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After obtaining a degree in Economics in Milan, Barbara spent fifteen years in sales and marketing roles, initially working for companies in the financial sector, including Merrill Lynch, and then in the design sector. She has lived in Italy and also New York and London. In 2006 – 2008 Barbara spent some time working for non-profit organisations, specialising in cross-cultural coaching with teams in Bosnia, Sri Lanka and Indonesia, focusing on building better communication channels between international teams. Since 2009 Barbara has worked as an Executive Coach for multinational companies in Italy and abroad (NHS, the British Health Service, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women) and as a Life Coach for individuals. She also continues her work in training and development for multi-national companies with a focus on change management.

Barbara was awarded the PCC certification with ICF in 2013 and continues the development of her skills by practicing in psychology, after her degree in 2018.

Areas of expertise

Executive and Corporate Coaching
Team and Group Coaching
Communications Training
Personal Development

Education and training

University Degree in Psychology and Neuroscience
Professional Certified Coach (PCC) – International Coach Federation (ICF)
Trainers’ Training
Civil mediator
Master in Counselling AT, organisational approach
The European Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Coaching Certification
University degree in Economics
Diploma in English and French

Professional memberships

International Coach Federation
ICF PCC Level

Prior to establishing her own company as Alternative Practitioner in Psychotherapy, Coach and Organizational Consultant, Cathleen worked as a Senior Banker in various leadership positions in Hamburg,

Riga and Istanbul at one of the largest European banking groups. During her 17 years of banking experience, she worked in a wide range of areas, at the latest as Chief Operating Officer including the responsibility for Human Resources Management and Communications.

Cathleen works in partnership with the European School of Management & Technology in Berlin and JS-International among others. Typical clients are large multinational companies and their senior executives in several European countries. Since working with JS-International, Cathleen has worked as a coach as part of a development programme for Vodafone and Medtronic.

Areas of expertise

Executive Coaching
Team and Group Facilitation
Personal Development
Change Management
Human Resources Management and Communications
Fluent in German and English

Education and training

Industrial and Communications Psychology
Master Practitioner of NLP and Time Line Therapy
Business Coach
Wingwave® Coach
Non-violent Communication
Certified non-medical Practitioner (Psychotherapy)
Human Capital Auditor
Postgraduate Diploma in Advance Management
Trained Banker

Professional memberships

Federico is currently Solopreneur @ Neuro Coaching and with more than 4,000 coaching hours of experience, he is an ICF PCC Level Coach working towards MCC, trainer of the Basic and Advanced Master

Classes of the Professional Coaching School of Marina Osnaghi® ACTP, Senior Consultant Infoteam AG, Senior Partner Sales Genetics.

Within industry, Federico worked for about a decade as HR manager for International Companies in the Facility Management and Luxury businesses. As a consultant, he worked for both the public and the private sector in several industries, mainly at C level. He has been training and consulting for the past 23 years, 6 with consulting and training companies, 14 for his own company (Business Solutions Srl) and the last 3 as solopreneur, often working abroad on international projects (UK, Switzerland, Poland, Malta, Romania, USA, Kenya, South Africa, Qatar, Singapore, Japan). He currently works with clients such as Bristol Myer Squibb, Gucci, Italian Air Force, Leonardo Group, Merck Serono, Medtronic, Medici Senza Frontiere, Poste Italiane, Prada, Rogers Communication, Save the Children, Sprint, Telecom Italia, Velan ABV, Vodafone, MPS.

Areas of expertise

Individual Corporate Coaching (Executive, Business, Sales)
Team and group Coaching
Leadership & Generalship development
Top Team development and facilitation
Expert in Adult Learning processes
Expert in Neuroscience and Coaching

Education and training

University Degree in Clinical Psychology
Post graduate Master in Relational-Systemic Psychology and Family Psychotherapy
Certified Psychologist and Psychotherapist
Infoteam Consulting AG certified sales development consultant and trainer (B2B)
LifeLike certification for use of behavioral simulators
Accredited to use any personality inventories (class A, B, C)

Professional memberships

Italian Psychologists Association
Italian Psychotherapists Association
Post Doctorate Member of SINS (Italian Society of Neurosciences)
Post Doctorate Member of FENS (European Federation of Neuroscience Societies)
International Coach Federation
International Association of Coaches

Henriëtte started her career as a General Manager in a family owned business in Oil & Gas extraction. After a number of years she started her study in Organizational Psychology and obtained a Ph.D. Her

dissertation deals with the (crucial) role of management in Performance Management and pay for performance. During the later part of her study she undertook a consultancy role in one of the main Dutch Management Consultancy firms, where she stayed for just under a decade, focusing on the fields of Performance Management and leadership development.

After this she started working for Hay group, one of the largest international Management Consultancy firms in the world. She stayed with the firm for 10 years in various roles, senior consultant, managing consultant and business developer. In between, she left the company for a short time to work as a Manager of Management Development for a large international utility company, being responsible for the recruitment and development of the top 250.

In 2010 she started working together with JS-International as a trainer and coach. In recent years her work has gradually moved from development and implementation of HR instruments to training and (team- and individual) coaching executives in large international companies such as ING, DSM, Philips, Akzo, Cargill, Vodafone, SHV and Vopak.

Areas of expertise

Executive coaching
Top Team effectiveness
Performance Management
Leadership- and Talent development
Fluent in Dutch and English

Education and training

Ph.D. Organizational Psychology
Certified Coach
Qualified to use MBTI
Master Practitioner of NLP and Time Line Therapy™

Professional memberships

Human Resource Network
Coaches Supervision Network

Jane Upton is an experienced coach who has over 20 years experience working with senior leaders and their teams. From her base in Spain she works with clients internationally. Her work spans a host of sectors including

fmcg, media, professional services and engineering. She coaches in English and Spanish. Jane has also worked as a tutor on coaching courses at Henley Business School, Instituto de Empresa (Madrid) and Universidad de Francisco de Vitoria (Madrid) where she trains both professional coaches and coaching for leaders.

Prior to her work as a coach Jane had a successful career in HR in multinational companies, in a range of jobs that included managing the integration of acquired companies in Latin America and Europe. As HR Director she set up and subsequently dismantled an organisation in Spain. She was a member of the executive leadership team.

Clients include Arriva, Carmignac, Dentsu Aegis Network, Diageo, Freshfields, Harley-Davidson, LSE, Medtronic, Oracle, Orangina Schweppes, Telefónica, TUI Travel.

Areas of expertise

Executive coaching
Top team development and coaching
Coaching and development for senior women
Leadership through change
Cross-cultural working
Coach training, both for professional coaches and leaders as coaches

Education and training

BA Hons. Latin American Studies
Certified coach, Alexander Corporation 1992
Henley Certificate in Coaching 2007
NLP Master
Primary Certificate CBT
Various psychometric questionnaires

Professional memberships

Association for Coaching
Member of the leadership team in Spain with responsibility for Standards & Accreditation (AC)

Jeremy is an Accredited Master Executive Coach (Association for Coaching), Professional Certified Coach (International Coaching Federation), ILM Approved Coach Trainer and a Certified NLP Master Trainer (ANLP International CIC).

Prior to becoming a business coach and trainer in 1999, he had 18 years’ experience as a senior finance professional and management consultant (he is a qualified accountant and qualified corporate treasurer). Jeremy’s clients include blue chips, SMEs, several NHS Trusts and organisations, charities and elite athletes. He is a guest lecturer at UK universities, and has written four best-selling books. As well as having several coaching qualifications (including an MA), Jeremy also assesses coaching applications on behalf of The Association for Coaching.

His previous positions between 1982 and 1999 include roles in The City, management consultant for Ernst & Young, senior finance roles for Unigate plc and finance director for YO! Sushi.

Areas of expertise

Executive coaching
Leadership
Team development
Coach training

Education and training

Accredited Master Executive Coach – The Association for Coaching
Certified to use The Leadership Circle 360-degree feedback tool, PRINT and iWAM psychometric assessment tools
Professional Certified Coach: International Coaching Federation
Certified NLP Coach (by John Grinder)
Certified NLP Master Trainer
Masters’ Degree (MA) in Coaching and NLP
BA (Hons) Business Studies

Professional memberships

ANLP
ICF and Association for Coaching

Judy Knight has been training and coachingJudy Knight has been training and coaching executives, managers and teams in the U.S., Europe and Asia for over 15 years. Prior to her work as a consultant, coach and facilitator, Judy spent 12 years in leadership

roles, primarily in high-tech and telecommunication industries. She has worked with clients in numerous industries to develop and deliver successful programs in change management, behavioural interviewing, performance management, leadership, team building and personal development.

Some of her clients have included the Mars Corporation, Novartis, Adidas, Juniper Networks, Cisco, QuickLogic, Demandforce, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund and Kaiser Permamente.

Judy coaches clients from C-level executives to managers to support their transitions into leadership roles and their continued growth in those roles.

Andrea is an Executive Coach and Trainer, lives in Berlin and collaborates with clients on national and international level. Next to 1:1 coaching, she designs and provides interactive workshops, trainings and speeches with a focus on Emotional

Intelligence, Emotion Management in the business context and Leadership Development.

With over two decades of international professional experience, she has worked as a Coach, Trainer, and Management Consultant for medium-sized and large corporations such as Vattenfall, Telefoníca, Sky, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Unitymedia, Kabel Deutschland, Siemens, and Steinbeis University.

In 2014, she co-founded in parallel an E-Learning Boutique Agency in collaboration with her Spanish business partner. Their international team specializes in creating interactive and customized solutions for companies and organizations in the field of Personal Development and Leadership Enhancement.

Areas of expertise

Executive coaching
Leadership development
Interpersonal skills
Talent assessment and selection
Succession planning

Education and training

Qualified to use MBTI
Qualified to use Firo-B
Certified to use DISC and TriMetrix®
Qualified to use EQ-i 2.0
Stages of Growth Strategist

Professional memberships

International Coach Federation
ATD: (Association for Talent Development)
SHRM (Society for Human Resources Management)

Areas of expertise

Leadership Development and Coaching
Executive coaching
Trainings and speeches on topics as Emotional Intelligence, Emotion Management with business focus
Training and workshops (Female) Leadership Development

Education and training

MBA // SMI Berlin, Stern School of Business New York, SDA Bocconi Mailand
emTrace® Emotionscoach // Eilert Akademie
ICF Executive Coach & Mentor Coach – ACC Level // JS-International, Malaga
NLP Master Practitioner & Master Coach // Performance Partnership, London
Master Practitioner Time Line Therapy TM // Performance Partnership, London
Master Hypnotist & Hypnose Trainer’s Training // Performance Partnership, London
International Systemic Team Coaching // AoEC – The Academy of Executive Coaching, London
Mimikresonanz 1.Level // Businessprofiling Karlsruhe
Diploma in Business and information technology (BA) // BA-Stuttgart

Professional memberships

International Coach Federation - ACC (Associate Certified Coach) Level
Eilert-Akademie - the science of emotions

Ludmila Egorova is a Professional Coach certified by the International Coach Federation (ICF). She runs her own consulting company, established in 2009, designing and conducting leadership development and

and organisational transformation programs through coaching. Ludmila is also an associate of the BrainBooster network of professional coaches. After serving as Board member of the ICF in France, she has been elected to the Leadership team of the ICF EMEA Region.

Prior to her coaching career, for over 10 years Ludmila accompanied the implementation of strategic initiatives and change programs of private and public companies around the globe. Starting off her career as a Mergers & Acquisitions specialist at Gimar Finance, she moved to post-acquisition consulting and change management within PricewaterhouseCoopers. She has lived and worked in the Switzerland, France, Russia, UK and the United States.

She currently works with clients such as GDF Suez, Danone, Société Générale, Ipsen, Cargill, King Fisher Group, Landmark Group.

Areas of expertise

Executive coaching
Executive team development and coaching
Change management programs
Individual transformation
Workshop facilitation

Education and training

Master degree Finance & Economics, ScPo Paris
Diploma in Systemic Change Management
Qualified to use Team Management System
Qualified to use Firo-B
Cultural Transformation Tools, Barrett Values Centre
Trained and certified coach with the International Coaching Federation
Certificate in Brief Therapy, MRI Palo Alto
ICF PCC Level working towards MCC

Professional memberships

International Coach Federation

Cora, who launched her own coaching and marketing consultancy business in 2022, combines over 15 years of marketing and communication experience with broad business knowledge (MBA).

She’s a results-driven professional with an open and solution-oriented mindset. She is committed to develop meaningful conversations to enhance performance and teamwork. Known for her approachability, trustworthiness and clear communication, Cora, who completed JS-international’s “Personal Mastery in Coaching and Mentoring” programme in 2022, brings a structured and adaptive approach in coaching, in which clients feel challenged and yet safe, and are encouraged to reflect and find (pragmatic) solutions.

Within industry she worked in management (marketing and communications) positions for family-owned, mid-sized and corporate companies (a.o. We Fashion, Q-Park, APG). There she drove change; by introducing new way-of-workings, tools, and services to align with the evolving company visions, core values and commercial goals. She facilitated new partnerships and Go-to-Markets. Notably, she initiated a culture program in a high decentralized (international) organization, aiding low literate and educated staff to adapt amid essential transformation. As a coach she works with senior level staff and entrepreneurs. She was born in the Netherlands and lived in Spain and the UK. Currently she lives in the Randstad (Netherlands) with her husband and 3 sons.

Areas of Expertise

Leadership & Personal Development
Effective and Interpersonal Communication
(Personal) Branding
Project / Change management
Go-to-Markets
Customer Journeys

Education and training

Master of Business Administration/ Science (Nyenrode Business University, 1997)
Bachelor of Business Administration and Entrepreneurship (Haarlem Business School, 1996)
Certificate: “Personal Mastery in Coaching and Mentoring”
Practitioner Neuro Linguistic Programming and Neuroscience
Practitioner Time Line Therapy Ò, Hypnosis
Certificate: “Cognitive modification” (Feuerstein, 2018)
Certificate: “Management” (Krauthammer International – 2004)

Professional membership

Member of ICF International and The Netherlands

Robert Kahn is owner and Managing Director of his own company which is a coaching and training business based in Geneva, Switzerland. He has been partnering with JS International since 2005.

Robert is a communications and training professional working primarily in presentation for impact and leadership through emotional intelligence.

For the past 22 years, Robert has worked across a variety of industries and countries which include finance, banking, manufacturing, the service industry, and Internet companies. His roles have ranged from management consultant, corporate communications, investor relations, media relations and marketing with companies such as Alusuisse-Lonza, Citibank, Givaudan, Jobline, Medtronic, Price Waterhouse, and West LB. He has been training for the past 10 years and has had his own company since 2002.

He currently works with clients such as Areva, BAT, Caterpillar, Castel-Cortine, Cognizant, Dell, GE, Global River Cruises, Huntsman, Lexmark, Management Centre Europe, Microsoft, AP Moller Mærsk, Nokia, Novartis, Steria, Stryker Medical, The United Nations, and Vodafone.

He has lived in North America, Latin America and Europe and is fluent in English, French, German and Spanish.

Areas of expertise

Executive coaching
Teambuilding
Presentation and impact
Leadership through emotional intelligence

Education and training

Master of International Management
NLP and Time Line Therapy™
Qualified to use MBTI

Professional memberships

Suzanne Gough is an executive coach and organisational psychologist based in Dubai, UAE. She certified as a coach with the International Coach Academy and has been coaching leaders at a range of levels for the

past 11 years. Suzanne holds degrees in Modern Languages, Marketing, and Psychology and is currently pursuing her PhD in Organizational Psychology, where her dissertation focus is on the development of executives to lead multinational teams. She is also a qualified market and social researcher, member of the British Psychological Society, and the American Psychological Association.

Prior to setting up her coaching business in 2007, Suzanne worked for 15 years in multinational fast moving consumer goods companies in the UK, including 10 years with Cadbury. She held senior roles in marketing, innovation and consumer research. She has lived in the UK, US, China, and the United Arab Emirates. She particularly enjoys working with executives in an international and multicultural environment.

She has worked with clients from companies such as PWC, BP, MMR, Cigna, Majid al Futtaim, ALEC, and with a host of small business leaders and entrepreneurs, as well as local expatriate organizations.

Areas of expertise

Executive coaching
Leadership and developing a leadership brand
Managing multinational teams
Developing cultural intelligence

Education and training

MA Modern Languages (Oxford), MA Marketing
BSc Psychology
PhD (expected 2020) Organizational Psychology
PG Dip. Market and Social Research (MRS-UK)
BPS level 1 and 2 Test User and NEO-PI
Certified Coach Training
Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coach
Certified in Cultural Intelligence training and assessment

Professional memberships

International Coach Federation
British Psychological Society
American Psychological Association
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Eeva is an ICF Certified Professional Coach (PCC) with a legal background. She has been a coach and a trainer for 13 years. She has a strong experience coaching individuals and teams in various organizations both in private and public sector.

In addition, Eeva is a trained solution-focused workplace mediator.

Prior to becoming a coach Eeva has background in the legal field, where she has worked over 15 years dealing with different areas of business law. She has twelve years of international experience from four different countries, which has made her open minded with a broad view. As a coach Eeva is approachable with good energy and strong presence. Her coaching framework is built on solution-orientation, contemporary neuroscience and positive psychology.

Veronika is a professional Coach and HR Consultant, serving a mainly global clientele of professionals and international organizations through her small business in Sweden, which she has run since early 2015.

Prior to venturing out on her own, Veronika worked in the private staffing industry, followed by almost a decade in the United Nations, serving in Copenhagen and New York, with missions to Malawi and Haiti, where she was part of the emergency response following the devastating earthquake in 2010.

While coaching is central to Veronika’s practice, she also supports organizations with change management, capacity building, recruitment and other HR-related processes and initiatives.

Areas of expertise

Individual Coaching
Team Coaching
Coaching for supervisors and leaders
Training (coaching skills, growth and fixed mindset, emotional skills at workplace, solving conflicts, interpersonal communication skills)
Conflict Mediation

Education and training

Everything Disc Certified Trainer, MLP Oy
Certified Business Coach Master, Business Coaching Institute,
Solution-focused workplace mediator, The Psychotherapy Institute of Helsinki
Emotional skills at workplace, Emergy Oy
Group and Team Coaching Diploma, Business Coaching Institute
Systemic Coaching Skills, Bomentis Coaching House
NLP Practitioner, NLP Opisto, Helsinki
Results Certificate of Coaching Skills, Results Coaching Systems
Course on Applied Positive Psychology, Positive House, Helsinki
Skills for Success, Dale Carnegie training, Stamford, Connecticut
Professional Certificate in Coaching, New York University
Master of Laws Helsinki and Brussels (1993 ja 1994)

Professional memberships

International Coaching Federation (ICF), PCC (Professional Certified Coach) level
Finnish Association of Coaches (SCY)
Finnish Lawyers Association

Areas of expertise

Personal and professional alignment and growth
Leadership development
Capacity building
Digital events and engagement
Public speaking; group facilitation
Impact sector career strategy
Human Resources

Education and training

MBA, Hawaii Pacific University (HPU)
Professional Certificate in Organizational Change, HPU
Professional Coach Training, Gothia Akademi
Certified Business Communications Practitioner (INLPTA)
Transformational Coaching, Coachstjärnan

Professional memberships

International Coach Federation (ICF), Professional Certified Coach (PCC)

Daphna works with leaders and teams across the globe to transform leadership effectiveness and workplace culture by digging deep into leadership power and purpose, developing strategic processes,

leading change initiatives and enabling great leadership. Recent assignments across Africa, Middle East and India include the following clients: Barclays Bank, Coca-Cola, Standard Chartered Bank, Hollard Insurance, Anglo American, Siemens, Medtronic, NMG. Before establishing her coaching career, Daphna worked in insurance and consulting, quickly rising to Director level. She held the position of Lecturer at the two largest universities in Johannesburg while managing her own actuarial consulting company and corporate event management company.

Daphna is a published author of “Courage to Lead: Leadership Lessons from Kilimanjaro.”

Areas of expertise

Leadership effectiveness and impact
Neuroscience of leadership & change
Executive & Team coaching
Purpose-driven leadership
Career crossroads

Education and training

M Actuary, Author, Keynote Speaker and Leadership Coach – Daphna, holds qualifications in business, leadership and coaching with an FIA (UK), Master Certified Coach (ICF) and MPhil (cum laude). Daphna has accumulated more than 3500 hours of coaching leaders and facilitating workshops across the globe, over the last 12 years and has served as Treasurer of ICF South Africa and President-Elect of ICF Israel.

Professional memberships

International Coach Federation
Master Certified Coach by International Coach Federation

Calendar

2024 Personal Mastery in Coaching & Mentoring Course - Level 1

19/9-21/9 2024 • Module 1 - Coaching and Mentoring for Performance Management

9/1-11/1 2025 • Module 2 - Transcultural Excellence in Coaching

20/3-22/3 2025 • Module 3 - Coaching for Personal Development

5/6-7/6 2025 • Module 4 - Coaching for Transitions

2024 Personal Mastery in Coaching & Mentoring Course - Level 2

24-30/11 2024 • Your personal development and the NLP and Neuroscience practitioner

11-17/5 2025 • Your personal development and the NLP and Neuroscience practitioner

4/7-6/7 2025 - Advanced coaching skills

2024 NLP practitioner with Neuroscience

19/5-25/5/2024 The NLP practitioner with Neuroscience

24/11-30/11 2024 The NLP practitioner with Neuroscience

2023 Mastery in Team Coaching

12/9-15/9 2024 - Foundations of team coaching excellence

12/12-15/12 2024 - Navigating Team Complexities

3/4-6/4 2025 - Applied Team Coaching Practice

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