Summary

Jean-Yves is an executive coach and former Fortune 500 senior leader and board member with over 25 years of global leadership experience across Europe, Africa, and Asia. He works with Managing Directors, C-suite executives, and boards to unlock clarity, confidence, and performance at the highest levels. His coaching approach is direct, empathetic, and grounded in real-world executive pressures. Jean-Yves combines strategic insight with a deep understanding of human dynamics to help leaders lead with greater impact. He is a trusted advisor to CEOs, founders, and executive teams navigating complexity, transformation, and growth.

Coaching Style

Jean-Yves brings a deep curiosity for cultural diversity and a passion for leadership development to his coaching. Having personally benefitted from coaching throughout his executive career, he brings a nuanced understanding of how coaching drives both individual transformation and business impact. His style is positively challenging while offering empathy for the pressures of senior leadership and stretching them to drive change for themselves, their organisations and their business. Jean-Yves brings a deep curiosity for cultural diversity and a passion for leadership development to his coaching. Having personally benefitted from coaching throughout his executive career, he brings a nuanced understanding of how coaching drives both individual transformation and business impact. His style is positively challenging while offering empathy for the pressures of senior leadership and stretching them to drive change for themselves, their organisations and their business.

Professional Experience

With over 25 years of leadership experience, Jean-Yves has held functional and CEO roles, including 13 years on Regional and Global Boards of a Fortune 500 company. His core expertise lies in crafting strategy, driving innovation, leading large-scale teams (1,000+), and delivering executional excellence in complex, multicultural environments. Jean-Yves currently sits on several for-profit and non-profit boards, bringing strategic and governance expertise to diverse organisations. He is a certified Independent Director by INSEAD and a Senior Accredited Director with the Singapore Institute of Directors. He holds a Master’s of Engineering

Qualifications

Jean-Yves trained as an executive coach with Barefoot in the UK and holds a PCC accreditation with ICF. He receives group supervision from Amanda Ramirez. He is trained as a professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) and is certified to deliver Hogan assessment . He holds a Master of Engineering from Ecole Centrale Paris (France) and Cornell University (US) and graduated from INSEAD’s AMP program. He is a certified independent director by INSEAD and sits on several for profit and non-for profit boards. Being both French and German, Jean-Yves can coach in French, German and English.