OUR TEAM
People who believe culture is the foundation
BVC brings together a global team of advisors, consultants, and facilitators united by a belief that culture is not a soft topic — it is the foundation of lasting organisational performance.
BVC Leadership
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Christopher Gomez
CEO AND CO-FOUNDER
Americas | United StatesInnovator, Systems Thinker, Coalition Builder, Technologist
▶ Founded BVC over 25 years ago with the unwavering vision that business can be a positive force in the world.
▶ Provides overall leadership and strategic direction for the organisation.
▶ Brings a strong focus on vision, partnership, and long-term value creation, working to ensure the organisation delivers meaningful, values-driven outcomes for clients and stakeholders.
▶ BS, Computer Science.
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Emma Riley
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
ADVISORY
Europe | United Kingdom
Strategist, Trusted Partner, Commercially Grounded, Deeply Intuitive and Data Savvy▶ 15 years of experience in culture transformation, leadership development, and strategic client partnerships.
▶ Specialises in culture diagnostics and aligning culture, strategy, and leadership to drive sustainable performance.
▶ Global experience across financial services, technology, the public sector, and multinational organisations.
▶ BA (Hons), International Business.
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Lynn Bennett
MANAGING DIRECTOR,
ADVISORY
Americas | Canada
Owner Mindset, Strategic Advisor, Whole Systems Transformation Expert, Operational Discipline▶ Progressive career at Bell Canada across multiple critical functions, resulting in whole-systems understanding and approach.
▶ Founded her own consulting and coaching firm, working across private, public, and non-profit sectors.
▶ A lifelong trusted partner to business leaders, helping to achieve their vision, shape and shift culture, develop strategy, and drive alignment to improve top- and bottom-line performance.
▶ Bachelor of Business Administration (hons)
▶ Certified Management Consultant. Certified Executive and Team Coach. Fellow of the Certified Management Consultant Institute.
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Melanie Wanless
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Americas | CanadaCreative, Cutting-Edge L&D Leader Singularly Focused on Business Impact
▶ 25 years of experience in leadership, training, and organisational development.
▶ Brings a direct and engaging approach to partnering with leaders, teams, and organisations.
▶ Drives impactful skill-building, confidence, accountability, and measurable performance transformation.
▶ Experience across pharmaceuticals, multinational organisations, entrepreneur-led businesses, and non-profit.
▶ BA (Hons), Applied Sciences.
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Christine Cervenka
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
STRATEGY AND COMMUNICATIONS
Americas | United StatesStrategist, Execution Leader, Change Agent, Psychologist, Marketing Professional, Facilitator
▶ 30 years of corporate and consulting experience in marketing, organisational development, and finance.
▶ Fortune 50 experience spanning mergers and acquisitions, growth strategy, product lifecycle management, advertising, employee communications, and market research.
▶ PhD, Applied Experimental Psychology, specialisation in Organisational Development.
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Kevin Murray
DIRECTOR,
IT
Americas | CanadaChange Leader, Client Focused, Strategy-Driven Developer
▶ 25 years of experience in network security, software development, and systems management.
▶ Focus on the implementation and optimisation of software solutions and IT systems.
▶ Expertise in organisational change management.
▶ BA, Political Science and French.
▶ Certification in Organisational Change Management.
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Recy Barnette
DIRECTOR,
FINANCE
Americas | United StatesHands-on Operator, Strategic Business Partner, People-Focused and Data-Driven
▶ 35 years of experience in financial planning and operations.
▶ Deep experience across non-profit, private, and public sector organisations.
▶ Experience in both service and product environments.
Europe | BVC Senior Associates
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Victor Rodriguez Ardura
EUROPE | SPAIN Languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese
BVC Certification Facilitator
▶ Consultant, Speaker, Author, Coach and Specialist in Strategy, Leadership, Values, Innovation and Cultural Transformation
• Professor at ESADE, EADA business schools, and Barcelona University.
• Consulting experience worldwide across Europe, the Americas, MENA, and Asia.
• Author of "Purpose and Values: How to Make Your Organisation's Culture Flourish" (in Spanish).
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Gabriela Infer Arrom
EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA
Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, EnglishBVC Certification Facilitator
▶ Consultant, Facilitator, and Executive Coach
• 20 years of experience advising executives, teams, and organisations on culture change and leadership development.
• Corporate experience at Terra Network (Telefonica) in marketing and business development.
• Global business experience across Europe and Latin America.
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Line Groot Degener
EUROPE | DENMARK
Languages: English, Dutch▶ Seasoned Consultant, Coach and Facilitator
• 20 years of experience in corporate positions and consulting.
• Led culture transformation in large, complex organisations including Nordea and Tetra Pak.
• MBA/MA dual degree, Wharton and the Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania.
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Sladjana Imamovic
EUROPE | SERBIA
Languages: Serbian, EnglishBVC Certification Facilitator
▶ Transformative Culture Consultant, Organisational Development and Leadership, Executive Coach
• 15 years of experience in HR and consultancy.
• Experience guiding organisational culture change projects, people development, and leadership growth programmes.
• Skilled in designing training and workshops, and implementing people development strategies that align human capital with business objectives.
• Supports leaders in taking a whole-systems approach to designing the future.
• Creator of a Tango programme that builds inner capability for communication, personal growth, and authenticity.
• Background in education, food retail, and consultancy.
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Carlo Fontana Giusti
EUROPE | ITALY
Languages: Italian, French, EnglishBVC Certification Facilitator
▶ Executive Coach, Facilitator, Professor, Consultant
• Affiliate professor of Leadership and Organisational Behaviour at ESCP Europe since 2006.
• Extensive experience working with over 110 organisations across Europe and worldwide.
• Earlier experience at McKinsey and Company across banking, oil and gas, power, media and entertainment, telecom, and travel and logistics.
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Esther Kerstholt
EUROPE | NETHERLANDS
Languages: English, Dutch▶ Executive Coach, Facilitator, Culture Transformation Advisor
• 15 years of experience supporting organisational transformations.
• Focus on building high-performing teams and shifting cultures towards a more open, customer and human needs-oriented approach.
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Faiza Khokhar
EUROPE | UNITED KINGDOM
Languages: EnglishBVC Certification Facilitator
▶ Chartered Business Psychologist, OD Expert, Facilitator, Executive Coach
• 20 years of experience helping organisations and leaders develop high-performing cultures.
• Grounded and commercial approach built on a strong foundation of consulting across multiple business sectors, primarily with FTSE 100 companies and within the financial services sector.
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Dirk Spangenberg
EUROPE | NETHERLANDS
Languages: English, Dutch, French, GermanBVC Certification Facilitator
▶ Consultant, Coach, Facilitator
• 20 years of consulting and coaching experience with individuals and organisations, grounded in values and execution.
• Expertise across food, healthcare, consultancy, and government sectors.
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Ingunn Vagstein
EUROPE | NORWAY
Languages: Norwegian, EnglishBVC Certification Facilitator
▶ Executive and Team Coach, Strategic Advisor, Anthropologist
• 20 years of consulting experience with diverse organisations and teams.
• 5 years of experience in strategy and operations at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
• Certified coach, specialising in relationship and systems coaching.
• Entrepreneurial experience leading her own consultancy, advising companies on identifying, building, and executing growth strategies.
• MA, Social Anthropology.
North America | BVC Senior Associates
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Jacqueline McGinn
AMERICAS | CANADA
Languages: English▶ Executive Coach, Risk Management Expert, Large-Scale Change Guide, Culture Advisor
• 25 years of experience across financial services and the public sector.
• Advisory experience in cultural transformation, governance, strategic planning, and operational redesign.
• Takes a whole-systems perspective, integrating leadership development and coaching into transformation efforts.
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Drew Munro
AMERICAS | CANADA
Languages: English▶ Business Turnaround Expert, Executive Coach, Culture Transformation Advisor
• Leadership experience across the US, Canada, UK, Europe, and Australasia.
• Senior roles at Beam Suntory, Grupo Modelo, and Molson Coors, including General Manager, VP, President, and CEO.
• Deep experience in brand marketing, mergers and acquisitions, and consulting with boards of directors and executive teams.
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Kim Rowan
AMERICAS | CANADA Languages: English
▶ Executive Human Resources and Communications Leader
• 20 years of corporate experience in North American and global organisations across diverse industries.
• Deep mergers and acquisitions experience, having successfully integrated five acquired businesses by aligning leadership, structure, and culture to accelerate growth.
• Trusted advisor to senior executives, partnering with leadership teams to strengthen organisational culture, engagement, and alignment.
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Carol Sachowski
AMERICAS | CANADA
Languages: EnglishBVC Certification Facilitator
▶ Executive and Culture Coach, HR Transformation Leader
• 30 years of coaching leaders and teams through lasting change.
• Works across public, private, and non-profit sectors in Canada and the Americas.
• Designs leadership programmes that deliver results grounded in the client's leadership philosophy, team dynamics, and business context.
APAC & Africa | BVC Senior Associates
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Niran Jiang
APAC | AUSTRALIA
Languages: English, ChineseBVC Certification Facilitator
▶ Strategic Advisor, Change Facilitator, Executive Coach
• 20 years of experience in personal and organisational development.
• Coaches, trains, and consults with organisations on innovation, culture change, and leadership.
• Supports leaders to build sustainable, systemic change.
• Previous executive roles at Coca-Cola and SC Johnson.
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Serena Naidu
AFRICA | SOUTH AFRICA
Languages: EnglishBVC Certification Facilitator
▶ Expert in Organisational Culture, Change Management, Psychometrics, Leadership Development and Strategy
• Over 20 years working across public and private sectors, with extensive experience in financial services.
• Master's degree in social science. Registered Industrial Psychologist.
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Anita Verster
AFRICA | SOUTH AFRICA
Languages: English▶ Expert in Culture, Individual Transformation, Leadership Development and Coaching
• 24 years of experience in organisational development, culture assessment and transformation, leadership development, coaching, and individual wellbeing.
• Directed multi-year, complex programmes focused on culture change, organisational transformation, and leadership development in some of the largest organisations in Africa.
Latin America | BVC Senior Associates
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Gabriela Infer Arrom
EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA
Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, EnglishBVC Certification Facilitator
▶ Consultant, Facilitator, and Executive Coach
• 20 years of experience advising executives, teams, and organisations on culture change and leadership development.
• Corporate experience at Terra Network (Telefonica) in marketing and business development.
• Global business experience across Europe and Latin America.
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Gui Marbeck
LATIN AMERICA | BRAZIL
Languages: PortugueseBVC Certification Facilitator
▶ Senior Advisor in Organisational Culture, Strategy and Leadership, Expert in Navigating and Transforming Complex Organisations
• 27 years of corporate executive experience in the financial sector, including senior leadership roles at Banco Econômico, Chase Manhattan Bank, and Citibank.
• 15 years leading over 100 organisational culture and transformation initiatives across large and complex organisations.
• Economist with an MBA, certified in multiple Organisational Development methodologies and tools.
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Ines Medeiros
LATIN AMERICA | BRAZIL
Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, EnglishBVC Certification Facilitator
▶ Facilitator of Systemic Transformation, Evolutionary Coach, Learning Ecosystems Co-Creator, Culture Expert
• 20 years of experience as an executive and life coach serving organisations in Portugal and Brazil.
• Facilitator of cultural transformation projects, change management, and leadership development programmes in national and global companies.
BVC CERTIFIED CONSULTANTS
Consultants in our worldwide network drive cultural transformation internationally. In the past three years, our consultants have served clients in almost 100 different countries. All share a passion and a singular commitment to long-term client success.
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EUROPE
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
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NORTH AMERICA
Canada, Costa Rica, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname
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ASIA
China, India, Indonesia, Lebanon, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan
AFRICA
Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa
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OCEANIA
Australia, New Zealand
MIDDLE EAST
United Arab Emirates