Ariane is an Executive Coach and Advisor, working with top CEO’s, business leaders and start up founders and people of all walks of life, worldwide.She is also a sought-after keynote speaker and workshop facilitator, having spoken at places such as Google, Amazon, the World Bank, Union Square Ventures, Red Bull and keynoted the Oprah conference. She is also a guest speaker at Cambridge University. Her key themes center around start up and founder wellness, navigating change and transition, fundraising, women and leadership, health and mental well being, conscious parenting and spiritual awakening and direction.She is passionate about sharing life skills for kids and parents. She is an active advisor and contributor to this space, has published a book series for kids called Giggles and Joy, and launched an award winning game called KidQuest with her son. She is a frequent contributor to Psychology Today amongst others, on important themes to raise happy, healthy and conscious kids.Ariane has had a varied career, starting off at The Boston Consulting Group, working in 12 different countries, to Executive positions at Bertelsmann, setting up the Online Ventures Group at Sony and was the first Managing Director of Time Warner’s $500m Venture Fund.She then pursued a more entrepreneurial career, and founded her own start up, The First 30 Days; a company dedicated to helping people and companies through change. She is a published author with Harper Collins, has appeared on The Today Show, CNN and ABC and been featured in Forbes, Business Week and Oprah magazine amongst others.On the investing front, Ariane is a founding member of Meaningful Partners, a new type of private equity group, looking at mission-based businesses. She has also personally invested in over a dozen early stage deals to date.Ariane was named one of Silicon Alley’s top 100 People to watch and her change book was nominated for a Books for A Better Life Award. She also has a featured TED talk on skills we must teach our kids.Please contact Ariane for any advisory work, Board positions, keynotes or if you are looking for executive coaching.