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Hanna Girling

Associate

Geneva, Switzerland

Work history

Hanna started her professional career in the pharmaceutical industry in Sweden as a chemical engineer. In 2004, she moved to the UK to join GlaxoSmithKline in Global Research & Development managing a team of scientists. She then held a role as project manager in European HQ before relocating to South Africa in 2008.

 

In Johannesburg Hanna joined a large NGO to train youth in leadership skills in the townships before completing her formal coaching qualification. After spending two years in the US she returned to South Africa, where she continued her work creating high performance in individuals and teams around Southern Africa. Since the beginning of 2021, she has been living in the UK, splitting her time between Norfolk and London, following four years spent in Geneva, Switzerland

Consulting, coaching and facilitation approach

Hanna has international experience in a variety of sectors and industries. She is committed to helping Individuals and teams achieve consistent and sustainable high performance.

As a trainer and facilitator, Hanna is very interactive and uses challenge and engagement to enhance learning and growth.

Having worked in multi-functional project teams, she is passionate about the impact that team coaching interventions can make in enabling matrix and project teams to perform to their best.

In addition to being an unshakable optimist, straight talker, and progress-oriented coach, she brings a focused, energetic, and challenging edge to her coaching so individuals and teams can achieve the awareness, skills, and motivation for growth necessary to consistently outperform stakeholder expectations.

Education & Qualifications

  • MSc Chemical Engineering, Uppsala University, Sweden
  • Professional Business Coaching 2013, CoachTrax (ACSTH)
  • Narrative Coaching 2015, CoachTrax (ACSTH)
  • International Diploma Systemic Team Coaching 2016, Academy of Excecutive Coaching and Middlesex University
  • ACC with ICF

Accreditations

  • OPQ
  • DISC
  • Values Assessment
  • Leadership Circle
  • TMS

Working languages

  • Swedish
  • English