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Executive Coach

Jonathan Cole

Jonathan, a seasoned global leader and executive coach, previously led a profitable consumer packaging division in Asia-Pacific. With deep cultural insight, Jonathan drives growth-focused strategies, creating adaptable organisations, and differentiated value propositions.

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Expertise

20+ years
experience

Bachelor of Arts in Business

ICCP Accredited

Assessment-accredited Coach

Experience and background

Jonathan is a highly experienced global leader who now runs his own consulting and executive coaching business covering multiple industries. Prior to this, he spent 20 years running the Australian and Asian division of a major USA multinational building a growth focused and highly profitable consumer paper packaging business. He has spent many years working and living in Asia including time in Singapore as the Marketing Director of Pepsi Cola, Asia Pacific. Understanding the different cultures, nuisances and behaviours in these countries is critical for businesses to succeed in Asia.  

Growth has always been a key focus for Jonathan. He has created growth platforms, customer and growth focused organisations and developed independently and in conjunction with customers, differentiated value propositions which helped generate growth and margin improvement across different countries and markets.  

 In an ever-changing marketplace, being able to pivot an organisation quickly is critical to maintaining long term results. Jonathan has done this on numerous occasions in his business life, career and life experiences.  

Jonathan's approach

As a leader and mentor, Jonathan combines his commercial experiences with his ability to listen deeply and act as a sounding board, confidant and someone who challenges ideas to develop maximum capability and potential. He is passionate about seeing people and their teams succeed, ensuring they empower those around them. 

Qualifications and memberships

  • Bachelor of Arts in Business from Ealing College, London
  • Professional Certificate in Coaching from the Institute of Coaching and Consulting Psychology (ICCP). 

Personal insights

Jonathan is married and has three adult children. He loves most sports but particularly rugby and cricket. He enjoys travel, experiencing new cultures, foods, and adventures. 

 

What our clients say

Jonathan was excellent at developing and empowering his teams. He loved cultural diversity and always bought people together. He guided you on your plans and then made sure you were accountable for the results.

Senior Commercial Director APAC

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