Executive Coaching
Unlock your leadership potential with Swinburne Edge's Executive Coaching. Choose an expert coach and gain practical skills to build high-performing teams.
Swinburne Edge’s Executive Coaching panel empowers you to unlock your leadership potential through personalised guidance from expert executive coaches.
Designed for aspiring and current leaders, our panel equips you with practical coaching skills to identify opportunities, enhance strengths, and close workforce skills gaps. With a focus on real-world application, you can integrate insights directly into your role or organisation, enabling you to build competitive, high-performing teams.
Choose your coach and embark on a tailored journey to becoming a more effective and impactful leader.
Get in touch to discuss your coaching needs.
Our Services
Executive coaching for C-Suite
Unlock your leadership potential with personalised coaching for transformative growth.
Leadership Coaching
Elevate your leadership skills with tailored coaching for impactful and confident decision-making
Team Coaching
Transform your leadership team with coaching that fosters collaboration, innovation, and success
Coaching courses
Leverage our industry-leading courses in coaching to become a coach or train coaches within your organisation.
Meet our Executive Coaches
Edge’s Executive Coaching Panel includes Australia’s leading executive coaches.
With a proven track-record of supporting leaders and their organisations to thrive, the Edge Executive Coaching Panel is dedicated to enhancing your executive and leadership development and organisational success.
All Edge coaches are accredited and bring extensive executive and leadership experience across various industries. Many hold certificates, specifically in leadership and team diagnostic tools, such as 360, personality and psychometric tools.
Reach out to book time with your chosen coach.
Coach bios
Marisa Dantanarayana
Marisa has been an executive coach and facilitator since 2002, leveraging her extensive international business and not-for-profit board experience to empower hundreds of executives. One of only 30 coaches in Australia with the ICF’s MCC credential, she leads the Swinburne Postgraduate Certificate in Organisational Coaching.
Marisa works with diverse clients, from large corporations to small businesses, across public and private sectors. Previously, she held executive roles in global companies, driving revenue growth and managing opportunities worth up to $25 million.
Credentials
- International Coaching Federation Accredited, ACC, PCC and MCC
- Post-Graduate Diploma of Management, Marketing
- Bachelor of Planning and Design, Melbourne University
- Cert IV in Workplace Training & Assessment, Swinburne University
- Various coach specific training (500+ hours)
Instrument accreditations
- BarOn EQ, Full Circle Feedback, Genos, Psych Safety index - Fearless Organisation Scan (FOS), Hogan, index 360, LSI 1 &2, The Leadership Circle (TLC), Kantor Structural Dynamics and Squadify.
Experience
Public sector experience
- ACCS, AITSL, APS, Austin Health, Asialink, ATO, Ballarat Health Services, DHHS, DJPR, MAIB and Sustainability Victoria.
Private sector experience
- AGL, Allens, AMP, Ansell, ANZ, BHP Billiton, BioCSL, BUPA, Caltex, Cardno, CBA, Cbus, Citywide, Coles, Fonterra, Geelong Port, General Motors, Grampians Health, Herbert Smith Freehills, Holden, Merck, MasterFoods, NAB, NBN, Optus, Origin Energy, QBE, RMIT, Telstra, University of Melbourne, Vision Australia, Woolworths and Xero.
Specialities
- Leadership Development: C-suite, Senior Leadership and Middle Management
- Individual Executive Coaching
- Team and Group Coaching
- High Performance & Sustainability
- Enabling the Ideal Self more often
Ann has worked with a range of organisations in both Australia and New Zealand in private, public and not-for-profit sectors, including aviation, IT, transport, regulation, health, tertiary education, membership, and professional services.
Ann has been working as an executive coach for ten years. She is also a coach trainer for the Graduate Certificate of Organisational Coaching at Swinburne University of Technology, and an accredited coach mentor and supervisor.
Credentials
- Master Practitioner, European Mentoring and Coaching Council
- Senior Practitioner, Team Coaching, European Mentoring and Coaching Council
- Professional Certified Coach, International Coach Federation
- Graduate Certificate Organisational Coaching, Swinburne University
- Graduate Certificate Career Development, Swinburne University
- Professional Certificate in Advanced Study in Coaching Supervision, Oxford Brooks University
- Bachelor of Science (Hons) and Masters Public Policy Victoria University, New Zealand
Experience
Public sector experience
- Australian Tax Office, Department of Education and Training, Department of Primary Industries (VIC), Treasury, Commerce Commission (New Zealand), and Tertiary Education Commission (New Zealand).
Private sector experience
- CISCO, Comcare, Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools, Skillinvest, KiwiWealth and Teladoc.
Specialities
- Executive Management
- Senior Management
- Women in Leadership
- Transition into Senior Management
- Leadership Identity
- Career Development
Karen Tweedie
Karen is a leadership coach who helps highly skilled technical leaders develop a stronger people focus while navigating change. She works across sectors including pharmaceuticals, health, retail, mining, IT, banking, manufacturing, consulting, government, and not-for-profit.
Karen equips leaders to articulate their vision, live their values, and manage resistance authentically. She supports their growth, ensuring they are prepared to lead effectively, inspire change, and navigate challenges such as resetting team culture and fostering collaboration.
Credentials
- Bachelor of Science (Human Geography and Outdoor (Experiential) Education): University of Wisconsin, River Falls
- Post Graduate Certificate (Public Service Management): Flinders University
- Accredited Organisational Coach (Level III): Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership (IECL)
- Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Certified Teacher: Openground Mindfulness Program
- Certificate IV in Community Mediation: Axis
- Certificate IV Training and Assessment: Outward Bound Australia
- Certificate IV Outdoor Recreation (Adventure based learning & Emergency response): Outward Bound Australia
- Emergency Medical Technician – Basic: National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (USA)
- Member: International Association of Facilitators (IAF)
- Member: International Coaching Federation (ICF)
Experience
Public sector experience
- Key Federal Government departments and organisations including the Attorney-General’s Department, Austrade, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Taxation Office, Australian Federal Police, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Department of Treasury and the National Disability Agency, including others.
Specialities
- Conflict Resolution
- Public Sector Craft
- Leadership frameworks
- Leadership Identity
- Mindful Leadership
- Career Management
- Performance Development
James Samana
James is a respected leadership development expert with extensive experience across public, private, health, academic, and not-for-profit sectors. He empowers clients to gain valuable career insights and integrate them into their leadership identity. His expertise spans conflict resolution, experiential education, public sector operations, and professional coaching.
A key highlight of his work includes redesigning and facilitating the Senior Executive Service Orientation program for the Australian Public Service Commission.
Credentials
- Bachelor of Science (Human Geography and Outdoor (Experiential) Education): University of Wisconsin, River Falls
- Post Graduate Certificate (Public Service Management): Flinders University
- Accredited Organisational Coach (Level III): Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership (IECL)
- Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Certified Teacher: Openground Mindfulness Program
- Certificate IV in Community Mediation: Axis
- Certificate IV Training and Assessment: Outward Bound Australia
- Certificate IV Outdoor Recreation (Adventure based learning & Emergency response): Outward Bound Australia
- Emergency Medical Technician – Basic: National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (USA)
- Member: International Association of Facilitators (IAF)
- Member: International Coaching Federation (ICF)
Experience
Public sector experience
- Key Federal Government departments and organisations including the Attorney-General’s Department, Austrade, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Taxation Office, Australian Federal Police, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Department of Treasury and the National Disability Agency, including others.
Specialities
- Conflict Resolution
- Public Sector Craft
- Leadership frameworks
- Leadership Identity
- Mindful Leadership
- Career Management
- Performance Development
Trent Mason
Trent brings over 15 years of experience in coaching, consulting, and product strategy, offering a unique blend of expertise to support executives navigating the digital age. He guides leaders in leveraging emerging technologies, fostering a culture of enterprise agility, and adapting to dynamic landscapes.
Trent helps develop winning product strategies through systems thinking, ensuring alignment with customer needs and business goals.
Credentials
- Executive Coach, International Coaching Federation
- Graduate Certificate for Organisational Coaching, Swinburne University of Technology
Instrument accreditations
- SAFe Program Consultant, Scaled Agile Framework
- Certified Agile Leadership, Scrum Alliance
- Advanced AI Product Management and Leadership, AI Product Academy
Experience
Public sector experience
- Federal Government Departments in a range of areas.
Private sector experience
- Big 4, boutique agencies in various industries.
Specialities
- Digital Transformation
- Emerging technologies
- Product Strategy
- Workplace Culture Creation
- Collaboration & Agility
- Delivering Measurable Results
- Strength Assessments
Peter Cumming
Preter is an organisational coach who assists clients in defining their beliefs, identifying opportunities, crafting their career strategy, and exploring leadership drivers and blockers so they will flourish in the workplace.
He brings over two decades of experience in group and individual coaching, along with a passion for coaching and mentoring, gained from his work in prestigious investment management companies in both the private and Victorian government sectors. He has coached people at all levels across diverse industry sectors.
Credentials
- Executive Master in Change, INSEAD
- Graduate Diploma of Organisational Coaching, Swinburne University
- ICF accreditation (PCC)
- Bachelor of Economics (BEc)
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
- Certified Practising Accountant (CPA)
Instrument accreditations
- Global Executive Leadership Mirror (GELM®) 360
- Organisational Culture Audit (OCA™)
Experience
Public sector experience
- Federal government departments and Victorian Funds Management Limited.
Private sector experience
- Technology, mining, retail, medical, education, and infrastructure.
Specialities
- Decision-Making Biases
- Emerging Leadership
- Leadership Mindsets and Behaviours
- Career Strategy
- Business Model Innovation
- Organisational Culture
- Organisational Purpose
- Strategy Coaching
Discover coaching at Edge
Executive coaching typically runs over six months with monthly one-hour coaching sessions, customisable to suit your needs. Choose to meet with your coach face-to-face, Live Online or another way that best suits you.
Each stage of your coaching is backed by evidence-based theory and a robust process.
How we work with you
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Stage 1
Understanding your needs
We start by identifying your goals, challenges, and what you want to achieve through coaching.
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Stage 2
Selecting the right coach
Based on your needs, we match you with a qualified coach who aligns with your objectives and preferences.
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Stage 3
Setting clear goals
Together with your coach, you define specific goals and agree on what success looks like.
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Stage 4
Ongoing coaching support
Coaching sessions take place regularly, providing guidance, feedback, and support as you work towards your goals.
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Stage 5
Progress
We provide updates and reports to track development and ensure accountability.
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Stage 6
Reflect and grow
You’ll reflect on what you’ve learned, celebrate progress and identify next steps for continued growth.
ICF Accreditations
Swinburne University of Technology has been recognised as a Level 2 ICF Accredited Coaching Education Provider by International Coach Federation (ICF), the premium international professional body for coaches. Swinburne Edge’s Graduate Certificate in Organisational Coaching is accredited with the ICF. The program has been specifically designed to meet the ICF Core Competencies and Code of Ethics.
Executive Coaching outcomes
While every coaching experience is unique, tailored to your individual needs and objectives, these are some typical achievements we see from those who choose coaching with Edge:
- learning how to remediate ineffective behaviours that are not effective
- developing further leadership, management and other work-related skills
- improving performance through the achievement of goals
- becoming more effective through the development of increasingly sophisticated understandings of self, others and the systems within which we operate
- achieving organisation goals by linking coaching outcomes to strategic plans, culture shifts and change initiatives.
Coaching training
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Executive Coaching Program
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Graduate Certificate in Organisational Coaching (fast track)
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Masterclass: Leader as Coach
Contact us
If you have any questions, our Senior Consultants would be happy to talk further about your workforce training and professional development needs.