Ian Paterson
Ian has worked as an executive coach and consultant for five years following a successful and varied career in Professional Services. This background gives Ian a broad business understanding and he is able to combine this with his passion for coaching to help senior executives improve their thinking and execution about their business and careers.
Background and Coaching Experience
Ian spent 27 years in Professional Services, including 10 as a partner at EY, Andersen and Grant Thornton. He worked in corporate transactions including both restructuring and M&A. At EY, Ian led the internal coaching team and set up the coaching centre in 2011. Ian was the Managing Director of the EMCC in the UK and through this volunteer role he helped to shape the future direction of the organisation, including overseeing a number of significant developments to the EMCC's infrastructure.
Client Assignments
People Leader, Professional Services - helped her transition into a new senior role, developing relationships with the leadership team and her authenticity.
Finance Director, listed food group - helped prepare for promotion to CEO by working with behaviours that were holding the individual back.
Sector Leader, Professional Services - facilitated his strategic thinking to develop his global sector to drive growth and how to manage the key stakeholders in that process.
CEO, charity - helped him to consider strategic options to deal with significant reductions in funding.
Senior Policy Advisor, Government - helped him transition into a new role where he needed to make an immediate impact on key policy. Key challenges included getting used to the civil service culture, having come from a commercial background.
Key Areas of Expertise
Transition to new roles
Developing career direction and plan
Retirement/future direction
Developing personal brand
Effective delegation and team management
Facilitating strategic thinking
Leadership development
Coaching/mentoring education
Specialist Expertise
Ian is an Associate Certified Coach, (ICF) as well as an NLP Practitioner. He is certified in MBTI and Tracom Social Styles. He holds a BA (Hons) in Finance & Accountancy and is a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.
Recent Clients
Recent clients include AB Foods, Addleshaw Goddard, Ashurst, Bird & Bird, DWF, DECC, EY, Hogan Lovells, KPMG, Nabarro and Paragon.
Sectors
Professional Services, Private Equity, Financial Services.
Contact
M: 07979 707938