Keith Johnson
Executive Coach

About Keith Johnson

KeithJohnson-Story.jpg
 

Keith’s Story

Over 25 years in senior corporate roles leading strategic change in large, complex, international businesses I experienced the thrill and challenge of leadership.

These are some of the toughest and most rewarding opportunities we get in our careers. But who is there to help us navigate the leadership journey? My own experience has made me passionate about helping leaders develop skills and style that are effective and authentic so they can flourish and deliver superior performance.

I spent 18 years with Rio Tinto with >$1bn pa P&L leadership roles and led major strategic transformation and post-merger integration programs, with six years in the C-Suite, extensive Board exposure and broad international experience. More recently, I was Head of Corporate Strategy for BG Group, working directly with the CEO and Board on Group-wide strategy.

After an exciting career in these challenging corporate roles my passion for helping new and existing leaders successfully navigate their own journey grew. I am a coach/mentor, leveraging my 25 years of leadership experience to bring greater insight and challenge to my coaching and greater value to my clients. I’m happy to bring all my own experience to my clients in a truly shared learning environment. I have also come to see that sustainable transformational change requires leaders to reflect on their underlying motivations and drivers and I love to guide clients through that process.

I love coaching leaders grappling with complex strategic issues, transitioning into new roles and leading transformational change. I also enjoy coaching teams to become more effective and gain clarity and insights about their core mission and strategy.

KeithJohnson-Headshot-1000.jpg
 

Qualifications and Accreditations

  • Postgraduate Certificate in Coaching & Behavioural Change, Henley Business School 

  • B.Sc. Mathematics with Operational Research, Southampton University 

  • MBA in Finance, Cass Business School, London 

  • Professional Certified Coach with International Coach Federation

“‘Sustainable transformational change requires leaders to reflect on their underlying motivations’”

Interests

My wife is also a coach and together we run a practice coaching couples in marriage and relationship issues. We both passionately believe that everyone can have (and deserves) fulfilling relationships throughout their lives.

I have Board roles as a Non-Executive Director of two companies in the mining sector and I love to scuba dive (especially with sharks!).