Michelle is an executive coach and former financial services leader with extensive board and senior management experience across global debt and real estate markets. She works with senior executives and boards to strengthen strategic and inclusive leadership, drawing on her commercial expertise and passion for purpose-driven, ethical business growth.
Michelle Weston
Executive Coach
Country: United Kingdom
Sector experience: Asset management and corporate services.
Background
Michelle Weston is an experienced board member, trustee, and an executive coach. During her significant financial career in the debt markets, she has worked across multiple asset classes, including residential, affordable housing, and commercial real estate. Most recently she held an Executive role with a public ($6b rev) financial services firm where she undertook various commercial, credit and general management roles – leading efforts in global growth, credit management, product development and innovation.
Michelle works with the ECC leadership team to establish our long-term strategy. In addition she is leading ECC’s not for profit organisation, the Good Business Initiative, working with organisations to help them contribute to solving social and ethical issues.
Coaching Style
Firmly focused on the belief that inclusive leadership is essential for good business, Michelle works with organisations to help them contribute to solving social and ethical issues.
Michelle works particularly well with people at board level, and directors or senior managers. Her broad business experience enables her to confidently support and challenge her clients, providing insight, enabling personal development and most importantly a commitment to action.
Having been a working mother for many years, Michelle understands very well the challenges facing senior women aiming for fulfilment in all they do.
Special Interests
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Inclusive Leadership & Management
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Strategic Leadership
Training & Qualification
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Graduate of the Professional Coach Recognition Programme from the Institute of Leadership & Management
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Accredited member of the Association for Coaching
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MBA (Distinction) from Warwick Business School
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CEO – Good Business Initiative
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Senior Lead – The Good Economy
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Board Trustee – Positive East
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Board Member – ReGenerate
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Board Trustee – Oxford House, Bethnal Green
Current Clients
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The Arch Co
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NHS
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A&O Shearman
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Reckitt
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Nestle
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The six sessions I had with my ECC Coach changed my perspective of coaching. I was initially uncertain (and possibly sceptical) about the benefits of coaching but my coach read me very well and knew when to coax a response out from me by being encouraging and when to firmly push me to see the benefits of reframing some of my previously held positions.
I found my ECC coaching sessions incredibly valuable – for the unique and necessary space I was seeking as a sole proprietor to feel heard, understood and connected to a peer in business. My coaching experience provided a safe space where I could be the real me, and provided a relationship I could truly trust. Thank you ECC.
The coaches at ECC are commercial, pragmatic and highly focused. The coaching they provide on an individual basis has given valuable insight and helped our senior executives to gain greater perspective in terms of managing relationships, prioritising, strategic thinking, influencing and confidence.