2014 Conference Presenters

George Kinder - Founder & President, Kinder Institute of Life Planning | Conference Chair

George Kinder developed his Life Planning ideas and methods over 30 years as a financial planner and tax advisor.  For the last ten years, Kinder has devoted himself full time to speaking and teaching advisors his EVOKE® method of Life Planning.  His two books, The Seven Stages of Money Maturity and Lighting the Torch, The Kinder Method of Life Planning, are considered by many to be the seminal works in the  field.   

Jane Brendgen, Coach, trainer and mindfulness teacher

Jane is committed to supporting people to realize more of their innate potential.

She has been involved with organisational and personal development for the past 10 years and in her role as coach and trainer / facilitator  has delivered workshops, team and 1-1 coaching primarily to organisations such as The Discovery Channel, News International, Channel 4, Channel 5, The Walt Disney Company, GroupM, and MediaCom.   She has also worked with clients such as MSN Microsoft, AOL and the NHS.

Jane says "Mindfulness is integral to my life and work and I am passionate about bringing the benefits of it to individuals and into the workplace." She teaches mindfulness-based programmes (MBSR) and has developed a number of workshops all of which emphasize the application of mindfulness as an agent for change. Mindfulness plays a central role in her coaching approach. Enhanced by her practice of presence, “bringing my whole self to the engagement with the client and being fully in the moment with and for the client”, she finds that the coaching relationship becomes a powerful catalyst for change.

She is in her last year of an  MA in Mindfulness-based approaches at the University of Wales, psychology department. Her thesis topic is focused on establishing a methodology modelled on the mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programme to fulfil the business need for mindfulness training in the workplace".

Jane has a committed mindfulness practice and is deeply appreciative of the benefits of this in her everyday life.

Jane is currently on the Kinder Mentorship programme and her intention is to working collaboratively with members of the financial fraternity to expand the reach of EVOKE®.  

Louis Vollebregt - Director, Means in Progress B.V. | Life Planning trainer NL

Louis spent over 20 years at Equity & Law/AXA in a variety of positions with a focus in Sales Management and Organizational Development.  Since leaving the corporate world seven years ago, he has been a successful executive coach and trainer dedicated to improving both business and personal effectiveness and a capable mediator during complex business negotiations.  Louis is a certified trainer for the Kinder Institute and also a personal Life Planner for successful business owners.  His intelligence, care, and deep knowledge of people is apparent in everything he does.

Tina Weeks, Serenity Financial Planning

Tina Weeks is the indefatigable founder of Serenity Financial Planning, a London-based financial life planning firm.  She founded Serenity in 2004 out of a desire to create a new, contemporary and vibrant financial planning brand that would provide the best in financial advice and coaching.  Tina completed her Registered Life Planning training with the Kinder Institute and served as the Institute’s UK representative for 2010.     She is so excited about the potential of Financial Life Planning that she and Philip Calvert developed the  “An Introduction to Life Planning” workshop which they delivered to scores of interested IFAs in 2010.  Tina is well known amongst her peers as an energetic, intelligent, infectiously engaging professional who is a master of the new world of digital social media.