies and 1-pager templates and executions.
She has written and published extensively on Customer Experience with a particular focus on evolving regulatory and financial inclusion challenges in Financial Services. She is passionate about growing people in her teams and achieving goals and targets that had seemed impossible to others.

He has a BA in Human Movement Studies and Psychology from the University of the Western Cape and qualifications in Educational Design Programming, Integrated Solid Waste Management Planning through the USA Environmental Protection Agency, Planning and Management of Special Events, Management Programme for NPOs, Project Planning, Corporate Social Investment Programmes, Health and Safety and Labour Relations amongst others.

He was held a number of senior roles over his 20 years of professional experience including Founding Chairman of Mthunzi, COO for Youth For Christ South Africa. He has also served as Project Lead for the UNHCR Social Cohesion Project in SA. As Consultant to the South African Council of Churches (SACC), Marcus provided protocol and logistical support for the 2013 State funeral of former President Nelson Mandela.He has also served as Advisor to the Chairman of the South Africa Dutch Chamber of Commerce and has extensive interaction as a Relationship Manager for various enterprises in liaising with all three tiers of Government, Political Parties, Private Sector and Civil Society.

Neil helps companies develop their digital intelligence capabilities, both in-house or agency. His experience in education has played an instrumental role in coaching and developing marketing analytics teams and individuals. His career in digital spans over 15 years and brought the rigor of analytics to the art of marketing – a critical missing piece to bring data and insights to senior business leaders. He has worked with dozens of brands to help CFOs and CMOs better understand what a true mROI looks like so they can take more meaningful actions for their brands. Since early 2018, he built the Hoorah Digital media and data teams. While doing so, he has also built the data team within AbInBev, an internal agency called Draftline (a global initiative), as well as Nestle’s internal agency, Revolve.

The challenges of too much data within companies and the need to simplify and visualise this data to business leaders is what he enjoys doing most. Seeing businesses adopt a data culture and make data-driven decisions is what motivates him to do great work. In the process he helps break down silos across departments and provides the framework to be more collaborative.

Terri is a passionate creative with great communication skills and experience with foundation phase learners. She is a mother of two boys aged 9 and 11, who have been part of the in.code club since its’ inception. She is an experienced graphic designer of more than ten years and her duties include concept, layout, content creation, implementation and social media skills. She is currently facilitating coding classes from grade RRR to grade R.

Carla is a consumer insight analyst who brings with her more than twenty years of commercial media and communications experience. She has been entrusted with a range of multi-sector projects including work for financial teams, an international corporate advisory firm, and an insights analysis team with blue-chip clients. In the last decade, Carla’s roles have crossed over from communications into research and analysis. Insight analysis work allows her heart to connect with the voice of real people and share their messages with the organisations that are there to serve them. Carla would like to focus on ‘doing good work for good people’, delivering only the highest standard of work excellence whilst working on projects that truly matter.

She feels that each work task should be part of her legacy and she cares about the work that she commits to.

Claudette has helped organisations achieve their commercial goals for the past 22 years. She has established departments, managed day-to-day business, and lead special projects for global brands in the art and real estate industries. Her client portfolio ranged from large global corporates and HNW individuals to grassroots NGOs, collaborating with teams across diverse fields in England and throughout Southern Africa. She has raised corporate donations for social projects and negotiated high-value commercial deals. Her goal is to connect purpose and profit organisations for a sustainable
future. Claudette is well-positioned to support businesses taking their first steps toward long-term sustainability, purpose, and profitability.

After two decades developing leadership, branding, and communications programs for Fortune 500 clients like Westin Hotels and Hewlett Packard, Bill founded The Matale Line to offer more innovative thinking to social impact organizations.

With a global reputation as a transformational change agent, his work has helped some of the world’s most consequential nonprofits, foundations, education and social enterprise organizations reframe their approach to strategic decision-making, resource development, and advocacy communications. He is privileged to have worked with organizations across a broad spectrum of social issues, and has a strong pedigree in public and private education institutions in the U.S. 

Bill grew up in the developing world, and his desire to effect change is deeply rooted in his childhood experiences. Coupled with a degree in systems engineering he has a unique ability to help guide organizations through challenging times. He has served on boards of both for-profit and nonprofit organizations, and currently serves as board chair of The Resource Alliance—a global nonprofit committed to transformational change in the social impact sector. Bill is a widely sought-after speaker for his unique perspective and compelling approach to storytelling.

James Lawrenson is a learning experience designer (LXD) and content strategist. As a lifelong learner, James holds a Bachelor Degree in Brand Communications and has completed a range of certificate
and short courses that support his passion for creating impactful digital experiences.

For almost a decade, James has worked with multidisciplinary teams on projects that span retail, health, government, development, finance, and higher-education. With the insights he has gained,
James aims to bring together innovative technology with sound design thinking practices.

James has unique expertise in online learning strategy, content development, curriculum design, learning technology, workshop facilitation, and public speaking.

A Research, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) specialist with 10 years of work experience in Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), private and public sectors, Dale has worked in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Dale holds a Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) Degree in Social Science Methods (Stellenbosch University), a Bachelor of Social Science (B.Sc. Special Honours) Degree in Monitoring and Evaluation (Lupane State University, Zimbabwe), and a Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree in English and Communication (Midlands State University, Zimbabwe) and a Certificate in Marketing Management (IMM Graduate School, South Africa). He is passionate about monitoring and evaluation and the value of evidence and learning to transform lives and deliver meaningful change for communities. He is also passionate about being able to add value to anyone he works with and imparting the skills he has in order to enable organisations or individuals to make informed decisions about their programmes. Dale has provided M&E support to multiple programmes in the civil society, government, and private sector in Zimbabwe and South Africa. This includes working with clients to embed M&E into their project cycles from inception to completion through strategic planning and results-based program design and implementation. He has many years of experience in leading teams of programs, and experience working on projects funded by multiple donors. His favourite quote is “Organisations of extraordinary impact must possess simplified yet results-oriented M&E systems.”

Her experience has ranged from philanthropic corporate and trust fundraising, to the more challenging individual giving arena, working in several aspects of individual fundraising. She has worked with traditional direct mail programmes, and more recently with face-to-face fundraising teams.

Through numerous client engagements Melanie spends much of her time guiding organisations in their development strategy and measuring the impact of their interventions. She also is a successful trainer and mentor.

Melanie is also a trustee of Positive Vibes, a Namibia-registered non-profit organisation and a council member of Northlink College

Asmaa is a machine learning engineer with 3 years of experience in the field. Asmaa has a strong background in mathematical sciences and a passion for developing innovative solutions using machine learning and artificial intelligence. She has completed two master’s degrees in Mathematics from the University of the Western Cape in collaboration with the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (2017) and from the University of Stellenbosch (2019). Asmaa has worked on data-driven solutions and developed expertise in machine learning algorithms, deep learning frameworks, and natural language processing techniques. She has designed an automated marking system for an educational software company using neutral language processing, improving overall marking efficiency.

Asmaa enjoys collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify business problems and develop scalable machine-learning solutions. She is passionate about staying up to date with the latest research and technologies in the field, regularly participates in online courses, and attends industry conferences.

In her free time, she enjoys hiking, indoor climbing, experimenting with new algorithms, and building projects to explore new technologies.