exeCutive Coach | Banking & Finance

Executive Coaching for Senior Leaders in Banking and Finance

Navigate high-stakes career and leadership transitions, whether you’re positioning yourself for promotion, adapting to greater responsibility or deciding what’s next.

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When the stakes are personal

You’re used to dealing with difficult situations.

You’ve made important decisions, led people through change and taken responsibility for significant outcomes.

But it’s different when you’re personally affected by the outcome.

The decisions you make at this level can shape your career, your income, your family and what the next few years of your life look like.

You may have spoken to people you trust, read about it or tried to work things out yourself.

But sometimes more advice isn’t what you need.

You need space to step back, challenge your thinking and work out what’s right for you.

What brings you here?

Different challenges. One confidential space to work out what’s right for you.

Leader of Choice

For leaders who want to reach the next level.

Coaching to position you as a leader of choice for promotion, by changing how you lead, not simply by doing more.

Leading at Scale

For senior leaders whose responsibilities have outgrown their current ways of working.

Coaching to challenge assumptions, change how you lead and create the capacity to operate effectively at a bigger scale.

What’s Next?

For successful leaders questioning what they want next.

Coaching to explore your options, create a future that’s right for you and manage the risks of change.

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Why work with me?

I’ve spent more than 25 years working in banking and corporate technology, progressing from individual contributor to Global Senior Director at Credit Suisse.

I’ve led organisations of around 300 people, managed major transformation programmes and been involved in evaluating senior promotion candidates.

I understand the demands, expectations and pressures of senior leadership.

I also understand that professional success doesn’t automatically mean everything feels right personally.

There was a point in my own career when I had achieved much of what I’d worked towards, but privately began questioning what I wanted next.

Those questions weren’t straightforward. My career supported a lifestyle and family life I’d worked hard to build.

I know how difficult it can be to examine your options when the consequences extend beyond work.

Alongside my corporate experience, I’ve spent eight years coaching people through leadership, career and personal challenges.

I understand the environment you’re operating in. But I won’t assume I understand you.

That’s where our conversation begins.

Tanuj Modasia-Shah

My earliest memory of Nick was from my time at Credit Suisse where he was seen as an inspiring senior leader. Years later I came across his blog posts and many of them resonated with my feelings and situation. Nick has been through important career situations that many of us could learn from. Reaching out to Nick for formal coaching has really helped me refine my vision about where I want to get to and focus on what my next actions might be to get there. Nick pushes me outside my comfort zone of thinking and I am grateful for the insightful journey that has unravelled for me as a result.

Tom Wallis

Nick has a wealth of experience and is able to offer real life examples for a huge variety of topics. This alongside the techniques and exercises that he introduced me to have enabled me to grow not just within my role but also as a person. He has helped me to identify my strengths but most importantly my weaknesses and helped me to challenge those behaviours. Nick is very careful not to project his own solutions on to you, but allows you to highlight an area to work on and guide you towards possible resolutions, plans or techniques that may help. I’ve often found that I’ve known how to address the issue all along, I’ve just needed a good nudge in the right direction.

Personally the year has been a huge success, ending with a promotion that I had been targeting. The feedback from management as part of the promotion process highlighted my leadership skills which was the key area on which Nick and I worked. I would wholeheartedly recommend Nick to anyone who is looking to challenge and improve themselves whilst staying true to who the want to be.

Mike Webb

Nick helped change my life…. he is an understanding and thoughtful coach who helped me re-evaluate what was important and how to make the changes I needed for my mental well-being. Through only a few sessions we identified a couple of alternative strategies to refocus me on where I was heading and what I was going to do next. He opened my eyes to alternatives I didn’t think possible and with his support I changed my professional direction in ways I could not have imagined. His insight and probing style enabled me to take the leap of faith I needed to help me see a brighter and happier future.

Tariq Hajwane

I briefly worked with Nicholas at a pivotal stage in my career and life and the impact was almost immediate. Having not worked with a coach before i wasn’t sure what to expect, but Nic was patient and insightful to help me understand what held me back and ultimately what elevated my career and myself.

Yvonne de Ville

Nicholas has been great support during my stage of evaluating my next career steps. He is a very good listener and is able to cleverly question my language and behaviour. As a certified Coach myself I value and appreciate his coaching skills and I would recommend him to anyone who is questioning their current career.

Ian Tyrell

I sought out Nick’s help after having some challenges balancing the needs of a demanding new role with responsibilities at home. I’ve worked with a number of coaches in the past, and found Nicks pragmatic and actionable insights highly beneficial. Working with a coach who has first hand experience of both technology leadership and fatherhood meant that he could relate directly and practically rather than in a purely theoretical way.

Nick has helped me take control of my situation, reasserting the power I have rather than feeling at the mercy of it. Furthermore, I can see the impact this has had on my relationships with family and colleagues, who I am sure are much happier with their interactions with me as a result!

I would recommend Nick to anyone wanting to gain empowerment or take their mastery of life and work to the next level!

Andrei Zhozhin

Nick helped me a lot to understand my real situation on work during 2020 (affected by COVID-19 heavilly) and helped to discover ways out to brigther future.

With his help I’ve realized all the benefits of potential role that become available in the end of 2020, and I made career move that have brought a lot of relief and now I could consider myself much more relaxed and passioned about my work again.

After coaching sessions I’ve managed to identify areas of my personal development and now I have a backlog of action items that would help me to progress further.

Angelica Morrone

Working with Nick Foster has been a positive and valuable experience. From the outset, it was clear that Nick was dedicated to understanding my values, aspirations, and professional goals. Through insightful discussions and tailored exercises, we successfully aligned my values with my leadership style, enabling me to lead authentically and with purpose.

One of the most impactful aspects of our sessions was the focus on prioritization and decision-making. Nick provided invaluable strategies and frameworks that helped me navigate complex situations with clarity and confidence. As a result, I’ve been able to make more informed decisions, streamline my workflow, and achieve greater efficiency in both my personal and professional life.

Overall, I am very happy with my results, Nick’s expertise, guidance, and unwavering support have been instrumental in my growth as a leader. I’m grateful for the positive impact he has had on my journey, and I feel confident that I can count on him in the future.

Ginger Covey Hohl

Nick’s background as an experienced business leader alongside being a dedicated parent has made his guidance and advice particularly helpful and insightful. Nick has provided me with balanced and constructive guidance toward shaping the next step in my career, along with practical advice on making the next step happen.

Joanna Fay

I was a client of Nick’s for a few months, having connected at a critical time I was shaping the next chapter of my career. His support as a coach was invaluable as he provided professional and objective advice and challenged me in an encouraging and supportive way as I developed my plans. I highly recommend his services – thank you Nick!

Omar Bashir

Nick is a highly effective and experienced Executive Coach and technology leader. What I find most inspiring about him is his passion to help professionals achieve the most out of their careers. He generously shares insights and advice on social media that I have found hugely beneficial. In the 6 months that Nick and I worked together, he took me through a journey of discovery and reflection about myself and my opportunities.

I found his coaching style to be both uniquely flexible and highly focused. As I progressed, my objectives for our engagement evolved and he adapted the programme to accommodate that. At the same time, he managed the programme so that I achieved more clarity and objectivity as we progressed. By the end, he had given me the tools to define objectives and steer a course toward achieving those as I progress through my career.

Nathalie Christmann-Cooper

Nicholas first coached me when I needed to make a career change but felt trapped with no idea how or where to start. He helped me to work out what those blockers were and although at times it was hard, I really appreciated how he steered me to find my own way forward and get to where I wanted to be. And that’s exactly why I contacted Nicholas again earlier this year to help me plan the next steps in my career progression when I found myself struggling with the impacts of lockdown. I appreciate how Nicholas pitches the questions and sets the pace at a level that I’m comfortable with. His insights and ability to challenge in a constructive and supportive way really helps me to understand my strengths and equip myself with the tools needed to successfully achieve my goals.

How we'll work together

It starts with a conversation. What happens next is shaped around you.

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Have a confidential conversation about what brings you here.

I treat all enquiries in the strictest of confidence.
Initial conversations are free of charge and without obligation.

Decide together

We'll explore whether coaching is right for you and agree how we'd work together.

Work on what matters

Through one-to-one coaching, we'll explore your challenges, question assumptions and work towards the changes you want to make.

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Why work with an executive coach?

You've built your career by solving problems, making decisions and taking responsibility. So why would you need a coach?

Because some of the most important challenges you face aren't necessarily ones you can solve by working harder, gathering more information or applying what has worked before.

You may be considering your next career move, adjusting to greater leadership responsibility or questioning what you want from the years ahead.

These decisions can affect your career, reputation, finances and the people closest to you.

And while you may have people around you who offer advice, finding someone independent, who understands your world but has no stake in your decisions, isn't always easy.

That's where coaching can help.

I provide a confidential space to step away from the day-to-day, examine your thinking, challenge assumptions and explore possibilities you might not have considered.

I won't tell you what you should do or assume I know what's right for you.

We'll work together to help you make decisions and changes that are right for you, your career and your life.

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