Meet Steve
Steve is a hands-on, people oriented Global Executive Leadership Coach, Mentor & Board Advisor with 30 years of experience in global businesses that provide business intelligence, market information & consulting services.
Steve is:
- A former CEO in a FTSE 100 company
- An International Coach Federation Board Director (Vancouver)
- A coach to the United Nations Humanitarian Coaching Program
- A certified coach through the International Coach Federation & the Coaches Training Institute
- A Non-Executive Director to three business intelligence consultancies: 4SiGHT Research, Borderless Access and Data’oro.
Steve coaches clients from around the world from: Bangladesh, Canada, Egypt, England, Greece, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates and the USA.
Previously, he spent 21 years in the Middle East & N. Africa, much of it as the regional CEO for Kantar TNS – the world’s largest research, insight & consultancy, and a WPP company (www.wpp.com). There, he organically built Kantar TNS from a team of 40 into a leading regional multi-million US Dollar consultancy, with a team of 500, across 21 countries.
Steve’s business growth success lies in his passion for coaching and mentoring individuals and teams to enable them to deliver winning experiences to their true potential, with a collaborative mind set.
Steve was a member of several Kantar TNS Executive Committees across Africa, the Middle, Asia Pacific & Latin America, and Kantar TNS Markets Board Chairman (Africa/Middle East). From 2003 to 2013 he was the ESOMAR United Arab Emirates Representative, the world association for market, social & opinion research.
Born in Dubai, educated in Canada and France, and fluent in English & French, Steve has an international perspective. He is an Executive Member of Toastmasters International and a long-standing member of the Market Research Society, UK, and member of the International Coach Federation.