Diana du Plessis
Diana has spent more than 25 years working in senior executive leadership roles in ASX-Listed and Global Companies in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Her Australian business experience covers diverse organisations including transport, infrastructure engineering, State Governments, professional services, energy, medical, finance, and tertiary education.
Diana has a deep interest and awareness of other cultures and extensive international coaching experience, having coached executives across numerous levels in Australasia, Asia, and North America.
Diana’s coaching style is warm and engaging with a practical approach when working with clients. This is deeply grounded in her love of working with people and teams to empower and help them grow and develop to their full potential. Diana has first-hand business and leadership experience as a senior executive in complex and fast paced environments. Diana’s business and coaching experience and expertise has given her a deep appreciation of the personal and business issues facing senior managers and executives in high-level roles. She worked with CEOs and senior executives, emerging leaders, and teams in public and private sector organisations, including ASX-Listed and Global Companies, as well as NGOs and Not-For-Profits. She has a solid track record of facilitating change and helping people grow and prosper including coaching Joint Venture Board members, global teams, and multibillion dollar projects. She is an experienced, ethical, and highly motivated professional.
Diana has a Master of Business, B.Sc. (Psychology), a BA (Politics,) and a Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching.
Diana is an International Coaching Federation (ICF), Associate Certified Coach and has accreditation, with Human Synergistics (Lifetime), Hogan 360, Myers-Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI), Resilience at Work suite of tools, and DiSC Personal Development and Assessment (Everything DiSC and 363 for Leaders). Diana is also a Certified Organisational Coach, Level One, Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership, and an accredited Mental Health First Aider MHFA Australia.
Michael du Plessis
Michael has more than 25 years of experience in the commercial explosives industry. His previous roles in the industry include senior management roles in ICI and Orica.
Michael has a PhD in chemistry.
As a consultant, Michael has worked in a variety of countries including South Africa, United Kingdom, and Australia. His experience covers a wide range of industry sectors, including mining, water utilities, chemicals, explosives, manufacturing, public sector research agencies, and universities.
Michael is a member of the Expert Panel for SAFEX International, a global explosives safety organisation based in Switzerland.