About me
Held together,
not traded off.
A lot of this changes in the body first.
Movement. Recovery. The ordinary discipline of it.
Mine is still a work in progress. I say that on purpose.
At a glance
- 20+ years
- Investment banking across Europe and Asia.
- Most recently
- Senior leader at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong.
- Now
- Coaching, consulting, community, and writing.
- CPCC
- Certified Professional Co-Active Coach.
- Still testing myself
- Hyrox. Ultra-marathons. Wakesurfing. Training, most mornings.
- Based in
- Hong Kong. Working globally.
What I do now
I work with senior leaders, founders, and high-performing professionals at serious inflection points.
- Sometimes the question is personal. That is Coaching.
- Sometimes the question is commercial, operational, or strategic. That is Consulting.
- Sometimes the work belongs beyond transaction. That is Community.
The thread underneath all of it is the same: body, spirit, mind.
Held together, not traded off.
Where this came from
I spent more than twenty years in investment banking across Europe and Asia — capital markets, advisory, and regional and global leadership roles. Most recently, I was a senior leader at Goldman Sachs here in Hong Kong.
I say that because the story only means something if the leaving was not an escape.
There was no collapse. What happened was slower.
The definition of a good life I had been running on had quietly stopped being large enough. Everything on it was still true. It just no longer covered enough.
Leaving took longer than the decision did.
What came after is not a clean second act. Coaching. Consulting. Writing. Community. Training.
It is a change I am still in the middle of.
That is also why I can be useful to someone starting theirs.
Body · Spirit · Mind
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Body
Fitness, nourishment, recovery.
The body tells the truth early.
Fatigue, appetite, strength, breath, posture, recovery — all of it speaks before the mind has built its explanation.
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Spirit
Gratitude, meaning, truth.
The part of life that refuses to be fully measured, priced, optimised, or explained.
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Mind
Clarity, commitment, honesty.
The willingness to look directly at the thing you would rather keep vague.
The mind matters. But left alone, it can build excellent arguments for staying exactly where you are.
Most days
- Training, early.
- Reading, usually something older than me.
- Writing, whether or not it is going well.
- Coaching.
- A conversation with someone I am not billing.
- Some deliberate time doing nothing useful, which took the longest to learn.
I miss days.
I am not above the work. I am in it most mornings, with roughly the same reluctance as everyone else.
How I work
- I ask more than I answer.
- I listen for the meaning underneath the sentence.
- I care more about what is true than what sounds impressive.
- I do not confuse discomfort with danger.
- I would rather be useful than agreeable.
- And I will not pretend to be the right person if I am not.
What I am not
- Not a guru.
- Not a therapist.
- Not a financial adviser.
- Not an investment adviser.
- Not a large consultancy.
- Not someone who believes a framework can spare you from the work.
What I believe
- You can build a life that looks successful and still outgrow it.
- You can be grateful and restless at the same time.
- You can leave without collapse.
- You can stay without surrender.
- You can change without pretending the old life was a mistake.
You can be more than one thing.
You probably already are.
Start a conversation
Write to me.
- 45 minutes. No preparation. No charge.
- If the question is personal, start with Coaching. If it is commercial or strategic, start with Consulting.
- If you are not sure, write anyway. If it is not a fit, I will say so.