Stephen is a highly experienced professional coach, facilitator and workgroup consultant. For more than 20 years he specialised in the international trade finance, export, credit and political risk arenas up to 1997. He has held directorships, senior general management, marketing and sales roles during his career with major banks / finance houses, insurance companies, risk management organisations and specialist broking houses in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore.For over 15 years he has lead and run his own coaching business. He has worked directly with many organisations & individuals focusing on Leadership, Strategic Thinking, Development of People and the practical, realistic alignment of Organisational Performance. Stephen has coached individuals, workgroups and complete businesses which originate locally or internationally in S.E.Asia, the U.K., Australia & New Zealand. He also participates on a number of client Boards of Advice & Management.His approach uncovers leadership and organisational imperatives; he aids the distillation & articulation of cultural understanding in organisations; he guides individual actions, accountabilities and behaviours to deliver a sustainable blueprint for the future. He delivers this through business performance facilitation, executive coaching and blended learning solutions.He is a long standing Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management & member of the Singapore Institute of Management. He continues to study in the areas of leadership development, strategic & performance planning and modern evidenced based executive coaching.Specialties: • Structured analysis of organisational needs, Business Excellence Framework / HBDI personal & teams frameworks. He is a certified Hogan practitioner.• Business Coaching, Facilitator of strategy + aligned performance planning projects for whole organisations, workgroups or individuals. • A catalyst for strategic, operational & cultural change.