The InterMEDIATE Dispute Management Team. Accredited and registered, professional, highly skilled and experienced

Jean-Marcel Malliaté MDR,

Director, Clinical Supervisor, Principal Mediator,

Jean-Marcel has a Masters Degree in Dispute Resolution from the Faculty of Law; University of Technology Sydney. He is a Mediator with over 3000 Mediations successfully completed to date. A Family Law, Workplace and Commercial Mediator, Trainer, and Conflict and Mediation Coach, he also has qualifications in Engineering; Counselling, Investigative Services and Social Science. He is on the advanced panel of mediators for LEADR with experience in providing professional services to companies such as Woodside onshore and offshore plants, Western Mining, B.P, Shell, Alcoa, a range of other small to large private sector organisations and vast experience mediating for Local, State and Federal Government departments including NSW Premiers Dept, Dept of Health, Dept of Fair Trading and the Australian Taxation Office.

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Naomi Holtring MDR, MAICD

Director, Managing Partner, Mediator, Trainer, Facilitator, Conflict Coach

Master of Dispute Resolution (Distinctions) and Post Graduate Degree in Dispute Resolution -  Law Faculty of the University of Technology, Sydney. A Mediator, Co-Mediator, Trainer and Conflict Coach, Naomi is also responsible for Policy, Team Management, Commercial Management, Group Work and Facilitation. She regularly works as a Co-Mediator in Family Dispute resolution, Workplace and Commercial Mediation for small and large companies,local, state and federal Government. Naomi regularly speaks at meetings with community organisations and lawfirms throughout Australia and hosted a weekly radio program, addressing important social issues.

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Micheline Dewdney,

Supervisor and Co-Mediator, Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner,

Micheline has a wealth of experience in mediation, ADR course design, training and coaching. She has worked for organisations such as UNIFAM, Community Justice, Colorado CDR, Bond University, LEADR, UTS, Macquarie University and many more. A co-author of the "Mediator's Handbook. Skills and Strategies for Practitioners. 2nd Edition" Law Book Co. 2004, which is used as a standard textbook for tertiary ADR courses. Mediator for more than 700 disputes, Micheline has been a consultant to numerous organisations including the Family Mediation Centre, Unifam, the panel of mediators at the Department of Fair Trading Tribunal - Strata and Centacare.

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Tom Stodulka,

Mediation Supervisor and Co-Mediator, Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner,

Tom has been a lawyer for 30 years having graduated in 1974. He is a specialist mediator, conciliator, facilitator and victim-offender conference convenor. He has held senior positions in Government including National Director of Naval Legal Services, Deputy Ombudsman and Anti-Discrimination Commissioner, Chair Health Complaints Review Committee and Principal Community Visitor for the NT. He has mediated over 2500 disputes throughout Australia ranging from family law matters for Relationships Australia in three States to franchise disputes for the National Office of the Mediation Advisor and multi-party disputes involving remote indigenous communities.

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Peter Irving,

Mediation Supervisor, Co-Mediator, Supervisor, Arbitrator, Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner,

Peter was admitted to practice as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1979. Peter has been a Local Court arbitrator since 2004.He has mediated for Unifam and is on the mediator panel of the Law Society of New South Wales. Peter has mediated, either alone or as a co-mediator, a wide range of disputes including personal injury claims, professional negligence claims, Family Provision Act claims, Family Law and De Facto relationship disputes, commercial disputes and parent/adolescent dispute.

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Marina Bournazos,

Mediation Supervisor and Co-Mediator, Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, Workplace Mediator

Marina has been a practicing lawyer since 1985. She was accredited by LEADR in 1995 and has been a practicing mediator since that time.Marina has had extensive training in mediation including advanced mediation courses and has had training in workplace disputes. She has undertaken hundreds of mediations, primarily in the areas of Family Law (children's issues, property settlement and child support) and Workplace disputes. She has worked as a Family Law Mediator with a community organisation for seven years, is a sessional mediator with that organisation and is on the Law Society Mediator Panel. She has also edited various publications for Family Law Community Legal Centres.

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Katherine Pavlidis Johnson,

Workplace mediator, Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, Arbitrator, trainer,

Katherine has a wealth of experience a great deal of expertise with disputing parties and also in the field of lecturing and supervision, providing consulting services in workplace matters, including: executive leadership and decision making, negotiating financial matters etc.Katherine has outstanding skills in Mediation and Dispute Resolution, extensive experience in lecturing, training and assessment of mediators. General Practice includes a total of over 1000 hours of Mediation in the following areas: Industrial relations, workplace grievance, building and construction, commercial and corporate, family provision, de facto provisions, family property settlements, child residency, farm debt, migration law, and workers’ compensation law.

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Alan McDonald,

Co-Mediator, Conciliator, Negotiator,

Alan has assisted parties in over 1300 disputes through his skills, in areas of Couples and Family, Anti-Discrimination, Franchise, Retail Tenancy, Community, Health, and Building Services. His wealth of experience encompasses advisory, investigation, negotiation, mediation and conciliation for various boards, tribunals, Federal and State Government authorities, Community organisations and Trades Associations.

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Hugh Llewellyn,

Workplace Mediator and Facilitator,

Hugh has worked for the past 20 years as a Human Resources Executive in the private sector with large multinational and Australian companies such as Johnson &Johnson Pacific, Sunbeam and Glaxo SmithKline. He has supported the successful resolution of hundreds of workplace disputes and has appeared before the State and Federal industrial tribunals on more than 70 occasions. Hugh is an accredited mediator with Australia Commercial Disputes Centre (ACDC) and an associate member of the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia (IAMA).

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Robert Morgan,

Co-Mediator, Co-Trainer, Conciliator, Arbitrator and Mediator,

Robert has successfully held numerous professional roles that include the TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, teaching International Commercial Arbitration, Theories in Dispute Resolution, International Dispute Settlement at LLM level, and International Sports Arbitration. He is an Assistant Professor and Course Leader in Dispute Resolution related programs at the Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong, lecturer Hong Hon School of Professional and Continuing Education and the City University of Hong Kong. In addition to teaching, his responsibilities included course development marketing and review. Robert also has a varied career n in-house legal practice. He held the position of joint Director of Professional Practice to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Hong Kong branch, and Hong Kong Intitute of Surveyors.

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Bill Kable

Co-Mediator, Conciliator, Mediator

Bill is an accredited mediator and member of the Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia (IAMA). He has been involved in commercial mediations for many years and is accredited to mediate disputes under the Federal Government's Workplace Relations legislation.From 2006 to 2008, Bill conducted his mediation practice principally on the mid North Coast of NSW, where he assisted disputing parties in commercial and family law, to reach good outcomes. Now based in Sydney, Bill is available to travel and conduct mediations in all areas.

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Vivien Brewer (MA, BA Hons, Dip Ed)

Workplace Mediator – Education specialist.

Vivien has had extensive experience in Secondary Education for over 35 years, and as a senior Executive member in schools for the last 16 years. Vivien was seconded for two years as a Liaison Officer with the NSW Board of Studies and has also taught in the TAFE system.

Vivien has National Accreditation as a Mediator, having qualified in 2009. She has also completed training in Conflict Management Coaching. Her mediating experience has been principally with workplace and school situations.

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Kim Chapman,

Co-Mediator, Trainer & Coach,

Kim is an experienced educator in the NSW state secondary system at a senior executive level, and has a keen interest in conflict resolution spanning more than ten years. She also works part-time at a Family Relationships Centre as a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner. Kim has trained state school principals in mediation as part of the complaints management process and is deeply interested in coaching.

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Coral Slattery,

Co-Mediator,

Coral has had 16 years experience in family law and child support. She is a co-founder of the Family Law Reform Association NSW Inc. and is NSW Vice President of The Shared Parenting Council of Australia. She is a member of SMAP (Senior Managers Advisory Panel) of the Child Support Agency. Over the past 16 years she has provided a free telephone counselling and referral service, as well as conducting a private counselling and mediation practice for the past five years. She has also worked extensively with grandparents and is a member of the Intergenerational Committee of COTA (Council on the Ageing). Coral’s passion is to see that everyone is treated equally and that children from broken marriages will have the opportunity of having the love and guidance of both their parents. She is married with three adult children and seven grandchildren.

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Pallavi Sinha,

Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner/Co-Mediator/Lawyer/Counsellor,

Pallavi has experience working with wide variety of organisations in both the public and private sector including Mallesons Stephen Jacques, the Anti-Discrimination Board of New South, Health Care Complaints Commission, Centacare as a Family Law Mediator. She is an accredited LEADR Mediator. In addition to practising as a Solicitor, she also practises as a Counsellor with a Medical Practice in Strathfield. As part of a pro-bono initiative while working at Mallesons Stephen Jacques, Pallavi was involved with the establishment of ASK - A Legal Advice and Referral Service in conjunction with the Ted Noffs Foundation.

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Barbara Susan Lane,

Family Law Co-Mediator,

Mediation Experience: Family Law Conferencing Chairperson, Legal Aid Commission NSW 2000 Mediation Panel Member Relationships Australia Mediation Panel 2001. Her experience includes over 350 hours of Family Law mediations.

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Simka Ksantini,

Mediator, Counsellor,

Simka is a dedicated practitioner in private practice, with 12 years experience in assisting people to achieve both personal and professional success. Simka specialises in relationship counselling for individuals, couples and families. Her approach to therapy includes a respect and understanding for emotional sensitivity, as well as remaining focused and committed to her clients' goals and achievement of outcomes of positive change. She has created a series of highly effective and practical 6 week courses, designed for individuals wishing to focus on developing a solution to a particular personal or work related issue. She has been applying this system successfully in private practice over the last ten years. She specialises in issues such as self confidence, anger management, conflict resolution, stress management and parenting skills. Simka also possesses a broad level of experience in early childcare and child education. She also works part time as a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner.

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Dr Dominique Beck, Phd (UWS)

Child Consultant, Counsellor and Corporate Trainer,

Dominique works in private practice providing Child Inclusive Practice for mediation services in family separation cases. She also offers holistic counselling to individuals of all ages, teaching dialogue skills and self awareness through communication, connection and empathy.Dominique draws on a number of modalities in her counselling approach with children, adolescents and adults, such as psychodrama, nonviolent communication - a humanistic psychology approach - and emotional freedom technique, an energy psychology technique.Apart from her counselling practice, Dominique has extensive experience teaching and researching in academic environments as well as consulting in the corporate world. The aim and passion of her work, whether it is consulting, counselling or corporate training, is to foster positive cultures in families and workplaces.

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Lily Mailler BA(hons) Dip,

Individual, Couple & Family Therapy, MAPS, Child Inclusive Practice, and Counselling,

Lily is a NSW registered psychologist and a member of the Australian Psychological Society. She has worked as a Family and Relationship Counsellor for both Unifam and Centacare-Broken Bay and has a private practice in Sydney’s Northern beaches. She is involved in the supervision of Macquarie University Masters of Counselling students and teaches counselling skills at the Institute of Counselling , Catholic University, Strathfield campus. Lily has extensive experience in counselling individuals, couples and families on a wide variety of issues amongst which are depression, anxiety, relationship problems, separation, addictions and domestic violence. She is trained in Child Inclusive Practice and also works with EAP clients addressing issues such as work pressures, conflict resolution, bullying and job loss, amongst others. Lily has trained extensively with the Family Systems Institute and is an active member of the Northern beaches “Dialect Behaviour Therapy” group. Lily speaks fluent Spanish, has a keen interest in cross-cultural issues and has worked with a variety of cultural groups as a group leader, psychologist and health educator.

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Sonja Ridden,

Counselling and Blended Families,

Sonja conducts a private counselling and coaching practice located on Sydney’s North Shore where she works with individuals, couples, families and corporations. She also runs seminars, workshops and courses, covering a variety of topics. In the therapeutic realm, Sonja works in the areas of relationship and marriage counselling and therapy as well as assisting clients in coping with separation and divorce. She provides counselling for people who suffer from bereavement and other losses, childhood and current traumas, depression, stress, adjustment to life changes, addictions, loss of self esteem and confidence. Her particular passion and focus is in assisting clients build and maintain satisfying and empowering relationships.

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Lyndon White,

Business Development Consultant, Queensland

Lyndon is currently studying for the Masters of Applied Law at the University of Queensland. He has been involved in a wide range of infrastructure design, construction and maintenance projects and had been active in assisting organisations and their clients and suppliers in "better contracting" practices with a focus on dispute resolution, management, resolution and prevention in contracts up to $100 million in value and 10 years in term.

He commenced work in the civil engineering industry in December 1985 and has gained experience in Australia and internationally in the fields of raw material procurement, facility and product design and manufacturing, practical assessment of field operations in line with commercial objectives, organisational improvement, risk and change analysis.

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Sam Zheng,

Financial Consultant and Australasian Consultant,

MACCG, BEng,

Sam has developed an extensive network within Asia and Australia cultivating a high level of respect from both cultures during the past 10 years. Sam is a Certified Practicing Accountant and has a master's degree in Accounting and together with his multicultural background ensures quality, effectiveness and efficiency in meeting client's needs. He holds an Australian Credit Licence.

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Stephen Lynch LLB MA,

Public Relations Consultant,

Stephen holds qualifications in Law, Auditing (OHS and QA), Injury Management and Workplace Training (Certificate IV), and has been admitted as a Barrister of the Supreme Court of NSW. Stephen worked for over a decade with WorkCover NSW in senior legal and policy positions. He was also responsible for implementing new National Standards for Noise, Plant and Hazardous Substances in NSW, and was involved in the development of the OHS Act and Regulation. Stephen consults widely with employer, union and government clients including the NSW Premier's Department, NRMA, Compass Training, Work Cover and the Australian Institute of Banking and Finance.

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