I am an engineer by training and a sustainability transition specialist with more than 30 years of international experience supporting transformation in hard-to-abate industries, including cement, lime, steel, glass, chemicals, and non-ferrous metals. Throughout my career, I have worked at the intersection of industry, innovation, public policy, and sustainability, helping to design decarbonisation pathways and mobilise collective action across organisations, sectors, and systems.

For many years, I held leadership roles within major industry associations, bringing together diverse stakeholders to address some of the most complex challenges of the net-zero transition. This experience taught me that successful transformation is never only about technology, regulation, or business models. It is fundamentally about people.

Today, through independent advisory, facilitation, and executive coaching work, I support organisations, ecosystems, and the individuals who carry the responsibility of driving change. Many sustainability professionals, innovators, and transition leaders operate under intense pressure, navigating uncertainty, complexity, and competing expectations, often with little space to reflect, reconnect, or recharge. My work helps leaders and teams develop the clarity, confidence, relational awareness, resilience, and strategic perspective needed to create meaningful and lasting transformation.

My approach is also deeply influenced by experiences beyond the boardroom. As a rower, sailor, and musician, I have learned that progress comes not from controlling every variable but from learning to read conditions, adapt to changing environments, maintain direction, and work in harmony with others. Long-distance rowing has taught me endurance, discipline, and collective effort. Sailing has taught me navigation, presence, the importance of having both a course and a crew and the ability to move forward even when the wind shifts unexpectedly. Music has taught me listening, creativity, rhythm, and the subtle art of balancing structure with improvisation. Personal experiences of grief and loss have also deepened my understanding of resilience, vulnerability, and the importance of finding meaning and direction during life's most challenging transitions. Equally, building a career and exercising leadership in predominantly male environments has given me firsthand insight into the challenges of finding one's voice, earning influence, and remaining authentic while navigating complex systems and power dynamics. These experiences continue to shape both my leadership philosophy and the coaching models I develop today. The navigation metaphor at the heart of CL4Change is directly inspired by these life experiences.

I am the Founder and Principal Consultant of CL4Change, a boutique advisory and coaching practice based in Brussels. My mission is to help leaders navigate transition from the inside out, combining strategic expertise, systemic thinking, and human development to support resilient and impactful change