A leading author, keynote speaker, and presenter at international
management, coaching, personnel management and leadership conferences, she promotes awareness and excellence in global and cross cultural development programs for executives and global teams through her global executive education programs, and innovative training of global executive coaches.

Hannah created and led the first global leadership and executive coaching special interest groups, which have met monthly since 1998. She went on to create a global network of coaches, and a global executive coach training programme which continues to innovate and attract the highest level programme participants and faculty members.

A member of the International Coach Federation (she served on its Executive Coaching and Leadership committees and founded its very first Special Interest group) and the Association for Coaching, Hannah is also an Associate Member of The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (United Kingdom) and a Member of the UK Harvard Club as well as SIETAR Europa, the Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research.

View or download Hannah’s bio here. Hannah coaches and designs leadership development programs globally and works in person primarily in Europe. Hannah is a leading Mentor Coach. Click here for information on Mentor Coaching.

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Certified Global Executive Coaches

Advantara® has the only Global Executive Coach© Certification Process, the “platinum standard” for certifying executive coaches working globally and interculturally with executives and their teams. Certified Graduates of Advantara®’s Global Executive Coach Training Programme are eligible for this certification process, which involves documenting a minimum number of hours of global executive coaching experience, a comprehensive examination, a required number of mentoring hours, and a recommendation by the Director of the
Certification Process. They represent the highest standard of professional training and experience in this field.

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Graduates and Candidates

All coaches, trainers, and consultants work worldwide by telephone and travel by agreement. Contact Advantara© here for inquires about assignments and associate profiles. Our graduates work on all continents, and have backgrounds in global business (retail, IT, medical instruments, high technology, public relations, human resources, business communications, intercultural training, and so on). As Advantara® participants and graduates, they have
been thoroughly trained in advanced global executive coaching skills, have to meet standards of practice, complete over 300 academic hours of coursework, have been mentored by Hannah S. Wilder, and have demonstrated competence in extensive coaching practice as well as completing examinations and course field work. They have also signed and subscribed to the Advantara® Code of Ethics They reside in Europe, Africa, Asia, North and South America and Oceania, and work globally.in person and by telephone and internet.
Graduate associates are also Certified as High Impact Teaming™ Coaches.

Irene Öhler, has been involved in human resource development for the last 16 years as a trainer, facilitator, a project manager, a consultant and an executive coach in Europe, China, New Zealand, and Brazil. She has coached over 60 executives on 4 continents individually and in groups.

As a consultant and executive coach in China her clients comprised major multinational companies, like ANZ, BP – lubricants, Coca Cola, DuPont, L'Oreal, Siemens, as well as smaller local Chinese companies. In Brazil recent clients include: Embassy of Sweden (Brazil), New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (Sao Paulo office); Pacific Hydro Brasil.

Irene graduated from Advantara®'s programme in Global Executive Coaching in the summer of 2007 and was invited to join its faculty development programme (please see faculty page).    She is a graduate of CoachUniversity and is also a Certified Team Coach©. Irene is licensed to use The International Profiler.  Irene holds a Masters degree in Sinology (Chinese Studies) from the University of Vienna, and her fluency in Mandarin and exposure to China's development over the past 19 years, both from within and outside the country make her a natural bridge builder between China and other cultures. 

To contact Irene, please use the contact form on this page and indicate in the body of the email the nature of your enquiry. Irene and Advantara®'s Founder-Director Hannah S. Wilder, PhD collaborate on business in Asia and Oceania.

Anne Stenbom, is a global executive coach and trainer, helping individuals and teams become more effective working across cultures through training, coaching or a blend of both. She  has over 20 years business experience with large multi-nationals, predominantly in the IT sector. She has always worked in international teams and with clients across the globe. She has held management positions in marketing, marketing communications, corporate communications and training. Since 1998, Anne has developed and run a wide range of programmes for major global companies in investment banking, healthcare, entertainment, IT, manufacturing and pharmaceuticals. She also trains international MBA students at two UK universities.

Anne has an MBA from the Open University Business School in the UK and a BA in French and German from the University of Bradford (UK). Anne is a global executive coach. She is a 2008 graduate of  Advantara® Global Executive Learning and Coach Training Institute's Global Executive Coach Training Programme. She is an active member of Sietar (Society for Intercultural Education and Research) and is licensed to deliver a number of assessments, including The International Profiler, a leadership profile assisting global executives to determine where they need to place their emphasis for maximum effectiveness as global leaders.   

Anne is married to a Swedish national and lives in Stockholm.  She travels worldwide. British by birth, she has lived in France, Germany, Malaysia and the UK. 

Maureen Rabotin, is a 2007 Graduate of  the Advantara®Global Executive Learning and Coach Training Institute's programme on Global Executive Coaching. With a strong corporate background in medical technology and electronics, Maureen  negotiated and managed contracts  in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and South Korea.  In 1996, Maureen left the corporate world to pursue studies in the U.S. and Switzerland organized by the Intercultural Communication Institute.  She also completed work in coaching, including cross-cultural coaching, at Mozaik International. Through Advantara® she became licensed to use “The International Profiler” and is a certified Team Coach using the “High Impact Teaming”  approach. She is also trained in DISC, and the Benziger Thinking Styles Assessment. 

Maureen accompanies global executives them through phases of M&A integration, change management, and intercultural adaptation while drawing on her own professional experiences and familiarity with cultural frameworks.  Her client list includes, among others, LVMH, Chanel, Bristol Myers Squibb, Sanofi-Aventis, UBS, Axa, Thales, and AREVA.  Maureen is especially talented at working with Frenco-American companies and mergers. She is bilingual and married to a French national. She divides her time between her homes in Paris and West Palm Beach.

A mentor with the European Professional Women's Network, Maureen is often invited to be a speaker by the American Chamber of Commerce in France , the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce, and Le Conseil Générale du Val d'Oise.  She is active in the International Consortium of Coaching Organizations, the Society for Intercultural Education, Training, And Research, and the International Coaching Federation, where she serves on the global marketing committee.  Contact Maureen through the email link on this page with your query to Maureen.   

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Barbara Chan, CPCC CMC,  is educated in ecology, biology, psychology, and alternative health. She   brings a whole systems approach to developing global sustainable legacy leaders and organizations. She offers certified expertise in assessments, executive coaching, management consulting, sustainable business management, strategic facilitation, mediation and green building.  Active in the Institute of Management Consultants, International Coach Federation, Women in Consulting, Progressive Consultants Network, Women's Environmental Network, and CompassPoint Leadership Coaches Learning Circle, Barbara co-chairs with Hannah ICF's Global Executive Coaching Special Interest Group.  

A resident of the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States, Barbara is a published author, seminar leader and speaker who has worked with people from more than eithy countries across many industries. She has travelled and spoken in Europe, West Africam the Americas and Asia and is familiar with Spanish, German, and Mandarin Chinese. Please contact Barbara through the link on this page with a statement of your interest.

William R. Murray is an Executive Coach with a Harvard MBA, Yale M.Div., is a graduate of Corporate Coach U and a Master Certified Coach since 1999.  He has over 30 years of experience both as a leader and Executive Coach for corporate leaders.  Bill's clients have included JC Penney, Duke University Medical Center, IBM, Ericsson, Westvaco, Zenger-Miller, Supermarkets General and Freeport MacMoran.  Bill coaches leaders and professionals individually and in small groups improve their skills in leadership and emotional intelligence including communication, self-management, and relationship management.  

Bill is talented in understanding organizational culture and helping clients see what is going on around them in their company.  He alternated graduate education in organizational psychology at Yale, Harvard, and City University of NY with hands on business experience.  Each graduate school taught him new ways to understand company organizational cultures.  Bill  also attended over 100 workshops on communication skills, leadership, coaching, and emotional intelligence offered by blue chip corporate training organizations such as NTL (National Training Labs).  He was able to fine tune his coaching skills through 12 years of corporate in-house experience and since 1993 as an independent Executive Coach. Please contact Bill through the link on this page indicating your interest. 

Annie Martinez, PCC (International Coach Federation) and Certified
Corporate Business Coach (CCUI) is a native of France and resident of Paris. Retired as an internal coach at IBM, she coaches in French and English with managers, executives and teams. Annie founded and co-founded the French and Belgian Chapters of ICF.

Cynder Niemela, MA, MBA, MCC (ICF) is founder and developer of Master Certified High Impact Teaming™ Training. A native of the United States, Cynder has lived in the Middle East and other areas of the world. She has over 20 years of experience consulting with private and public sector global organizations and has been a VP at Boeing, Countrywide and other organizations.
Cynder was an internal an external coach with Ernst & Young from 1996 to 2000. She is co-author of the award-winning book High Impact Teams and of Corporate CoachU's Course on Coaching Business Teams.


Sue Stevenson, B. Ed., Chartered FCIPD, ACC, brings a strong background in Global Human Resource Management, sales and marketing to Global Executive Coaching. She gained her coach training at the Hudson Institute in California.
Sue was educated in her native Scotland and has lived and worked in the UK, Australia, Switzerland, and the United States, where she is now resident. (US, Asia, Europe).

Barbara StClaire-Ostwald, MA, BSc, Dip
is a Polish/British dual national who grew up in the United Kingdom. She has lived and worked in the UK, Continental Europe and North Africa for over 30 years. Barbara holds a Diploma in Sociology, an MSc (Hons) in Psychology and a Masters Degree from Oxford Brookes University in Coaching & Mentoring Practices. Barbara is a certified practitioner of the MBTI® instrument and the CWq Culture in the Workplace Questionnaire. She is a member of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC), EMCC Research Committee and of the European Coaching Institute, BritishPsychological Society, Chartered
Institute of Personnel Development, British Sociological Association and the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research (SIETAR). Barbara is tri-lingual Polish, English, French and she is able to converse in Dutch, German, Czech and Slovak.

Interested in Becoming part of the Advantara Network?

Email Hannah S. Wilder with your complete education, certification, client list and experience. We will contact you if we are interested.

TCO-International Diversity Management
Nigel Ewington and David Trickey

TCO- International is one of Europe’s foremost intercultural
education and training providers. In 2006 Advantara® became TCO’s
preferred Global Executive coaching partner and collaborated with TCO- International to provide Coaching and Mentoring Skills Training and Coaching for Senior IVECO managers preparing to work with Chinese managers on a joint venture. www.tco-international.com

Rodrigo Lopes, Numclick Web Design
Located in Sao Paolo, Brazil, Numclick provides creative business websites around the world. Hannah worked with Rodrigo by internet phone and chat to create this website. www.numclick.com.br

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