British Council

Principal Designer

Accenture Song

My role involved leading the Strategic Design practice at Accenture Song Poland, serving clients across Europe and the Middle East; facilitating multinational leadership and client sessions; providing international communications coaching to the local team and leadership.

Senior Manager | Design Lead | Communications Coach

Datacom

My role involved leading the Design & Experience team at Datacom, the largest creative and technology services company in Australasia. I was also responsible for designing and leading coaching and collaboration sessions for senior Government and corporate stakeholders and executives.

Built and scaled the team as a new, multi-disciplinary group of designers, researchers, and artists, working for large Government and private sector clients.

General Manager | Leadership Coach | Creative Facilitator

Solnet (now part of Accenture)

My role was responsible for Solnet's national creative practice. I was also responsible for providing strategic advice and coaching to the leaders and teams of large New Zealand organisations, helping them understand digital transformation and deliver impactful digital products and services. 

Delivered experience and service design work for organisations including MSD, MoH, NZDF, Transpower, Farmers Retail Group, ACC, and Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori.

Digital Practice Lead | Facilitator | Leadership Coach

Element Digital Consulting

Founder of a strategic advisory and coaching service for digital transformation and communication. Created and led numerous leadership coaching sessions for public and private sector. Advised Government ministries and corporate clients on communication and digital strategy. Mentor to the Victoria University Graduate programme.

Director | Leadership & Communications Coach | Mentor

ClemengerBBDO / Touchcast

Experience and customer innovation coach and strategist for New Zealand's leading brand & digital experience agency Clients included Education NZ, Toyota, New Zealand Post, Spark and many more.

Director of Digital Innovation (contract)

SSL Consulting

Advisor and coach for multinational companies (Microsoft, Sony, 3 Mobile) and executives on digital transformation, digital communication, and creativity.

Lead Advisor | Leadership & Digital Communications Coach

Musician

Musician and session vocalist. Signed to AR Vocal Management. Wrote, recorded and demo-ed for the likes of Guy Massey (Paul McCartney, Ed Sheeran), Paul Steel (Empire of the Sun), Groove Armada, Ben Carrigan (The Thrills), Dan Spartacus and many more.

Session vocalist

Ogilvy Public Relations

Head of the UK office and European hub of Ogilvy’s global Digital Influence network; as the strategic lead, I oversaw  delivery of digital experience strategy and design at a pan-European and global level for blue-chip clients  including Volvo, IBM, Grohe, Motorola, Cisco, UPS and Ralph Lauren.

Notable achievements:
- leading the global digital strategy for Volvo's flagship e-car program
- increasing positive engagement across key digital channels for Motorola by 800%
- groundbreaking interactive live video event via Facebook featuring Boris Becker, for Ralph Lauren as part of its Wimbledon sponsorship
- digital planning for Nestle, UPS, IBM and more
- new business wins from Grohe, Cisco & IBM

Head of Digital Influence

One of two people responsible for the digital strategy and experience practice at DigitasLBi. Managed UK & pan-European engagements for blue-chip clients including Lloyds Bank, Sony, Volkswagen, M&S, Starwood Hotels, Orange, Oxfam & British Red Cross

Notable highlights:

- Pioneering converged media campaign for Starwood Hotels across paid, owned & earned media
- Managing digital for the British Red Cross' annual Refugee Week appeal
- Interactive European campaign via bespoke microsite & Facebook apps for Sony Playstation
- New business wins - Orange, Sony, M&S and Lloyds TSB 
- Representative on the first IAB Social Media Council

Digital Lead

Curious about how you can gain greater influence as a Polish executive working with international teams? 
Do you want to unlock the secrets of better collaboration and business communication in English?

I help Polish executives master the skills essential for success in international business. 

My approach is to work 1:1 or with small senior teams. Contact me today via LinkedIn DM or book an intro meeting by clicking ‘Umów Spotkanie’ / ‘Book An Appointment.’

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Originally from New Zealand, now based in Warsaw, I have lived in five countries and worked in 10, leading senior teams for companies and clients such as Ogilvy, Accenture, and Microsoft. 

This experience has given me a unique understanding of both the Polish and the Anglo-American perspective, and the challenges of working across cultures. 

Polish and Anglo-American styles of business are quite different. Problem-solving, collaboration, and business communication are just some of the areas where cultural contrasts cause issues. 

Many Polish executives have told me they are frustrated at not getting the results they want when working with international clients or colleagues.

The good news is that we can fix this.

I will support you in learning: 
- creative leadership techniques for better business problem-solving 
- skills to communicate persuasively in English
- cultural awareness to easily navigate differences and manage multi-national teams

Coaching will benefit any Polish business leader or executive team working with Anglo-American clients or colleagues, particularly those where English is the daily language of business.

My approach is to work 1:1 or with small senior teams. Contact me today via LinkedIn DM or book an intro meeting by clicking ‘Umów Spotkanie’ / ‘Book An Appointment.’

Specialties: Creativity, Team Leadership, Business Communication, Innovation and Problem-Solving, Strategic Planning, Behavioural Design, Coaching and Facilitation

Kev F.

Holmes Group

General Counsel

Upper Hutt City Council

Head of the legal team of three at UHCC providing an end-to-end legal function for Council, supported by a panel of external providers. 

Key advice areas include: 

- governance advice (especially Local Government Act 2002 decision-making and management of subsidiary Council-Controlled Organisations);
- general local government sector advice including input to Council's approach to and understanding of Three Waters Reform, RMA reform, Local Government Sector reform, rates setting and compliance, and myriad other issues confronting local government;
- local government property advice (including Reserves Act leasing, acquisition and disposal of land under the Public Works Act, and occupation licensing); 
- policy review and drafting; 
- advice on rating under the Local Government (Rating) Act; 
- contract drafting and advice; 
- litigation management; and
- enforcement and prosecution advice, particularly under the RMA and Building Act.

Some significant bits and pieces I managed to achieve in my time included taking over the official information processing function and putting in place new systems and templates to aid compliance, and enhancing compliance reporting to the Council's risk and assurance committee.

Duncan Cotterill

Working in the commercial team, under Scott Moran and Dan Winfield, my practice was founded on my technology and intellectual property background, with clients including Optimation Group, Callaghan Innovation, Timely, Trade Me, Xerra, Haunt Digital and Cassini.

That practice grew to include a range of commercial clients in the public and private sector, with significant clients in the construction (Aoraki Construction) and maritime sectors (Maritime New Zealand).

I advised on a range of commercial and corporate matters from start up establishment, negotiation and drafting of key contracts, especially technology related transactional agreements, development of governance policies and processes, licensing of IP, sale and purchase of assets (largely IP-related), and compliance with legislation.

I also built on my previous specialist privacy expertise to advise a variety of clients on compliance with privacy laws. I was Duncan Cotterill's Wellington privacy officer.

Senior Associate

Callaghan Innovation

Head of legal for New Zealand's innovation agency.

Chief Legal Adviser (acting, on secondment)

Optimation Group

Sole-charge lawyer and commercial manager at leading Kiwi dev shop, IT consultancy and outsourcing house handling all legal matters.

Corporate Counsel & Commercial Manager

Meridian Energy

Legal counsel in a team of four, advising on a wide range of issues for one of New Zealand's largest listed companies.

Key work including: Engineering and construction contracts, including nationwide plant and property maintenance and specific bespoke engineering works. Settlement of two multi-million dollar disputes with a large multi-national counter party, and general commercial work in an energy sector context.

Legal Counsel

Trade Me

(Elevated to senior legal counsel in 2014.)

During my time at Trade Me I was fortunate to have the opportunity to lead the legal work (supported at various times by John Horner at Quigg Partners and Rodney Craig at Minter Ellison) to acquire peer-to-peer lender Harmoney, motor vehicle data company MotorWeb, and a local start up rental viewing booking company.

I also became a key privacy advocate, influencing company strategy on transparency reporting, targeted advertising, and the interface with the Police. I did substantial work on Trade Me's privacy policy and practices during this time. 

I developed a suite of template agreements for services to enable a more consistent approach to low-risk procurement.

I was lucky to get the chance to support negotiations with the Australian Government for access to motor vehicle data.

Senior Legal Counsel

General legal counsel for iconic New Zealand company, covering legal issues across the business, both b2b and b2c. 

Consumer law, privacy and associated issues, contract tech, intellectual property, M&A and more...

AJ Park

General commercial solicitor in leading New Zealand firm. I was very fortunate to work for commercial partner Mark Hargreaves. Mark's practice included a range of clients from local IP-based start ups to multi-nationals like Whittaker's and Air New Zealand and I was lucky to cut my teeth on some work across that range.

Commercial Solicitor

DLA Phillips Fox

Ministry of Justice

Project Manager (Contract)

I am General Counsel at Upper Hutt City Council, a city of about fifty thousand people and part of the wider Wellington metropolitan area. 

I have held senior legal roles both in private practice and in a range of private and public sector organisations.

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