OUR TEAM
Andres has worked for 20 years with themes of wholeness, systems-change, responsibility and connection across many areas of life and work. He leads work with organisations such as Patagonia, Natura & Co, Aviva Investors and more. He was a catalyst and is now a project lead for the Philanthropy Lab - an initiative helping funders collaborate towards ‘Economies in Service to Life’. He has helped initiate programmes such as ‘OD For Life’ helping consultants act to care for the planet. Most deeply, he is a Nature Quest guide - helping people reconnect and transform through profound immersions in nature. His favourite place in nature is in the sea and in Welsh mountains; in being a husband and Dad, in remembering his Colombian roots, and watching Everton Football Club.
Andres
Roberts
Founding Partner, Fellowship Programme Director, Consultancy Practice Lead
Din has been learning, co-designing, facilitating and consulting for the last 20 years in the field of Organisatonal Development, Din helps individuals and teams to grow in more vital ways. She does this through a focus on authentic connection to self, to others and the wider natural environment. Her works are rooted in organisational learning, nature-connection and the wellbeing of healthy systems.
Understanding that nature is at the heart of transformative change and having studied with respected elders such as John P. Milton, as well as being one of our Home Group Hosts, Din leads profound Nature Quests in Austria, where she currently calls home.
Din Van Helden
Fellowship Design Lead and Host
Jamie’s passion is in helping good things grow, making him an exceptional coach. He loves facilitating game changing ideas into becoming reality, especially when the purpose behind them is in service to life in some way. The greatest gift that he offers is creating and holding spaces that nurture personal and collective transformation.
Over the years Jaime has co-founded a number of food and community based businesses and actively supports the growth of a number of organisations working in health, nature leadership and system change. His special interests include: nature connection, regenerative systems, entrepreneurship, mentoring, local food systems, experience design, movement and drama therapy, VR, and Psychedelic group work.
Jamie Pike
Evolution Project Lead, Host, Consultancy Circle
Taking immense pride in being part of a network that has played a profound role in her life since 2021, Rachel became a Home Circle Host in 2023.
With her expertise, Rachael has designed and delivered a wide array of tailor-made workshops, coaching sessions, and events for diverse clients. Her focus centres on promoting the benefits of sustainability, circular economy principles, and regenerative practices for business leaders who are dedicated to making a positive impact in their communities.
Rachael’s intention is to empower small business owners, enabling them to become accessible advocates and ambassadors for a more beautiful and sustainable future within their local communities and beyond. Alongside these admirable endeavours, she finds joy in creating art, writing, singing songs, engaging in energetic healing practices, and embracing the transformative power of laughter and dance.
Rachael Castell
Home Circle Host
Bringing a sense of care and consideration to people and projects, Ella has been an integral part of the Fellowship's growth since its inception. After meeting Andres and sharing a walk, they found resonance with the desire to create new forms of nature-led leadership - 4 years on and acting with curiosity and openness, this work is still expanding and developing, today.
Outside of Bio-Leadership you can find her running along the coastlines of the South-West, where she is at her happiest.
Ella
Wiles
Fellowship Programme Lead, Host & Producer, Consultancy Circle
Tom is a 2022 Bio-leadership Fellow and now leads in creating moments where all cohorts come together to connect, learn and collaborate. He achieves this through the facilitation of peer-led workshops as well as inviting guest speakers to discuss special topics.
His favourite place in nature are the woods of Exmoor in southwest England. For him, these ancient oak forests still hold a special magic. He loves the Bio-leadership community for putting 'relationships first' and co-weaving a rich fabric of resilient, regenerative connections - not unlike the trees themselves.
“Going through the fellowship immediately felt like coming home, I had to stay and get involved in gardening the ecosystem”
Tom Mansfield
Alumni and Mycelium Programme Lead, Consultancy Circle
With a passion for education, Carol actively contributes to the Fellowship program's educational design, ensuring all participants have a transformative learning experience. Specialising in sessions focused on manifesting and design, Carole guides fellows to harness their creative potential and align it with regenerative principles.
Her expertise as a Biomimetic designer have taken her on exciting journeys to various biomes worldwide, where she has deepened her understanding of how humans can learn from and emulate nature through the lens of Biomimicry.
Beyond her professional pursuits, Carol finds joy in the arts, food, and the natural world - particularly when these realms intertwine.
Ana Carolina Freitas
Fellowship Design Lead and Host
Javi Gras
Organisational Outreach & Impact Lead
Based in India, Sharmishtha is a valued coach who plays a pivotal role in program content design and serves as a home-group host.
Her deep-rooted connection with nature, nurtured since childhood, has fostered a profound commitment to working for the betterment of our environment in various capacities.
Specialising in helping individuals from diverse backgrounds unleash their authenticity, discover balance, and channel their creativity towards meaningful contributions to social and environmental causes, Sharmishtha is a great point of call if you are interested in receiving coaching.
Sharmishtha Duttagupta
Fellowship Design Lead and Host
Stefan is a 2021 fellow and became a Homegroup Host in 2023. Working in consulting for the last 10 years he is passionate about self-organised organisational design aligned with nature’s principles. He is also engaged as a core steward in OD for Life that emerged out of the Bio-Leadership context.
Passionate about indigenous wisdom and practices experimenting a lot with various approaches, Stephan works to create spaces of transformation by building a bridge between regenerative agriculture and regenerative organisational cultures.
Stephan Faatz-Ferstl
Home Circle Host