Bernard is a qualified and accredited Executive Leadership Coach (PCC) with a deep experience of driving customer-centric business change strategies and international cross-cultural operations management. He describes himself as a “practical hands-on businessman” and excels at breaking down complex situations into manageable, tangible work.

Bernard’s background includes 18 years in the IT sector with global Fortune 500 firms, reaching board level, where he executed in strategic sales, and operational collaborative leadership roles throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). This period led him to reside in seven countries on three continents (Europe, Asia, and USA) where he commanded a proven track record in Pan-European channel sales, operations design and development with excellent project and influencing skills and the ability to drive change and influence cross functionally.

An emphasis on practical applications of cultural diversity and responding to market contexts makes him a resource for leadership, team and culture development, change management and organisational analysis and design.

Bernard is currently a co-director and owner of Xenergie Consulting Ltd, where his main task, apart from leadership coaching during the last 8 years, involves the business development and day-to-day responsibility of the firm.

Bernard’s expertise is in developing customer-centric organizations through Executive Leadership Coaching and Team Performance Coaching and consulting. He shoulders senior executives stepping-up the leadership pipeline transitioning from task leadership to process leadership in creating the emerging future and raises the level of consciousness of organisations by building sustainable corporate cultures.