Natalie Turner is a strategic innovation and leadership adviser, keynote speaker, and the inventor of The Six ‘I’s® framework. She works with senior leaders and organisations to build stronger innovation capability, sharper judgement, and the cultural conditions that support meaningful change.

Her work sits at the intersection of strategy, leadership, culture, and human behaviour. Over more than 25 years, she has advised organisations across corporate, government, and entrepreneurial settings, helping them make innovation more practical, more disciplined, and more human.

Natalie is the award-winning author of Yes, You Can Innovate and speaks internationally on innovation leadership, culture, and purpose. She is known for bringing together intellectual clarity, practical application, and a deep interest in how people and organisations grow, adapt, and create value.

Carl Hinds is Co-Founder of The Six ‘I’s® and leads the operational and commercial infrastructure that supports the work. In close partnership with Natalie Turner, he has played a key role in building the systems, processes, and business foundations that have enabled the Six ‘I’s® to develop and grow over time.

His background spans finance, operations, and systems management, with experience across both entrepreneurial and organisational settings. Carl brings practical oversight, commercial discipline, and a strong focus on ensuring that the business is well supported behind the scenes, from internal operations to the wider platform needed for sustainable growth.

Before co-founding the business, Carl held management and project accounting roles in the arts and public sector. He continues to play an important role in shaping the operational strength and long-term development of the Six ‘I’s®.

Hany Chee works part-time with The Six ‘I’s® in Singapore, supporting the profiling side of the business and helping manage the client and practitioner experience around profile delivery. Her role includes profile-related administration, coordination, and day-to-day support across the operational side of the work.

With a background in customer service and working with people from different cultures and contexts, Hany brings care, precision, and responsiveness to her role. She plays an important part in supporting the smooth running of the profiling process and the wider operational flow of the business.

Hany has a Diploma in Marketing and Public Relations from the University of Oxford.

Emeritus Professor KC Chan is a recognised thought leader in innovation and entrepreneurship with a career spanning academia, consulting, and corporate transformation. He has held senior academic and research roles and has worked with leaders and institutions across many countries to build innovation capability, entrepreneurial mindsets, and stronger approaches to organisational learning.

His work brings together academic insight and practical application, with a focus on innovation leadership, lean agile entrepreneurship, and action-based learning. KC is also a published author and speaker whose work has influenced leaders, universities, and organisations across Asia and beyond.

Michael Jenkins is an internationally respected leadership thinker and adviser with extensive experience across executive education, organisational development, and human capital leadership in both the UK and Asia. His career has included senior roles with INSEAD Executive Education, the Center for Creative Leadership Asia Pacific, Roffey Park Institute, and the Human Capital Leadership Institute in Singapore.

Named by HR Magazine as one of the UK’s most influential thinkers in HR, Michael is the author of Expert Humans: Critical Leadership Skills for a Disrupted World. He brings deep expertise in leadership, learning, and the future of work, helping leaders and organisations strengthen the human capabilities needed in a disrupted and fast-changing world.

David Thomas is an experienced innovation and business improvement practitioner with more than 35 years of leadership experience across Asia, including China, Singapore, and Hong Kong. His career spans commercial operations, manufacturing, services management, and organisational change, including senior regional leadership roles with Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, and Philips Electronics.

Since 2013, David has coached and facilitated innovation and business improvement work with organisations across multiple sectors, from healthcare and supply chain to retail, manufacturing, banking, and hospitality. He brings strong expertise in business dynamics, cultural diversity, and helping leaders and teams drive change, performance, and practical innovation in complex regional environments.

Senela Jayasuriya is an award-winning international keynote speaker and certified transformation coach with expertise in leadership, change, and high-performance growth. She works with organisations and individuals to strengthen innovative leadership, goal-setting, inclusion, and organisational development in ways that support both performance and purpose.

As Founder and CEO of Women Empowered Global, Senela has delivered leadership masterclasses, executive coaching, and start-up mentoring programmes for professionals across more than 20 countries. 

She brings strong experience in leadership acceleration, building innovative teams, strategic alliances, inclusive workplace cultures, and supporting meaningful transformation across sectors.

Simon Allison is an innovation practitioner with a background in food technology and broad experience across major UK food and retail organisations. His career has included roles with Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose & Partners, Innocent Drinks, Pret A Manger, and Walkers, spanning supplier management, new product development, and innovation.

Certified in The Six ‘I’s® in 2020, Simon has worked actively with the framework in organisational practice, helping to introduce a stronger common language of innovation. 

He brings a practical and commercially grounded perspective shaped by years of experience in food, retail, and technical innovation.

Neil Sykes is a strategically focused business leader with more than 26 years of experience in helping organisations develop and implement effective strategies for growth, culture, and performance. Much of his career has been spent at Director level, where he has worked closely with leaders and teams to strengthen clarity, direction, and organisational success.

He brings particular expertise in human behaviour, communication, and culture, supported by extensive training in NLP as a practitioner, master practitioner, therapist, and trainer. Neil is known for combining results focus with empathy, helping organisations cut through jargon, build stronger cultures, and create environments where innovation feels human and inclusive.

Daniel Wain is an experienced learning and development consultant, coach, and trainer with a career spanning corporate leadership, consultancy, and higher education. Formerly Worldwide Director of Learning & Development at Research International, part of the WPP Group, he has worked independently since 2007 with clients across business, communication, relationship skills, and development.

His work has included global market research agencies, client-side insight teams, consultancies, and industry bodies, as well as teaching and academic roles in the UK and internationally. Daniel brings a strong blend of commercial insight, communication expertise, and learning design, along with experience as a speaker, writer, and actor.

Harvey Wade is an experienced innovation leader who helps organisations create business impact through innovation and change. With more than 15 years in formal innovation roles, he has worked across both consultancy and corporate environments to build stronger cultures of engagement, improvement, and customer-centred performance.

His career has included designing and leading employee innovation programmes at Allianz UK, advising major clients as Director of Innovation Strategy in consultancy, and serving as EMEAR Innovation Lead at Cisco’s Services Innovation Excellence Center. Harvey brings strong experience in helping organisations engage their people, identify better ideas, and turn innovation into practical and sustainable results through his work with Innovate21 in the UK.

Fiona McClaren works with teams and business leaders to strengthen growth, leadership, and strategic clarity. Her background combines marketing, business development, and organisational leadership, with particular strength in helping businesses create competitive advantage, build high-performing teams, and develop strong customer relationships.

Her experience spans both start-up and corporate environments, giving her a practical and commercially grounded perspective on the challenges organisations face. 

Alongside supporting SMEs and market entry strategy, she has also held senior marketing roles in major organisations including British Telecom, and has wider experience with blue-chip brands such as Lufthansa and British Airways.

Anca Minculescu brings extensive experience in people, change, and digital transformation, helping organisations build agile teams and navigate performance through periods of technological and organisational change. With more than 25 years of multinational experience, including work with Cisco Systems, the European Commission, and a wide range of corporate and SME clients, she supports organisations in integrating new technologies in ways that create practical business value.

Her work spans sectors from large international companies to growing smaller businesses, and is complemented by her involvement in academic institutions and business schools in France, where she helps develop digital, business, and personal skills in applied ways. Anca brings a strong perspective on innovation, digitalisation, and future-focused capability building, shaped by her wider engagement with clean technologies, education, and European innovation networks.

Katarina Önell is an internationally experienced change leader, facilitator, and coach who specialises in building innovative and inclusive organisational cultures with a strong focus on leadership development. With more than 20 years of experience across continents, sectors, and cultures, she has helped organisations in both the private and public sectors grow stronger, more sustainable, and more high performing.

Her work brings together deep expertise in engagement, belonging, values-led culture, and people development. 

Based in Sweden, Katarina works as a business consultant at Kantar and has previously led People and Culture work across the Nordics. She was Scandinavia’s first Six ‘I’s® Certified Practitioner and brings additional strength in change leadership, coaching, and inclusive workplace development through her wider work in Sweden and across Europe.

Rochelle Barreto is a seasoned brand and growth leader with more than 20 years of experience in advertising and CPG marketing. She has built and transformed brands across emerging and developed markets, with particular strength in shaping consumer-centred strategies, leading high-performing teams, and driving sustainable growth for global organisations.

Her background includes senior leadership at Johnson & Johnson, where she managed major portfolios and led high-impact strategic initiatives. Today, through her work as founder of Fractional Fusion, Rochelle brings her expertise to organisations as a fractional CMO, innovation strategist, and energy and resilience coach, helping businesses accelerate growth while supporting more sustainable high performance.

Dr Maryam Tubeileh is a consultant focused on innovation, quality, and organisational improvement. She helps organisations build cultures that support creative thinking, continuous improvement, and stronger performance, with a particular interest in creating the conditions for innovation to take root in practical and sustainable ways.

With more than 17 years of experience and an MSc in Managing Quality and Service Development from the University of Birmingham, Dr Maryam brings expertise in quality improvement, change, innovation management, and reducing waste. Recognised for her contributions in the healthcare sector, she works with leaders and cross-functional teams to adopt more agile ways of thinking and create environments where better ideas and stronger performance can thrive.