Meet The 'A' Team.
At Shane Warren & Associates, we work a little differently by design.
We are a collaborative network of practitioners who bring their own areas of expertise, while also working together through shared projects, partnerships, and client engagements. That means our clients benefit from both depth and breadth: specialist knowledge, practical insight, and access to trusted professionals across the region.
Our core team includes a select group of lead practitioners who regularly contribute to our work. They are part of a much broader international network of consultants who support programs delivered across Australia, Asia, and beyond.
What connects us is simple. We know people. We understand that good work happens when skill, insight, and collaboration come together in ways that genuinely help.
Explore here the lead people behind the practice...
Shane Warren
Dr Shane Warren is a psychotherapist, consultant, and facilitator whose work spans Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei and Seoul predominantly.
With a background across psychology, philosophy, theology, and business, Shane brings a broad and thoughtful lens to leadership, resilience, and human behaviour. He works with multinational corporations, community organisations, not-for-profits, and small businesses across the Asia-Pacific region, helping people and teams navigate challenge, growth, and change with greater clarity.
Alongside his consulting and clinical work, Shane holds leadership roles across resilience, coaching, education, and mental health organisations, and is widely recognised for his contribution to leadership development and applied resilience practice.
Before moving into international consulting, Shane held senior leadership roles across the community and not-for-profit sectors, influencing welfare, health, and employment policy across Australia. He is also an author and media contributor whose work ranges from academic writing to practical resources in psychology and personal development.
Dina Zavrski-Makaric
Nova Directions
Ms Dina Zavrski-Makaric is an executive coach and team facilitator with extensive experience supporting both emerging and established leaders.
Her work draws on a strong background in corporate development, human resources, change management, and communications across Europe and Australasia.
Dina works with executives, teams, government departments, multinational companies, and not-for-profit organisations to help people lead more effectively through change and complexity.
With postgraduate training in counselling and a range of coaching credentials, Dina brings a flexible, thoughtful, and highly practical approach to her work.
Reun Chew
HappyologyAsia
Dr Ruen Chew is a psychologist and trainer who works across Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
His career began in the creative industries, where he led major design projects before moving into psychology. That unusual pathway continues to shape his work today, blending insights from the arts, technology, philosophy, and contemporary psychological practice to create fresh and engaging ways of supporting motivation, resilience, and learning.
Ruen’s work includes consultations, training, and creative wellbeing programs for government, education, and corporate clients across the region.
Jim Choon-Gin Tan
Jims
Mr Jim Choon-Gin Tan brings a rare combination of counselling, coaching, and high-level management consulting experience.
With academic training from leading institutions in Singapore, the United States, and Australia, Jim has worked across major organisations including McKinsey & Company, Standard Chartered, Andersen Consulting, Singapore Airlines, and Telstra. Today, he brings that breadth of experience into private practice, supporting clients with insight, wisdom, and a strong understanding of cross-cultural dynamics.
Jim is particularly valued for his ability to work thoughtfully across complex professional and cultural environments.
Jeff Lou
CHL Medical and Training
Dr Jeff Lou brings together expertise in health, business, and the performing arts in a way that adds something distinct to our work.
With qualifications in both business and Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jeff helps integrate physical wellbeing into workplace and organisational programs. Based between Taiwan and Australia, he brings a holistic lens to health, supporting initiatives that recognise the connection between physical and mental wellbeing at work.
Jeff’s contribution is especially valuable in programs that aim to support the whole person, not just the role they perform.
Susan Sandy
Life Visions Counselling
Ms Susan Sandy is a highly experienced mental health practitioner and the lead behind Life Vision Counselling.
With more than two decades of work across counselling, psychotherapy, family therapy, hypnotherapy, and mindfulness-based support, Susan brings both depth and versatility to her practice.
She also provides welfare and counselling support within educational settings and has held a range of leadership, training, and management roles throughout her career.
Susan’s background across mental health, education, training, and service delivery gives her a grounded and highly practical perspective.
Lewis Lam
Mr Lewis Lam is a Chartered Accountant, Certified Practising Accountant and Registered Tax Agent with strong expertise across taxation, finance, and cross-border business matters.
Based in Sydney, Lewis has held senior roles in both Australia and Asia, including leadership positions within multinational organisations. His work today includes advising public companies and business clients across the Asia-Pacific region.
In addition to his deep knowledge of Australian taxation, Lewis brings valuable insight into the regulatory and business environments of Hong Kong and China.
Richard Hill
MindScience
Dr Richard Hill is a respected psychotherapist, educator, speaker, and author whose career reflects both intellectual curiosity and personal reinvention.
After an early career in the creative arts, Richard moved into the study of language, counselling, social ecology, education, and brain and mind sciences.
His work bridges psychotherapy, neuroscience, and human development, and he is widely recognised for making complex ideas accessible and useful.
Richard’s thinking continues to influence conversations around mind, brain, behaviour, and the possibilities of therapeutic change.
Kait Luker
KL Creative Consulting
Ms Kait Luker brings together the worlds of arts, education, health, and research in a way that is both unusual and deeply practical.
Her career includes teaching art in a wide range of settings, alongside significant work in medical research and health program coordination. She has supported everything from creative education and specialist workshops to healthcare studies and emergency medicine-related programs.
Kait’s work with organisations often focuses on preventative health, creativity, and wellbeing, bringing a thoughtful and multidisciplinary perspective to workplace support.
Venkat Pulla
Brisbane Institute of Strength Based Practices
Prof. Venkat Pulla brings more than 30 years of international experience across academia, research, teaching, and human services practice.
His work spans strengths-based practice, child protection, trauma, refugee and migrant support, multicultural policy, and cross-cultural collaboration. He has also played an influential role in education, social policy, and research across India and Australia.
Venkat is valued for the depth of his scholarship, his commitment to human dignity, and his ability to connect big-picture thinking with practical social outcomes.
Toni Langford
TLC Counselling
Ms Toni Langford brings together a strong foundation in business administration, learning and development, clinical counselling, and supervision.
For more than 25-years, she has supported people from a wide range of backgrounds as they work through emotional distress, life challenges, and unresolved personal concerns. Toni is known for creating a safe, thoughtful, and supportive environment where real growth can happen.
Along with teaching and clinical supervision, her work includes personal and relationship counselling, with particular strengths in stress, anxiety, depression, grief, bereavement, and building stronger coping skills.
Ms Laurence Catzel combines more than 25 years of corporate leadership experience with over a decade of work in education and coaching.
Her background includes senior roles in multinational corporations and start-ups across Europe and Australia, before moving into executive coaching and leadership development.
Laurence has a particular interest in emotional intelligence, grit, cross-cultural leadership, and supporting women returning to work after parental leave.
She is also an active contributor to the coaching and education sectors, bringing both professional depth and personal warmth to her leadership work across peak bodies.
Mr Michael Warren brings extensive experience in accounting, finance, and senior leadership across Europe and Australia.
His career spans industries including mining, engineering, media, consulting, education, and asset management. He is known for his strategic perspective, calm judgement, and ability to help others think differently about the challenges in front of them.
Michael’s strength lies in helping people and organisations step back, see clearly, and make more thoughtful decisions.