Meet the team
Ricky Manetta
Founder and CEO
Ricky has been training and teaching Martial Arts from a young age, having been inspired to begin through his own experiences with bullying.
In an illustrious career as the founder of the MMA Krav Maga Martials Arts Federation and working with the Ultimate Fighting Championship for 15 years, rising to hold the position of Head Coordinator.
His passion for helping others to grow and develop led to his starting an anti-bullying campaign which grew and developed into the HumanettIQ project we know today.
Ricky has featured on the BBC several times for his work helping young people grow and develop into confident humans.
He is a committed and loving father of a daughter and all-round Amazing Human!
David Corbishley
Chief Operations Officer/Director of Coaching
David is our Director of Coaching.
He has over 20 years experience working with young people in a variety of roles and was a teacher at an ‘Outstanding’ school in London’s east end for over a decade – where he held the role of Anti-Bullying Coordinator.
He has been working as a Mindset Coach for over five years, helping people to overcome burnout and realise their full potential.
He also works with SME owners to help them develop their businesses.
He first met Ricky over 10 years ago when he started to train in MMA Krav Maga and is an instructor himself.
He is the father of two boys.
Sunny Sond
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer
Sunny is a father of two boys and is passionate about making the world they grow up in as safe and rewarding as possible. His children are his main motivation for his work with HumanettIQ.
Born and raised in East London, Sunny has built a successful career in Technology, working with institutional clients and corporations implementing solutions, managing projects and identifying strategic improvements.
Sunny also volunteers as an amateur boxing coach, working with aspiring fighters and with other young people as a mentor. Through coaching and mentoring, Sunny has been exposed to the variety of challenges that young people face and feels compelled to take action to help.
Working with the team on making HumanettIQ part of the solution to those challenges is incredibly fulfilling for Sunny and he hopes it will help the futures of his children and of all the people that HumanettIQ are able to reach.