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Ali is passionate about growth, change and people. In his 15 years of leadership experience, he had executive roles in large companies (e.g. Robert Bosch) and midsize hidden champions. He is driven by a result-oriented and transformational mindset and is a big fan of emerging markets. Ali is also an executive and leadership coach (ICF) and loves to spend time with his wife, and his three kids as well as go surfing and hiking.

Executive Coach, Change & Transformation Consultant and Communication Expert, with over 20 years of experience in multinational companies in the sectors Chemistry, Energy, Industry, Software & Digitalisation. Former Head of Change & Transformation at Körber AG, and Head of Corporate Communications at tesa. Besides her Senior Advisor role at FocusFirst, Carolin is Founder of Carolin Adler Coaching. Change. Communications.

Executive Consultant & Coach with 25+ years international experience in Change, OD, (Leadership-) Team Development & Leadership Development in leading positions and as entrepreneur. Besides his Senior Advisor role at FocusFirst, Darius is Owner and MD at COMMITIS- International Leadership Development and Change.

26 years with Merck, SVP, global and regional roles, responsible for driving business transformation. Expert in Leadership, Communication and Stakeholder Engagement. Besides his Senior Advisor role at FocusFirst, David is Owner of Beganya Business Services Ltd.

An agile, curious, creative and empathetic leader and coach. Over 30 years of experience in the global corporate world, holding several positions including 8 years of leading a multinational learning and development team. Always thriving to stretch my comfort zone through life long learning.

Senior Leader and Coach with 30+ years experience in Financial Services. Expert in sales, business growth and employee development and engagement. Highly skilled in building high performing teams. Former CEO and Branch Manager Bank of New York Mellon, Frankfurt SA/NV. Besides her Senior Advisor role at FocusFirst, Kathie is Executive Coach for Teams and Leaders.

Trainer & Coach for more than 17 years. I empower people to empower people for personal and professional growth.
Besides his Senior Advisor role at FocusFirst, René is Trainer & Coach for more than 17 years. René empowers people to empower people for personal and professional growth.

Over 25 years in management consulting and training in various industries and countries. Strategy Consultant, trainer, and coach for project and transformation management. Besides her Senior Advisor role at FocusFirst, Petra is Managing Partner at DKC GmbH.

Executive Coach and Partner for Business Transformations, over 20 years of professional experience in the automotive and machine vision industry, including more than a decade in senior leadership roles like Head of Digital Marketing at Opel, and CMO at the SDAX company ISRA Vision. Besides her Senior Advisor role at FocusFirst, Sandra is Owner of Cameron Coaching & Consulting.

Entrepreneur, Effective Altruist, Optimist by choice.
Over 14 years of experience in the global corporate environment, holding several (remote) team leadership positions since over a decade. Executive coach, mentor, start up advisor and expert in global brand strategy, product marketing, business development, global key account management and agile transformation.
Key Note Speaker and mentor on self-marketing, effective communication/presentation and career development.

Systemdenker, Outdoor-Enthusiast und leidenschaftlicher Surfer.
Über 20 Jahre Erfahrung in digitalen Umgebungen, einschließlich Projektmanagement, HR und Führungspositionen. Coach für agile Führung und Experte für achtsame Transformation und Organisationsdesign. Trainer für Achtsamkeit und Resilienz, Enthusiast für New Work, Podcast-Moderator. Gründerin von ICH & WIR.

Lawyer by profession. +35 years of experiences in communications management primarily in the tech industry. Former Director of Communications, Member of the Management Board, Microsoft Germany. Besides his Senior Advisor role at FocusFirst, Thomas is Founder of KommunikationNeuDenken!

Program ownership and delivery of transformational & strategic change founded in lean six sigma principles. Expert in delivering accelerated change in a range of environments & across disciplines.

Sectors cover: Banking, Financial Services, Energy, Technology, Medical, Automotive, Commercial and Professional Services.

Strategist, storyteller, and chubby triathlete.
More than ten years experience of advising on and leading in internal communications and employee engagement. Passionately dislikes l’art pour l’art, but loves listening to challenges of decision makers, developing communications strategies and delivering emotionally appealing formats. Gallup’s CliftonStrengths? Ideation, Woo, Strategic, Communication, Activator.