Meet the ZONE SIX team

Bringing you high performance coaching for high performance living through our team and the consultants we work with

Director of Health & Performance, Co-Founder

Tom Kopelman MSc, BA Hons, BSc, MCSP, MAACP

Tom has had over 10 seasons as the First Team Rehabilitation Physiotherapist at Tottenham Hotspur FC. Tom worked day to day rehabilitating Premier League and international footballers back to performance and also works with celebrities, professional cricketers, young athletes, Olympians and consultant to a world boxing champion. He works closely with the ZONE SIX Team to oversee the creation and implementation of the health & performance programmes at ZONE SIX.

Prior to becoming a Physiotherapist, Tom played cricket for Essex and the MCC as a bowler, where he had the opportunity to play around the world, including Mozambique, Botswana, Ireland, at Lord's Cricket Ground and bowl at some of the worlds best players including Sachin Tendulkar. Injuries whilst playing began his interest in Physiotherapy.

Tom graduated from The University of East London and began his career in the NHS. Tom has extensive experience in a variety of sports such as rugby, cricket and boxing before moving to work in football full time. He spent 10 years rehabilitating and preparing some of the worlds best international players for the Premier League, international tournaments and the Champions League final also working for the worlds most renowned football managers. Tom rehabilitated the current England captain, Harry Kane, back from his biggest injury to date. Tom has also travelled working internationally and visited some of the world's most advanced sports rehabilitation centres and has incorporated these practices into ZONE SIX.

Tom's extensive experience means he has worked with a variety of different patients, in settings from in hospital, at home and in leading facilities, from amateur sportsman to elite athletes at the height of their game. Tom has also completed a Masters in Sports Medicine, Exercise and Health at University College London with a special interest in tendinopathy.

Tom is a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, the Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists and the Football Medical and Performance Association.

Business Director, Personal Trainer & Co-Founder

Cristina Sidoli BA Hons

Cristina has worked successfully for an international retailer in various roles such as senior management and most recently in digital project management, rolling out new innovative technology to the retailer's 800+ stores across the UK. Her broad business experience led her to work with Tom to be the creative force and the day-to-day operator behind ZONE SIX. Cristina is a qualified 'Level 3 Personal Trainer' and has a 'Level 3 qualification in training pre and post natal clients' and is a 'Mummy MOT FitPro' woking alongside a local Mummy MOT physiotherapy practitioner to offer the full suite of pre and post partum preparation and recovery tools for expectant and new mums. Invaluably Cristina has been through this herself, having had her own baby over 2 years ago and currently pregnant again with number 2!

Cristina has enjoyed a variety of sports including tennis, netball and cricket. Her main love has been tennis, having grown up playing and coaching locally until going to university where she took up cricket, winning the Midlands League. Cristina continues relationships with The Avenue Tennis Club in Loughton. This has led to our recent sponsorship of The Avenue Tennis Club and an ongoing connection with the club.

Cristina has always valued good training and coaching which tailors to the client, their goals, abilities and ambitions. She has also always valued community spirit that a personal, clinic and studio can build. Coupled with first hand knowledge and understanding of good customer care and experience, Cristina has put this at the forefront of ZONE SIX's ethos.

Lead Performance Coach

Paul Webb

Paul is one of the most experienced coaches working today, with over 35 years experience. A former professional athlete, Paul’s life took an unexpected turn when injury caused him to retire prematurely. Paul leads the implementation and creation of programmes of our membership, THE Z6 CLUB, and works with our high level athletes and private clients. He also works closely with our Clinical Director, Tom, to continuously evolve our performance coaching and its integration with physiotherapy when returning patients back from injury.

A deep internal drive that he had unfinished business in the sporting world led Paul to travel across the world to qualify as one of the first Strength Coaches in the UK. After setting up his own facility, Paul spent almost twenty years coaching athletes, of all levels from all over the world in multiple sports. He also authored two best selling books on strength and performance. During this time Paul trained a wide variety of people out of his gym in East London and began to change the focus of his coaching philosophy by incorporating mindset and peak performance coaching alongside his strength and performance programmes. This led Paul to be recruited by some of the most well known mindset coaches in the world to help them set up their own mindset and lifestyle coaching programmes.

Paul came to a decision a that running the gym that had been successful for almost two decades no longer served the direction he was going in. After selling it Paul drew on years of experience both in his own life and through working with thousands of clients, and travelled across the world, from the UK to the US and even to Saudi Arabia, working with Hollywood actors, entrepreneurs, CEO’s, Olympians, celebrities, athletes & Royalty, helping all to achieve levels of fitness, performance and success in their lives that far exceeded what they expected.

Performance Coach

John Aiwone MSc, BSc

John is a qualified personal trainer with over 6 years of track experience in the industry alongside sports coaching. He has coached in a wide range of fitness spaces ranging from health clubs, commercial gyms to personal training studios and university gyms. John values making exercise a fun, interactive and inclusive activity for all his clients and members to engage in. He is driven by the goal of empower the people around him physically, mentally and emotionally, favouring a person-centred approach with empathy and authenticity at the heart of his coaching delivery.

John has a BSc in Sport and Exercise Science and an MSc in Strength and Conditioning, graduating from University of Essex in 2017 and University of East London in 2021 respectively. He has always had his eyes set on working in a sport or fitness-related profession. But it was during his time at University when he started pursuing health and fitness as a hobby and loved training regularly and achieving personal goals, coupled with the desire to make a difference to people's lives, where the path to being a personal trainer became clear.

John enjoys regularly taking part in fitness competitions and endurance races, having done multiple 10k, Half Marathons and Hyrox races around the UK and abroad. Throw in the single ATHX Games appearance and competing in-house Olympic Weightlifting competition also. Outside of health and fitness, he is an avid Arsenal fan and enjoys F1, wrestling, movies, creative writing & passionate about mental health and solo travelling, having previously been a travel writer and has visited over 25 countries and 30 cities.

Performance Coach

Pasha George

Pasha is a qualified fitness instructor working and training in the industry for numerous years. Pasha gained a degree in Business Management & Leadership and subsequently became CMI certified as a Chartered Manager.

Pasha has spent the last 8 years working in hospitality as a Head Chef and Manager until she realised a passion for fitness after turning a hobby for working out into a passion for supporting others through their own transformations. She has since worked across several gyms, is a firm favourite with our Z6 CLUB members and in particular she enjoys training powerbuilding and strength & conditioning.

Specialist Musculoskeletal &

Neurological Physiotherapist

Annette Benbow MSc, BSc Hons

Annette is a chartered physiotherapist with experience working across both NHS and private sectors. She graduated from the University of Birmingham with a first-class honours degree in Sports Therapy, then completed a Physiotherapy masters at the University of Essex. She has over 6 years experience working across a range of settings including acute hospital wards, inpatient rehabilitation units, outpatient MSK clinics and football teams including Coventry United W.F.C.

Annette currently serves as the lead on-site physiotherapist at the Bank of New York in London, where she provides specialised treatment to employees, helping them rehabilitate injuries, manage pain, improve their overall health and return to sport.

In her previous role Annette led a specialist neurological rehabilitation team in an NHS hospital in East London, as a senior Band 7. She worked with individuals following acute neurological events; such as strokes, brain injuries and spinal surgeries, helping to rehabilitate, restore independence, and quality of life. She has experience working in acute and community settings with people with long term neurological conditions including; Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and motor neurone disease. In addition to offering both musculoskeletal and neurological rehabilitation, Annette is also trained in sports massage, acupuncture, kinesiology taping and post-surgical injury management.

Annette has a keen interest in health, fitness and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. She is a proficient tennis player, representing university teams and local tennis clubs in league matches. With over 6 years experience of tennis coaching locally, she has taken this overseas to Maine USA and coached talented children at the prestigious summer camp - Tripp Lake. She is a keen cyclist, yoga and gym enthusiast, and has a passion for travelling

Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist

Samuel Siequien MSc, BSc Hons

Sam is a Chartered Physiotherapist and has worked in private practice since qualifying as a Physiotherapist from the University of Brighton. Sam has developed a special interest in lower limb injuries, focussing on the foot and ankle, as well as both general sporting injuries, and all other musculoskeletal injuries in clinic. As a keen cyclist, sam has also combined this with his physiothrepay practice, to offer more specialised sessions for cyclists, alongside his day to day physiotherapy practice. Sam also offers a brace fitting service.

As a dedicated physiotherapist, Sam aims to bring his understanding and experience working to ensure your rehabilitation aligns with your personal goals. Sam has had the privilege of working with athletes in elite rugby, semi-professional football, and recreational club sports. Sam has also held a teaching position at the University of East London, allowing Sam to stay up to date with best practice guidelines and deliver the highest standard of care.

Sam works to combine exercise rehabilitation, evidence-based treatments, and education to empower you in managing your recovery. His experience with strength and conditioning coaches in elite sports helps him create effective and well-rounded rehabilitation programmes.

Pilates Instructor

Hayley West

Hayley is a Level 3 mat & Reformer pilates instructor, teaching a variety of classes locally. Meet Hayley by booking into her HIIT Pilates session in the timetable on Mondays at 7pm.

Hayley got into Pilates havning enjoyed staying active through a mix of strength & conditioning and pilates for the last 5 years, She stepped into my first HIIT Pilates class and never looked back! It transformed her strength and physique and she now enjoys programming classes to test myself and my clients too.

When she's not teaching or practicing Pilates she's either on holiday or reading

Co-Practice Manager & Marketing Manager

Paola Sidoli

Paola is a proficient manager with previous years of experience in recruitment before joining ZONE SIX for the last 3 years.

Paola's job has grown immensely since she started with us, and now manages the day to day running of ZONE SIX including diary & patient management, social media and marketing, payments processing and team staffing. Paola is a friendly face at ZONE SIX who will always be pleased to help you.

Clinic Receptionist

Nicola Jones

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