Mel has close to 20 years in Marketing, Business Leadership and Coaching. He began his career in Advertising (Ogilvy & Mather) before launching into Marketing, working with Leading Global Companies namely Colgate Palmolive, Johnson & Johnson and SCA Hygiene.

Post his Marketing stint, he was appointed to head up 3 other companies from Retail Promotions to Direct Marketing to Telecommunications. In these various leadership roles, he was responsible for the overall management, strategy/planning, business development, management of direct reports and overall profitability of the business.

His expertise/key interests focus around these themes:

• Empowering Professionals to Unlock their Work-Life Passion and Potential
• Team & Leadership Development
• Mastering the Art of Coaching
• Strategic & Purpose Driven Communication
• Innovation, Culture and Change

Mel has always felt Coaching to be second nature and is an empathetic listener and a powerful perspective giver. As a Qualified and Accredited Coach, Mel enjoys working withProfessionals, Business Entrepreneurs and Couples (Families); helping them move forward in Defining their Destiny and Excelling at Work (Career/Business) and at Life (Home/Personal).

As a “Coach to Coaches”, Mel is currently the Key Coach and Trainer for both the Australian Accredited Coaching Programs – Certificate IV and Diploma in Workplace and Business Coaching.

Holds the following qualifications:

Academic

• Master of Business Administration (General Management) – Heriot-Watt University (UK)
• Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing & Management) – Deakin University (Aust.)

Coaching

• Diploma & Cert IV in Workplace and Business Coaching – Open Door Coaching Group (Aust.)
• Certified Professional Coach Program (CPCP) – International Coach Academy (Global)
• Accredited Associate Coach (ACC) – International Coach Federation (Global)
• Accredited Professional Coach (APC) – Australia New Zealand Institute of Coaching (Aust.)
• Language and Behaviour (LAB) Profile Certified Consultant
• Inventory of Work Attitude and Motivation (iWAM) Profile Certified Trainer and jobEQpartner for the ASEAN region.

Training

• Cert IV in Training & Assessment (TAA) – TBM Training (Aust.)
• Train the Trainer Course (Online Facilitation) – International Coach Academy (Global)
• Project Management – Kepner Tregoe (US)
• Problem Solving & Decision Making – Kepner Tregoe (US)

As a busy working father of three school aged children, Mel still finds the time to write inspirational coaching and life impacting articles. He has appeared a couple of times on BFM 89.9 (Business Radio) speaking on one of his key passions - “Enhancing Human Potential via our understanding of Work Attitudes and Motivations”.

He is an advocate for Justice & Equality and loves working with the young, future leaders of tomorrow (Gen Ys). He is currently working with AIESEC to jointly develop and coach their next batch of Leaders in their LEAD program.

For fun, he enjoys singing/playing guitar in a band, mountain biking and spending quality time with his family. He loves the great outdoors, traveling, scuba diving and holds a black belt in Tae Kwon-do.