Andrew De Souza

Having worked as a trader in the financial markets for the last 25 years where the challenges included running a team, achieving set budgets, liaising with stakeholders to achieve outcomes, work under pressure and time constraints, adrenalin rushes when markets moved my way and the need to manage money and risk when markets moved against me it was time for change.

That change has moved me to Coaching and Workplace training and facilitating.

I am currently working with Converge Business Networks since August 2012 as a Business Coach and Workplace Facilitator, as well as running self-owned Northshore Business Coaching since October 2012. My current role has enhanced my strategic planning, management, organisational and liaison skills with respect to developing, implementing, monitoring and improving training sessions and workshops across a wide range of subject matter and finance-related industries. My rich experience in finance and coaching has enabled me to deliver custom team and manager training efficiently and effectively, achieving notable improvements in customers' businesses. My previous extensive senior management-level finance and banking experience, along with my Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching, has prepared me to provide a complete package from running group training sessions to conducting one-on-one coaching. I have demonstrated success in following up on employee action plans, ensure outcomes are achieved, writing and delivering training material, contributing to ongoing continuous improvement processes, tracking and analysing results, and providing feedback and reports to Team Managers.