Our Team
Based in Abu Dhabi, we are a team of embedded performance specialists operating across elite sport, government and complex organisations.
Our team brings experience from environments where performance is continuously tested, the consequences are real, and discretion is expected.
We operate as a unified system, combining local delivery with a global network of expertise.
Leadership
Mikael Vainio
CEO
Dima Samaan
Business Development Director
Paul Walker
Coaching Director
Pete Mcknight
Sports Director
James Downing
Projects Director
International
Experts
Our core team is supported by a global network of carefully selected experts across human performance, medicine, sport and leadership.
This includes practitioners who have operated at the highest levels of elite sport, military, healthcare and complex organisational environments.
Our delivery combines local expertise with global experience, ensuring our work is grounded in context and effective across the environments we operate in.
Philosophy
Our approach is grounded in a human-centric view of performance, where lasting results are driven by behaviour.
Human insight over automation -
We prioritise judgment and experience in environments increasingly shaped by automation and AI.
Behaviour as the foundation of performance +
We focus on the behaviours that underpin decision-making, leadership, and execution.
Culturally aligned delivery +
Our work is built on trust, discretion, and a deep understanding of the environments we operate in.
Evidence-led and measurable +
We apply diagnostics and performance metrics to ensure clarity, accountability.
