Our people

Meet our coaches

24 team members

  • Portrait of Herman van Hunnik

    Herman van Hunnik

    Business Coach · Apeldoorn (NL)

    Herman grew up in a family business and has more than 20 years of experience growing companies in commerce, sales and change management. His passion is family businesses: he helps owners build value and guides the often complex handover to the next generation, with a results-driven, down-to-earth approach and plenty of humour.

  • Portrait of Nelian Chabot

    Nelian Chabot

    Business Coach · Goeree-Overflakkee (NL)

    Entrepreneur, mother and elite athlete. Nelian works with freelancers and small business owners who want to scale up, and helps employers get more out of their teams with the DISC method.

  • Portrait of Lammert Prakken

    Lammert Prakken

    Business Coach · Goeree-Overflakkee (NL)

    Lammert has been an entrepreneur for more than 30 years, in metal construction, hospitality, franchising and solar energy. He helps business owners take their company to the next level, so it runs without them.

  • Portrait of Dave Martinus

    Dave Martinus

    Business Coach · Aruba (Dutch Caribbean)

    Dave joined ActionCOACH Aruba in 2012 and has coached many business owners on growth and goals since. He has more than ten years of sales and business development experience across several industries, has volunteered with non-profit organisations and received business awards in 2011 and 2018.

  • Portrait of Emily Da Costa Gomez

    Emily Da Costa Gomez

    Business Coach · Dutch Caribbean (Curaçao)

    Emily was the first person to join ActionCOACH Dutch Caribbean, in December 2011. For years she ran business development, sales, marketing, finance, client relations and the office, and she recently became a business coach herself. She holds a degree in social studies and has a background in recruitment and hospitality.

  • Portrait of Moses Chybar

    Moses Chybar

    Certified Business Coach · Jamaica

    Moses is an entrepreneur who won the NCB Capital Quest in 2016 and received the Governor General’s Award for Excellence in 2018. He is President of the Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce and Board Chairman of The Manning’s School.

  • Portrait of Laycya Holmes Graham

    Laycya Holmes Graham

    Certified Business Coach · Jamaica

    Laycya rose from Microsoft Jamaica’s first Academy College Hire to Country Representative, and later became Country Manager for Jamaica and Customer Success Lead for the Caribbean at Inova Solutions. She holds leadership training from INSEAD and Fujitsu.

  • Portrait of Keon Smith

    Keon Smith

    Certified Business Coach · Guyana

    Keon holds certificates in Marketing, Conflict Resolution, Communications and Leadership. He helps people transform their lives and businesses and champions ActionCOACH’s role in unlocking Guyana’s economic potential.

  • Portrait of Prem Parsan

    Prem Parsan

    Certified Business Coach · Guyana

    Premendra helps Guyanese entrepreneurs build strong teams, systems and financial discipline. With experience in retail, manufacturing and creative enterprises, he holds a Master’s in Medium and Small Enterprise Management.

  • Portrait of Upasna Mudlier

    Upasna Mudlier

    Certified Business Coach · Guyana

    Upasna holds two MBAs and a BSc in Chemistry. A trainer, HerVenture Manager and business coach, she leads the Road to Growth, Road to Leadership and Road to Finance foundation courses.

  • Portrait of Andre Cummings

    Andre Cummings

    Certified Business Coach · Guyana

    Andre is a business growth strategist with an MBA in Marketing. He grew Floor It’s revenue more than tenfold in four years and now helps owners strengthen leadership, build systems and scale without burnout.

  • Portrait of Monique Cova

    Monique Cova

    Regional Area Developer · British Virgin Islands

    Monique is a financial professional with more than 25 years of international experience, an LLM in Dutch Law and a BA in Psychology. Based in the British Virgin Islands, she is an Independent Director and Business Development Advisor, and the first point of contact for franchise and coaching enquiries in the Caribbean.

Arnout Druyvesteyn and Janine Lie-A-Kwie

Our story

Our story

Janine and Arnout brought ActionCOACH to the Caribbean in 2009, starting from Curaçao. Janine and Arnout coached business owners themselves while we searched the region for the right franchise partners. Island by island, country by country, the network grew: Jamaica, Guyana, Suriname, Aruba, Curaçao, Trinidad & Tobago and Martinique. After we moved to the Netherlands, we started ActionCOACH in the Netherlands, and later in Flanders. We have done everything a coach goes through ourselves: finding clients, coaching them, running workshops and building a business. That is why we know what our coaches and franchise partners need, and why we can help them succeed. As Master Franchisees we also run our own ActionCOACH Firm, in the Caribbean and in the Netherlands. In every country or region where we do not yet have a franchise partner, new coaches can join our Firm as Associate coaches. Today the network covers 26 countries and territories in the Caribbean, plus the Netherlands and Flanders, with one mission: World Abundance through Business Re-Education.