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Testimonials

"Fantastic experience, for which I am grateful. Helene's coaching was particularly effective: flexible, approachable, senior stakeholder mindset - which encouraged me to be more strategic, including in my objectives setting."

N.P., Managing Director, Risk, Standard Chartered Bank

"Helene is a truly skilful coach.  By working with her I achieved everything I wanted to and more.  Critically, what I achieved with her wasn’t just short term motivation to make changes; they were strategies that have stood the test of time and allowed me to really make the changes I have been longing for.  Helene’s approach involves very thorough goal setting, but getting really clear on the goals allows the coaching to proceed at a calm, measured pace. Helene calmly and subtly coaches so that you arrive at the answers to your questions without realising that was where you were heading.  It is the calm, deep, focused approach that provides the winning, lasting results."

Harriet Avison, Financial Risk Senior Manager, Capital One

"Helene is coaching me through a career change and has added significant value over the last few months. Her questions are insightful and at times quite challenging; however, they allowed me to look at myself and my behaviours through different lenses and created opportunities for me to make conscious choices about my options."

Claire Lund-Conlon, Outsource Director, Aviva UK Life

“I loved working with Helene. She was easy to interact with. She found the perfect balance between mentoring and coaching; to a point where I didn’t realised we were doing both! 

I grew significantly under her guidance both on a personal and professional level. 

I gained a lot of confidence and feel better equipped for my next step as CFO. 

Helene has tremendous experience within the payment and financial services industry. 

I would definitely recommend her services to anybody eager to learn and challenge himself. You won’t be disappointed. 

Thank you Helene!”

Antoine Imberti - Head of Finance & aspiring CFO , Bloom (Startup, Financial Services)

“During the whole 2022 New Finance Leader programme at the ICAEW, I have learned a lot about myself and definitely felt more prepared for future challenges. I still remember those moments when I felt challenged yet inspired, and started to make some changes with confidence.

Thank you for all the mentoring sessions that we had. Thanks for all the support, the guidance, stories you shared, and the challenges you pushed me through. I really enjoyed talking to you, and was always impressed by your questions, your logic and many of your suggestions". 

Crissy Jia - Finance Business Partner, Maven Securities

"I had the privilege of working with Helene for mentoring as part of the ICAEW Network of Finance Leaders programme, which included four 90 minute mentoring sessions.

My own objectives were to get the best from the team, transition into a leadership mindset, and implement an effective work-life balance.

Helene’s experience as an accomplished CFO afforded me the opportunity to draw on a wealth of experience to support my own personal development, exploring approaches for finance value add.

I particularly liked Helene’s mentoring session structure. Every session clarified personal objectives whilst exploring in detail an action plan to achieve them.

Since implementing the approaches I have seen noticeable improvements in team motivation and work-life balance." 

Kofi Kusi – Senior Finance Manager Planning and Analysis, Eversholt

"Thank you very much for all your help and guidance over the last few months, it has been a great experience working with you and I have valued your input and insights. Time to concentrate on my goals now, and I’ll be sure to keep you updated on how I progress."

Tim Fairclough - Head of Risk, IFGL 

"Hélène was my mentor for the ICAEW's 2021 Network for Finance Leaders programme for six months.  Through a mixture of coaching and mentoring, Hélène brought challenges, reflections and lessons learnt not only in tune with the content of the programme but also with my lived professional experience.  We explored various topical themes such as resilience, career transition and setting a new team on the right foot.  Hélène is very easy to discuss matters with, in a safe environment, and has helped me as a manager, leader and young executive."

Adrien L., Finance Director, via ICAEW

"Helene, I really enjoyed discussing specific issues I was facing and getting input from you as to ways to approach them and things I could do to take a step forward. I also enjoyed the conversation we had around tools that can be used in terms of career, purpose and meaning.

The whole programme has given me a huge amount of confidence in my own abilities and the fact that I can ask (and receive) help from the people around me. In the past I wouldn’t have spoken to my boss so clearly and openly.

Thank you again for all your support and input over the past several months."

Holly W, Finance Bus Partner, AXA

"Having Helene as my mentor on the ICAEW Network of Financial Leaders enhanced my overall experience of the leadership development programme. Being able to have one-to-one sessions with someone with Helene's knowledge and experience was absolutely vital.

 Helene helped me adopt a different mindset to ensure I can build highly functioning teams. Helene also gave me the confidence to push my own agenda when assessing career progression. "

Chris Lintorn - Senior Management Accountant, Maven Securities