Obi James
Obi is a an Executive Coach & OD Consultant with over 10 years experience of working in HR, OD and L&D within large multinational organisations like Deloitte, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and Northern Trust. As a Vice President and EMEA Strategic Programme Manager for Northern Trust, she developed strong expertise and passion for leadership development, performance management, talent management, succession planning and change management.
She set up her Leadership & Team Development consultancy business in 2010 and has since worked with various leaders and teams within organisations such as the Mayor of London’s teams, Bloomberg, TSB, Barclays, Lloyds, Farfetch, Save the Children and Royal African Society.
In addition to facilitating a number of team development journeys at any given time,Obi is also an Organisational Development & Quality Improvement Coach for the NHS developing their leaders, in-house coaches and teams so they can work better together to unpick challenges, get joy back in their workplaces and cope with the demands of the public and the government.
Obi's big dream is to build a network of systems-inspired leaders and change agents that will create sustainable change in Africa, helping the continent to maximise its vast resources.