Meet the Experts
Our Team: Global Leaders in Health and Human Performance
At High Performance for Life, our team brings together world-class expertise in health, movement, sleep, female hormones, advanced program design, nutrition, bloods, biomarkers and recovery. We’re passionate about helping you unlock your potential and live your healthiest, longest life.
Dr Jiji Pollock
Gender Specific Training
Chantel Huttnan
Female Health + Hormones
Jan Huttnan
High Performance Coach
Ian O’Dwyer
Global Movement Expert
Richard Boyd
Global Recovery Programmer
Dr Melanie Winter
PHD Science and Phlebotomist
Michol Dalcourt
Global Health Architect
Olivia Arezzolo
Global Sleep Expert
Dr Jiji Pollock-Jiji Pollock PhD has been in the health and fitness industry for over 25 years and is passionate about helping humans find optimal health and performance. Dr. Pollock is the Director of Science for the Institute of Motion, as well as an Adjunct Professor in Kinesiology with the University of Chicago and A.T. Still University. Her research specializes in gender training considerations for both males and females across the life cycle. Dr. Pollock has worked with young aspiring collegiate-level athletes, former Olympic caliber athletes, as well as CEO’s and executives of billion dollar corporations.
Dr. Pollock holds a MSc degree and PhD in Kinesiology, Health and Human Performance. She enjoys all things movement, particularly swimming, biking, and running and rock climbing with her three sons. Her second passions are cooking and dark chocolate. .
Ian O’Dwyer– nicknamed the “Body Whisperer”. Ian has conducted over 40,000 sessions helping people move better and without restrictions. Ian is Co-Founder of PTA Global, global presenter with over 35 years experience educating and teaching movement and performance. Ian was the creator of Feel Soma, an education company devoted to helping coaches, trainers, therapists understand the power of movement. Ian was the creator of the Mobility POD launched in 2024, and the Daily Awareness Tool used in different organisations around the world to access peoples readiness to move.
Michol Dalcourt- is an internationally recognised industry leader in health and human performance. He is the founder and CEO of the Institute of Motion, inventor of the VIPR PRO, co founder of PTA Global. Michol has served as adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco in the department of Sports Science, also Adjunct Faculty at NAIT college school of Health Sciences for biomechanics, anatomy and exercise science.
Since 2017, Michol has worked with the government of Singapore to found Active Health, a nationwide initiative to scale health and well being to every Singaporean. The results of these efforts has helped Singapore earn the designated “Blue Zone 2.0” (fist manufactured Blue Zone in the world)
Michol has sat on boards and worked with Microsoft Health, Equinox, Nike and Pennington Biomedical, amongst others. Michol received his education from the University of Alberta in the area of Exercise science.
Chantel Huttnan-Chantel has worked in the healthcare sector as a Pharmacist for over a decade. She now consults as a Functional Medicine Practitioner supporting women’s health conditions.
Her educational background includes a Bachelor in Pharmacy and she has completed training as a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner (FDN-P)
She also holds the designation of Advanced Diagnostics and Personalised Treatment (ADAPT) Trained Health Practitioner from the Kresser Institute, a functional medicine practitioner and ancestral health training program.
Richard Boyd- is an industry entrepreneur recognised for his companies PT on the Net and PTA Global. PT on the Net became the largest educational resource in the world for fitness professionals and PTA Global was the first collaboration of over 20 world renown authors, researchers and educators coming together to create an industry certification. Richard created an annual event in Colorado called “Meeting of the Minds” where global experts came together to share their learnings in their specialist fields to help the industry grow and evolve.
Recently Richard has become known for creating world class and unique recovery facilities, his latest one he partnered with the PURE Group out of Hong Kong and together they built the largest facility of it’s kind in Asia and the first smart recovery studio in the world.
With roles from CEO to Senior Executive of Innovation for the world’s largest health club chain, Richard has always been at the forefront of innovation in the industry.
Jan Huttnan– Jan is a former professional Ice-Hockey player who has taken his knowledge of sport and exercise and applied it to coaching and program design.
Jan has over 25 years of experience creating programs as well as coaching individuals at the elite level, as well as general clientele.
Jan has given more than 100 international lectures on programming, performance, program design and applied exercise.
He has built a training and movement curriculum for fitness certifications, ViPR PRO® and contributed to the development of the AHHPS curriculum for the Institute of Motion.
Olivia Arezollo– Olivia Arezzolo is Australia’s Leading Sleep Expert and Keynote Speaker – With 300+ keynotes worldwide with Samsung, The Westin, Audible, AIA Insurance, Medibank and more, Olivia simplifies sleep science into actionable advice. Her international bestseller is published in 10 countries, testament to her universal appeal; and her practical insights have led to 500+ media features – and counting.She is also the Editor in Chief of Women’s Fitness Magazine, leading 300,000+ women to move, live and thrive.——Showreel: https://bit.ly/oliviaspeakerreel ——Results:Keynote Speaking:- Delivered over 300 keynotes, seminars and workshops worldwide – Headline speaker for The Westin in Japan, Vietnam, USA- Featured speaker for Samsung in AU, NZ and SingaporeSleep Wellness Activations / Retreats:- The Westin Rejuvenating Retreat – Vietnam- The Westin Wellness Weekend – Tokyo – Kempinski Media Retreat – Bali- Deep Sleep Experience – Ovolo Hotels, AU Media Partnerships + TV:- Reached over 74 million in a single media campaign, a 6501x ROI – Reached 5.12 million in 17 top tier interviews; incl Tatler, Forbes, Elle, Travel + Leisure – 100% growth in post campaign Google search Popular Expert Content:- 2,900 shares on a Daily Mail article – 100k+ video views with Business Icon Mark Bouris OAM – 3.2M+ views + 200% lift in social media engagement with The Westin——Hero Keynote: Sleep For Peak PerformanceDelivered for global brands including The Westin, Audible, Samsung, IKEA, Medibank and more
Dr Melanie Winter-Dr Melanie Winter is a PhD-qualified medical researcher and founder of In-Home Pathology. She began her career at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, where she spent a decade managing a genetics research laboratory investigating childhood diseases. She later completed her PhD in cardiovascular disease at Royal North Shore Hospital, followed by post-doctoral research in neurology, cancer and migraine. After working in clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease and oncology, she identified a critical gap in care for patients unable to attend clinics. This led her to establish In-Home Pathology, delivering in-home blood collection, ECG, Holter monitoring and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to elderly and vulnerable patients across the community.