Aubrey Nazareth is a distinguished executive coach and organisation development consultant with over 22 years of experience advising leadership teams on organisational alignment, culture, and vision, mission and values. He brings together insights from leadership psychology and the realities of complex institutions to align leaders with the organizational goals. 

Over the past 16 years, he has coached senior leaders and high-potential executives across industries, including top-level executives. His work focuses on strengthening leadership effectiveness, deepening self-awareness and emotional intelligence, and enabling leaders to navigate complexity and lead teams more effectively.

A Professional Certified Coach (PCC) accredited by the International Coaching Federation, Aubrey is also a Master Certified Leadership Coach through Coach for Life, USA, and holds a Master’s degree in Integral Counselling Psychology from IFCU, Paris. 

Dieneke brings more than 30 years of humanitarian and development experience across Asia and Africa, and a leadership perspective shaped by working in fragile contexts. She returned to the Netherlands in 2022 as Managing Director of Simavi and is now Managing Director of WaterAid Netherlands.

Her work is guided by a deep commitment to social justice, leaving no one behind, and shifting power in policy and practice. She draws inspiration from the resilience of people living in fragile contexts, particularly women and girls.

Rakesh Kacker’s work spans energy policy, public administration and regulatory reform in India. During his tenure in the Indian Administrative Service, he served as Joint Secretary, Power, and Director in the Prime Minister’s Office, before retiring in 2013 as Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries.

His engagement with the energy sector has continued through work on policy and regulatory frameworks. In 2020–21, he chaired the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s committee on Uniform Standard Bidding Guidelines for renewable energy. His publications include Regulatory Reforms in India (co-authored, TERI and UNDP, 2003) and Coal: Phase Down or Phase Out (2022), reflecting his engagement with regulatory reform and the future of coal. He currently serves as Senior Consultant at the Centre.