Paul

Paul is an executive and communication coach with over 20 years’ experience helping leaders communicate with confidence, clarity and impact in support of their commercial and professional objectives. His coaching is tailored, engaging and grounded in sound theory, while remaining practical and enjoyable. Through interactive sessions and direct feedback, he helps leaders build confidence and develop techniques they can apply immediately in high-stakes professional settings, giving them not only new skills but also the motivation to use them. Paul’s coaching spans commercial communication and leadership, including sales, negotiation, pitching, business writing, influencing, feedback, conflict resolution, and navigating the business development process. He works regularly with leaders across asset management, investment banking, law, management consultancy, higher education, the NHS, manufacturing, retail and pharmaceuticals. Earlier in his career, Paul was a portfolio manager and Director at Kleinwort Benson Investment Management, and also trained and worked as a professional actor. This unusual combination of corporate and performance experience gives him a nuanced understanding of high-pressure environments and what it takes to communicate with credibility, presence and impact.