Meet our Syntropic Team
Advisory + mentors + coaches + strategists
Colleen Reichrath-Smith, Netherlands
Colleen Reichrath-Smith, trained international career coach and co-author of A Career in Your Suitcase, supports you to recognise, create and navigate your way towards your personally meaningful future. Re-member your story, find your resonant voice and clarify your direction to navigate the unique career path that syntropically aligns with who you are.
Benny Wallington, Australia
Benny has spent the last 5–10 years curiously creating movements for endangered species protection and healthy boozing. In 2021 he designed a prototype with SW alumni Steve Brophy to share the Syntropic Audit. Its simplicity and versatility means it can be used from bomb shelters to boardrooms. Currently raising funds for resilient regenerative hubs using renewable energy with First Nations knowledge centres partnering with another SW alumni, Bob Beth.
Marianne Wyne, Canada
Grew up on farms in Kenya & Denmark. Lived in six countries. Travelled in 45. Outdoor enthusiast. Worked in the corporate world for 25. Now I lead a Syntropic startup focused on regenerative agriculture & rebuilding regional food supply chains. My work makes my soul sing.
Paula Kensington, Australia
Prof. Michael Friebe, PhD, Germany
German engineer, researcher, innovator, founder, inventor, and business angel. Interested to combine exponential technologies and disruptive thinking for democratization of health and education. Michael is on the faculty of TUM + OVGU (Germany), AGH (Poland), and QUT (Australia), inventor of >100 patents, author of >300 articles, and has started over 35 start-ups.
Henk Hadders, Netherlands
Henk is a former executive director of the board of a mental health Institute in The Netherlands, who after his retirement is working for the commons & the common good. He is an advisory board member of the Center for Sustainable Organizations, advocation partner of R3.0 and member of the Syntropic World community
Cindy Forde, UK
Cindy is an author, and co-founder of Planetari, an education platform aligned with the planetary boundaries that equip children be the innovators of a better world. Her children’s book ‘Bright New World’ was published by Welbeck in October 2022. Formerly MD of the Blue Marine Foundation and CEO of Cambridge Science Centre, she has an MSc in Sustainability and Business Practice and is an award-winning creative. She holds numerous board and advisory roles including for She Changes Climate for full inclusion of women’s voices on planetary issues.
Kelly Watkin, New Zealand
Manuela Damant, UK
10 years as Underwriter and Risk & Insurance Advisor at Shell International. Escaped the city to become a coach in 2004. Believes in the potential of organisations to become forces for good. Encourages women to embrace their innate collaborative and purpose driven leadership power to create a better world for all. Passionate about shared leadership and new models of organisational structures.
Nikki Thompson, Australia
Nikki is a weaver and always has been. Attracted to different strands and polarities, slowly witnessing their transformation into emerging syntropic web of possibilities. She is blessed to live with a man who has deep roots in the land and together they are weaving new ways forward as land custodians in rural Australia.
Rosh Evans, Dubai
Exploring what it means to be a human being untangled from the social construct.
Mila Aliana, UK
Mila is a senior consultant with a wealth of commercial acumen and expertise in diverse industries, sectors and cultures. She navigates within ecosystems of multiple actors, co-experimenting social innovations and transformational experiential initiatives, to co-experiment together on remembering ‘We as Nature’ and our original instructions as Guardians of Life.
Paul Epping, Netherlands
Serial entrepreneur. Top 200 Global Powerlist of Leadership Thought Leaders to Follow. Global keynote speaker. Executive coach. Forward-looking mentality. Multi-cultural professional experiences related to innovation and transformation projects. Curious by design. Events always happen in systems.
Jane Sydenham Clarke, Australia
Chief Executive Officer, Foundation Nova DiemTransformational leader, driven to make a sustained positive impact, evidenced by lifelong contributions empowering structural and systemic change, and enabling pioneering health, community, cultural and educational initiatives. Jane is able to support organisational development for social impact unlocking potential and breaking down barriers for a more equitable and inclusive world.
Murray Galbraith, Australia
Best known as co-founder and advisor to some of Australia’s biggest tech events, Murray has spent 15+ years as a creative and strategist, working across media, advertising, technology and events.
In addition to running SyntropicStudio.com, he is Head of Design for Rain Protocol, a founding board member of Aboriginal Art Co and countless other super fun side projects.
DJ Carey, USA
DJ is a creative, strategy, and technology leader with 25+ years invested in marketing for brands and agencies in most industry verticals across the world. Over his career, he’s built global teams, solved intricate technical challenges for clients large and small, designed and enhanced brand strategies and communications, and championed the talent and culture of the incredible people he’s been fortunate enough to work with over his career journey.
Steve Brophy, Australia
Steve is an educator, innovator and peak performance expert. He’s incredibly passionate about technology, play and neuroscience positively impacting humanity. Steve believes the greatest gift to ourselves is the gift of lifelong learning to explore brave new worlds and connect deeply with people from all walks of life. His mission is to work with people to help them rediscover playfulness to solve wicked problems.
Rachelle Armstrong, Australia
Rachelle and Justin’s business, Soil Restoration Farming’s purpose is to heal the planet through agriculture. They are driven by people being their own kind of different, which is what is needed to grow the regenerative agriculture movement, building new models that make the existing degenerative models obsolete. The source idea is to connect people with each other and the land.
Sarah Scott, Tanzania
Founder and executive director of The Kilimanjaro Project, a large scale ecosystem restoration project at the foothills of Mt Kilimanjaro and Mt Meru. Chief Steward of the Kijani Pamoja movement (an African urban regreening movement). Sarah curates creative events, service activities and impact workshops.
Daria Nashat, Belgium
Daria Nashat is a community-builder and international speaker and trainer on leadership, resilience strategies, new narratives, and the co-founder of ‘Women in Politics’. Prior to founding her own business, she worked in the field of peacebuilding, refugee return, and community-building.
Jan Hutton, Australia
Chief Executive Officer Australian Tourism Data Warehouse. (ATDW) Jan is a trusted business leader and advisor, with the ability to identify and drive visitor economy growth. She has a proud track record, delivering strategies that enhance competitive positioning. With specialisation in developing purpose-led organisations and transforming the way that they work, Jan joins the dots to unlock opportunities in travel and tourism.
Solomon Felous, Greece
Solomon spent the majority of his career in the fashion industry, both in the USA and Italy.