About Me

Hi, I'm Richard

The Fast Brain Coach for Scaleup CEOs

I've spent over 20 years working across pretty much every part of a technology business, starting as a software developer, then moving across partnerships, customer services, and product, and eventually running large teams and P&Ls at Google and Amazon. I've done my own sales and marketing along the way.

That breadth isn't accidental. It's why I can sit in a room with a CTO, a CMO, and a CFO and speak all three languages.

Six years at Google and two at Amazon, leading product teams of 100+ people across programmes with over $1B in revenue impact. Since then, a decade of coaching and consulting with founders and executives across Europe and the US: from fast-growing scaleups to some of the world's largest organisations.

Startups & Scaleups

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At 47, I was diagnosed with ADHD. It explained a lot.

I'd spent years trying to perform by pushing harder. It worked, until it didn't. I burned out twice. The diagnosis prompted me to stop, retrain as an executive coach at Henley Business School, and start building a way of working that actually fits how my brain operates.

Most of the leaders I work with recognise something in that story. They're capable, driven, and privately frustrated by the gap between what they know they can do and what's actually getting done. They're not looking for a harder gear. They're looking for a better fit.

That's what I work on.

I work with clients across Europe and the US, though I live in Luxembourg with my wife, three kids, and my mother-in-law: a full house by any measure. I can order food in French, beer in German, pass tests in Luxembourgish, listen in to my kids in Russian, and I used to be able to flirt in Spanish. Yet despite this, I remain functionally monolingual in most cases. I once rode a bike from Paris to London with 300 other people for charity, which I'm still quietly proud of. And I make a genuinely excellent chili con carne.

I have a BSc in Mathematical and Computer Sciences from Adelaide University, and a Professional Certificate in Executive Coaching from Henley Business School. I have been awarded an ACC accreditation from the International Coaching Federation and an ADHD Coach Certification from Efficient Coach.

My Coaching Approach

Most of the leaders I work with aren't held back by a lack of intelligence, ambition, or drive.

They're held back by the gap between what they know they're capable of and what's actually getting done. The causes are usually hidden in unclear priorities, decision fatigue, organisational complexity, and leadership patterns that no longer fit the scale they’re operating at. My job is to help them see those patterns clearly and change them.

How I work

I don't come with a programme or a prescribed framework to apply to every client. I follow the person, not a script.

What I do bring is deep pattern recognition from 20+ years inside fast-moving organisations, allowing me to understand the context rapidly so I can move to helping leaders quickly identify the underlying challenge and think more clearly about what matters most. 

My coaching is primarily exploratory and non-directive, though I occasionally draw on my experience to help close knowledge gaps or challenge assumptions when useful for the client. Many leaders are highly skilled at thinking, but much less comfortable slowing down enough to notice frustration, fear, conflict, exhaustion, or uncertainty as they lead. Alongside analysis and strategy, I encourage leaders to explore those reactions honestly rather than immediately pushing past them, because they often point directly at what needs to change.

Sessions are typically 45–60 minutes over video call every one or two weeks, with most engagements running across three to six months.

Coaching High-Performing ADHD Leaders

A significant proportion of the leaders I work with have fast, pattern-matching, high-stimulus brains, whether or not they carry a formal diagnosis. Many have adapted to perform in corporate environments, but privately find the gap between their thinking and their output frustrating.

I was diagnosed with ADHD at 47, after experiencing two burnouts during years of operating in high-pressure environments. It changed how I understood performance, energy, and sustainable leadership, and prompted my move from operations and consulting to executive coaching.

That experience shapes how I coach. I treat neurodiversity as an operating system worth understanding and building on.

Areas I commonly work on

  • Clarity under pressure: cutting through noise to the decision or priority that matters most

  • Execution and momentum: building the habits and rhythms that translate thinking into output

  • Leadership transitions: moving from functional expert to strategic executive

  • Managing energy: recognising and reducing the drains that create friction and risk burnout

  • Fast-brain leadership: working with ADHD and fast-brain patterns as a performance asset, not a liability

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