World-class expertise behind every athlete

Amanda Johanson is passionate about people. She is a mother of three and an adventurer. Throughout her life, she was an elite athlete, earning a full athletic scholarship to the University of Denver (USA) for gymnastics and later competing at the World Cup level in aerials ski jumping for the USA. She holds a master’s degree in applied psychology from the University of Canterbury. Amanda has worked with athletes ranging from novice to professional and Olympic levels in over 35 different sports. She loves working with TTW athletes, who are passionate and eager to improve and better themselves. She feels honored to be a part of the program.

Anna is a former high-performance athlete who represented New Zealand at two Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games where she won a gold and two silver medals. She was consistently ranked in the top 10 in the world during her swimming career with a highlight of setting a world short-course record in 1992. Anna is a key facilitator and member of the Performance Wellbeing team and is passionate about working with people to realise their full potential. She believes in a values and strengths based approach and brings energy, compassion and humour to the work she does. Anna is an expert facilitator in the area of wellbeing, high performance sport and balance. As a proud mother of three, Anna understands the challenges of juggling motherhood and work life. Anna also works for High Performance Sport NZ as an Athlete Life Advisor.

Since the age of 4, he has been playing sport. Participating in everything from rugby and cricket to squash and golf – all at provincial and international representative level, loves the outdoors where he surfs and dives (among everything else). He can understand the pressures that sportsmen and women go through, both physiological and psychological. Conrad works with young rugby players, track and field athletes, Crossfit Games athletes, professional golfers, endurance athletes, and professional rugby players (to name a few). His drive is to start changing the way the health and fitness industry sees clients as more than just a 'quick fix' for marketing and driving sustainable change to inspire generations to follow.

For the past 18 years Todd has been a professional cricket player, representing both Canterbury and the New Zealand Black Caps in that time. He has also played over 100 first-class matches for Canterbury and is the association's leading all-time wicket taker. Having experienced numerous challenges, triumphs and setbacks, both on and off the field, Todd has harnessed his experiences, learnings and formal studies, to create his mental skills business ‘Innerspin’. For the past 6 years he has worked with athletes and teams across a wide array of sports. His aim is to educate, inspire and empower others through mental skills coaching. Mental skills coaching helps to create greater awareness and an optimal mindset, to enhance an athletes ability to tap into their full capabilities and assists them to become the best version of themselves.

Rob has been a Sports Medicine doctor at the former SportsMed since 1989. He passed Specialist Sports Physician exams in 1994 and was the 1st in Canterbury to do so. SportsMed has been a training practice for over 20 years for Sports medicine registrars all of whom have passed. Dr. Campbell has been the training supervisor for the registrars for over 20 years and will continue to do so at Sports Clinic.

Rob worked as the Crusaders and Canterbury rugby doctor for 5 years from 1997, as NZ Cricket doctor for 10 years and Coast to Coast Medical Director for 30+ years.

Rob practices what he preaches – he was, NZ Hockey rep, Canterbury rep at school level in hockey, rugby, cricket and golf. Has run 2 marathons and still plays golf on a single-figure handicap.

Ex-professional netball player, Registered Dietitian, and mother of three, Jess Moulds established Relish Nutrition with a vision of helping others find a way of living and eating that feels right for them. She firmly believes there is no one size fits all answer to good nutrition.

Jess' first memories of food and nutrition come from her upbringing on a farm. She hasn’t always had a healthy relationship with food, despite learning where food came from and being savvy in the kitchen with her mum. Very tall from a young age, food became a way to change her body rather than nourish it. She was scouted for professional netball as she moved to University studying to become a Dietitian. Sports performance and nutrition became her passion as she was living and breathing both the practical and scientific aspects of performance at the same time. Jess played professional netball for over 10 years whilst completing her Masters in Nutrition and setting up her own nutrition business. Jess also went on to specialise in gut health and disordered eating. With over 10 years experience working with individuals on a range of different health issues, she is passionate about helping people develop a positive relationship with food and finding a balance between health/performance and fun/food enjoyment.

Qualifications: Bachelor of Science majoring in Human Nutrition, Master of Dietetics, NZ Registered Dietitian, Nutritionist, Sports Nutritionist

Ilia is a registered psychologist specialising in child and family psychology and sport and performance psychology. She has spent much of her career in specialist mental health services throughout the country and has experience supporting adolescents and young adults with anxiety, neurodiversity, mood and emotion regulation difficulties and disordered eating. She now runs a local private practice where she supports young people and their whanau with all things mental health, wellbeing as well as athlete performance. She has worked with amateur through to professional athletes, from recreational teams to Olympians and Commonwealth representatives. She is passionate about supporting athlete performance and mental wellbeing from a holistic perspective so athletes can train and perform to their full potential. She has a wealth of knowledge across the diverse clinical roles she has held and additional therapeutic training in: CBT, DBT, ACT, PCIT, Solution focused therapy, Maudsley and Mindfulness based therapies. 

Mike is Clinical Director and co-owner of Christchurch Physiotherapy and Sports Clinic. He is a physiotherapist with degrees in Physiotherapy and Sport Science, as well as post Graduate qualifications in Sport Physiotherapy, and Strength & Conditioning. His career has crossed over Sports Science, and Physiotherapy allowing him to combine his comprehensive knowledge of sporting performance and his enthusiasm for helping guide young athletes. Mike has over 15 years of experience working with a wide variety of athletes from youth developmental roles to professionals both in New Zealand and internationally; at Harvard University, High Performance Sport NZ, NZ Cricket, NZ Softball, Canterbury Cricket, Netball Mainland, dance and gymnastics, among many others. He has cohesive knowledge of sports performance as a coach and athlete, having played representative rugby as well as competing in athletics, New Zealand’s Coast to Coast and other multisport events.

With these experiences and qualifications Mike has a unique position in the industry, being able to encourage and bring out the best in an athlete or team. Having a passion for working with youth athletes, by supporting the health and wellbeing of our talented young people will ensure longevity of their career for years to come. goes here

Kylie is a Physiotherapist with post graduate qualifications in Sports Medicine and a Master in Sport Science. Her background is in netball and more recently in triathlon and endurance sports. Kylie is Director of The Healthy Athlete Project, her special interest being the female athlete. She works both clinically as a Physiotherapist and as a Health Educator, raising awareness on female athlete health related issues. Kylie has worked most recently on a female health education initiative for Netball New Zealand’s NetballSmart programme. She works in musculoskeletal private practice in Christchurch and with Basketball New Zealand’s Female U17 National team.

Richard runs private performance consultancy, LightSmith, and he has worked with many NZ public and private corporates and sporting organisations. Over a career spanning 30 years, Richard has worked in a number of world-leading high performance roles including; the High-Performance Coach Development Manager for NZ Cricket, High-Performance Leader at Crusaders Super Rugby Club, High-Performance Coaching Consultant for High Performance Sport NZ. Prior to his various roles in High Performance, Richard worked in education as a teacher, HOD, Assistant Principal and Lecturer. He is a graduate of the University of Otago and University of Canterbury. A rugby coach at various levels for the last 22 years including Canterbury U19, Colts, Canterbury B, and in 2007 a World Championship winning coach with NZ U19 at the IRB U19 World Championships in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

George is Tātai Whetū Waitaha’s Brand and Marketing Lead, bringing a background in elite triathlon alongside more than a decade in marketing and brand. Through his own business, Ligament, he helps connect brands to strategy and solutions — using strong storytelling, content and creative to help the programme reach more athletes, partners and supporters.