Stuart Pickles
Ex-CFO and coach, Stuart spent 25 years in senior leadership positions in Finance, Sales and transformation, including Unilever, Kraft and Foster’s, where he was CFO for European operations. A qualified accountant he developed a passion for leadership and motivating people. A life changing experience led to becoming coaching champion whilst CFO at Foster’s, leading the creation of a coaching performance culture and doubling bottom line profit. His story has been the subject of various articles on “Coaching at Work”. Outside the UK he has lived and worked in Japan, Australia and Asia and is fluent in Japanese. Stuart now runs Aim Higher Leadership Ltd coaching leaders and teams, across a wide variety of clients, sectors and continents. He speaks about leadership, innovation, change and engagement. He is a youth rehabilitation charity trustee, coaches youth rugby, has a Cambridge Law Degree, qualified coach and member of the Association for Coaching.
