Helen mumford sole

FOUNDER
 

Helen Mumford Sole has had a successful career as a senior executive of both large and startup companies. She was CEO of LexisNexis UK, SVP of Gartner (Europe, Middle East and Africa), and co-founder and COO of Wentworth Research - a VC-backed startup that was acquired by Gartner. She was also CEO of two other startups, CIO of a GE Capital company, and held various roles in Financial Services companies, and consultancies including Ernst & Young and Andersen Consulting. This high performance background gives Helen great credibility and positioning in the minds of the senior executives she coaches as they know that she understands their context and the associated issues and opportunities.

In her corporate life Helen searched for a coach who had the credibility and skills to help her reach the top of her game, someone who understood the C-suite, could work with the highest achievers and still improve their performance. She didn’t find this person, so after maternity leave for her 3rd child, she decided this would be her next career.

For 4 years, Helen devoted herself to learning everything she could about coaching for performance and success. She qualified as an Executive Coach at the highest level at Columbia University in Manhattan, and gained certificates in several other schools of coaching. She is a Neuro-Linguistic Programming Master Practitioner as well as being a qualified Ericksonian hypnotist and is also a Reiki Master/Instructor, which she studied in order to understand how to manage stress productively.

Helen lives in Manhattan where she has a thriving practice in Executive Coaching. Helen’s clients are senior and high performing executives from Global 500 companies, fast growing startups, and federal government. They include Coca Cola Enterprises, Merck, UBS, HSBC, Citigroup, Metlife, MEC, McCann Erickson, Heidrick and Struggles, Department of Transportation and other private and corporate clients.

Helen is also a Happiness Coach. As well as coaching private clients, and delivering speeches and master classes within companies, she also teaches Happiness at Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts.  Her happiness work has won an Adweek Gold award for HR Invention.

Helen’s degrees are from the University of Oxford and she has been published in two award-winning coaching books.  Helen and her husband have 6 children and 2 grandchildren who are spread around the UK and US. There would be a picture of them all here except they are never all in the same place at the same time to have their picture taken!

MARGARET McLEAN WALSH

SENIOR COACH
 

Margaret McLean Walsh is passionate about helping clients and their organizations realize their goals. Margaret’s specialty is in working with financial and technology leaders and top talent who want to build on their strengths and stretch themselves. Her clients are leaders who are ready to take the next step, challenge themselves to be outstanding, get clarity on their goals and quickly assimilate into new leadership positions. In her corporate career, Margaret was Chief HR Officer specializing in strategic HR, Talent Management, Learning and Organizational Development working for global technology and financial services companies including JP Morgan Chase, The Federal Reserve Bank of New York and many others. 

For Margaret, it was a natural move into coaching where she uses a positive psychology approach and works to uncover strengths and build on them. Margaret is known for her light touch and deep impact and her clients recommend her for how she helps to broaden their perspective, reframe their situations, and support and guide them as they put new learnings and behaviors into practice.

Margaret’s C-suite experience has provided her with a deep understanding of organization change, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.   Her insights, contributions and direct approach encourage leaders to develop an authentic leadership style and engage the hearts and minds of their followers. Throughout her corporate career, she instilled an inspiring sense of purpose, possibility and presence. She continues to specialize in building a leader’s capacity for vision, growth, thriving in complex relationships and polishing influencing and collaboration skills.

She qualified as an Executive Coach at the highest level at NYC’s Columbia University and is certified in other schools of coaching. She holds assessment certifications including The Birkman Method® and NBI® thinking preferences suite.   Margaret’s executive coaching clients are senior leaders from entrepreneurial start-ups to global institutions such as JPMorgan, Nature Publishing, 1010data, and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp.  Margaret earned her degrees from NYU, Iona College, and CUNY’s Brooklyn College. She contributes to many publications, serves on the NYC Board of International Coach Federation and volunteers on Mentoring and Learning and Development committees for HR/NY. She splits her time between NYC and the Catskill mountains, where she and her family feed their passions for downhill skiing and golf.

DAVID SULLIVAN

SENIOR COACH

David has had a successful 20 year career in large corporations, startups and consultancies where he has led, managed and executed transformation.  He was most recently the Chief Operating Officer of Unqork, which grew from an idea into a multi-billion dollar valuation over four years.  David was in the founding leadership team that developed the business plan and shepherded this amazing growth.  Previously, David held a global role at Metlife managing a software development portfolio of over $1B, and at Citigroup managing a large transformation. These roles built on the extensive business consulting experience he had with financial services firms along with startups in his earlier career.  Additionally, David has served as an investor & advisor to companies in alternative energy, technology, modular housing, and space related companies.  David’s diverse background gives him the ability to appreciate, understand and guide senior executives and leaders and advisors to organizations of all shapes and sizes..

David’s specialisms are coaching high performing executives in growth stage or fast growing companies, leaders who are introducing transformation and change in large and very large companies, and also those identified as future and high potential leaders in any organization.

As a lifelong learner David continues to study all aspects of coaching His a Columbia University certified executive coach, and is also certified in Neethling Brain Instrument (NBI).  David has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Clemson University and an MBA in Finance from Seton Hall University.

CAtherine bowser

SENIOR coach
 

Catherine has had a successful career supporting organizations and individuals through change. Working previously with Lucas Industries and CSC Consulting, she has addressed the challenges facing both small companies and multi national organizations, collaborating with clients at operational and strategic levels to deliver business value. Catherine is a senior teaching fellow at Warwick University, harnessing practical application with academic thinking in the design and delivery of Masters level business programs. Her strong background in understanding the business environment and facilitating personal growth, positions her well in the minds of the executives she coaches as she understands their context and the associated issues and opportunities.

Beginning her career as a graduate in Accountancy working for the Lucas Group in a time when lean principles were being widely adopted within the Automotive and Aerospace sectors, Catherine worked in the Group’s internal consultancy division, in change teams, spearheading manufacturing systems design and implementation.

Having developed skills in process-based business systems re-engineering, strategic sourcing, organization design and change management Catherine then joined CSC Strategy Consulting where she worked with diverse clients in a range of sectors including manufacturing, utilities and retail. Her specialism was helping senior teams to develop their supply chain strategy through to successful implementation.

Catherine is passionate about transferring her skills and knowledge to her clients, so 10 years ago she moved from consultancy to academia. At Warwick University Catherine is the subject matter expert in supply chain strategy and delivers on the application of lean principles, organization design and strategic sourcing. Her clients include tailored Masters programs for AstraZeneca, Syngenta, PZCussons and Network Rail. Catherine believes that the combination of her practical experience with advanced academic thinking creates a powerful combination for both her students, and her clients. 

Having worked with sponsoring organizations and masters students Catherine realized that an increasing part of her role as a change proponent was the coaching of her students and executive clients. With that in mind, she has developed her coaching skills and now couples her academic and commercial work with executive coaching for individual and team development.

Catherine lives in the West Midlands with her husband and two children. She is an active gym member where she plays in the tennis leagues. She is also a Reiki master and trained in massage.

Elizabeth Guilday

SEnior Coach

Elizabeth is a very skillful and effective performance coach and trainer specializing in interpersonal communication for leaders in organizations.  Elizabeth has guided over 3,000 professionals and executives worldwide to dramatically improve their ability to communicate with and develop others. Simplicity and a spirit to serve are principles she is guided by and these are invaluable to her clients.  

Elizabeth holds an international credential as a Master Certified Coach (MCC) through the International Coach Federation (ICF), a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Delaware, USA, and two semester diplomas from the Sorbonne, Paris, France. She trained in coaching skills at Coaches Training Institute (CTI), San Rafael, CA, USA. With David Rock (NeuroLeadership Institute), she co-authored and co-lead the New York University School of Continuing Studies’ Coaching Certification Program from 2005 – 2008. She is currently part of the faculty team of Teachers College-Columbia Business School’s Coaching Certification Program (3CP).  Elizabeth is also certified in Myers Briggs Personality Type Indicator (MBTI), and Hay Group Social & Emotional Competency Inventory (ESCI), Neethling Brain Instrument (NBI).

Elizabeth has additional proficiencies and a background in coaching skills, management and leadership development, presentation/leadership presence, messaging, facilitation,conflict management, change, feedback.  She has worked in many industries, including financial/banking, hospitality, health care, manufacturing and media/entertainment.  Her clients have included Marriott International, HBO, STR, JP Morgan Chase & Co., Mass Mutual Insurance.

karen davey-winter

senior COACH

Karen is an ICF (International Coach Federation) credentialed Professional Coach (ACC level) with over 20 years of senior IT leadership experience in a variety of large and small organizations. Karen’s background includes senior positions at Kaiser Permanente in California and Maryland, where she was on the Senior Leadership Team of a $5.2bn project to rollout the largest private electronic health record system in the world. She was also Practice Director for a nation-wide Consulting company, responsible for building a pipeline of business and managing a profit and loss center. She has worked for a number of Federal Government Agencies and Biotech/ Pharmaceutical organizations in both consulting and executive coaching roles.

Karen’s background has given her a deep understanding of the complexities of large IT organizations, the challenges of matrixed environments and the pressure that large system and organizational changes exert on individuals, teams and organizations. She has always had a passion for building teams, training people and creating cross-functional collaboration to meet a common goal, and has built multi-national teams of over 150 people.

It was this passion that led her to transition her focus to coaching and organization development, and she combines her deep practitioner experience with her coaching and consulting skills to help individuals, teams and organizations stretch their potential and reach their goals.

Karen moved to the US from the UK more than 15 years ago, and she has also lived in Australia, Germany and Norway. As a result, she knows firsthand the complexities of living and working in different cultures and making the transition from one culture to another. She is passionate about helping global teams become more effective and helping individuals adapt to different cultures.

Karen received her Bachelor’s degree, with Honors, in the UK in Politics and Modern History, and has a post-graduate certificate in Organizational Consulting and Change Leadership from Georgetown University. She is certified in Myers Briggs, EQi (Emotional Quotient Inventory) and CWQ (Culture in the Workplace Questionnaire). She is a regular presenter at the Project Management Institute’s Washington DC Chapter. Karen lives in Walnut Creek, CA, with her 11 year old son.

GILLIAN CRIBBS

Senior Coach

Gillian is a Leadership Coach and Organizational Consultant who has worked with hundreds of individuals, teams and companies in Europe, the US, APAC, the Middle East and Africa over the last 20 years. She works with leaders to develop their strategic focus and personal effectiveness through tailored coaching programs, and co-creates leadership programs and masterclasses for companies across sectors including financial services, professional services, FMCG, technology, media, telecoms, engineering and luxury retail.

Gillian believes that people drive their own transformation through curiosity and a willingness to experiment with new approaches. She offers clients the space to reflect, identify any limiting beliefs and discover new perspectives on work and life. Her aim is to unlock their energy and motivation so they can reach their career potential and maintain a balanced life.

Gillian qualified as an Executive Coach at the School of Coaching in London, holds a Diploma in Conflict and Dispute Resolution (Regent’s University) and is certified to use psychometrics including NEO, FIRO-B, Hogan (HPI, HDS, MVPI).

In her earlier career Gillian was a successful journalist and author, latterly Management Editor of the Financial Times and Editor of European Business Forum. She has also contributed to Harvard Business Review, including writing as a panel expert for a business review case study and was a founder blogger for Harvard Online (2007-2013).

Gillian holds an MSc in Organizational Psychology from the University of London and an MA in Classics from the University of Cambridge.

ZACK ROSENBURG

COACH

Zack is a visionary CEO, innovator and coach with a demonstrated ability to solve complex problems, turn ideas into thriving businesses and achieve transformational goals. His career evolved from his work as a trial lawyer to becoming a successful founder and CEO who drove impact through problem solving, values-based leadership and a dogged commitment to impact.  Along the way - and after visiting New Orleans on a volunteer trip six months after hurricane Katrina - he co-founded and scaled a national NGO that is transforming disaster resilience and recovery in America and the Caribbean. His successful professional experience is the result of his ability to make deep connections and build trust. His practice is rooted in the unwavering belief in human capacity. 

Zack advises and coaches policymakers, executives and Boards.  Zack has been featured in major media outlets including CNN, CBS News, and the Wall Street Journal.  A sought after speaker, he has been a key-note speaker at NASDEQ, Clinton Global Initiative, US Chamber, and the Aspen Institute on topics ranging from disruptive innovation to corporate culture to outcome-driven philanthropy.

Zack is a World Economic Forum Schwab Fellow.  He serves on the Board of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional Hospital, and is President of the East Chop Tennis Club. Zack lives with his wife and son in Puerto Rico and Massachusetts and people often play their best when golfing with Zack.

ANDREW HURTEAU

COACH

Andrew spent the first half of his career on stage, where he was a constant student of performance skills, language, story arc and drama.  Off stage, he taught other actors to play characters who leapt off the page with their humanity, vulnerability and passion. His stage and teaching credentials had him working all over the San Francisco Bay Area, at the American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theater, California Shakespeare Theater, and Marin Theater Company to mention just a few.

Over a decade ago, he was given the opportunity to take the actor/acting teacher’s toolkit to new territory. Richard Butterfield, his long time mentor and principal of national consultancy “Butterfield Speaks” brought Andrew along to help teach more clients how to engage an audience. Over the past ten years, Andrew has helped physician chiefs craft communications that are driven by their compassion, and then develop an on-camera presence that is equally as warm. He has helped young tech geniuses persuade investors with aspirational language and passion. He has helped lifestyle apparel designers speak the way they design: with precision and brilliance.

Everyone has a story to tell. At some point, every professional has a message they need to land. Andrew doesn’t focus on making people listen. He helps his clients make people want to listen. By engaging their audience with passion and conviction. By crafting a message their audience needs to hear, whether they want to or not. And by finding the story in everything, even the data, details, and minutiae that make up a professional life.

MARGARET CHAN

COACH

Margaret Chan is a Certified Executive Coach experienced in leadership development and career transitions.  In her 25-year career in executive search, including 18 years at Spencer Stuart and Korn Ferry, the global search firms, she has assessed over 3,500 executives on their qualifications, skills, and leadership styles as they pursued the next stage of their careers and leadership development.  As a trusted advisor to executives, including Chairmen and Boards of Directors, CEOs and their direct reports, she understands their perspectives and expectations and leverages this knowledge in her coaching practice.

Margaret earned her Executive Coach Certification at the highest level from Columbia University. She holds an MBA from The Kellogg School at Northwestern University and a BS with honors from New York University. 

She partners with executives to identify their strengths, and also the gaps that need to be addressed to reach their next level of leadership, and then builds coaching plans designed to help them increase their self-awareness, gain insight, and practice new behaviors.  Margaret has a broad base of knowledge about multiple sectors, including financial services, private equity, insurance, consumer goods, retail, technology, consulting, and nonprofit.  She has in-depth knowledge of multiple functions, including board directorship, general management, finance, investments, strategy, marketing, communications, sales, operations, consulting, technology, and nonprofit development.

Margaret lives in New York City with her husband and two children.

MIGUEL FIGUEIREDO

SENIOR COACH

Miguel is an executive coach (PCC by ICF and Senior Practitioner by EMCC) specializing in leadership, effective communication and organizational behavior. With more than 1700 hours of practice, he has supported over 150 executives on 4 different continents.

Miguel’s mission is to help Successful Leaders and High Achievers to get even better by achieving positive, lasting change in behavior for themselves and their teams.  This will not only improve their capability to face new challenges, but it will also contribute to a higher feeling of inner peace, to better relationships with all stakeholders and to a deeper sense of fulfilment.

He majored in Business Management from Universidade Catolica, one of the top 50 universities of the world and has post-graduation degrees from London Business school, IMD Switzerland, EPG oPorto and Universidade Nova Lisbon. He is trained in Science of Happiness, by the Berkeley University, Management of emotions and micro-expressions by the Paul Ekman International Institute, in DISC assessment, and in Neurolinguistic Programming with John Grinder himself. Miguel has trained with some of the best coaches in the world: David Peterson, David Goldsmith and Fred Kofman. 

Miguel has had a diverse career, moving from large multinational companies such as Unilever, to creating his own company, Excentric, a renowned digital marketing agency, that later merged with VMLY&R Network. After selling his position to WPP group, he is now following one dream: helping others to become the best version of themselves through Coaching, Mentoring, training and Keynote Speaking. He also teaches at Universidade Catolica.

Alison duncanson

coach
 

Is an executive coach and Chartered Psycologist with a career which spans 20 years working with individuals and organisations in the UK and internationally. As well as executive coaching, Alison specialises in organisational change, leadership assessment and development, selection, training, stress management and career direction.

As a Principal with PA Consulting in London, she worked on major strategic business change projects, applying psychology in the context and language of real business and organisational needs.  She has worked with a wide variety of organisations including BP, Prudential, Barclays, HSBC, London Business School, UK Film Council, Ericsson, DWP, NHS, Standard Chartered, Bank of Ireland, Metropolitan Police, Nokia and Egg. Alison has operated in over 10 countries across Europe and Asia Pacific and lived in Singapore for several years where she worked on a leadership programme across the region and brought her expertise in assessment and development to conference platforms and television.

Alison is a Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS), Member of the Division of Occupational Psychology (BPS) and Member of the Special Group of Coaching Psychologists. She has a degree in Psychology, a Masters in Occupational & Organisational Psychology and a Diploma in Coaching.

Alison is passionate about using her skills to help individuals identify and use their unique gifts, to break free from limitations and expectations of others and to be who they really are. She enjoys working in new settings and has a wealth of experience to bring to each client.  She is insightful and likes to get to the heart of issues for both people and organisations. She rarely takes things at face value but seeks to understand more deeply and to see the wider picture.

Alison now enjoys a great work life balance investing in her family as well satisfying her intellectual curiosity and business background through her coaching and leadership work.  Recent clients include London Business School, Sainsbury’s, a major airline and many private clients, in particular women leaders who are in transition.

In addition, Alison has also worked as a retreat guide and as part of the leadership team for Crossroads Retreats UK, a charity that supports people in their life and work journeys.

Bruce gibson

Associate coach
 

Is a coach who draws from wide-ranging life experiences. As a corporate executive he has held important lead positions in a varitety of industries - from start-ups to multi-billion dollar companies - in publishing, corporate communications, portfolio management, global compliance and public relations.

His professional strengths include strategy and vision design, C-level communications, process and methodology development and event production. For more than 20 years he has delivered the impossible with the highest integrity, diplomacy, and inspirational leadership. Drawing on his unique corporate experience, Bruce specialises in mindset and presence, communications, strategy and vision, and the fine art of corporate politics.

Beyond his work life, Bruce is a family man, a recorded singer songwriter, and an amateur athlete in endurance races and physical challenges. Bruce believes real growth comes from embracing and finding strength within all parts of who we are—a whole-self approach.

Bruce coaches professionals in transition from where they are to where they want to be. But he is more than an accountability partner: Bruce’s technique helps clients merge their personal values and professional vision, resulting in a personal true north that guides their life and career journey. His clients include middle management moving toward executive leadership, professionals seeking to define themselves and set achievable career goals, and executives getting back in touch with what inspires them.

Bruce has an authentic, caring presence.  His sessions facilitate the creation of personal or business goals with achievable plans for reaching those goals. He builds thought-provoking and creative partnerships that inspire clients to maximize their personal and professional potential. This in turn empowers them to become agents of change in their own lives. From clients, this means “I felt like a burden was lifted,” and feedback that Bruce’s "coaching skills and objective guidance help me 'take a step back' to assess things so that I can get some perspective and take the next few steps forward. I am in a better place than I have been in recent years!"

Carolina Perez Sanz

AssociatE COACH

Carolina specializes in communication and executive presence. As a coach, her mission is to help people expand the limits of what they think is possible. Carolina coaches artists, entrepreneurs, and leaders—in the broader sense of these words—and anyone who wants to tackle important goals that seem intimidating.

Passionate about personality, mindset and habits, Carolina is certified to administer and interpret the Hogan Personality Assessment Suite. As a trained Speech & Language Therapist, she believes in the limitless nature of the human brain. She coaches from the belief that anyone can achieve anything they want, as long as they choose to. From CEOs to newly appointed leaders, to software developers, performing artists, and young professionals starting out in their careers, Carolina has worked with hundreds of clients with one objective: shatter self-imposed limitations. 

A trained linguist, she received her PhD in Linguistics from the University Complutense of Madrid with research in voice production and the perception of personality. As a voice coach for 15 years, she helped actors, singers, TV and radio presenters, and other public-facing professionals to hone their presence and public speaking skills. Carolina is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CTI) and an Associate Certified Coach (ICF).

Carolina has lived in Madrid (Spain), Lisbon (Portugal), New York and has recently relocated to Miami, where she lives with her husband and son. 

Carolyn murphy

ASSOCIATE COACH

Carolyn specializes in helping executives to develop their leadership capabilities, and navigate personal and organizational change. She has over 15 years of experience in a variety of corporate environments, most recently leading large-scale change initiatives at Cisco Systems in the US. She works with executives on communications, complex decision-making, collaboration, prioritization, motivating and inspiring teams and always keeping forward momentum. 

Since her early career days, Carolyn has been aware of the strong connection between leadership styles and the corresponding effects on their teams and organizations. She could clearly see how strong leadership could inspire and motivate while poor personal self-management was toxic to a system. She earned a master’s degree in counseling psychology to deepen her understanding of how individuals and systems change and grow – and at the same time learned how people often fight against the very changes they are hoping to make.

In addition to 2 years of clinical therapy practice, she studied for 2 years with Bruce Ecker, the founder of Coherence Therapy, learning techniques to help others move through the issues that can be the most persistent and problematic. 

As a coach and consultant, Carolyn is passionate about working with motivated leaders from all sectors who want to master the art and science of leading change while evolving their own leadership capacity. Combining her clinical experience, her study of adult learning theory and development frames, along with her corporate leadership experience, Carolyn has developed a unique understanding of how to help individuals and teams move through the challenges of inner and outer growth.

She received her coaching certification from Columbia University (Feb 2015) and a post-graduate certificate in Strategic Organization Design from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business (June 2015). She is a member of the Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP).

Carolyn lives in the Sierra foothills of Northern California with her husband and dog. She is active in the South Yuba River Citizens League which protects and advocates for the beautiful Yuba River where she loves to hike and swim.

donna pearring

SENIOR COACH
 

Donna is an ICF (International Coach Federation) credentialed Professional Coach (PCC level) with over 25 years of practical business, managerial, and leadership experience in Fortune 500 companies, such as IBM and Siemens. During Donna’s career in IT/Telecommunications, she gained experience and appreciation for the entire business continuum, to include sales, sales support, systems engineering, systems design, implementation, project management, operations and service. This means that Donna is able to relate to business challenges and can incorporate both real life experience and organization development theory and tools into her coaching. 

Throughout Donna’s career, she was always drawn to the human capital side of the business. She has a passion for helping others develop their skills and competencies.  She decided to make a career change eight years ago in order to focus her energies on helping organizations and individuals develop and flourish. She went back to school and obtained her Masters in Organization Development and Knowledge Management from George Mason University and also earned her Leadership Coaching Certification from Georgetown Univers.

Since then, Donna has worked with various private organizations as well as a variety of Federal, State and Local government agencies.

Donna’s belief is that every individual has the ability to reach his/her full potential and that the opportunities open to each of us are endless.  Building awareness of the possibilities, realizing one’s strengths, abilities, resources, and challenges all light the way to new opportunities and new paths to explore and experience.  Becoming more self-aware of how we respond and react in certain situations enables us to make new choices and more informed decisions in order to get the results that we desire.

In addition to her work with private and public organizations, Donna also volunteers her services at non-profit organizations such as The Carpenter’s Shelter and The Women’s Center. She is focused on enabling women to enhance their ability to develop their professional and life skills in order to lead a healthy, productive and financially stable life.

Donna is also passionate about her family and incorporates her focus on developing strengths, leadership competencies, and emotional intelligence with them.  She lives in Annandale, VA with her husband and three young adult children.

emRAH CETIN

associate COACH
 

Emrah is an executive coach who enjoys partnering with achievement-oriented and results-driven individuals who are focused on enhancing their current performance and taking their career to a higher level.  Before becoming an Executive Coach, Emrah enjoyed 15 years of diverse professional experience in large companies, followed by a key role in a successful start-up.

Emrah began her career as an industrial engineer with General Motors, subsequently moving to forecasting and industry analysis. She then worked for Whirlpool Corporation in areas of innovation, product development, merchandising and sales. She has also worked with start-ups including the 2009 launch of a trucking and logistics company in Detroit. 

With an extensive background in engineering and business, Emrah is data driven and curious.  She deploys a logical, thought provoking and creative process to assist her clients to trigger their best thinking. An important part of Emrah’s approach is that she helps her clients to identify and break out of inefficient thought patterns which enables their innate capabilities to shine and fosters out-of-the-box thinking.

Part of The Columbia University’s Coaching Certification Program, Emrah is also certified in a variety of psychometric assessments such as Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Hogan and Emotional Intelligence – EQi2.0 and EQi360. Emrah received her Bachelors of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. She also holds a Masters in Business Administration degree from Eli Broad Graduate School of Business at Michigan State University. 

Emrah is Turkish by birth and moved to Canada when she was at High School where she and her family naturalized. After University, she spent over a decade living and working in the US where she is a permanent resident. Since 2010, Emrah has resided in London with her husband and son.

Given her global background and experience, Emrah always welcomes cross-cultural and international assignments. Similarly, Emrah is experienced with significant life transitions and welcomes opportunities to work with ex-pat clients and their families.

HEIKE WELD

COACH
 

Heike is an executive coach and systemic consultant with a career spanning over 20 years. In association with a variety of consulting organizations she has worked with individuals and organizations in Europe and the United States. Her areas of specialization are individual, peer and team coaching as well as leadership development, team building and development, workshops for conflict resolution and organizational change processes.  

She has worked with executives and groups at the top levels of management in a wide range of major corporations in the following sectors: telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, banking, automobile, aviation, construction and heavy industries, IT, retail and non-profit organizations.  

In addition to a Master’s Degree in Philosophy and Literature and a qualification in Human Resource Development Heike received training as a corporate trainer for social skills at the VAW aluminium AG in Bonn, DE.  She is trained and qualified as a coach both in Germany (NIK Consulting Berlin) and in the United States (New York University). Further-more, she has received broad qualification in various therapeutic modalities like Familytherapy (Institute for Familytherapy Weinheim,DE) Gestalttherapie and Ericksonian Hypnotherapy (NYSEPH) as well as training in Focusing, Feldenkrais Method and Jungian Psychology.

Heike’s working style is systemic-solution focused and practical-experience oriented, the focus is on establishing a balance between organizational objectives, systemic necessities and individual needs. Heike’s combination of a business and counseling background allows her to meet her clients where they are, to provide a safe and playful space where they can expand their perspective and utilize their inner potential while moving forward towards their goals.

Heike lives with her husband and her daughter in Manhattan. She is fluent both in English and German.

HOWArd Gray

Associate coach

Howard is an educator, coach, and entrepreneur based in New York City.  He is a leadership coach and advisor to entrepreneurs across the creative and digital industries; and produces a podcast series featuring guests from Airbnb, Adobe, and The New York Times. 

Howard leads education programs for senior executives at IBM, Mastercard, UBS, and GE.  He is also a mentor at The New School, a member of the advisory board of SXSW, runs workshops in partnership with Creative Mornings and Betaworks Studios, and is a certified professional coach through Leadership That Works in NYC.

In his coaching, Howard partners with smart creatives, emerging leaders, and talent-driven organizations as a go-to sounding board, advisor, and performance and leadership coach.  He also facilitates workshops, leads short courses, trains the trainers, designs and builds long-form programs and will work with companies, where preferred, as an Educator in Residence.

Originally from London, Howard’s eclectic background includes founding and successfully exiting two media & entertainment companies; managing the touring careers of creative artists performing in over 60 countries; leading product management at ecommerce and sustainability startups; building knowledge sharing systems at a Ministry of Defence technology lab; and promoting raves in the forests of South-East England.

JADA LOUTIT

ASSOCIATE COACH
 

Jada serves a diverse mix of clients from mid-level to senior leaders in a variety of industries, including hedge funds, financial services, technology, and media.  She partners with clients to quickly acclimate them during times of transition by helping them to build the influence and skills they need to grow, understand the drivers of their organizational culture, and address any personal changes needed to rapidly earn credibility in their new environment.

Jada is a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and the Columbia Coaching Learning Association (CCLA). Additionally, Jada is certified in the Neethling Brain Instrument (NBI), a neuroscience-based assessment that measures thinking preferences. Jada is a certified graduate of Columbia University’s Coaching Program at the highest level and she holds a BA in Economics from Vanderbilt University. Jada believes that an individual’s potential is limitless when that person can name their goals and keep an open mind. Her clients are empowered to build on strengths and overcome challenges. Jada helps her clients break out of ineffective thought patterns, develop creative, critical solutions and cultivate their innate capabilities. 

Using evidence-based coaching methods, Jada acts as an independent, objective confidante.  Her skillful questions open her clients to learning while her results orientation challenges them to take necessary actions. Her process-based approach identifies issues, clarifies values and motivations, explores options, and creates personalized action plans, to which clients are held accountable.

Jada splits her time between the Connecticut Shoreline and Manhattan. When not working with clients, she can be found reading historical fiction by the fire or sailing the waters of New England with her husband and adored 4lb dog, Gracie. 

JAne cho

COACH
 

Jane has worked with individuals and organizations across multiple industries including financial services, media, healthcare, health and fitness, non-profits, arts and entertainment. Jane has served clients including AllianceBernstein Asset Management, Beachbody, DirectTV, UCLA Social Justice Network and others. She has designed and implemented programs in diversity and inclusion, stakeholder engagement, change management, cross-cultural and inter­generational communication, team building, strategic planning and mentoring.

Jane received a certification at the highest level in Executive and Organizational Coaching from Columbia University in New York City. She holds a certification in the NBI® Thinking Preferences Suite.

Since 2007, Jane has served as a facilitator with the Posse Foundation, a national leadership development and college access program. She has designed and facilitated large-scale retreats with students, faculty and university leaders on topics of social change and justice. Working to promote deep understanding and transformation through meaningful dialogue, Jane has facilitated retreats on topics including race, gender, sexuality, class, power, privilege, education, civic engagement, social movements and the millennial generation. Partner schools include the University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern University, Pomona College, Carleton College, UCLA, Claremont McKenna College, Grinnell College and many others.

A classically trained actor, Jane has enjoyed a dynamic career in theatre, television and film. She has taught at Yale University, where she received a Masters of Fine Arts in Acting from the Yale School of Drama. She has studied at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance and received a Bachelor of Science in Performance Studies from Northwestern University.

Jane’s interdisciplinary background informs her approach to collaborating with clients. A life- long student of mindfulness meditation, she engages from a strengths-based whole person perspective, working to help clients imagine possibilities, align intentions with outcomes and achieve success.

Jane lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.

JON ROTH

ASSOCIATE COACH

As a management consultant and team coach, Jon possesses a strong mix of strategy development, implementation, change management, and general management skills. Jon has 15 years of experience helping client organizations align operating models, capabilities, and processes to strategic objectives, with a special focus on driving business results through digital transformation. He has worked in a variety of industries, including retail, B2B, insurance, government, and non-profit. His business experience enables Jon to connect with the leaders and teams he coaches and quickly develop an understanding of their environment, challenges, and opportunities. 

Jon spent the beginning of his career as an operations and change management consultant, implementing process and organization solutions to drive better performance and employee satisfaction. Facilitating cross-functional teams to drive sweeping changes provided Jon with a strong appreciation for the human elements of change. He has maintained this people-centric approach throughout his career, first as an internal Omnichannel strategist, organization design, and change management consultant at Macy’s, then later as a senior executive at a boutique digital agency, where he led the Account, Strategy, and Product Management teams in designing and delivering innovative digitally-driven customer experiences for the firm’s clients.

In his current work, Jon coaches organizations and teams to achieve greater results by changing how they work together and with stakeholder partners. He specializes in developing teaming systems, including design thinking, agile, and lean partnerships within and between organizations. Jon also coaches individual executives to explore leadership as an “inside-out” game – leveraging their individual efforts to make sustainable personal change and to impact the organizations they lead.

Jon earned his M.B. A. in Service Operations from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business and a B.A. in History from Cornell University. He received his Professional Coaching Certification through the Coaches Training Institute, and is also a certified Systemic Team Coach, Scrum Master, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, and Project Management Professional.  He is also a certified Leadership Circle Profile and Collective Leadership Survey Consultant, MBTI practitioner, and Neurocolor consultant

Jon lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife and three children. He enjoys competing in triathlons and road races and practicing mindfulness meditation.

Dr. Mary Anne Walsh

senior COACH
 

Mary Anne brings to each engagement more than twenty years of experience coaching leaders in Global 500 companies, media, financial services and growth stage IT start-ups.  A partial list includes AppNexus, Box, MTV, The UN Foundation and Commerzbank AG.

Coaching is about change and change is a psychological process.  With a background in counseling, Dr. Walsh brings a psychological orientation in working with clients.  Her approach is to use a blend of support and challenge to help executives use coaching as a learning tool to impact bottom line results in their organizations.  Executives often partner with her because her style of “making you comfortably uncomfortable” accelerates their growth as strong focused executives.  Her interest in leveraging neuroscience to develop leaders has been recognized as an effective tool in her coaching process.

In addition to executive coaching, she is a frequent speaker at international conferences, association meetings and professional conferences. Her dynamic and often humorous presentations make her a sought after speaker on leadership topics. 

She was part of a delegation to China that met with government officials, college administrators and industry leaders to discuss career development and executive coaching issues.

A few years ago she completed a management assessment of an acquired US subsidiary for a German manufacturing company.

She has served as a visiting faculty member at Seton Hall University and Caldwell University developing and teaching courses at the graduate level. 

Dr. Walsh received her doctorate from Columbia University, master’s degree from Seton Hall University and undergraduate degree from Caldwell University.  She is certified to administer the MBTI, the Hogan Assessment and Emotional Quotient (EQ-2) Currently she is a member of the American Psychological Association, ASTD & HRNY where she serves on the Mentoring Committee as a coach/mentor to Mentors and has been a mentor herself in the program for four years.  She is certified in coaching from Career Masters Institute.

She is an active member of Nadeshiko-kai and Nichebei, two Japanese women’s groups.

MICHAEL J. LECKIE

COACH

Michael is a coach, consultant and senior leader who focuses on the role of change and learning as a core capability for successful leaders in the 21st century.  Michael has supported executives driving change, particularly in the area of digital transformation.  His work helps promote the increasing need for leaders to be more in touch with their own humanity. He helps to deepen self-awareness skills so that leaders can successfully navigate in an ever-changing world where they can no longer rely on what they know, but must become adaptive, flexible, and humble learners.

Michael has had a successful career as both a senior executive in general management and also human resources and organization development roles.  He was most recently the former Chief Learning Officer for the Digital Industrial Transformation at GE where he was responsible for accelerating the transformation of GE to be the Digital Industrial leader.  He worked closely with GE’s Digital and Executive Leadership driving rapid change and personal and business transformation.

Michael is certified to both utilize and teach coaching and communication skills models and has done so for hundreds of senior executives across the globe.  He is also certified in the Immunity to Change approach developed and taught at Harvard by Bob Kegan and Lisa Lahey.  He writes and speaks widely on change, culture, coaching, communication, and digital transformation.  

Michael’s recent publications include Digital Transformation and Leadership – The Five Big Questions published by The Leading Edge Forum as well as his interview on the power of learning for leaders in 21st Century organizations presented on SarderTV.

Michael earned his MSc in Organization Development from Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA and actively participates in the academic research community with organizations such as the Center for Creative Leadership, USC Marshall School’s Center for Effective Organizations. 

He lives in Connecticut with his wife Molly, an artist, and two children.

PETER G. LOGOTHETIS

Coach

Peter is known for his ability and passion in developing leaders through coaching and mentoring, for coaching teams on how to resolve conflict and maximize results through teamwork, and for advising leaders on how to address strategic and global talent management challenges. For over 35 years Peter worked in different industries and for several global Fortune 100 companies reaching the level of Senior Vice President at Allstate Insurance before retiring in 2018.  In his most recent position, he ran a department of 1,000+ Information Technology professionals located across several countries.  During his career he was very involved in mergers and acquisitions and drove major culture change. 

His focus on the growth and development of others over the years has extended well beyond his corporate roles.  He has served as an adjunct faculty member at DePaul University for over 20 years and for the past 7 years he is an adjunct faculty member at Lake Forest Graduate School of Management where he has been teaching classes in strategic talent management. Peter has coached and mentored hundreds of leaders during his tenure in the corporate world as well as current and ex-students.  The leaders he has coached are typically those who seek to take their career to the next level, those that challenge themselves to be outstanding in what they do, and those who seek clarity on their career goals or on how to best influence others. 

For Peter, it was a natural move into formal coaching and mentoring when he retired.  In 2019 he pursued an executive coaching certification program from iPEC (Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching) and received his CPC (Certified Professional Coach) degree the same year.  Peter also holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago and an MBA degree from DePaul University.  He is married with 3 adult children and 5 grandchildren. He has traveled to over 30 states in the U.S. and to many countries and always takes time to learn first-hand about the people and culture at each location. 

SANDY GROSS

Coach

Sandy leverages 30+ years of leadership experience gained in executive search from Spencer Stuart, banking and running human resources for a global multi-billion dollar hedge fund. Since founding Pinetum Partners in 2004, recognized as one of the top 50 executive search firms in the US in financial services, she has combined this experience with training gained at Columbia University’s Coaching Certification Program graduating at the highest level, and the International Coaching Federation.  Sandy is a lifelong learner of coaching. She grew up with parents who were an organizational psychologist and behavior education counselor working with over 25 Fortune 500 CEO’s, so she feels that coaching is in her blood. 

Sandy enjoys partnering with leaders and helping them develop a broader perspective by supporting them in gaining self-awareness, unlocking their potential, clarify goals, and aligning their developmental needs with the objectives of their organization. Sandy’s clients value her highly focused engagement, honesty, objectivity, and true grit. They say she provides clarity, focus, structure, and accountability that challenge them to go outside their comfort zones with confidence. This enables them to set higher goals and make their ambitions a reality.

Sandy resides in Greenwich, CT with her German Shepherd, has launched two daughters, both working in media, and is a new grandmother.  She graduated with an MBA from Pepperdine University and a BA in Psychology and Religious Studies from William Smith College where she was Chairperson of the Senior Honor Society, and a commencement speaker in May 2018.

PETER SOLE

SENIOR PARTNER
 

Peter has had a distinguished career as a C-suite executive in public companies and as an entrepreneur, advisor and coach.  His international experience driving growth, transformation and turnaround in both global companies and start-ups enables him to relate directly to the context, issues and challenges faced by his c-suite clients.

CEO - For 17 years he was CEO of The Research Board Inc., the world’s premier Global CIO think tank. There he orchestrated a global eco-system of Fortune 500 company CIOs, major tech company CEOs, leading academics, VC firms and entrepreneurs. The collective goal was value creation through research insight, facilitated conversation and innovative deployment of technology.

Entrepreneur -  founder and CEO of Wentworth Research, a VC backed start-up that was acquired by Gartner, the world’s leading Technology research and advisory firm.

At Gartner he was SVP of Research in Europe, Middle East and Africa and subsequently, worldwide head of Gartner’s CIO Executive Program.

Global CIO - For 20 years CIO with international experience, working in a variety of industries including Manufacturing, Food, Brewing, Retail, Financial Services and Research.

Throughout his career Peter’s focus has been on the intersection of technology, business and leadership.  He believes that as the world becomes more digital, meaningful human interaction and collaboration become increasingly important to business success and to individual fulfillment.  As a leader, advisor and coach Peter is deeply interested in individuals and their unique combination of skills, intellect, life experience and challenges.

Following retirement from full time corporate life Peter has built a practice as an adviser and coach to c-suite executives in global organizations and start-ups. 

Peter is married to Helen, and is a Partner at Mumford Sole.  He lives in Manhattan and divides his time between NYC, Hawaii and the UK.