Executive Coach for Exceptional Leadership & Performance
Empowering leaders to thrive, lead
with purpose, and create lasting impact.
I work with senior leaders, leadership teams, and C-suite executives to elevate performance, navigate change, and lead with greater impact. I help clients gain the clarity, confidence, and strategic focus they need to perform at their best—while creating lasting results for themselves, their teams, and their organisations.
Helping leaders deliver exceptional results for themselves, their teams, and their organisations.
The Values
Honesty & Integrity
Meaningful leadership starts with truth—about ourselves and how we lead. I create safe, trusted spaces where leaders can explore what’s working, what’s not, and what needs to change.
Empathy with Edge
I bring presence and compassion—combined with the courage to stretch and challenge clients to grow.
Excellence & High Performance
I coach leaders who are committed to raising the bar—for themselves, their teams, and their organisations.
Courage & Growth
Growth demands discomfort. I help clients shift patterns, face blind spots, and try new ways of leading.
Practical Impact
Insight alone isn’t enough. I provide tools and strategies leaders can apply immediately—and long after we’ve finished working together.
Executive Coaching for Exceptional Leadership and Performance
As an executive leadership coach, I bring a career that spans clinical medicine, corporate finance, and leadership development. I help senior leaders lead with clarity and confidence—creating meaningful change through strategic challenge, insight, and practical support.
Inspiring High-Performance Leadership Through Story & Strategy
As a keynote speaker, I combine science-backed principles with powerful personal stories to spark insight and action. I speak on high-performance leadership, change, and team effectiveness—equipping audiences with ideas and tools that shift how they think, lead, and perform.
Dr Alice Penn
Executive Coach for Exceptional Leadership & Performance
Dr Alice Penn is an executive coach specialising in leadership performance, transition, and team effectiveness. With a career that spans clinical medicine, corporate finance, and leadership development, Alice brings a rare depth of insight to her work with senior leaders and leadership teams.
Her approach blends clarity, strategic challenge, and deep empathy—helping her clients perform at their best, lead with confidence, and create measurable results in both their professional and personal lives.
Known for her work in performance and transition coaching, Alice partners with senior and high-potential leaders across industries including pharmaceuticals, banking, professional services, tech, and more.
Before her work in executive leadership coaching, Alice was a trusted medical advisor to senior executives in London, supporting global firms on employee wellbeing. She later transitioned into corporate finance, where she worked on healthcare transactions and commercial advisory projects across the UK, Middle East, USA, and India. This global experience, paired with her background in human performance, makes her uniquely placed to support leaders navigating complexity and change.
Alice has lived and worked in both the UK and South Africa and adapts quickly to different cultures and contexts. She holds qualifications in both Executive Coaching and Systemic Team Coaching, and participates in ongoing professional supervision and development in line with international coaching standards.
From Medicine to Leadership
A Journey of Purpose, Performance & Reinvention
My career hasn’t followed a straight line—and that’s exactly what gives me the perspective I bring to my clients today.
I began as a medical doctor in South Africa, where I built a strong foundation in clinical practice before relocating to the UK where I looked after senior executives and advised global firms on employee wellbeing—a role that was both clinical and commercial in nature.
That experience gave me an intimate understanding of what high-performing professionals face behind closed doors. I saw their ambition, their self-doubt, their pressure to perform—and I began to understand not just how they worked, but who they were.
Fuelled by a growing interest in business and strategy, I transitioned into corporate finance, joining a Big 4 firm to work in healthcare deals and commercial advisory. I thrived in fast-paced, high-stakes environments, working with clients across the UK, Europe, the Middle East, and the US. But even amidst the success, I knew I wanted to build something of my own—work that blended strategic thinking with human insight.
That realisation became the foundation of my coaching practice. As someone who’s navigated multiple transitions—across sectors, countries, and identities—I know what it takes to evolve, reimagine what’s possible, and step into something bigger.
Today, I work with senior leaders and leadership teams navigating change, complexity, and opportunity. I help them clarify who they are, how they lead, and how to create exceptional results—without losing themselves in the process.
This work matters to me because I’ve lived it. And it matters to my clients because they know I bring insight, challenge, and partnership to every conversation—with a deep understanding of what’s at stake.
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Professional Certificate in Executive Coaching – Henley Business School
Systemic Team Coaching Certification – AoEC (Academy of Executive Coaching)
Brain-Based Coaching Certification – NeuroLeadership Institute
Qualified Hogan Assessor – Hogan Assessments
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MBChB – Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
Postgraduate Qualifications in:
Dermatology
Obstetrics & Gynaecology (Women’s Health)
Occupational Medicine
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Regular participation in coaching supervision and professional development
Frequent attendance at coaching workshops and short courses across various disciplines
Continued study in neuroplasticity and the neuroscience of leadership
Personal Reflections & Practical Tools for Leadership
Explore articles designed to sharpen leadership thinking, enhance performance, and provide practical tools for navigating transition, developing teams, and leading with lasting impact.
Let’s Start the Conversation
The most effective leaders don’t go it alone. If you're ready to lead with impact and drive exceptional results—for yourself, your team, or your organisation—let’s start a conversation.