Team

Prior to founding WDHB, Dr. Baudry worked as a psychoanalyst in private practice in France, then he served as Director of Training & Development for Renault's salaried and executive personnel worldwide. He held various management positions at American Motors, first as Head of Strategic HR planning in Detroit, then as Secretary General for Finance, Personnel, Labor Relations, IT, and Purchasing at AMC's ultra-modern Canadian plant in Bramalea, near Toronto, a USD 500M project.

Initially trained in Engineering as well as in the Humanities, Pascal also holds an MBA diploma and a Ph.D. in Psychology.

Specialized in blindfold simultaneous chess, he achieved Master standing with the US Chess Federation in 1988.  

After completing his Chartered Accountancy in India, Sunil launched his career in corporate accounting and finance with professional positions around the globe. His international business experience includes living and traveling in more than 65 countries as a senior executive managing cross-functional teams worldwide for major companies.

After 25 years in corporate roles, and with his expertise and results in tow, Sunil established AdRem Management Advisors. In January 2010, Sunil acquired WDHB Consulting Group as a complement to the services offered by AdRem.  He is an expert in strategic innovation, holding financial workshops for top executives and business transformation.  

Sunil has played semi-professional soccer and coaches youth soccer.  

Meg is primarily responsible for driving the innovation strategy of the company’s services, organizational culture, and creative design of expeditions.  She also works closely with external partners to develop strategic collaborations.

Prior to WDHB, she was part of the founding team of the Stanford Design Institute (d.school) teaching design thinking as a process to drive innovation.  As a Design Fellow, she created and co-led several workshops with professors and entrepreneurs. Meg’s background includes working on highly collaborative projects ranging from the design of environments and processes to medical devices and software for IDEO and Epic Systems Corporation.  

Meg holds a MS in Product Design from Stanford University and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University.

In addition to being constantly curious, she gains inspiration in road cycling and hiking with friends in the Bay Area and travels around the world.  

As Operations Director, Amanda oversees the preparation and delivery of WDHB’s expedition programs managing resources and coordinating with external content, facilitation and logistics partners. She is also responsible for the training of WDHB’s Project Leaders and guides them
in their daily work from host management to client communication and logistics planning.

Amanda earned an M.B.A. from the Monterey Institute of International Studies and a B.A. in Anthropology from UC Berkeley. She has four years of accounting experience. In addition to accounting, she is interested in organizational development, where cultures and processes meet.

Born and raised in San Francisco, Amanda grew up in a multicultural environment and has since traveled to several locales throughout the world including Cambodia, China, Honduras, and Ethiopia. She speaks English and Mandarin. In her free time she enjoys dancing, reading the newspaper, and any activity in the sunny outdoors.  

Based in Switzerland, Samuel connects with clients to transform their needs into customized expeditions. As Head of WDHB Europe GmbH, he is primarily responsible of taking good care of our customers in Europe.

Before joining WDHB, Samuel was Head of Operations at the Swiss innovation company BrainStore. He held numerous positions with the idea factory over the past 8 years varying from facilitation, business development, innovation management consulting, and quality control of strategic client projects.

Samuel holds a degree in International Relations from the Graduate Institute for International Studies in Geneva.

Samuel is fluent in German, English and French and loves to engage with different languages, mentalities and cultures. He considers himself a design and travel gourmet. You will often find him discovering new neighborhoods and cultural offerings or planning his next travel project.

As the Learning Design Director at WDHB, Maura designs the themes, content and congruency of the group learning experience. She is an advocate of hands-on learning and collaborative inquiry. Maura also enjoys the opportunity to be in the field facilitating.

Before joining WDHB, Maura consulted on organizational learning, creative process and innovation. Maura is a systems thinker and toolmaker; she is an expert in The Natural Step Framework and is a trained Open Space Facilitator (aka UnConference). Maura’s former clients include: The Hub, Good Capital, The Natural Step International and The Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment.

Maura holds a BA in International Studies and a Master’s in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability from the Blekinge Institute of Technology in Karlskrona, Sweden. She lives in San Francisco, California and enjoys hiking, swimming, art, culture and design.

Richard is based at the company's European headquarters in Switzerland. His main responsibility is to establish and strengthen relationships with clients, partners and other communities in Europe while also being involved in the design, preparation and execution of expeditions.

Before joining WDHB in 2010, Richard was Head of Community Management at the Swiss innovation company BrainStore. He worked on more than 200 innovation projects in Europe, Asia and the US during the last 8 years. This experience brought him deep and precious insights into a large diversity of companies and industries.

Richard grew up between the North and the South of Europe and in New Zealand. He speaks five languages and travels to other countries at least once a month. He is a curious discoverer and a passionate coffee gourmet.

Besides working at WDHB, Richard pursues his studies in Organizational Communication at Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

Born and raised in Morocco, Imane has always been accustomed to juggling multiple cultures at once.

Prior to joining the WDHB team, Imane worked as a junior director of Studies for a French market studies institute, where she conducted research and development studies for global European companies. She also worked as a junior product manager for Microsoft, contributing to the successful market launch of the operating system Windows 7 in France.

Imane holds a degree in Business Management at HEC Paris. She has also completed classes in Sociology at La Sorbonne University. She is now pursuing a PhD degree in Knowledge Management & Organizational behavior.

Now living in Paris, Imane speaks Arabic, French, English and Spanish fluently. Also passionate about modern theater, Imane has won medals in the performing arts from the Academy of Casablanca. She enjoys travels, goods books, and tries a little writing now and then.

Marie is a Project Leader for WDHB in San Francisco, California.

Before joining the WDHB team, she worked for three years for Hermès International in the Holding’s financial services within the Audit and Risk department.  

Having a completed a scientific bacalauréat and a litterary preparatory course (classe prépa), she was admitted to Rouen Business School. She has a master’s in management, with a major in audit and accounting, and also has a bachelor’s degree in history and geography. She completed her training at the University of Erlangen (Germany), deepening her knowledge in strategy, in management and in intercultural relations.

Marie now lives in San Francisco. She speaks French and English fluently. She loves to paint and to draw and has a passion for art, especially for painting. She traveled in Europe, in the United States and India.

Amber is a Project Leader for WDHB in San Francisco, California.

Prior to WDHB, Amber worked as a marketing specialist for Securiforest, a technology start-up in Barcelona, Spain. Amber worked closely with the CEO and the head of sales, helping to shape the newborn company’s image. Prior to completion of her studies, Amber worked as a corporate trainer for an international beauty franchise where she oversaw the west coast division locations.

Amber graduated Magna Cum Laude from Saint Mary’s College of California with a degree in International Business with a focus on European studies.

Amber has studied and lived abroad in numerous European countries. During her year studying abroad at La Salle BES University, an international business institute in Spain, Amber had the pleasure of working with students and professors from numerous geographical and socio-cultural backgrounds.