What is it that we create in our 60s and 70s?
“I’ve been asking myself that question.
Earlier in life, the work was fast, ambitious, and full of momentum.
At 66, the work feels deeper, more spacious. And more connected.
Aramyss emerges from that shift.”
— Aneace Haddad
Our stance.
Our belief in your team has to be 10/10. Not 9. Not 9.5. Ten.
Total, unwavering belief in their capacity to orient collectively under complexity — even when nothing in the room yet confirms it. Anything less collapses the very conditions the team needs to become complexity-capable.
When the facilitator’s belief drops by even a fraction, they risk stepping in two seconds too soon. Filling a silence that was about to become the system's insight. Relieving a tension that was the pressure required for reorganisation. Asserting a trace of control just as the room was finding its own authority.
Each is a micro-interruption of emergence. A tiny flinch that looks like masterful facilitation — and causes the team to hesitate.
What makes this stance hard is the practitioner's own need: to be seen as valuable, to justify the fee, to demonstrate expertise. These are the exact forces that interrupt emergence.
When we hold at 10/10 — even when everything in us pulls toward lowering conviction — the team finds its own coherence.
And that stays with them long after we're gone.
A circle of senior practitioners.
Each having led enterprises across cultures and continents.
Each navigating the same season of life as the leaders they work with.
Some deep in Second Adulthood. Some already beyond it.
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Aneace Haddad, Founder
Singapore | English, French
25 years in executive leadership (Founder & CEO of a payment software company operating in 30+ countries).
Plus 15 years coaching and facilitation (1,500 executive coaching hours, 200 executive team facilitation days).
Lived and worked in France, Italy, Singapore, and the US.
McKinsey Senior Advisor | ICF PCC | Author of Soaring Beyond Midlife and The Eagle That Drank Hummingbird Nectar.
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Mariana Passos
São Paulo | Portuguese, English, Spanish, French
24 years in executive leadership at Unilever, Parmalat, and PepsiCo (LATAM and global roles).
Plus 12 years coaching and facilitation (1,300 executive coaching hours, 200 executive team facilitation days).
Lived and worked in Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa.
McKinsey Advisor | ICF PCC | MBA, FIA Business School.
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Noel Sy-Quia
Berlin | English, French, German, Spanish
23 years leading regional business units at Accenture, Motorola, and SAP.
Plus 14 years coaching and facilitation (700 executive coaching hours, 500 executive team facilitation days).
Lived and worked in France, Germany, US, and the UK.
McKinsey Senior Advisor | ICF PCC | MBA, Kellogg | BA, Oxford.
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Sahar Schwaninger
Zurich | English, French, Persian, Spanish, German, Italian
15 years in executive leadership (global and regional roles at Nestlé, Nespresso, Mondelez International).
Plus 10 years coaching and facilitation (500 executive coaching hours, 100 executive team facilitation days).
Lived and worked in France, Switzerland, and Iran.
McKinsey Advisor | ICF PCC | MBA, ESSEC.
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Malti Bhojwani
Singapore | English, Malay, Hindi, Indonesian
20 years coaching and facilitation (1,000 executive coaching hours, 200 executive team facilitation days).
Lived and worked in Singapore, Sydney, Jakarta, and Madrid.
McKinsey Senior Advisor | ICF PCC | Author of Mastering Your Life and Don’t Think of a Blue Ball.
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Thierry de Panafieu
Singapore | English, French
20 years in private equity leadership (CEO, Managing Partner, Board Director).
Plus 10 years coaching and facilitation.
Lived and worked across Europe and Asia.
ICF ACC | Co-founder & Managing Partner, Hera Capital and Shift4Good | MBA, ESSEC.
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Dr. Roslina Chai
Singapore | English, Mandarin, Teochew, Hokkien, Malay, Cantonese
20 years in executive leadership in consulting, technology, and executive education.
Plus 15 years coaching and facilitation.
Lived and worked in New Zealand, China, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Faculty, Mobius Executive Leadership | Executive Doctorate, École des Ponts.