The Resilience Institute

Resilience training and research

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With established teams in different European countries (Belgium, France, Switzerland and United Kingdom), we are able to deliver a consistent experience in resilience training and leadership development for our clients across multiple territories.

We offer the full suite of digital and physical training based on assessment tools such as the Resilience App.

Make contact with us directly using the details below.

Belgium : +32 471 634384 (Katrien Audenaert)

France : +33 6 9849 6238 (Laurent Levisalles)

Switzerland : +41 76 783 2791 (Alexia Michiels)

United Kingdom : +44 7391 032 479 (Thierry Moschetti)

[email protected]

58-60 avenue de la Grande Armée, 75017 Paris, FRANCE

Meet the Resilience Institute Europe team

  • Benoit Greindl
    Benoit Greindl
    CEO, Global
  • Alexia Michiels
    Alexia Michiels
    Co-founder and Partner, Switzerland
  • Thierry Moschetti
    Thierry Moschetti
    Co-founder & Managing-Partner, United Kingdom
  • Laurent Levisalles
    Laurent Levisalles
    Co-founder, France
  • Katrien Audenaert
    Katrien Audenaert
    Partner, Belgium
  • Delphine Caprez
    Delphine Caprez
    Senior Associate Consultant, Switzerland
  • Gilles Alex
    Gilles Alex
    Managing Consultant, France
  • Hilde De Volder
    Hilde De Volder
    Talent Officer, Belgium
  • Marie-Liesse Calmejane
    Marie-Liesse Calmejane
    Senior Consultant
  • Aurelie Thevenin
    Aurelie Thevenin
    Office Manager, France
  • Adrianne Sumulong
    Adrianne Sumulong
    Digital Product Lead
  • Geoffroy Bauer
    Geoffroy Bauer
    Chief Operating Officer
  • Nathalie Grospiron
    Nathalie Grospiron
    Financial Director, Europe
  • Pauline Soares
    Pauline Soares
    Social Media Manager, Europe
  • Laure Sarrazin
    Laure Sarrazin
    Senior Associate Consultant, Switzerland
  • Carlota Simo
    Carlota Simo
    Executive Coach, Switzerland
  • Christine Fisette
    Christine Fisette
    Senior Associate Consultant, Belgium
  • Ann Wauters
    Ann Wauters
    Senior Associate Consultant, Belgium
  • Milan Hosta
    Milan Hosta
    Consultant, Slovenia
Benoit Greindl
CEO, Global

Based in Switzerland, originally from Belgium, Benoit is an entrepreneur.

He spent 25 years of his business life developing commercial real estate services companies in Europe, America and Asia where he lived during 5 years. Convinced that entrepreneurship is a core source of innovation and societal wealth creation, Benoit is today involved in meaningful and socially responsible projects.

He is the co-founder and CEO of Montagne Alternative, an inspiring seminar centre in the Swiss Alps, co-founder of The Resilience Institute Europe and president of the Board of B Corp Switzerland. As a strategic advisor, Benoit accompanies different leaders and organizations to progress towards achieving a compelling vision and impact.

Benoit speaks French and English.

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Alexia Michiels
Co-founder and Partner, Switzerland

Based in Switzerland, originally from Belgium, Alexia is co-founder of the Resilience Institute Europe. With a degree in commercial and consular Sciences, Alexia worked 10 years in marketing and media before moving to China where she became a certified professional coach and a yoga instructor.

She now accompanies people and organizations that, in a complex environment, want to build their resilience skills and be ready to face the daily challenges of a transforming world.

Passionate about the resilience integral and practical approach, Alexia is a dynamic facilitator who will bring a “yoga” touch to her courses. She is the author of “The Resilience Drive” (Favre Editions, 2017) and “Resilience Quotient” (Favre Editions, 2021).

Alexia speaks French and English.

[email protected]
Phone: +41 76 783 2791

Thierry Moschetti
Co-founder & Managing-Partner, United Kingdom

Based in the UK, Thierry has twenty years of team management, business development and training experience in the Middle East, Europe, and Asia where he has lived 12 years.

Prior to establishing the Resilience Institute in Singapore and in the UK, he was Regional General Manager Greater China for a British listed organization.

Thierry holds a Master of Science in Management, he is a certified Singapore ACTA trainer & assessor, a certified trainer in Emotional Intelligence and in Qigong. He is a passionate Taichi practitioner and an active runner.

Thierry speaks French and English.

[email protected]
Phone: +44 7391 032 479

Laurent Levisalles
Co-founder, France

Based in France, Laurent is co-founder of the Resilience Institute Europe. He holds a Master of Science in Management from Paris-Dauphine University, an Executive MBA from HEC Paris and is a certified coach.

For 20 years Laurent held several positions as managing director in the retail industry in the US, Europe and China for start-ups and global companies. Following his strong appeal for Human Sciences, he spent much of his energy on people development and management.

Enthusiast facilitator, dynamic keynote speaker, Laurent supports leaders and their team in building resilience and leadership. Qi gong instructor, he incorporates practices in his training sessions. Laurent teaches in several business schools in Executive Education.

[email protected]
Phone: +33 6 9849 6238

Katrien Audenaert
Partner, Belgium

Based in Belgium, Katrien joined the Resilience Institute after having lived several years in Shanghai and Hong Kong.

After 15 years of experience in the legal field (first as a legal advisor to the Belgian Prime Minister Dehaene and later as a Magistrate in the Belgian Constitutional Court), Katrien decided to make a career shift as an executive coach when she moved to Asia. She is certified to use the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI®) and the Workplace Big 5.

Katrien has since then put her energy in helping people achieve their goals, lead with passion, purpose and presence.

Katrien speaks Dutch, French and English.

[email protected]
Phone: + (32) 471 63 43 84

Delphine Caprez
Senior Associate Consultant, Switzerland

Based in Switzerland, Delphine has been working in the corporate health and wellbeing field for over 13 years, in the UK, Australia, and Switzerland.

She holds a Bachelor of Science, completed a diploma in Corporate Health, is a Mental health First Aider and a Digital Wellbeing coach.

Passionate about enabling changes at individual and organisational level, Delphine is a very dynamic facilitator. She is the co-author of the book “Performance <-> Bienveillance, Osez le Care-isme” (published in November 2021 in French), integrating a new approach to wellbeing and safety at work into the management of organisations for more ethical and sustainable performance.

Delphine speaks French and English.

To contact Delphine: [email protected]

Gilles Alex
Managing Consultant, France

Based in Paris, Gilles enjoys 25 years’ experience in sales, marketing and management within multinationals such as L’Oréal, Danone, Citibank or lately Savencia. In 2019, he decided to make a career shift as an Executive Coach. Gilles loves to support his clients in developing self-awareness, leadership and resilience through practical experimentation and concrete steps.

Gilles graduated from ESCP (EAP) and holds a MBA from the Wharton School. He has recently completed a two year’s course at International Mozaïk (Master in Business Coaching).

He has worked and lived in many countries (Japan, Austria, Belgium, UK, Mauritius, Iran) and speaks fluently French and English and has learned German, Japanese, and Dutch as well.

 

To contact Gilles: [email protected]

Hilde De Volder
Talent Officer, Belgium

Based in Belgium, Hilde has 25 years of experience with people in business. As a management consultant with PwC and in various functions as HR & Communications director, she worked across different industries.

Informed by her understanding of the levers of individual and team performance, Hilde developed HR approaches that put employee wellbeing and leadership development at the heart, without losing sight of business drivers.

Her passion for personal, team and organisational resilience make for a natural fit with the Resilience institute which she is proud to serve as Talent Officer.

Hilde speaks Dutch, English and French.

 

To contact Hilde:  [email protected]

Marie-Liesse Calmejane
Senior Consultant

Marie-Liesse believes it is possible to experience more joy in the corporate world, and that building resilience is the foundation for a happier life.

After 17 years in corporate life and having experienced the power of effective coaching, she has decided to focus on helping people navigate their corporate environments in order to leverage their potential while fulfilling deeper aspirations.

As an Integral Coach, Marie-Liesse brings a holistic approach to help her clients overcome their challenges and make changes by integrating mind, heart and body. She develops personalised programs alongside her clients with an overall purpose and a set of measurable outcomes. She helps clients reach long-term excellence, which means that they become both self-correcting and self-generating. Beyond helping her clients in key areas such as communication, stakeholder influence and stress management, she believes the coaching relationship must inspire a sense of confidence, enthusiasm and excitement about the future in order for the journey to be successful. She works with leaders from Asia, Europe and the US across various industries.

Her facilitation style is full of positive energy and she can spark engagement and connection with participants so they can embrace resilience in ways that are actionable and sustainable.

Marie-Liesse started her career as a management consultant and then spent over 10 years in leadership positions at Danone in Paris and Hong Kong in the Corporate Communications and Marketing departments. While she enjoyed being exposed to multi-cultural teams, complex organisations and cultural transformations, she was also trying to find a balance as a mother of four boys.

She holds a Masters in Economics and Human Resources from Sciences Po Paris (France) and in European Studies from  Sussex University (UK). She is a certified Integral Coach from ICF accredited New Ventures West and is an associate of Emergenetics. Convinced by the Resilience model, she is walking the talk and finds flow through yoga and mindfulness as well as constantly growing through learning new concepts and practices (most recently in the field of Appreciative Inquiry).

Aurelie Thevenin
Office Manager, France

Based in France, Aurélie holds a Master degree in Marketing and International Trade (Paris – Sorbonne).

She has 17 years of experience in back office for several international organisations. Aurélie has accompanied customers and internal teams in strategic changes and reorganisations.

She then became very interested in personal development and convinced about the relevance of cultivating resilience in organisations, she joined The Resilience Institute in 2021.

In charge of the back office and the front office, Aurélie brings her energy and smile to best serve our customers!

Aurélie speaks French and English.

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Adrianne Sumulong
Digital Product Lead

Adrianne, who is based in Manila, Philippines, has worked for several years in a corporate setting as sales & business development manager, until she switched environments and moved to the digital world where she contributed growing a number of successful global technology companies.

Joining the Resilience Institute in 2021, Adrianne’s hybrid expertise strengthens the human-technology approach in shaping resilient workplaces – where her vibrant spirit, aligned with strong ethics and ambition to make the world a bettter place are her driving force in supporting every individual’s resilience journey.

When offline, Adrianne is a modern boy-mom who loves taking photos, video editing, and spiritually nourishing activities.

Adriane speaks English and Filipino.

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Geoffroy Bauer
Chief Operating Officer

Originally from Belgium, Geoffroy holds an MBA degree from Stanford University and is now based in London.  After a few years in finance and consulting, Geoffroy has co-founded, developed, and sold two businesses: Transwide and Snapstore. Through this journey, he has developed a solid experience on how to build and grow top-quality teams, how to develop digital products and services, and how to drive organizational changes.

As a COO of The Resilience Institute, Geoffroy drives the digital developments, coordinate the operations in various geographies, and supports The Resilience Institute to best serve its clients.

Geoffroy speaks French, Dutch, and English.

To contact Geoffroy: [email protected]

Nathalie Grospiron
Financial Director, Europe

Based in Lille, Nathalie has worked 24 years in large organisations from different sectors in Finance management roles.

In 2014, she met the founder of DAF Online, a network of external Finance Directors. After working in large organisations, she then decides to work with smaller enterprises.

Independent since 2015 under the DAF Online brand,  Nathalie is a Finance Director for various SME’s in different sectors. She accompanies The Resilience Institute Europe since July 2019.

Nathalie speaks French and English.

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Pauline Soares
Social Media Manager, Europe

Pauline joined the Resilience Institute Europe in 2018.

Holding a Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality Management from Paris-Dauphine University Pauline spent 10 years in luxury hotel management. She then decided to shift her career to adjust her family life.

Eager to follow the digital evolution of our world, she obtained a diploma as Digital Project Manager, completed with a certification in Community Management.

Concerned about the world we borrow from our children, she is engaged in a zero-waste and digital sobriety process, focusing on what really matters.

Pauline speaks French, English, and Portuguese.

To Contact Pauline: [email protected]

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Laure Sarrazin
Senior Associate Consultant, Switzerland

Originally from France, Laure started her professional career in the corporate world as an IT Consultant after a Master in Webmarketing.  She had the opportunity to work in many international companies such as Lombard Odier, Richemont, Rolex, Generali, BNP Paribas.

In the past five years, Laure progressively took a leap from an IT job to a more human approach. She was certified as an « Integrative Nutrition Health Coach » at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (New York) and pursued with two specializations (Gut Health, Detox your Life).

Laure also trained at Bangor University (UK) to become a certified Mindfulness Instructor – MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) and MBCT-Ca (Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Cancer Patients).

Laure speaks English and French.

To contact Laure: [email protected]

Carlota Simo
Executive Coach, Switzerland

Originally from Spain, Carlota is now based in Zurich, after having lived and worked for more than 20 years in Germany, Ireland, India and China.

Since 2007, Carlota is supporting global leaders and multicultural teams enhancing and developing their effectiveness as individuals and team members. She has a passion for authentic and courageous leadership, and creativity. Before that, she worked as a lawyer in an international law firm and as a mediator in a global tourism company.

Carlota is a qualified executive coach and facilitator and is certified to use the Myers-Briggs Type indicator (MBTI®). Carlota is also a yoga instructor.

Carlota speaks Spanish, English and German.

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Christine Fisette
Senior Associate Consultant, Belgium

Based in Belgium, Christine is a certified coach specializing in the development of emotional intelligence and engagement (of individuals and teams) in organizations.

With more than 20 years of experience in leadership development, she is certified in Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI® step 1 & 2) and is passionate about neuroscience and positive psychology.

She has bounced back several times in her life and particularly enjoys helping others reinforce their resilience.

Christine speaks French, English, Dutch, Spanish and Italian.

 

To contact Christine: [email protected]

Ann Wauters
Senior Associate Consultant, Belgium

Based in Belgium, Ann Wauters has played for more than 20 years in professional basketball. She has played in 7 different countries, over 3 continents. She has won 4 times the Euroleague, a WNBA title and a bronze medal at the European Championship with the Belgian national team. She was named 5 times European player of the year.

Ann knows how to work in a team and be successful in a very competitive world. She has made the transition off the court and loves to share her experiences with organisations. She is passionate and shows the parallels between elite sports and the corporate world.

Resilience was a key factor of her long-lasting professional career and helped her to grow as a team leader.

She speaks Dutch, French and English.

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Milan Hosta
Consultant, Slovenia

Milan is a life coach focusing on resilience, flow, and grounded spirituality.

Starting a career in academia at the Faculty of Sport and Applied Kinesiology for 10 years, he then took the challenge in international business as a program director and as a start-up founder and CEO. He also led a 2 year EU social intervention project under the EU in South-East Turkey engaging over 40 employees.

Milan holds a PE & Sport Science degree and a Ph.D. in Philosophy. He is a member of the Slovenian Coaching Association, World Business & Executive Coach Summit, European Mentoring & Coaching Council, and International Breathwork Foundation. A professional member of the Galileo Commission that is exploring and expanding the frontiers of science, medicine, and spirituality. Works also with Familylab, focusing on the atmosphere in the family, emotional and mental hygiene, and playfulness. Milan is the leading expert on breathwork in Slovenia, running certified courses on Integral breathing for over 20 years, and is an honorary member of the Buteyko Breathing International.

He offers support to high-performing individuals, elite athletes, companies, and clients with various growth or transformational challenges, wellbeing, or health issues. An inspiring speaker and well-versed facilitator of corporate wellness and resilience retreats & team-coaching.

He joined the Resilience Institute where his passions and ambitions can be further utilized for the common good of humanity.

Milan’s coaching motto is: Enjoy the lifetime journey with an agile body, warm heart, and an open mind to create a healthy, meaningful, successful, and compassionate career & community!

Milan speaks Slovene, English, Croatian, Serbian, and Bosnian.