Teams

As the Learning Manager of Animas, Katerina is responsible for curating the learning and training journeys of the Animas team. She is in charge of quality assurance and evaluation, training and facilitation, learning evaluation and learner engagement strategies, building relationships with faculty, identifying faculty development and support needs and ensuring that they are aligned to course delivery, learning outcomes and learner experience. Katerina brings with her an extensive and varied background in Learning and Development, as well as Communications, both as a practitioner across industries and countries and as an academic lecturer in HRM, L&D and Organisational Behaviour in some of the UK’s leading universities. Katerina has also trained as coach with Animas and her expertise lies in career and leadership coaching as well as somatic and neurodiversity coaching. Outside of Animas, you will find her deepening her coaching practice, lecturing as a guest on HRM and L&D best practices and training

From a Corporate background as an Economist working in banking and Logistics, Anyima’s passion and curiosity about the Psychology of Human interactions, led her to change focus in her career later in life, completing her HND in counselling and Psychology in 2013 and then finding a home in the work she does supporting leaders in their developmental journeys as a practicing Executive, Leadership and Team Coach since 2015.  Anyima works with you to tap into what fulfils, energises, and ushers you into the arena that you would like to exist in.  She is keen about drawing out the true potential in future leaders and facilitating seasoned leaders to rediscover theirs and keep excelling with an eye on balancing purpose, value and fulfilment.  This passion extends in her work as Faculty member on an Executive coaching Diploma for Africa, and, the dedication to support participants in their ongoing development as coaches,

During a decade of working in HR within corporate environments, Nishe was dedicated to supporting recent graduates and school leavers as they began their careers.  Although she loved working with these individuals, particularly as they transitioned to new environments and different ways of operating, she recognised that it wasn’t enough for her in isolation. Nishe began to explore what else may be out there.  She was keen to build on her existing experience and growing interest in learning & development, which led her to coaching.  It was clear to her that this would offer a valuable skill to future employers and support her in the next stage of her career.  Soon after, she began the Animas Diploma course.  And it was during one of her training weekends that Nishe volunteered to participate in a coaching demonstration, and experienced an incredibly powerful realisation.  This became an exciting pivot point in Nishe‘s life, creating a new beginning for a portfolio

Beatrice is an ICF credentialed coach and a supervisor, specialising in working with Highly Sensitive Coaches. Prior to becoming a coach, Beatrice had a diverse corporate background, working in corporate sales, talent acquisition and HR leadership. She also freelanced for Google for 5 years where she had the opportunity to manage a team of 20 people. Upon learning that she is a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), Beatrice became passionate about understanding herself from this perspective, as well as working with clients who also have this personality trait, which represents 20% of the population. Beatrice took her own discoveries forward by working with other HSPs in career transitions and building a business mindset as an HSP. In supervision, she specialises in working with Highly Sensitive Coaches who want to use their trait in their coaching and overcome obstacles that coaches experience as a result of the trait. In terms of approaches,

John has focused his time on developing leaders, primarily across the Healthcare Sector, over the last 20 years. He is a Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) Associate trainer, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Coach and Counsellor together with being a proud ICCS qualified Coach Supervisor. Until recently he specialised in National leadership programmes, Talent management and was a national Coaching Lead for Senior Managers and Clinicians, in the NHS, aiming at stepping up to Board-level. His last project was to form and run the Clinical Leadership Coaching and Advisory Service, bringing together and supervising some 200+ Coaches across the NHS utilising Public and Private Sector coaches. John also spent time helping leaders and organisations set-up and tailor their own leadership development and coaching solutions and is an advocate for regular networking. Key Skills: Executive coaching Building resilience Managing stress  Work-life Balance  Managing change  Developing communication and

Prior to qualifying as a coach and setting up her own coaching practice, Marta spent 15 years in the City, including senior management roles in a Big Four consultancy. Having led dozens of projects for firms around the globe and having been immersed in their diverse cultural environments has helped her develop an awareness of the complex system of forces that drives each organisation, which is invaluable in her coaching and supervision work today. Today she is an ICF accredited coach running a location independent coaching practice with two main strands to her work: In her work with organisations she specialises in supporting modern, forward-thinking leaders working with change. She helps them build engaged, purpose-led, high-performance teams and develop a coaching culture within their teams. In her work with private clients, Marta helps individuals get clarity and courage needed to craft modern, thriving careers on their own terms. Marta has