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Annabel Harper
London, England, UK
Annabel is a best-selling author, speaker, and experienced international Leadership and Executive Coach and Facilitator. She works internationally with senior, director, and board level clients from a variety of global multinationals and SMEs across financial services, pharmaceuticals, FMCG, energy, and government.
She regularly designs and facilitates large and small group learning both virtually and in person on topics including leadership skills, coaching for leaders, giving feedback, and storytelling. Annabel is part of London Business School’s Executive Education coach team and Lead Coach on several international leadership programs. She teaches on the Masters in Coaching at Cambridge University and has a long-held focus on women and leadership in the Middle East, where she has worked for more than 10 years. Her book “Shujaah‘ah: Bold Leadership for Women of the Middle East” was a finalist in the Business Book Awards 2021.
RECENT ENGAGEMENTS
Leadership program for the top in-country team of a global pharma company
Designed and delivered a program to shift the team’s thinking toward a more global and adaptive perspective, integrating the cross-cultural nature of a new global team while retaining unique strengths. Participants developed peer coaching skills and learnt to think more strategically to address transformation.
Executive coaching with a senior leader newly promoted to a strategic role in a regulatory body
Coaching focused on building confidence, storytelling skills, and leading with presence, alongside building trust within an inherited team and creating psychological safety.
Executive coaching with a senior female leader in financial services in the Middle East
Coaching focused on navigating cultural complexities, leading a team of male colleagues, building a collaborative environment, and developing presentation skills for large audiences.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION
MA, Middle Eastern Studies
FRSA (Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts)
Doctoral student, Middlesex University London (research: women and leadership in Saudi Arabia)
Range of coaching skills accreditations — please specify for the website.