Our leadership team.
CEO, FOUNDER
Carl Sanders-Edwards
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COO
Tim Winstone
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Tim brings 20+ years of experience working with businesses to understand their customers, develop teams and improve processes, systems, and performance. He has worked with both small startup businesses and large corporates in Northern Europe and New Zealand, and recently has been leading change improvement programs in the health sector. Tim holds a Master’s in Business Studies (Change Management), a Bachelor of Technology with 1st Class Honors and is certified with the American Society for Quality as a Six Sigma Black Belt.
CTO
Amol Deshpande
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Amol has over 10 years of experience delivering investment banking products in various roles ranging from Developer to Delivery Lead. Amol holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics & Telecommunication from Pune University, India.
CHIEF OF LEADERSHIP
Corey Criswell
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Corey brings 25+ years of experience in the field of leadership development built by consulting with companies around the globe and as head of Executive Development at a Fortune 30 retailer. Corey has led, consulted, coached and designed leadership programs for a wide variety of organizations around the globe.
CEO, APAC
Don McVeigh
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Don has held senior and junior continuous improvement roles, senior management roles, and been an apprentice – all providing him the ability to share his learnings, and build the capability of people and teams at all levels within organisations. Don has qualifications in Lean, Six Sigma and TOC and his passion is in building the capability of the people he works with ensuring that mindset changes are embedded into the way we work.
GM of DELIVERY
Lettie Dalton
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Lettie is a highly experienced facilitator, trainer, and coach, with a background working with organizations worldwide to empower, motivate and engage people. She is committed to helping people to be their ‘best selves’ in order to live their best lives and create positive ripples in the world.
Lettie’s extensive background working in project management, sales, and leadership roles for corporate organizations has given her first-hand experience of how to address limiting beliefs, habits, and gaps from a perspective of strength and possibility. Lettie trained as a facilitator and coach with the Neuroleadership Institute and has her Professional Coach Certification (PCC) with the International Coach Federation. She has a diploma in Positive Psychology and well-being.Â
Lettie enjoys ‘upcycling’ old furniture, competing with herself for her fastest 10km run, and ‘experimenting’ with positive parenting techniques on her 2 young children!
GM, US
Matt Murphy
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GM, AUSTRALIA
Jamie McIver
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Jamie is a leader, facilitator, and coach with vast international business experience and a passion for growing transformational leaders. With deep expertise in transformation, Jamie partners with leaders to uncover their purpose and long-term goals and takes creative approaches to unlock them. He also works with leadership teams and organisations to shape the leadership culture and transformation journeys that bring about sustainable success. Jamie holds an MBA from Mount Eliza Business School and is a certified coach, a member of the International Coaching Federation, a certified practitioner for Leadership Circle Profile, and a qualified Six-Sigma Black Belt.
GM of DEVELOPMENT
Alistair Dinnis
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Alistair is General Manager for Development at Adeption New Zealand and an experienced coach and facilitator. He is a senior leader with a people & culture background and over 25 years’ experience in the UK, Australia and New Zealand across sectors including banking, professional services and health.Â
He is passionate about making a meaningful difference to the lives of others and leads the JumpShift Foundation, with the mission of making high quality leadership development available to people and organisations who may not otherwise have access to it.
Alistair holds a BSc (Hons) from the University of Aberdeen and a Post Graduate Diploma (with distinction) in HR Management from Napier University in Edinburgh. He is accredited with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) for individual coaching and the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) for team coaching.
VP of SALES AND DELIVERY
Mark Watkins
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Mark is our VP Sales & Delivery at Adeption New Zealand. He brings 25+ years experience in sales, facilitation and coaching having worked with organisations across the world through a number of consultancies including his own business. Mark inspires meaningful conversations and is passionate about what enables organisations, teams and individuals to achieve their potential.
Mark holds a B.Sc. (Hons) in Managerial and Administrative Studies from Aston University in Birmingham, UK. He is a coach supervisor, an executive coach and member of the ICF, an NLP practitioner and loves facilitation and coaching that lifts and shifts personal and leadership development.
Mark lives in Waiuku south of Auckland, NZ with his wife Samantha, four children Alanah, Soraya, Jole and Khouri and cats Arty & Nova. He loves the forests and rugged beaches on the West Coast and body boarding with the kids so that the black sands get everywhere at home!
CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER
Emma Sanders-Edwards
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Prior to Adeption, Emma co-founded and sold an online store, and has also put her creative energy towards producing TV, events, and business plans and systems. Emma has a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology (Hons.) from Victoria University (NZ). She studied Judgment and Decision Making at Harvard University in Boston and is a 200-hour qualified Yoga teacher.
HEAD of ADEPTION NEXT
Darshan Doshi
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HEAD of DESIGN
Sarah Letendre
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Sarah brings 15 years experience in learning, design, and project management to our team. Sarah attended the University of Portland, Oregon, worked and studied in Berlin, Germany through a Congress-Bundestag ambassador program and fellowship, and this year, will earn her MBA in Innovation Management from the University of Colorado. Sarah is an avid hiker, adventurer, and traveler.
HEAD of PLATFORM
Kristina Montgomerie
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Kristina completed her masters thesis on the first iteration of our platform and since then has been an integral part of our platform’s growth. Kristina holds a Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) in Finance & Management Information Systems, and a Masters of Business Studies (MBS) in Leadership Development from Massey University, where she also previously lectured in Leadership Practice.Â
HEAD of MARKETING
Roland Mirabueno
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As a storyteller and marketer, Roland has launched e-learning and educational platforms, personal development programs, and software products over the last 12 years. He has worked with global leaders and influencers to reach millions of customers around the world. Although his background is in Economics, Roland is a creative who enjoys performing in theatre and stand-up comedy. As Adeption’s Head of Marketing, he collaborates with leaders to create insights, education/inspirational content, and organizes community events for like-minded people.   Â
Our people.
Wanda
Experience Lead
Monique
Customer Success
Deepak
Customer Success Director
Renee
Solution Architect
Jacqui
Lead Facilitator
Kanisha
Customer Success Manager
Kaustubh
QA Engineer
Colleen
Customer Success Coordinator
Jake
Operations Manager
Stephen
VP Culture & Capability
Sharyn
Creative Strategist
Abha
BI Engineer
Raksha
Associate manager
Angad
Sr Fullstack Developer
Anand
Sr Fullstack Developer
Curtis
Platform manager
Prakhar
BI Engineer
Shreya
Snr. tester
Abhijit
Sr Mobile Developer
Ashok
Sr UI Designer
Prabhat
Jnr UI Developer
Andrew
Leadership Coach
Devyn
Marketing Coordinator
Brad
Data Scientist
Gemma
Content Strategist
Dan
Lead Facilitator
Milind
Snr. Architect
Veronica
Experience Designer
Ryan
Creative Director
Caitlin
Customer Success Manager
Yaswanth
BI Engineer
Tessa
Customer Success Coordinator
Rohit
QA Engineer
Our advisors.
Nick Petrie
Partner
Vertical DevelopmentÂ
Jan Rybeck
Partner
Vertical Development
Pete Fleming
Advisor
Director, UX Research, Google
Nathan Searle
Board Chair
Sarah Keene
Board Member
Hamish Franklin
Board Member
Want to be part of our fun and driven team?
Our mission at Adeption is to improve how people live and interact with each other and the planet so future generations can thrive. To achieve this mission, we aim to democratise leadership development.
Our team creates personalized development experiences, that are delivered at scale, and create real-world impact for individuals and organizations globally. We’ve been providing leadership development that works since 2O1O, united in the belief that
‘Better humans make better leaders, and better leaders make better humans’