BIKER, Ex-BANKER, LIFE & EXECUTIVE COACH

 

It's not really about me, it's about you, but here is a little colour on me. I am an Ex-Equities Trader and Divisional Director at investment banking giants Robert Fleming, Deutsche Bank & Macquarie who turned Life & Executive Coach in 2013.

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How? Through a lived experience in that corporate front trench, overcoming an unhealthy relationship with the bottle and pursuit of 8 years of the highest quality CPD.

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Why? Because I am fascinated in the power of people to transform personally and professionally and I want to be your partner in this journey.

 

I worked for two decades in aggressive international corporate in the UK and South Africa as an emerging markets sales-trader, rising to Divisional Director, Manco member and Head of Sales and Trading at Macquarie Securities South Africa, a business we started from scratch and took to a number one global rating in three years.

 

I have worked in a front-line client-facing role on trading desks for Robert Fleming and HSBC in London, Deutsche Bank and Macquarie in Johannesburg, managing relationships with some of the largest institutional fund managers and most demanding hedge funds worldwide.

 

I was involved in many of the major South African capital-raising deals and international listings and was fortunate to have been part of three number-one rated global teams for South African equities.

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I have experienced first-hand the extreme demands of a competitive career and the impact that stress can have personally and professionally: and believe coaching is a very effective methodology to make the changes required to lead a transformed life. I am completely open about my own status of being in Recovery from Alcohol for the past 12 years: it forms the narrative for my own transformation from Banker to Coach.

 

I work with individuals and businesses: I have coached at all levels of management in varied sectors including investment banking, fund management, accountancy & consultancy, shipping, beverages and the law in the UK and South Africa.