Professional Profile:

Sarah Smyth is a former investment banking executive who frequently works with highly technical leaders in technology, finance, and law as they step into more senior roles with increased people leadership. Her coaching combines warm yet direct presence with attentive listening, and she draws on neuroscience, emotional intelligence, systems thinking, and appreciative inquiry to help leaders manage complexity and uncertainty. Sarah supports clients to uncover values and strengths, develop authentic leadership style, build collaborative teams, and take charge of professional growth.

Key Executive Coaching Expertise:

• Coaches senior leaders to increase influence and effectiveness, navigate culture, build teams, and contribute at board level
• Helps executives move from individual-contributor work to strategic leadership by closing capability gaps, creating strategy, and securing resources
• Supports technical experts in people management to reduce self-doubt, build structure, and grow leadership scope while maintaining technical craft
• Delivers leadership development and team coaching in regulated, fast-moving environments to strengthen collaboration and systemic perspective
• Uses assessment-informed coaching to build insight, confidence based on competence, and sustainable change

Education and Credentials:

• Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and Advanced Certification in Team Coaching (ACTC), International Coaching Federation (ICF)
• Certified Professional Coach, Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC)
• Professional Certificate in Team, Board and Systemic Coaching, Henley Business School
• Postgraduate Diploma, Management (Distinction), Birkbeck, University of London
• BA, Business Information Management & Finance (1st Class), University of Westminster

Coaching Approach:

Sarah partners with clients to uncover strengths and potential so they can develop authentic leadership style and build collaborative, productive teams. She blends multiple evidence-informed approaches with direct coaching to help leaders grow confidence, drive strategy and lead change.