Professional Profile:

Suzi Finkelstein is a former CEO of Women & Leadership Australia with two decades of experience delivering thousands of hours of coaching, workshops, and webinars across public and private sectors. Her work emphasizes evidence-based practices, inclusive leadership, and accountability, drawing on academic grounding and extensive corporate leadership experience. Suzi partners with leaders and organizations to elevate performance, foster inclusion, and develop future-ready leadership capability.

Key Executive Coaching Expertise:

• Coaches senior leaders to strengthen leadership presence and identify transferable skills for career progression into expanded roles
• Helps technically strong, introverted leaders increase visibility, confidence, and strategic networking to expand opportunities
• Supports GMs and functional leaders to improve stakeholder influence, accountability practices, and prioritize strategic approaches
• Develops leaders’ emotional intelligence by surfacing blind spots, increasing self-awareness and developing wellbeing practices
• Leverages CEO and program leadership experience to build inclusive, psychologically safe cultures and leadership programs that drive engagement and growth

Education and Credentials:

• Masters, Applied Positive Psychology, University of Melbourne
• Bachelor of Education, University of Melbourne
• Diploma of Management, Deakin University
• Certificate IV, Business and Personal Coaching; Training and Assessment
• Certifications: Hogan; Human Synergistics LSI Accreditation (Mastery); International Coach Academy

Coaching Approach:

Suzi applies her lived experience as a CEO and leadership practitioner to build leadership capacity, leverage strengths, challenge stereotypes, and create inclusive, results-oriented cultures. She blends evidence-based practice to build psychological safety and accountability to help leaders thrive and deliver sustained impact.