Edy is a seasoned leadership consultant known for his authenticity, compassion, and exceptional ability to nurture growth. With a proven track record of empowering individuals and teams across corporate environments, Edy’s unique approach combines emotional intelligence, strategic problem-solving, and genuine care for people and community.
Whether you're new to leadership, seeking personal direction, or aiming to enhance your team's performance, Edy’s personalised coaching helps you achieve meaningful and lasting results.
Services
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Personalised Leadership Coaching: Customized one-on-one sessions to target specific goals and challenges.
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Strategic Business Mentoring: Focused advisory sessions to enhance organizational performance and cultural alignment.
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Consultancy Services: Comprehensive guidance for businesses and community organizations aiming for sustainable growth and operational excellence.
Fastracking your startup
Ethical Leadership & Integrity: Navigate complex ethical landscapes, and strengthen your decision-making skills with clarity and confidence
Emotional Intelligence & Compassion: Enhance your emotional intelligence, and build meaningful, authentic connections within your teams and networks
Team Culture & Empowerment: Develop resilient and empowered teams where you can foster collaborative, high-performance environments
Strategic Problem‑Solving: Adapt swiftly to business and leadership challenge, Implement effective strategies for sustainable succes
With decades of leadership experience across corporate, community, and cultural sectors, Edy is trusted for his practical, people-first approach to coaching, consultancy, and cultural advisory. Known for his emotional intelligence, cultural insight, and strategic thinking, Edy delivers tailored solutions that empower individuals, strengthen teams, and drive real-world results.
As a Samoan Matai and founder of Tautua Group, he is a respected cultural consultant and community leader in Samoa, Brisbane, and Melbourne. His work is grounded in service, integrity, and impact—earning the trust of leaders across finance, government, and the NDIS sector.
Trusted by Leaders Across Sectors
Edy has supported professionals, teams, and organizations within some of Australia’s most recognized institutions. His leadership insights and people-first strategies have empowered decision-makers across both the corporate and community sectors:
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AXA – Guided leadership development and people management strategies within a global financial services environment.
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National Australia Bank (NAB) – Delivered team-building and performance mentoring, helping senior staff improve emotional intelligence and operational clarity.
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Westpac – Supported culture transformation initiatives and coached emerging leaders on ethical leadership and resilience.
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Bank of Queensland (BoQ) – Worked directly with operations teams to enhance team cohesion, strategic problem-solving, and internal communication.
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Tautua Group (NDIS) – As founder and Group Director, Edy led the organization’s rapid growth across disability support services, embedding leadership and cultural frameworks that empower both staff and participants.
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Whether it’s large-scale financial institutions or fast-growing social enterprises, Edy’s approach is adaptable, values-driven, and always centered around real, measurable impact.
Success Stories and Testimonials
Sam Manu, NAB
Edy adds great value by influencing with clear articulation of his vision and experienced methodology backed up with a sound understanding of the detail. His leadership credibility extends beyond his working life and is evident via him being bestowed the title of Matai or Chief in the community of his Samoan heritage, whose principal duty is to lead, serve and protect his family and community. I value Edy's professional and personal mateship as someone guided by his unwavering principles, core values, and trust. To this end, I would highly recommend as a leader in any organisation.
Nancy McKoy
Matenai is driven to provide the best results for the customer, his people and the business. He is authentic in his dealings and is always on the "alert" for continuous improvements. His willingness to learn and better self, gives him the edge when supporting his people. Having worked with Edy over the years I can recommend him as a great asset any leadership team.
Richard Marshall, NAB OM
Edy is the most inspiring and authentic leader I have worked alongside. A forward thinker, his drive to support his team improve and develop shines through. His compassion and thoughfullness is what sets him apart from other leaders. Always there to listen and provide advice. His unique story telling abilities are inspiring and get you so motivated that you are willing to run through brick walls to achieve greatness. I would highly recommend Edy to be a part of any leadership team as he naturally brings people together to help achieve a common goal.
Jared Jones
It is my pleasure to write about my working experinces under the lead of Uati (Ed). When I began my tenure at AXA/AMP was when I first met Uati. From that moment I was taken back about how warm and welcoming Ed was he showed care for not only myself but anyone he came across whether it was direct employees or his customers. Ed put alot of his personal time in providing ongoing support and training sacrificing his own work at that time. He has such an inspring attitude, it made you want to be your best. As a manager he had so much knowledge from a product perspective but it was his leadership that stood out. He was inspirational to all his direct reports ,his constant display of agile management and willingness to implement changes which was due to his amazing business sense. His lead showed all who worked for him he cared about his people and also the sucess of the business as a whole, making many decisions overtime which were extremely successful. Ed gave flexibility and freedom to allow me to grow in my role, always supporting me and others to get the best out of ourselves. Humble , Respectful, caring, puts others first , amazing leader ,motivating and inspirational are words that come to mind when I think of my time working under Ed and even as we have moved on with careers he is always there for you, if I have had the chance again to work under or alongside him, i would jump at the oppotunity. I could not recomend anyone more , love the guy!!
Nick Risi
I have known Edy for 10+ years, he is an inspirational person that I look up to for guidance and support. He has an amazing spirit that shows empathy, gratitude and patience for those who really need his guidance. Anyone who is lost in their path or journey in this life, I encourage you to reach out to Edy, if you want anyone to be in your corner you would want this human and some of you maybe lucky enough to know Edy but I’m grateful to call him friend.
Industry: Finance
It was an absolute pleasure working in a leadership team alongside Edy. Describing his leadership is easy, he serves his people. Authentic and compassionate, Edy gets results through the team he leads because they feel valued and well taken care of. In the context of an operational leader, Edy adds great value by influencing with clear articulation of his vision and experienced methodology backed up with a sound understanding of the detail. His leadership credibility extends beyond his working life and is evident via him being bestowed the title of Matai or Chief in the community of his Samoan heritage, whose principal duty is to lead, serve and protect his family and community. I value Edy's professional and personal mateship as someone guided by his unwavering principles, core values, and trust. To this end, I would highly recommend as a leader in any organisation.
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