Kenny is a leadership development specialist who understands how business, leadership, culture, and the right talent can work in sync to create an environment where people can thrive and achieve success. He is an IECL accredited Executive Leadership Coach, ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), and an experienced trainer and facilitator of leadership and executive team development workshops. Kenny’s knowledge and leadership experience are also grounded in a Master of Science specializing in Change Leadership and an Executive MBA specializing in Organizational Leadership Development.

Kenny served 18 years in the New Zealand Defence Force, holding various operational and strategic leadership roles, including maritime missions onboard Warships, multinational deployments in the Middle East, disaster response, government inter-agency operations, and leading strategic people and culture change initiatives. He also served as the Head of the Leadership Training School for the NZ Navy.

As an Executive Coach, Kenny has worked with senior leaders in diverse industries, such as finance, real estate, law, tech, construction, recruitment, start-ups, multinationals, and more, including public sector organizations like health and police. He’s also a coach/mentor with the Institute for Strategic Leadership, Coach Hub International, and Business Mentors New Zealand.

Kenny specializes in coaching current and emerging executive leaders for success in strategic and C-suite roles. His pragmatic and outcome-oriented approach focuses on considering the whole picture and unique context for each client and then partners with them to help them get the results they want through coaching, support, and accountability.

Key outcomes from working with Kenny often include:

• Get clarity on who you are as a leader
• Build genuine confidence in your leadership and abilities
• Confidently adapt your leadership style to any given situation or context
• Lead people through the real-world complexities of today’s business
• Develop emotional intelligence so you act, think, and feel like an executive
• Create a leadership brand and an executive presence to create a following
• Create an executive lifestyle – so you bring your best to work and home