Steve is a hands on, people oriented CEO, Executive Performance Coach and Board Advisor with 30 years of experience in global businesses that provide business intelligence, market information, B2C, B2B and consulting services.
His firm, The 18th Camel - Coaching & Consulting Ltd., offers executive performance coaching and advisory services to support individuals, executive teams and companies bridge ‘the gap’ between today’s perceived reality and delivery of tomorrow’s vision, with purpose. It's all about 'Making the Invisible Visible to Visioneer Your Tomorrow'.
Steve is a Certified Coach through CTI and the ICF, a coach with the United Nations Humanitarian Coaching Program, a former ICF Board Member (Vancouver), and a Non-Executive Director to three business intelligence consultancies.
Previously, Steve spent 21 years in the Middle East & N. Africa, much of it as the regional CEO for Kantar TNS – the world’s largest research, insight & consultancy, and a WPP company (www.wpp.com). From Dubai, he organically built TNS from a team of 40 into a leading regional multi-million US$ consultancy, with a full time team of 500, across 21 countries.
Steve’s business growth success lies in his passion for coaching & mentoring individuals and teams, and enabling them to deliver to winning experiences to their true potential, with a collaborative mind set.
While at Kantar TNS, Steve served on several Executive Boards covering Africa Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific & Latin America, and from 2003 to 2013 the ESOMAR UAE Representative, the world association for market, social & opinion research.
Born in Dubai, educated in Canada & France, and fluent in English & French, Steve has an international perspective, is an Executive Member of Toastmasters International, and a member of the Market Research Society, UK.