Meet the team
Leverage Crew
Nadia Leita
Leverage Leadership Partner / Management and Leadership Specialist
As a Leverage Leadership Partner, Nadia Leita brings over 18 years of experience igniting leadership potential and personal growth. With a fundamental passion for people development, she takes a personal, engaging and intuitive approach. An accredited Inner Life Skills Coach and Lumina Spark Practitioner, Nadia has a gift for empowering individuals and sparking transformative self-discovery. Her skills as an assessor and moderator with Services SETA and SABPP further enrich her ability to cultivate leaders at all levels. Nadia’s dedication to unlocking human capacity and fuelling empowerment is at the core of her work.
Prabashni Chetty
Leverage Leadership Partner / Finance Specialist
Prabashni is a certified CA(SA) with over 18 years of banking experience. Her previous role was Senior Manager of the Credit Risk Reporting Team at the largest bank by market share in SA. She uses this experience and knowledge to set Leverage Leadership’s strategic direction and the practical application of content. She is a strong advocate for leading within the management structure.
Yolande Signorelli
Operations Lead
With over 21 years of experience, Yolande has a customer service mindset and a servant’s heart, she finds the greatest joy in witnessing others flourish into their full potential. Her passion lies in nurturing growth by cultivating environments where people thrive. Committed to bringing out the best, Yolande enthusiastically invests in each person’s ongoing journey of self-discovery and development. Driven by a genuine desire to maximize human capabilities, she creates safe spaces that inspire self-exploration, creativity and continuous learning. Yolande’s service-oriented approach ensures individuals feel valued, supported and empowered to embrace their unique talents.
Nadia Freeman
Business Growth Lead
Meet Nadia Freeman, a strategic L&D catalyst and OD-ETD professional with over 17 years of experience in the Skills Development field. As the Business Growth Lead at Leverage Leadership, she collaborates with clients to craft impactful learning and development programmes—ranging from leadership training to addressing skills gaps across all levels of their business. Her ability to navigate legislative changes ensures solutions that are both compliant and effective.
Nadia’s passion lies in designing future-focused learning strategies and fostering cultures of continuous growth. By partnering with clients across industries, she co-creates transformative development journeys that unlock potential, build organisational capability, and empower teams to thrive.
Marieta Wasserfall
Industrial Psychologist
With over 35 years’ experience in higher education and occupational learning, Marieta Wasserfall is an esteemed subject matter expert. As a qualified assessor and moderator, she cultivates talent through personal, impactful learning approaches. Accredited by Services SETA and SABPP, Marieta’s passion centres on empowering individuals and organisations through transformative educational journeys that unlock human potential for sustainable growth.
Empowering Leaders, Transforming Organisations
Leverage Leadership offers a broad range of programmes that focus on all levels of leadership development, from the new to the experienced leader. Our mission is to empower individuals and teams to reach new heights of effectiveness, fulfilment, and impact.
