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Business Accomplishments:

As North American CEO, headed up the start-up of the Ferrari Line of clothes sponsored by Enzo Ferrari, Italy. Imported Ferrari clothes from Italy and set-up the wholesale company in North America.
Founding partner and CEO of a coaching and consulting company in Switzerland working with multinationals such as Philip Morris, Orange Telecommunication, Nestle, United Bank of Switzerland, the International Federation of Red Cross etc. The MKB Coaching company is affiliated with a network of international experts and scholar practitioners and addresses change management, high potential development, abrasive executive and global nomads within multicultural teams.
Facilitated organizations' mission, core values and leadership principles in such diverse sectors as banking and luxury products.
Resolved conflicts and enhanced team effectiveness for International executive teams in sectors such as tobacco, nutrition, banking, humanitarian, telecommunication, biotechnical, information technology, research and academic sectors.
Clients include: Nestlé, headquarters and research center; Levi Strauss, Europe; American Graduate School of International Management, USA; INSEAD, France; The Fielding Institute, USA; European Foundation of Quality Management (EFQM), Brussels, Belgium; Beckman & Coulter International, at European headquarters; World Economic Forum, headquarters, Geneva; Fragrance Resources International S.A, Vevey, Switzerland; UBS United Banks of Switzerland, Zurich, Geneva, Lausanne in Switzerland, Monaco, Luxembourg, France, Randstad (Suisse); Firmenich, (Headquarters, Geneva); BNP Paribas Private Bank SA (Switzerland); Open University, UK; Cargill, European headquarters, Geneva; Lloyds Bank, headquarters, Geneva; Philip Morris, (Poland, Hungary, Lausanne, Head Quarters, France, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong); Orange Telecommunication (London, Paris, Denmark); Ecole HoteliÃ¨re de Lausanne, Lausanne; Novartis, UNHCR, UNEP, IMD, Lausanne.

Coaching Impacts:

Sharpened leadership competencies of multi-cultural high-potential individuals to reach their next professional level in a global environment.
Intervened to resolve management behavior problems such as poor communication skills, failure to develop direct reports, indecisiveness or lack of strategic thinking. Outcomes were negotiated at the beginning of a coaching program, and key stakeholders observed behavior changes during and after the coaching intervention. Measurable increases included improved employee feedback on 360-degree instruments, improved attainment of department goals, higher motivation within the division, and improved communication within the team and the team with the boss.
Coached and facilitated executive teams where infighting derailed team goals. The results reached were clear behavior standards that were mutually negotiated and where clear KPIs were attained.
Coached to better leverage the executive's strengths and address areas of development within a selected time frame and monitored through 360 Degree Feedback and Employee Survey Opinion.
Enhanced required management and leadership competencies to technically oriented executives.
Facilitated teams to change mindset from a sales orientation to a partnership focus with clients.
Coached high potentials of a leading International company while they worked on strategic projects during their time at a leading business school in France.
Coached CEO on their communication through the media, communiqués and when writing their company's strategic orientation for the next years.

Professional Profile:

I have coached and debriefed CEO, CFO, CIO of Fortune 500 multinational companies particularly in the major food, flagrance and flavor, telecom, tobacco, banking and pharmaceutical sectors. As an entrepreneur and CEO, I challenge and support executives to enact what they want their legacy to be. As a child of a third culture environment, I thrive on coaching across cultures and within multilingual and cultural environments. Coaching multicultural executives to leverage their flexibility but help them find their anchor in a constantly changing environment is a specialization of mine. As a multicultural executive, I am passionate about coaching individuals and teams as a means to develop a person both personally and professionally. Coaching is a process to find more meaning in what one does and how one lives while increasing one's impact as a professional.

Educational and Professional Credentials:

ICF Master Certified Coach, First in Switzerland.
Ph.D. Human and Organizational Systems, The Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA.
Masters in Organizational Management & Development, The Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA.
Masters in International Management, Thunderbird School of Global Management, Thunderbird, Phoenix, Arizona.
Part of the Editorial Board of "International Journal of Coaching in Organizations".

Languages/Citizenship:

Bilingual in English/French, fluent Spanish and Swiss/US citizen.

* MCC is ICF master certified coach. Past Member of the following Board: