More About Me
In short, I’m not your typical coach—and that’s intentional.
Corporate leader turned coach, with over a decade of coaching experience and 13+ years in international business.
I’ve lived and worked across borders for nearly two decades—through three very different expat experiences, a location-independent chapter of life, and more than one profound life and identity reinvention.
I’ve led teams, built products, overcome complex PTSD and burnout, rebuilt myself from the ground up, and ticked off many—and I mean many—items on my bucket list.
What I bring to my coaching is shaped by real life, not just theory.
Want the full picture? Read onwards.
Coaching Experience
I’ve been coaching since 2015, first within my corporate leadership role and since 2018 as a professional certified coach.
2+ years successfully leading corporate teams with a coaching-based leadership approach
7+ years as a professional certified coach
2,000+ coaching sessions with clients ranging from senior leaders and executives to individuals who have boldly reinvented their careers and lives
300+ clients coached — and counting. See some of their testimonials here.
Certifications & Academics
Professional Certified Coach (PCC) — International Coaching Federation, April 2022
Hogan Assessments Certified Practitioner — Hogan Assessments, July 2023
Certified Professional Coach (CPC) — IPEC Coaching USA, June 2021
Certified Professional Coach (CPC) — Coaching & Training Square Belgium, March 2017
Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner (ELI-MP) — IPEC Coaching USA, January 2021
Coaching Skills as Leadership Skills for Executives and Managers — Coaching & Training Square Belgium, 2015
Academic Research — Adjustment Challenges of Self-Initiated Expatriates, December 2015
Additional Trainings
Inner Relationship Focusing Training (Body-Somatic Technique) — Focusing Resources USA, June 2019
Yoga and Meditation Teacher (200 hours) — Om Shanti Yoga, Spain / Mexico, 2018
10-Day Silent Vipassana Retreat — Dharma Center, Cambodia, 2016
Mindfulness Training — Belgium, 2017
Cross-Cultural Team Leadership — Belgium, 2014
Leadership and Team Management — Belgium, 2014
Stress Management — Belgium, 2014
Previous Career
Before becoming a professional coach, I spent 13+ years building an international career in sales and product management, working across three countries for some of the world’s leading telecommunications companies partnering with senior leaders, executives, and decision-makers across the industry.
In my last role as Global Head of a Product, I built a product from scratch and led it through its growth into one of the fastest-growing product in the company. Leading a multicultural team, we consistently outperformed business objectives over several years.
Corporate Experience & Expertise in
Reintegration after long-term absence
Work-life balance
Well-being and burnout prevention
Communication and leadership effectiveness
Team management, motivation, and engagement
Young talent development and first-time leaders
Sales and business development
Product management and development
Hiring and recruitment
Facilitation of corporate training
Expat and Location Independent Life
I’ve lived through three very different expat experiences—the second being particularly challenging.
I’ve also spent several years working remotely and living location-independent lifestyle.
Together, these experiences have given me a grounded understanding of what building a life across countries really involves—beyond the Instagram highlight reel.
From opportunities and freedom to challenges, uncertainty, disruption and the need to create structure and routines while navigating the unknown — I’ve lived it all.
Some of these experiences sparked my curiosity and led me to conduct academic research on the challenges of adjusting to life as an expat.
Enriching Life Experiences
In 2017, due to an external, life-altering event that completely shattered me—being attacked on the street at gunpoint—I lost my job and with it, everything I had worked for more than 13 years.
The life I knew until that point was gone. And with it, also my sense of safety, my identity, my resilience, my confidence—and the bold, daring parts of myself.
What followed were several years of navigating severe Complex PTSD and burnout while trying to rebuild myself, my life, and my career. It was one of the most difficult transitions I have ever gone through. And it wasn’t a quick reset—it took years to rebuild, piece by piece.
But I rolled up my sleeves and got to work. I did the inner work—extensively—with therapists, coaches, and alternative approaches.
And I didn’t just recover—I rebuilt and reinvented my life from the ground up.
If you’re curious, you can read more about that journey here.
EVERYTHING YOU’ve read above shapes how I coach.
no cookie-cutter coaching here.
instead, a tailored approach that fits you.
Whether you want to accelerate your career, overcome debilitating mindsets, figure out what’s next for you in life, start or grow your own business, work on your personal development, reduce your stress level, do that one seemingly impossible thing you have always dreamt of… –