Ben Botes MBA, MSc

Ben is a management consultant, executive coach and one of the UK's new leading thinkers on personal and organisational transformation and change. His specialisms are leadership development, individual and organisational learning, business innovation, culture change, and team dynamics. He holds Master degrees in Psychology and Business Administration as well as qualifications in coaching and mentoring. Two years ago, Ben became the youngest president of the European Coaching Institute, a body that promotes professional standards and accreditation for coaching and coach training providers in Europe. He is the author of numerous papers on coaching and has been featured in articles by The Guardian and The Times newspapers.

Ben's current projects concentrates on business innovation in the private and public sector as well as coaching a large range of small and medium size enterprises on strategy and innovation, knowledge management, personal effectiveness and network and support system development.

In 2000, after five years as a Management Consultant and Executive Coach, Ben moved to London from South Africa. He trained as a consultant with the consulting firm and think-tank Future Coaching, spending much of his time working on strategy, innovation and Futures & Scenario Planning with large clients such as HMI, an international hospitality and Leisure Company and the Ministry of Defence. Further work with corporate clients included the development and implementation of cultural diversity and leadership development programs in post-apartheid South Africa for ABSA Bank, Brilliant Business Systems and Toyota.

In his spare time Ben reads futurist literature and ambiguous philosophy. He is a keen sportsman and chef, loves animals and has a great passion for people.