Wim Focquet is an experienced educator and consultant with a focus on talent management and executive coaching in a wide range of industries and geographic regions. He concentrates on helping organisations grow their business by investing in their own people and improving the conversation with clients, employees, and other stakeholders.

Ten years after he founded his own management consultancy focusing on attracting the right people and developing their leadership skills, he became a Regional HR Director of SEMEA, later Europe and Americas for a company in Spain. Thus, he joined a task force aiming to optimise the customer experience.

He holds an MBA in Marketing Management from Vlerick Business School (Belgium), a postgraduate degree in Management and Commercial Communications, and a Master’s degree in Germanic Philology from Ghent University (Belgium).

Currently, Wim acts as Academic Director HR and Talent Management at IE Business School in Madrid. In addition, he delivers business-related coaching and training. He combines high-tech solutions with a high touch consultancy approach to improve team effectiveness. He helps senior executives deal with complexity by applying techniques of attention and aspiration management, people analytics, and positive leadership.