YOUR EXECUTIVE COACH
ANNA BROWN
Your executive coach
I understand what it feels like to juggle the many challenges of work and life – I am a coach who draws on my own business leadership experience, I have been a working parent and carer for elderly relatives, studied while working, and run my own business.
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In a career spanning 30 years, I have held a range of leadership roles in executive education, heritage, hospitality, and not-for-profit settings. I have led large multi-disciplinary teams, been responsible for divisional P&L, service design, and delivery, sales, and marketing, and overseen various organisational transformations. Throughout that time, I have experienced significant change and made several career transitions - so understand both the challenges and opportunities these bring.
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​Having developed my career at Ashridge Business School and ActionAid, I now work independently as an executive coach, coach supervisor, and consultant in a wide range of sectors. The rich diversity of my client mix is enhanced by the coaching I provide as a member of the Executive Coaching Panel on the Warwick Business School Executive MBA and the Executive Management Programme at Henley Business School.
I hold an Executive MBA from Ashridge Business School, a post-graduate Coaching qualification from Henley Business School, the Tavistock Certificate in Supervision for Coaches and Consultants, and a BSc in Environmental Science from Manchester Metropolitan University.
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I am trained as an Advanced Practitioner with Harthill Consulting in its ‘Developmental Inquiry’ methodology and am authorised to use the psychometric instrument, the ‘Leadership Development Profile’.
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Born in the UK, I left at 18 months old to return 18 years later, having lived in Switzerland, Japan, and Hong Kong. I now live in Hertfordshire and have two daughters. In my spare time, I love creating my wildlife-friendly garden and volunteering at the Hospice of St Francis as a facilitator and coach.
TESTIMONIALS
"Anna's experience as a business leader, coach and mentor helped me see my world of work in a fresh light. All with a grounding in a business perspective and with humour. It was very helpful and enlightening."
Elaine Armstrong, Principal at Slalom, USA
“Anna has the ability to be insightful, to the point, challenging, and extremely patient, whilst making me feel that we are partners on a calm journey of discovery. I’d highly recommend her as a coaching supervisor.”
Dr Barbara Banda, Barbara Banda Consulting, UK