Kishor Mistry
Group CEO & Founder
Since 1983, Kishor has dedicated his time to help improve and innovate aviation training and the learning industry. He specialises in designing knowledge management processes and provide the vision for cutting-edge learning technology solutions. Over the years he’s had the privilege of working with great companies, people, and global leaders in various industries, including military aircraft and tank simulation, and commercial aviation customers from North America to Europe, Middle East and APAC.
In 2008, Kishor gave up the comfortable corporate life and decided it was time to make a real difference and formed the Peak Pacific Group, providing learning and technology solutions for the aerospace, financial services, healthcare, transportation, and logistics industries. He started the journey with 1 client and 10 colleagues. The rest is history, and you can read about how Peak Pacific became a global player, serving over 50+ clients, here on this website.
Graham Barkus
Non-Executive Director
Graham Barkus graduated with first class honours in linguistics from Victoria University of Wellington, NZ, and holds postgraduate degrees in clinical organisational psychology (INSEAD), strategy and innovation (Oxford) and law (dispute resolution) from the University of Hong Kong.
Graham’s specialties include: innovation, strategic change, adaptive challenges, design thinking, organisation alignment and engagement, individual and group executive coaching, dispute/conflict resolution, and facilitating difficult conversations.
Jay Shaw
Non-Executive Director
A sales-focused, serial entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience, with both corporate and non-profit organisation boards. Co-founder/CEO of Net Dimensions, a technology company acquired by LTG for £54m in 2017 after listing on the London Stock Exchange AIM. Currently Co-founder / CEO of Praxonomy..
Keith Downes
Managing Director (UK)
Keith Downes has over 30 years experience in learning technology and eLearning. Previously, Keith was a director at LINE Communications Group, heading up the Defence & Security division before it was acquired by the Learning Technologies Group Plc.
Steve Young
Learning Technology Consultant
Steve Young
Learning Technology Consultant
Steve is an intuitive technology consultant who adroitly combines his domain knowledge in aviation, technical training and Learning Management System (LMS) to provide solutions to customer requirements. An alumni of the Royal Australian Air Force’s Technical Training School, Steve has worked in business development and Learning Consultancy roles with some of the leading LMS and training companies in the past 22 years including Educom, Oracle, Docent, Impart Corporation, TodayCorp, Plateau Systems, Novatara, and NetDimensions.
Amaru Mandal
Business Development Consultant
Learning & Development Leader with 17 years of hands-on experience in driving instructional design and competency development needs in small, medium, large corporations and in managing inspired and motivated teams across geographies. Expert in learning design and delivery, learning effectiveness analysis, performance consultation, and stakeholder management, Amaru has deep awareness of latest trends in the corporate learning and talent development space.
As Head Business Solutions at Peak Pacific, Amaru is in charge of getting new businesses while nurturing and growing existing ones, and developing new strategies for business development. Amaru loves to be known as the “Chief Transformation Partner” for his clients. He engages with business owners/ corporate L&D leaders and advises on highest impact learning and transformation strategies for adoption that’s truly aligned with the changing needs of a forever-on-the-go global workforce. Never far away from a good conversation, Amaru loves meeting people, listening to them, and building relationships that matter.
Russell Jowett
Sr. Learning Technology Consultant
Russ is an experienced Project and Change Management professional with a track record of successfully delivering major projects in the UK, Australia and Asia. He has recent experience of working within the airline, insurance and global transportation industries.
Sanjay Mukherjee
Chief Strategy Adviser
Sanjay is a Business Consultant and Communication Strategy specialist with 25 years of experience in managing business growth, Training Design and Communication Media. A journalist, social commentator, and Socratic Method mentor, Sanjay spent the initial years of his career in the hospitality and travel industry managing operations, and designing training interventions for front-line sales and service personnel. He has also served as a journalist for six years.
Sanjay has spent the last 15 years as a Business and Learning Consultant, designing solutions for clients in healthcare, banking, insurance, aviation, and automobile industries among others. Sanjay holds a Post-graduate degree in Communication & Journalism, a Business Management bachelor’s qualification in Hotel Management and Catering Technology and a Masters in History.
Rory Stewart
Business Development Director – EMEA
Rory Stewart
Business Development Director – EMEA
Creating and opening opportunities and partnerships for strategic growth of the company. Over 20 years’ experience in enterprise software sales, account management and business development. Working in diverse sectors such as finance, aviation, pharmaceutical, consulting, retail, learning solutions, etc, and adept at designing, interpreting and showcasing product and business value.
Julie Read
Senior Learning Consultant
Julie Read, Peak Pacific’s Senior Learning Consultant has over 30 years’ experience in the analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation of technology enhanced learning solutions, 17 years of which are Defence related. During her career, she has worked on the client and supplier side, in Defence, technical, financial, government, and professional services training. Her experience ranges from learning consultancy for Defence and wider industry across all sectors, through to content design, project management and production
management.
Suvarna Naik
Manager HR & Operations Admin
Suvarna is a Human Resource Professional with over 9 years of experience in HR Operations, End to End Employee Life Cycle, Payroll Management and Statutory Compliance. Also assisted with Recruitment and Resource Management Activities.
Abhishek Kumar Khare
Sr. Delivery Manager
Abhishek is an experienced Program Management professional with over 18 years of experience in Project Management and Learning Consultancy. Abhishek has successfully managed many design and development projects with a sharp focus on time, quality, and cost. He is adept at managing stakeholders and teams, cross-cultural, cross-functional, and across geographies.
Capt. Michael Fitz-Costa
Advisor – Pilot Training
Capt. Michael Fitz-Costa
Advisor – Pilot Training
Michael has a career spanning over 30-years and achieved 11 different aircraft type ratings. Deeply involved in the design of aircraft training materials, Michael has worked extensively with several Asian Civil Authorities, delivering training to the highest of standards.
Raunak Gadhiya
Sr. PM – Digital Learning Solutions
Raunak is an accomplished eLearning professional with extensive knowledge, having over 10 years of experience in; content, design aesthetics, and learning project management. His core competencies include Project Management, Budgeting & Cost Control, Time & Effort estimation, Risk Assessment & Mitigation, Resource Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Vendor Management, Team Management, and LinkedIn Marketing
Anuradha Brahmankar
Senior Learning Experience Designer
Anuradha is a certified Learning and Development professional with over a decade of experience as ID. She has the know-how of working in the IT, Healthcare, ITES, and BFSI industries. She is Skilled in Organizational Development, Learning, Talent Management, Training Roadmaps, ROI & Audits and Project/Program Management. Being an engineer with post graduate diploma in Innovation and Design thinking from Emeritus asking the right questions to understand the business problem, aligning the learning objectives, and arriving at innovative solutions is her DNA. She is keen on groundbreaking visualizations, unleashing creativity considering the broad spectrum of learners.
Manish Agarwal
Senior Learning Technology Specialist
Manish has over 15 years of experience in implementation, designing, developing, debugging, maintaining, web-based trainings, voice-based trainings, games and online applications. Proficient with a variety of eLearning development tools including (Articulate Storyline, Lectora, Adapt Authoring Framework, Captivate) and eLearning standards (SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, xAPI, AICC, Cognicity API and Pipwerk API).