Our Faculty
Kit Jackson
About KIT
Kit Jackson is a founding member of the Homeward Bound faculty and has been an active contributor to HB for over nine years. She has been the Strategy Stream Lead and Facilitator for all HB cohorts, voyaging to Antarctica with HB1, HB4 and HB6. In her tenth year with HB, she has taken the role of Lead Facilitator for HB9.
Kit is the Managing Director of Strategy Together. Kit’s aim is to enable people and organisations to make better strategic choices, and act on them. She integrates and aligns strategy, leadership impact, and culture for transformational outcomes.
From her early career in business turnaround consulting, Kit has had an implementation focus. She has spent almost forty years helping organisations and their leaders build their capability to manage strategic change successfully. She has done this throughout the world in a multitude of different contexts, cultures, geographies and industries. Kit has held senior leadership positions in both consulting and industry.
Kit’s long association with Balanced Scorecard creators Drs. Kaplan and Norton and her instrumental role in evolving the Strategy Execution methodology have earned her recognition as the leading expert in strategy mapping and strategic theme management.
Kit is an executive coach who supports people to be more strategic, take the next step, and fulfil more of their leadership, life, and legacy potential by developing and implementing a whole-of-life Personal Strategy.
Kit’s has a pragmatic focus on the achievement and empowerment of potential, whether providing strategic advice, delivering corporate performance improvement, implementing the right organisation structures, governance, and processes to deliver the results the strategy promises, or developing the strategic capabilities and culture to lead and enable change. She brings diverse life and work experiences to her leadership practice, and this drives her commitment to living with a growth mindset.
Kit is the Managing Director of Strategy Together. Kit’s aim is to enable people and organisations to make better strategic choices, and act on them. She integrates and aligns strategy, leadership impact, and culture for transformational outcomes.
From her early career in business turnaround consulting, Kit has had an implementation focus. She has spent almost forty years helping organisations and their leaders build their capability to manage strategic change successfully. She has done this throughout the world in a multitude of different contexts, cultures, geographies and industries. Kit has held senior leadership positions in both consulting and industry.
Kit’s long association with Balanced Scorecard creators Drs. Kaplan and Norton and her instrumental role in evolving the Strategy Execution methodology have earned her recognition as the leading expert in strategy mapping and strategic theme management.
Kit is an executive coach who supports people to be more strategic, take the next step, and fulfil more of their leadership, life, and legacy potential by developing and implementing a whole-of-life Personal Strategy.
Kit’s has a pragmatic focus on the achievement and empowerment of potential, whether providing strategic advice, delivering corporate performance improvement, implementing the right organisation structures, governance, and processes to deliver the results the strategy promises, or developing the strategic capabilities and culture to lead and enable change. She brings diverse life and work experiences to her leadership practice, and this drives her commitment to living with a growth mindset.
Kym Hamer
About kym
With over 30 years in strategy, marketing and innovation, Kym Hamer is an international leadership and personal branding coach, and a leadership design and facilitation practitioner working with teams and organisation across the world. She is also the creator of Building Brand You™, a methodology helping organisations, teams and individuals to create reputation, presence and gravitas – to be visible with intention – and works with leaders globally to inspire, align and engage thinking and behaviour to achieve results and leave a legacy.
Kym is passionate about inspiring and equipping people to create more high value opportunities by unlocking their greatest asset – themselves – and has worked with a broad range of sectors including Consumer Goods, Manufacturing, Construction and Engineering, Travel and Leisure, Finance and Insurance, Healthcare and Pharmaceutical as well as Higher Education, Research and Digital Media. She has worked with Homeward Bound since 2020, in a variety of roles – as faculty facilitator, LSI Coach, Faculty Lead for HB8 as well as being part of the submissions team for participant selection and voyaging to Antarctica in November 2023 as part of the on-board faculty.
Kym is one of Thinkers360’s Top 50 Global Influencers in Leadership, Top 20 in Marketing and Personal Branding and, for 4 years running, has been one of Thinkers360’s Top 10 Thought Leaders in Entrepreneurship. In 2023, she was recognised as one of Thinkers360s Top Voices globally. She is the host of the chart-topping Building Brand You™ podcast, currently in its 9th season.
Whether on the Members Board for Copthall School, a Member of the Advisory Board for The Time Capsule Project, or a Founding Board Member of CXSA Middle East, Kym champions shared experience, education and generative practice as the foundations for building a resilient and sustainable future for humankind.
Kym is passionate about inspiring and equipping people to create more high value opportunities by unlocking their greatest asset – themselves – and has worked with a broad range of sectors including Consumer Goods, Manufacturing, Construction and Engineering, Travel and Leisure, Finance and Insurance, Healthcare and Pharmaceutical as well as Higher Education, Research and Digital Media. She has worked with Homeward Bound since 2020, in a variety of roles – as faculty facilitator, LSI Coach, Faculty Lead for HB8 as well as being part of the submissions team for participant selection and voyaging to Antarctica in November 2023 as part of the on-board faculty.
Kym is one of Thinkers360’s Top 50 Global Influencers in Leadership, Top 20 in Marketing and Personal Branding and, for 4 years running, has been one of Thinkers360’s Top 10 Thought Leaders in Entrepreneurship. In 2023, she was recognised as one of Thinkers360s Top Voices globally. She is the host of the chart-topping Building Brand You™ podcast, currently in its 9th season.
Whether on the Members Board for Copthall School, a Member of the Advisory Board for The Time Capsule Project, or a Founding Board Member of CXSA Middle East, Kym champions shared experience, education and generative practice as the foundations for building a resilient and sustainable future for humankind.
Aaniyah Martin
About Aaniya
Aaniyah focuses on work that connects people and nature. She has 15 years of experience in the conservation sector with a strong emphasis on finding the balance for what is good for the Earth and good for the people.
Her career in conservation began by working for WWF South Africa for 10 years with a focus on marine conservation. Aaniyah is currently the founder and director of The Beach Co-op a non-profit organisation, registered in 2017, that aims to build communities that care for our marine environment. Aaniyah is a founding fellow for the Women for the Environment in Africa leadership programme, in which she participated in 2021. She is a director for Twyg a sustainable lifestyle non profit organisation, and has been a judge for the sustainable fashion awards hosted by Twyg for the past three years.
She has recently joined the Homeward Bound team to co-facilitate the science stream that brings together 109 STEMM women in 2022 from around the world for a yearlong online course focusing on the sustainability of our planet. She is a registered PhD student at the Environmental Learning Research Centre, Rhodes University. Her research focuses on co-creating a pedagogy of care for our marine environment.
Her career in conservation began by working for WWF South Africa for 10 years with a focus on marine conservation. Aaniyah is currently the founder and director of The Beach Co-op a non-profit organisation, registered in 2017, that aims to build communities that care for our marine environment. Aaniyah is a founding fellow for the Women for the Environment in Africa leadership programme, in which she participated in 2021. She is a director for Twyg a sustainable lifestyle non profit organisation, and has been a judge for the sustainable fashion awards hosted by Twyg for the past three years.
She has recently joined the Homeward Bound team to co-facilitate the science stream that brings together 109 STEMM women in 2022 from around the world for a yearlong online course focusing on the sustainability of our planet. She is a registered PhD student at the Environmental Learning Research Centre, Rhodes University. Her research focuses on co-creating a pedagogy of care for our marine environment.
Jessamyn Fairfield
About Jessamyn
Jessamyn Fairfield is a lecturer in the School of Natural Sciences at the University of Galway who specialises in science/art engagement projects, from both the performing arts side and the science communication side. Her research focuses on comedy, dance, and other performing arts in partnership with science, to explore technically and emotionally challenging topics. Her laboratory background is in nanomaterials for novel electronics, and she loves to look at interdisciplinary questions that require many different ways of knowing.
Right now, Jessamyn is the director of We Built This City on Rock and Coal (http://webuiltthiscity.ie/), which uses improvised theatre to make space for discussions about the climate crisis in coastal and island communities in rural Ireland. She has created two science/dance shows with choreographer Deidre Cavazzi (https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/science-communication-arts-steam-conduit-galway), NanoDance and CONDUIT, after they met at the Arctic Circle art/science residency programme. She is also an award-winning science communicator, and the founding director of Bright Club Ireland, a platform for communicating academic research with stand-up comedy. Listen to Jessamyn talk about using comedy for the greater good in her TEDx talk ‘Laugh, Think, Cry, Laugh Again.’
Jessamyn was part of the fourth cohort of Homeward Bound, and found it to be a critical resource and community that came at an inflection point in her career. Previously, she has upskilled women in STEMM in partnership with organisations like Soapbox Science and the Mawazo Institute. She has been part of the faculty of Homeward Bound since 2022, focusing on science communication, visibility, and impact.
Right now, Jessamyn is the director of We Built This City on Rock and Coal (http://webuiltthiscity.ie/), which uses improvised theatre to make space for discussions about the climate crisis in coastal and island communities in rural Ireland. She has created two science/dance shows with choreographer Deidre Cavazzi (https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/science-communication-arts-steam-conduit-galway), NanoDance and CONDUIT, after they met at the Arctic Circle art/science residency programme. She is also an award-winning science communicator, and the founding director of Bright Club Ireland, a platform for communicating academic research with stand-up comedy. Listen to Jessamyn talk about using comedy for the greater good in her TEDx talk ‘Laugh, Think, Cry, Laugh Again.’
Jessamyn was part of the fourth cohort of Homeward Bound, and found it to be a critical resource and community that came at an inflection point in her career. Previously, she has upskilled women in STEMM in partnership with organisations like Soapbox Science and the Mawazo Institute. She has been part of the faculty of Homeward Bound since 2022, focusing on science communication, visibility, and impact.
Nirvani Dhevcharran
About Nirvani
Nirvani has extensive technology experience. She has worked in multi-disciplinary environments and has driven the strategy and implementation of technology in all of these environments. Despite coming from a technology background, Nirvani has a passion for working with people and believes that optimum results are delivered in a motivated, empowering, positive work environment.
Nirvani is also driving the Sustainability goals for the department. She was a part of HB5 and a participant on HB Ushuaia Voyage 2023. She enjoys running, reading and travelling. Nirvani’s aim is to lead by example and to drive the up-liftment of females to achieve greater purpose.
Nirvani is also driving the Sustainability goals for the department. She was a part of HB5 and a participant on HB Ushuaia Voyage 2023. She enjoys running, reading and travelling. Nirvani’s aim is to lead by example and to drive the up-liftment of females to achieve greater purpose.
Hilary McManus
About Hilary
Hilary McManus is a full professor of environmental sciences at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, NY. She teaches about the science of the climate crisis in the classroom and local community and serves on various committees developing frameworks for more sustainable and climate-resilient communities. She aims to nurture the current and next generations of environmental stewards through hands-on experiences connecting with nature and leadership coaching.
In addition to being a professor, Hilary is a certified Executive Leadership and Career Coach and a member of the International Coaching Federation and Association for Coaching. She guides people to clarify goals, gain self-awareness, and unlock leadership potential.
Hilary is also a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps. She facilitates interactive workshops that offer participants opportunities to brainstorm climate action items on the individual, community, and policy levels.
In 2018, Hilary was selected as a participant in the second cohort of Homeward Bound, which culminated in a 3-week voyage to Antarctica. She has recently joined the faculty of Homeward Bound, helping to facilitate the leadership development program for the ninth cohort.
Hilary’s free time is spent outdoors with her two sons, hiking, camping, gardening, and practicing shinrin yoku and silent meditation.
In addition to being a professor, Hilary is a certified Executive Leadership and Career Coach and a member of the International Coaching Federation and Association for Coaching. She guides people to clarify goals, gain self-awareness, and unlock leadership potential.
Hilary is also a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps. She facilitates interactive workshops that offer participants opportunities to brainstorm climate action items on the individual, community, and policy levels.
In 2018, Hilary was selected as a participant in the second cohort of Homeward Bound, which culminated in a 3-week voyage to Antarctica. She has recently joined the faculty of Homeward Bound, helping to facilitate the leadership development program for the ninth cohort.
Hilary’s free time is spent outdoors with her two sons, hiking, camping, gardening, and practicing shinrin yoku and silent meditation.
Sandra Guzman
About Sandra
Sandra Guzmán is a specialist in climate finance, low carbon and sustainable development. She is Founder and General Director of the Climate Finance Group for Latin America and the Caribbean (GFLAC). She has a PhD in Politics from the University of York at the United Kingdom. Sandra has a specialty in Sustainable Finance from the University of Oxford and a Master’s Degree in Environmental Policy and Regulation from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
She is a specialist in energy and environmental policy and management from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) and has a degree in International Relations from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She was General Director of Climate Change Policies at the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico, SEMARNAT.
She is the first Mexican to be selected in the Homeward Bound, a project on Strengthening Women in Science with whom she visited Antarctica to document the Impacts of Climate Change in this territory. She was awarded by Marie Claire magazine as the intellectual (Le Geek C’est Chic) of the year in 2018 and was named one of the 34 “Change-makers” of the Chevening scholarships, being one of the two Mexican women awarded. She was awarded as one of the 30 most sustainable minds in Mexico in 2023.
She is a specialist in energy and environmental policy and management from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) and has a degree in International Relations from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She was General Director of Climate Change Policies at the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico, SEMARNAT.
She is the first Mexican to be selected in the Homeward Bound, a project on Strengthening Women in Science with whom she visited Antarctica to document the Impacts of Climate Change in this territory. She was awarded by Marie Claire magazine as the intellectual (Le Geek C’est Chic) of the year in 2018 and was named one of the 34 “Change-makers” of the Chevening scholarships, being one of the two Mexican women awarded. She was awarded as one of the 30 most sustainable minds in Mexico in 2023.
Nicola Beamish
About Nicola
Nicola is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and family therapist by trade, with medical administration training. She is working currently as Deputy Chief Psychiatrist and a coordinator for Doctors in Training in Tasmania. She has experience in public health and workforce wellbeing and has undertaken a Master by Research with Monash University, School of Public Health. Nicola thrives working in novel and on the run environments, where identifying key issues, problems solving, and timely action are priorities. She knows that working collaboratively and allowing people their voice is central to influencing outcomes.
Nicola’s guiding purpose is to make a small difference towards living in a more just world. Her focus has been particularly on advocacy and service improvements for people and populations where discrimination or disadvantage adversely affect life trajectories and access to health care.
Nicola is privileged to live in lutruwita (Tasmania) on the land of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Palawa/Pakana people. A immigrant from England as a child, she has made lutruwita her home, raised a family and is deeply connected to the land, sea and the local community. As an island State, she values the safe and wild spaces it has created for her and her loved ones, she would be adrift in the world without this connection. For this, she endeavours to live sustainably and give back to a land that nurtures so many.
Nicola recognises that the Tasmanian Aboriginal people did not cede right to this land and that less than 1% of lutruwita has been returned to the Tasmanian Aboriginal people. Return of land and treaty are vital steps in reconciliation and of recognition of the Tasmanian Aboriginal people.
Nicola’s guiding purpose is to make a small difference towards living in a more just world. Her focus has been particularly on advocacy and service improvements for people and populations where discrimination or disadvantage adversely affect life trajectories and access to health care.
Nicola is privileged to live in lutruwita (Tasmania) on the land of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Palawa/Pakana people. A immigrant from England as a child, she has made lutruwita her home, raised a family and is deeply connected to the land, sea and the local community. As an island State, she values the safe and wild spaces it has created for her and her loved ones, she would be adrift in the world without this connection. For this, she endeavours to live sustainably and give back to a land that nurtures so many.
Nicola recognises that the Tasmanian Aboriginal people did not cede right to this land and that less than 1% of lutruwita has been returned to the Tasmanian Aboriginal people. Return of land and treaty are vital steps in reconciliation and of recognition of the Tasmanian Aboriginal people.
Simon Osborne
About SIMON
Simon is the lead coach for the Homeward Bound program and has been a coach for participants on the program since it commenced in 2015.
A highly experienced coach, Simon is passionate about empowering people to be more constructive thinkers and leaders who deliver sustainably excellent business results. His experience has been gained in senior roles in both the public and private sectors in Australia and as a consultant with a major international consulting firm. He has worked with CEOs to team leaders and frontline staff in Australia and internationally.
Simon’s private sector management roles have included the HR Director of a national manufacturing industry association and the senior manager in charge of leadership and management development in a major Australian bank. In the past five years he’s provided coaching to more than 350 managers and executives.
Simon is accredited in the Human Synergistics suite of development tools including LSI1 and 2, the Group Styles Inventory, the Organisation Culture and Effectiveness Inventories as well as Leadership Impact and Management Impact. He’s accredited in the Global Leadership Wellbeing Survey and the Team Management Profile.
A highly experienced coach, Simon is passionate about empowering people to be more constructive thinkers and leaders who deliver sustainably excellent business results. His experience has been gained in senior roles in both the public and private sectors in Australia and as a consultant with a major international consulting firm. He has worked with CEOs to team leaders and frontline staff in Australia and internationally.
Simon’s private sector management roles have included the HR Director of a national manufacturing industry association and the senior manager in charge of leadership and management development in a major Australian bank. In the past five years he’s provided coaching to more than 350 managers and executives.
Simon is accredited in the Human Synergistics suite of development tools including LSI1 and 2, the Group Styles Inventory, the Organisation Culture and Effectiveness Inventories as well as Leadership Impact and Management Impact. He’s accredited in the Global Leadership Wellbeing Survey and the Team Management Profile.