Excellence is never an accident. We are a team of professionals with a passion for our work
and for life. We are a collaborative, multi-disciplinary network of highly skilled and experienced individuals. With our diversity of experience and talent, we can tailor our services to meet specific customer objectives.
Most importantly, we love what we do.
Alex Wray, Senior Partner
Alison Lee (van Buuren), Executive Coach and Consultant
Charles Holmes, Senior Facilitator
Danae Johnson, Executive Coach
Heather Bordo, Senior Consultant and Executive Coach
Jeff Arnold, Senior Consultant and Executive Coach
Jeremy Jackson, Psychometrician
Natalie Michael, Senior Consultant and Executive Coach
Mike Scott, Executive Coach and Senior Analyst
Sasja Nieukerk, Trainer and Coach
Mandy Causer, Executive Assistant
Wendy Wray, Managing Partner
ALEX WRAY, Senior Partner
As Wray Group's senior consultant, facilitator, trainer and keynote speaker, Alex has worked throughout North America, and globally, from Singapore to Copenhagen. He is the chief innovator and designer of all Wray Group workshops and programs. Alex has the engaging presence, focused mindset and broad knowledge base of a leader. He also has a unique ability to communicate and empathize with all levels in an organization - from the executive office to the shop floor. As an expert in Situational Leadership, Alex focuses on its practical applications in the workplace. He is also widely recognized as a leading expert in corporate facilitation. Since co-founding Wray Group in 1993, Alex's focus has remained on making a lasting difference for his clients.
ALISON LEE (VAN BUUREN), Executive Coach and Consultant
Alison is an executive coach and consultant whose work with organizations in high technology, financial services, telecommunications, retail and healthcare focuses on improving overall company performance, leadership capability and culture. She works with her clients from a systems-based perspective driving towards transformational and sustainable strategies. She supports senior leaders and their teams in business strategy and team development. Most recently, she worked at SAP (formerly Business Objects), a global software company and held the roles of Worldwide Learning Camp; Development Consultant and Manager of Community Investment. She has an MBA from Royal Roads University, Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching and certification in negotiation and mediation from the Justice Institute of BC.
CHARLES HOLMES, Senior Facilitator
Charles Holmes is a skilled facilitator and educator whose 18 years of experience has honed a passion for creating meaningful dialogue among groups whose diverse opinions would otherwise work against a common understanding of desired outcomes. Charles has facilitated projects with clients from health care to forestry and mining, software and pharmaceutical companies, educational institutions and utility firms, government and not-for-profit sectors. Charles has taught negotiation, team building, facilitation and leadership in Executive Programs for Universities in Canada and Saudi Arabia. He was co-founder of the Learning Strategies Group in the Faculty of Business at Simon Fraser University where he was the lead in establishing the Executive Development Program, a biotech MBA and an MBA in Applied Sustainability. Charles' number one interest is helping groups to see the potential of what they might create together; to acknowledge, but not be constrained by the past, and to explore opportunities for working together toward a common future.
DANAE JOHNSON, Executive Coach
Danae is the founder of Thinking Partners (Canada), and collaborates with Wray Group as a coach. Drawing on over 17 years of experience in leadership and business management, Danae coaches entrepreneurs and leaders in the executive suite. Most recently, she served as a vice president of people development at a leading resort operations and real estate development firm with more than 25,000 employees. Danae has created and facilitated successful learning programs in many areas of strategic human resources, including leadership and coaching skills, performance management, recruitment and selection, change management, conflict resolution and communications. Danae is a Certified Executive Coach (CEC) and a Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP). She volunteers as a coach with the award-winning Minerva Foundation and is an active member of the Vancouver chapter of the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
HEATHER BORDO, Senior Consultant and Executive Coach
Heather is a senior consultant, strategist and executive coach whose work with over 30 distinct organizations developing and implementing business strategies, improving business processes and driving operational change helps her bring a broad perspective to facilitating leadership performance and driving business results. The guidance Heather provides stems from her work with global and local organizations in the information technology, financial services, telecommunica-tions and manufacturing industries. Her approach is further supported by her roles coaching participants in the Accelerated Leadership Program at the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business, as well as teaching in the Executive Management Program at Simon Fraser University’s Business School and in the Executive Development Program at the Rotman School of Business in Toronto. Heather holds a Masters of Industrial Relations from the University of Toronto and an Advanced Coaching Certificate from the Coaches’ Training Institute.
JEFF ARNOLD, Senior Consultant and Executive Coach
Following a career in international business, Jeff has spent the last 20 years working to support individuals and organizations to consistently and effectively create results. As an executive coach and business consultant he has worked with clients across a wide range of industries to enable their best thinking and execution. Jeff works at both a whole organization and at an individual level. Organizationally, he facilitates leaders and their teams in strategy design, planning and execution, using fast, pragmatic methods that consistently get results. Individually, he is a skilled coach working with senior business leaders to develop their personal mastery and their ability to consistently create what matters, both professionally and personally.
JEREMY JACKSON, Psychometrician
Jeremy is a specialist in psychometrics, measurement theory and non-metric multivariate data analysis. Prior to joining Wray Group, he was vice president of consulting with a Canadian human resources consultancy. In that role, he developed a web-based human resources measurement tool and led a team in the development of the firm's feedback, analysis and reporting technology. Jeremy has authored or co-authored more than 20 peer-reviewed publications. He earned his PhD from Simon Fraser University and now teaches at Douglas College and the University College of the
Fraser Valley.
NATALIE MICHAEL, Senior Consultant and Executive Coach
Natalie is a Senior Consultant and Executive Coach who partners with the Wray Group on leadership development projects. Clients benefit from her past experience building integrated talent management systems for global and entrepreneurial clients and her expertise in succession management, leadership selection, and coaching. Throughout her career, she has worked with a variety of engineering firms in the environmental, mining, technology, and forestry sector. Prior to becoming a consultant, Natalie was the Vice President of Human Resources for an international technology company and she worked as an Executive Search Consultant. She has a Masters in Organizational Development from Fielding University, and she is trained as a Coactive and Evidence Based Coach. She has an undergraduate degree in Psychology.
MIKE SCOTT, Executive Coach and Senior Analyst
Mike is an executive coach and trainer of coaches, based in Toronto, Canada. Over the past twenty years Mike has trained thousands of managers, consultants and coaches in how individuals and organizations structure themselves to produce sustained high performance. Mike is a certified practitioner of the ‘structural approach’ to coaching. This approach, created by Robert Fritz, is based on principles of the creative process and a thinking discipline called Structural Dynamics. As an executive coach, Mike has helped individuals and organizations dramatically increase their effectiveness through his expertise in structural thinking and consulting. His clients have included some of Canada’s major financial institutions, the provincial government and several non-profit organizations. Mike began his career in the Canadian forest products industry in operations management and later in business planning and development. Mike has a B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Toronto.
SASJA NIEUKERK, Trainer and Coach
Sasja is a dynamic consultant, coach and trainer in the field of organizational development and leadership. Her areas of expertise include leadership and team development, coaching and mentoring, employee engagement and organizational change. Sasja holds a Master of Arts (MA) with a specialization in Leadership Development and Training from Royal Roads University in Victoria. She is also a member of the International Coaching Federation, which is renowned for its globally recognized credentialing program. Sasja leads Wray Group’s foundational workshops – Adaptive Leader and Engagement Coaching. Sasja is a qualified Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and certified facilitator for Achieve Global, a leader in the field of training and development for organizations, teams and leaders.
MANDY CAUSER, Executive Assistant
Mandy Causer, Executive Assistant with the Wray Group, brings a wealth of administrative experience, gained both in London, UK and Canada in a variety of industry sectors including financial, media and sales. Prior to joining the Wray Group, Mandy worked for an executive recruitment company and an entrepreneurial recruitment consultancy where she undertook the roles of Administration Manager and Client Engagement Manager.
WENDY WRAY, Managing Partner
Wendy, co-founder of Wray Group, has more than 20 years of experience in marketing, sales, business management and operations. Wendy is the resource manager for clients and external partners. Her background
in consulting, coaching and training comes from studies at leading institutions and programs, including Simon Fraser University, Justice Institute Centre for Conflict Resolution,
and the Robert Fritz Structural Consulting program. She is a Qualified Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) Professional and a Certified Cultural Transformation Tools Consultant with the Barrett Values Center.
As managing partner, she focuses on the overall direction and administration of the firm.