Uche Ezichi
Profile
Uche Ezichi is an executive coach, speaker and facilitator with 15+ years of experience working in and with FTSE 100 companies and leading business schools. He is an internationally certified coach by both ICF and Marshal Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching. He is an executive with the prestigious INSEAD Executive Coaching Centre. The clients he has worked with delivering both individual and group coaching include IFC (International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group), Generali, KONE, LFR (Leading for Results Open programme).
He delivers leadership development programme, workshops and talks for companies such as Jefferies, Accenture, Columbia Threadneedle Investments, Citi and coaches’ leaders from diverse companies including Pfizer, Whirlpool, PA Consulting, ABInbev and executive MBAs from leading business schools. His specialty is in career development, behavioural change, building resilience (mental health and wellbeing) and managing career/leadership transitions. He was part of a team led by Professor Peter Hawkins conducting global research on leadership transitions and how to equip future leaders for future leadership challenges. During his banking career he worked closely with senior management teams to spearhead the development and execution of various leadership and diversity development initiatives. This included programmes to develop emerging VP leaders, high performing associates and enhancing the promotion potential of female executive directors. He was on the coaching faculty of the ABInbev (the world's largest brewer) female leadership programme, coaching high potential female leaders to maximise their career potential and raise their leadership profile.
Uche has an Executive MSc in Coaching and Behavioural Change from Henley Business School and he is currently a doctoral candidate on their doctorate in business administration programme (DBA) where he is researching leadership effectiveness and how successful leaders build resilience. He is a qualified practitioner on diverse instruments including; GELM 360 and other 360 tools, Hogan, NEO Personality Inventory, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, 16 Personality Factors Test, Personality and Preference Inventory Test, Point positive, Neuro linguistic Programming etc.
Areas of Expertise
Uche has worked with senior leaders, academics, researchers, professional services staff as well as high potential managers from very diverse backgrounds and experiences.
· Leadership Development and Coaching
· Team Coaching
· Career Development
· Behavioural Coaching
· Building Resilience (Mental Health and wellbeing)
· Group Facilitation
· Managing Career/Leadership Transitions
Education and Professional Experience
Academic
· Part-time Doctorate in business administration (DBA), focus on leadership and resilience
· MSc Coaching and Behavioural Change, Henley Business School, merit.
· BSc Economics and Finance, University of Bristol
Professional
· Leadership and Career Coach, Imperial College Business School London
· Leadership and Diversity Consultant, Morgan Stanley
· Leadership and Diversity Consultant, Goldman Sachs
· Senior Associate, Investment Banking, HSBC
Membership of Professional or Coaching Bodies
· International Coach Federation (ICF) – PCC
· Association for Professional Executive Coaches and Supervision (APECS) –
· Certified Executive Coach
· Board Member Association for Professional Executive Coaches and Supervision (APECS)
· Marshal Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching