Founder & Chief Coaching Officer
Senior Executive Coach | Leadership Team Coach | Strategic Thought Partner
of professionally certified ICF coaches worldwide (source: ICF).
and “Forty under 40” Leadership Honoree.
Raised in an international school setting, and now serving diverse executives across 6 continents.
From cycling to swimming, from composing to playing drums in pop and rock bands, to collecting female action figures and Lego kits.
The top three strengths that Kelly’s clients refer to are her breadth of business and leadership experience, her depth of coaching expertise, and her ‘velvet hammer’ style of challenging leaders to unlock further growth and potential. Her niche is helping entrepreneurial executives to exponentially scale strategic impact, with both authenticity and purpose, and sustainably higher return on their time.
Kelly is a seasoned executive leader, award-winning coach, published author, and strategic thought partner with over 30 years of combined corporate and entrepreneurial experience. Her breadth includes extensive experience coaching hundreds of diverse executive leaders spanning 6 continents and 30 sectors, from tech start-up to the “Fortune 50”, with a concentration in fast-growth environments and leaders with international responsibility and multi-billion-dollar P&L impact. Her depth includes the significant dedication required to become a Master Certified Coach (International Coaching Federation and Hudson Institute of Coaching), which represents fewer than 5% of professionally credentialed coaches worldwide.
Rising Star (Senior Leader Bench) and ‘Diamond in the Rough’ executives navigating fast growth, expanding roles, international rotations, onboarding to new roles, and/or senior executive bench (C-Suite succession planning).
Prior leadership roles include:
We foster long-term client relationships, including organizations Kelly has worked with in various capacities since 1990, and executives who reach out to us repeatedly throughout their careers. To honor the confidentiality policy of the ICF and individual client preferences, we refrain from publishing client names here. Additional client testimonials can be found on LinkedIn and references are available upon private request.