Our Thought Leaders & Subject Matter Experts
Greg Matten: Pausation & On-Cue Risk Assessment
Greg is founding Director of The Safety BrainsTrust
His passion is helping people move from reaction to considered response to enable wise decisions by accessing head, heart and gut that lead to desired outcomes.
Greg’s core competency is the ability to quickly comprehend complex information and see the ‘forest for the trees’ and then translate complexity into simplicity for the benefit of others.
He has 25 years of experience across multiple disciplines within the highly regulated and safety-critical aviation industry; as an air force pilot and as an aircraft accident investigator for insurance companies and airlines.
Greg is a member of The International Society of Air Safety Investigators.
http://www.isasi.org
He enjoys fishing, reading, astronomy, motor biking and spending quality time with his family.
Greg's career highlights include:
Catlin Syndicate of Lloyds of London: Aircraft accident investigation and loss-adjustment on behalf of aviation insurance companies including all aviation work in Africa.
Sefofane Air Charters: Project Lead resulting in their accreditation as an aviation service provider to the United Nations World Food Programme.
Safety.Net: SMS Design and Implementation Workshops.
Safety.Net & Navigatus Consulting Ltd: Co-creator of the SMAART aviation risk profiling tool.
Navigatus Consulting Ltd: Programme Manager and Lead Auditor for the relaunched AIRCARE™ Accreditation Programme.
NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd: Project leader ISO 9001: 2008 Quality Management Systems, resulting in awarding of ISO 9001: 2008 Certification.
Jetconnect Ltd: Lead: Safety Management System (SMS) evaluation by Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand (CAANZ) resulting in Jetconnect being the first international passenger turbojet aircraft operator in New Zealand to have their SMS certified by CAANZ.
The Jilly Murphy Memorial Aviation Safety Scholarship: Twice runner-up, for:
- 2020 for Interruptive Thinking
- 2019 for The SOFt Programme™
The Safety BrainsTrust Ltd: Creator of Pausation™ and Dynamic On-Cue Risk Assessment.
Jake Sachs: Effective Communication
Jake is a Director of The Safety BrainsTrust
Jake is a strong believer that effective communication, decision making and mindsets are the fundamentals of safe and productive workforces, and therefore businesses.
He knows that human performance and professional development around focused thinking and culture has had, and will continue to have, profound effects on the safety and productivity of both employees and organisations.
Jake has spent over 20 years in the aviation sector and has extensive experience in the training and development arena. Previous roles include leading a team as the Flight Crew Training Manager in a jet aircraft airline in New Zealand, and developing and implementing world class training material for a number of training organisations.
In his own time, Jake likes to spend time with his two kids, go fishing and spend time away on his yacht.
Jake's achievements include:
- Holder of an Air Transport Pilots Licence.
- Holder of a Category B Flight Instructor rating with night, aerobatics and multi engine endorsements.
- Managing a team of over 30 training personnel whilst holding the role of Flight Crew Training Manager.
- Presenter at the internationally recognised Human Factor/Crew Resource Management forum PACDEFF in 2014 and 2016.
- Project leader for the ‘clean slate’ redesign of the initial intake training programme for a major airline.
Jamie Ford: Mindset Matters Most
Jamie is a Director of Resilient Minds
Jamie is a thought leader in behavioural change. He excels in turning around the thinking habits of others, including several years tackling the most challenging of social problems as a drug and alcohol addiction counsellor for the Salvation Army.
Today, Jamie pours his expertise into business sector mentoring those in senior management positions in training, HR and sales. He also runs the University of Auckland’s “Learning Resilience and Optimism” short course at the Business School, which is in the top five of all short courses.
Jamie is a charter associate member of the International Positive Psychology Association, a founding member of the NZ Association of Positive Psychology, and a member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand.
Jamie himself is professionally supervised by Dr Judith McMorland. Jamie has three adult daughters and is the proud grandfather of two granddaughters and two grandsons.
His personal interests include playing trombone in competitive brass bands, with seven NZ & Australian titles to his name. He’s enjoyed collecting numerous bronze, silver and gold National Sprint Championship medals in outrigger canoe racing (waka ama) as well. Nowadays he likes to ride motorcycles here in NZ and other parts of the world.
Included amongst the many enterprises that have engaged him to work on the resilience of their people are:
- The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet of the Australian Government,
- The Crusaders and Canterbury Rugby Union,
- Partners Life,
- The Far North District Council, and
- Westland Milk.
Hilary-Ann Baird: Conscious Change
Director of Future Ready Limited
Hilary believes that growing present moment and conscious awareness affords us the opportunity to succeed or fail in navigating this fast-paced exponential change curve we find ourselves in.
She believes that creating safer and better outcomes requires us to evolve beyond our current perspectives, and journey to new ways of thinking and behaving to overcome challenges and fully realize opportunities.
Hilary-Ann has worked with individuals, teams and leaders across many industry sectors from Mining and Industrial to global Corporate brands, to guide them through change.
Her interests include organic and sustainable living practices and being present in the wonders of nature. She also loves painting and playing guitar.
Some of the many organisations in New Zealand that have benefitted from Hilary-Ann’s expertise include:
- BNZ
- ASB Bank
- Westpac NZ
- Fonterra Ltd
- Foodstuffs NZ
- Westland Milk
- Tower Insurance NZ
- Tenzing New Zealand (Previously KPMG NZ).