RAMESH SHAHDADPURI is Senior Educational Developer and Coaching & Mentoring Trainer, Centre for Learning Environment and Assessment Development (CoLEAD) at Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), a leading university in applied learning. He leads coaching and mentoring initiatives for faculty development with the aim of developing their professional capabilities as academics and effective leaders. In SIT, coaching development and practice is done through training workshops, peer learning platforms like Communities of Practice and Coaching Circles, and self-learning through Coach Academy, a knowledge repository with curated content from academic and industry sources. Ramesh has a Master in Knowledge Management from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Bachelor of Economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA. He is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC), International Coaching Federation (ICF) and a Professional Certified Corporate Coach, Singapore Management University. He is an active member of the ICF Singapore Chapter and has served on its Board of Directors. Ramesh does pro-bono work with non-profit organisations and youth groups to support their people development initiatives. Building on his experience in management, higher education and corporate training, Ramesh is active in researching, writing, and speaking on coaching and education topics via academic journals, education conferences and professional forums.

Yoko Mori is a doctoral candidate of higher education at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Her research interests include professional identity development, motivation, English Medium Instruction, intercultural communication, and internationalization of higher education.

Associate Professor Mitchell Parkes is Director, Academic Development at the University of New England. Mitch’s background is ICT and online education, he also has qualifications in Science, Library Science and History. Mitch holds an Advance HE Senior Fellowship and received an AAUT citation in 2016. Mitch is passionate about online learning and wombats (which loom large in his legend).

Professor Steven Warburton is Executive Principal, Education Futures at the University of New England. Steve is an experienced academic, researcher, project director and senior leader with over twenty years working in the field of higher education and technology, and large scale digital transformation. Steven’s work has maintained a strong focus on projects that forefront the strategic deployment of digital technologies: to enhance learning, teaching and assessment; promote wider access to education; improve student success and academic progress; promote active citizenship; and embed lifelong employability skills.