Meet our team

A solid academic background, years of experience in the field, international network.

ROBERTO BONANOMI

Senior Trainer and Coach, HURACT, Italy
MSc Occupational Psychology (University of London, Birkbeck), MSc Computer Science (University of Milan), MSc Clinical Psychology (University of Trieste), postgraduate in AI & Deep Learning (University of Bergamo, Faculty of Computer Science/ Engineering, Economics, and Data Analysis).
Roberto is an enthusiastic trainer and coach with sound communication skills and a robust corporate culture gained in 15+ years of management in ICT/Digital companies and 15+ years as an organisational psychologist trainer, coach and Psychotherapist. Roberto addressed the well-being and performance of individuals and organisations by leveraging the power of third-generation Psychological Sciences and Mental Fitness.
Roberto is a fully licensed Psychologist/PsyD. in Italy and a Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society in the UK (MBPsS).

MARCO HOMBERGER

Senior Trainer, HURACT, Switzerland
Marco has many years of experience in the HR sector. He was the HR manager in UBS's different bank divisions in Italian Switzerland, German Switzerland and the UK. In addition, he held the role of HR Manager in ISS for Ticino and subsequently as head of training and development for the City of Lugano. Marco combines his experience in the HR field at an international level (he dealt with strategic upsizing and downsizing processes) with a passion for training and a solid pragmatic attitude.

KRISTIAN LEES-BELL

Senior Trainer and Coach HURACT, UK
MSc in Occupational Psychology at Birkbeck, University of London. Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS). Kristian has a coaching qualification from the International Authority for Professional Coaching & Mentoring (IAPC&M), and is a senior member of the National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH).
Combining his skills in coaching psychology, hypnotherapy, CBT, and an academic background in Occupational Psychology, Kristian’s coaching addresses the root cause of people-related issues. e helps professionals become more self-aware of their personal blind spots and derailers so they can better manage stress, anxiety, and other mind-related challenges.

NATHALIE SOUSSAN

Senior Trainer and Coach HURACT, Israel
MBA from ESSEC Business School, Paris. 15+ years of experience working in Consulting in Global environments (McKinsey & Cie), Business Development (Teva Pharmaceutical) and Leadership Development as well as knowledge in the field of innovation and startups. She is trained as a professional coach from The Co-Active Training Institute (CTI) and as a Group facilitator & Psychodrama therapist.
Today, she leverages her unique combination of business experience with a deep understanding of human psychology and organization development to bring to her clients a new way to approach self and organization performance.
Nathalie was born in France and currently lives in Tel Aviv. She speaks French, English, Hebrew and Italian.

ALESSIA COLOMBI

Trainer and Coach, HURACT, Italy
MSc in Social, Economic and Decision-Making Psychology at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Alessia is a licensed Psychologist registered with the Order of Psychologists of Lombardy. She specialises in Work and Organizational Psychology, with a focus on AI-driven recruitment, training, and coaching. During her internship at HURACT, she gained experience in talent assessment, digital selection processes, and organisational development. Alongside her work in organisations, she works as a psychologist in a therapeutic community for people with substance dependence, conducting psychological interviews and therapeutic workshops, and has experience in school settings supporting children with disabilities.

GIORGIA CASTELNUOVO

Trainer and Coach, HURACT, Italy
MSc in Psychology for Wellbeing, Empowerment, Rehabilitation, and Positive Technologies from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan. Giorgia is a licensed psychologist registered with the Order of Psychologists of Lombardy. Guided by a strong interest in well-being in organizational contexts, she has further developed competencies in organizational psychology, with a focus on emerging technologies such as AI, virtual reality, and augmented reality.
During her internship at HURACT, she developed skills in corporate wellbeing training, further strengthening her expertise in organizational psychology. In parallel with her professional development, she currently works in Italy in recruitment and personnel selection.

MARTA VALENTE

Trainer and Coach, HURACT, Italy
MSc Occupational Psychology & researching in OP/OB at University of London, Birkbeck. 
Marta has an international, multicultural, eclectic experience. She is an enthusiastic trainer, always exploring new way to broaden and building her students experience.
Her research in organisational psychology and clinical psychology provide invaluable insights to understand and foster organisational employee relations and wellbeing.
Marta is a certified coach at HURACT.

MATTHEW PUGH

Senior Trainer and Coach HURACT, UK
Psychology (BSc), University of Surrey (First Class), Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy), University College London, Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy (PGDip), Royal Holloway, Advanced Schema Therapy (PGCert), International Society of Schema Therapy. Registrations: HCPC, CPsychol., MBABCP, MISST.
Matthew’s unique approach to coaching combines evidence-based psychological intervention, coaching psychology, and cognitive science to help individuals maximise their performance, stretch their thinking, and be successful.
Matthew authored numerous journal articles and book chapters over the course of his career, culminating in the development of his ‘Dialogical Coaching’ framework (Pugh & Broome, 2020).

STEFANIA MACCHIERALDO

Senior Trainer e Coach HURACT,  Italy
Psychology, Psychotherapist, Sociologist of Communication, Hypnologist, Trainer and Conductor of Groups with Methods of Action (Psychodrama, Sociodrama, Sociometry).
After years of working in the company in the field of marketing and communication, she definitively dedicates herself to the psychosocial well-being of people through clinical, training and professional supervision interventions.
For years she has been dealing with gender issues and carries out interventions both in psychosocial prevention and in terms of psychotherapy.
She likes to define her work as in continuous dialectic between stories that curate and care of stories.

SARA TAGLIALAGAMBA

Art Historian, PhD and Post PhD, HURACT, ITALY
Art Historian, PhD and Post PhD (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne, Paris), she was a historical collaborator of Prof. Carlo Pedretti, the world's leading scholar of Leonardo da Vinci. She has taught at prestigious institutes in Italy and abroad, publishing monographs and articles and receiving very high-level awards.
Her favourite fields of study are static and dynamic mechanics, automation, robotics, engineering, hydraulic and pneumatic devices, fountains and clocks. Her first book, "Leonardo da Vinci's Automation and Robotics", published in 2010, received an honourable mention from Scientific American magazine in an article on some robots built at NASA.
She is visiting professor at the UNAM Department of Robotics in Mexico City and UCLA (LA, USA). Sara is currently a fellow at the Museo Galileo in Florence.

FABIANO FACCHETTI

Professional Actor and Master of Arts, HURACT, ITALY
Fabiano was trained at ODIN TEATRET in Denmark, ROY HART THEATRE in France (defined by UNESCO as the World Study Centre of the Human Voice), PROTEI in Russia (a travelling school of Stanislavsky's inspiration with offices in Milan, Berlin, Stockholm, St. Petersburg), and Teatro Prova. He participated in seminars with Eugenio Barba, Peter Brook, Kaya Anderson, Giuseppe Perruccio, Kuniaki Ida, Vincenzo Cerami, Carlo Lucarelli, Gigi Gherzi, and Delphine Joubert, among others.
His face has appeared in “LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF THE MIND – the Return of Caravaggio to Bergamo” on the BBC and Belgian state television (VRT TV 1) with “The TOUR OF THE MYSTERY” on RAI 3 (At the foot of Kilimanjaro). He has also appeared on television: Italia 7, Teletutto BS, Telecolor PC, STV1 Treviglio (BG), Bergamo TV, and Video Bergamo.
The leading national newspapers have commented on his shows.
He founded Teatro Lavori in Corso, a professional theatre company, in February 1997.

CHIOMA DURU-SACHS

Corporate Virtual Assistant Trainer & Coach, HURACT, UK
Bachelor’s degree in Business Studies from the University of Brighton.
Chioma Duru-Sachs is a professional Virtual Assistant who was once an Executive Assistant with a career spanning 18 years working for the busiest and most harried professionals. 
She has worked in industries as diverse as call centre companies, publishing, household linen and insurance.
She lives in Hertfordshire, just outside London with her husband, two children and the family cat (her daughter would be upset if the cat were not mentioned…)

VERONIKA

AI Trainer Avatar HURACT
Veronika is an experienced and knowledgeable AI Assistant (1) who has been specifically designed to assist with the delivery of HURACT courses. 
With fluency in Italian, English, French, German, and many other languages, Veronika can communicate effectively with participants from around the world.
In addition to her language skills, Veronika helps human trainers by providing operational assistance and a wealth of knowledge in essential psychological skills.

(1) Kaate, I., Salminen, J., Jung, S.-G., Almerekhi, H. & Jansen, B. J. (2023). How Do Users Perceive Deepfake Personas? Investigating the Deepfake User Perception and Its Implications for Human-Computer Interaction. Proceedings of the 15th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI, Chapter, 1–12.

RITA TAKACS

Senior Trainer, HURACT, Italy
PMP® Certification – Project Management Professional (PMI), Master in Europrogettazione (Venice International University), SMC certification – Scrum Master Certified (ScrumStudy), also ITIL®4 – ITIL Fundamentals (PeopleCert/Axelos), Six Sigma Yellow Belt – Quality management (SixSigmaStudy). BSc magna cum laude in Psychological Sciences and Techniques (University of Trieste) - Rita has more than ten years of experience in structured corporate contexts, holding positions of functional responsibility. She has held positions as an IT Project Manager, Marketing Manager, and ICT Manager.
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