Our People

ALISON OWEN
Founder & Director
MNZSTA

Alison has extensive experience as a Speech Language Therapist and is a member of the NZ Speech Language Therapists' Association. She has been in private practice since 1995.

In 2005 she established Voice Culture to provide accent reduction, focused training and coaching services to individuals and businesses and to meet the unique speech, voice and communication needs of the corporate sector.

Kirstie Holmes
Speech Pathologist

Kirstie Holmes completed a Bachelor of Speech Pathology in Melbourne. She has specialist paediatric experience in a range of areas, including articulation, language, literacy and stuttering disorders. Kirstie is also involved in developing the area of accent modification at Voice Culture, and has done specialist training in this area. She is applying to become a member of the NZ Speech Therapist Association.

MIKE DREW
Voice Coach 

A founding director of UK based Corporate Games Ltd., Mike has been responsible for individual and group coaching of senior management in voice production, speech delivery and presentation.

Trained in New York and London in actingand voice production he has worked as a professional stage, film, television and radio actor, director, producer and presenter for 25 yeasr throughout Europa, USA and Asia.

As a voice actor, he has played numerous characters in over fifty BBC radio dramas, award winning animation series, documentaries and presentation for BBC Wildlife, Disney, The National Trust, English Heritage, National Geographic and Discovery Channel. He can be heard in over 40 countries. 

Today in New Zealand, if you listen to radio, watch TV or visit the movies, you'll hear his voice...but not always recognise it.