Executive Coach & Leadership Strategist

Space to think.
Clarity to act.

You're capable, experienced, and ready to change gears. I work with senior leaders to filter the noise, get clear on what matters, and lead with the intention and confidence to make it happen.

Niamh Townsend
24+
Years of leadership
4
Continents
14
Countries led across
3
Industries navigated

The demands on leaders have fundamentally changed

The pace of technological change, geopolitical pressure, and evolving workforce expectations means that what got leaders to the top is rarely what keeps them there, or takes them further.

The most effective senior leaders are not the ones with all the answers. They are the ones who have learned how to ask better questions, build exceptional teams, and sustain their own performance under pressure.

Coaching provides the rare space to think clearly, act deliberately, and lead with intention, not just react to what's next.

"The goal isn't just to perform at an elevated level. It's to build a career that's genuinely yours; ambitious, sustainable, and rewarding."

Niamh Townsend

Stop running the machine.
Start shaping the future.

For senior leaders who are ready to move from operational excellence to strategic impact, amplifying their influence across the organisation.

Strengths

Discover the strengths that make you exceptional

Blockers

Surface any patterns holding you back

Blueprint

Build your unique blueprint for success

Momentum

Take aligned action and iterate

Your unique blueprint for aligned strategic leadership.

A leader's approach
to executive development

01

Context-first thinking

Every engagement begins with deep listening. Your industry, organisation, and moment in time shape everything. Understanding context and clarifying goals is the starting point to forge the path ahead.

02

Systems & self

Effective leadership operates at two levels simultaneously: the organisational system you're navigating and the personal patterns you bring to it. We work on both.

03

Explorer, not map reader

Great leaders test, learn, and adapt. Coaching provides the space to run experiments, pressure-test ideas, tune instincts, and walk through decisions before you're in the room where they count.

04

Candour as care

The most valuable thing a coach can offer is honest, direct feedback delivered with genuine investment in the leader's success. Challenge and accountability solidify sustainable change.

I've been
there

Niamh Townsend

I've navigated multiple industry changes and paradigm shifts, led global teams across cultures and time zones, and made pivots that may look unconventional, yet were 100% aligned for me.

I've also faced moments that shifted my perspective on everything; a newborn open heart surgery, and later a baby in NICU at the height of the Covid pandemic. Moments that make me who I am and where I draw strength from.

Each career and life transition I've made have honed my ability to translate experience across context, think strategically under pressure, and lead without having all the answers.

My coaching combines deep executive experience with evidence-based methods, giving senior leaders a trusted external thinking partner who has genuinely been where they are.

Businesswoman of the Year — WMB Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Ireland — WXN First female Ireland GM, Dell President's Club, HubSpot ×4

Career

HubSpot
Microsoft
Dell EMC
Donnelly Fruit & Veg
Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Qualifications

QQI Diploma in Coaching & Mentoring — Kingstown College
Gallup Certified CliftonStrengths® Coach
Brain-Based Conversation Skills — Neuroleadership Institute
MBA — Smurfit Business School, UCD
BA Spanish & Sociology — Trinity College Dublin
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Coaching has been the best part of every role I have held. Watching a talented leader gain clarity, back themselves, and make the moves that change the trajectory of their career; there's nothing quite like it.

Ready to go from
good to great?

Leaders in transition

Stepping into a bigger role, changing industry, navigating a career-defining moment. Transitions are where the real work happens. I've made them myself, multiple times, and know what it takes to land well.

Senior leaders & VPs

For leaders who have proven themselves in their function and are stepping into broader organisational influence: managing upwards, sideways, and building truly cross-functional authority.

High-performance sales leaders

For commercially driven leaders ready to shift from top performer to strategic force. Your results speak for themselves. Now it's time your executive brand and influence catch up with your impact.

Corporate HR & L&D

Partnering with People, HR, and Learning teams to design and deliver coaching programmes at scale: from leadership cohorts to team effectiveness engagements and cultural transformation work.

"

Niamh has a rare gift for weaving seemingly unrelated topics together and anchoring everything back to your overarching goals. She creates space for you to lead your own thinking. I always felt like I was in the driver's seat, with Niamh as the calmest, most assured guide alongside me.

Laura Lane - EMEA Marketing Leader

"What's been most valuable is the shift from tactical problem-solving to more strategic thinking; not just what I should do next, but who I'm becoming, how I want to work, and what actually matters to me professionally and personally."

Patrick Kervick - Enterprise Account Executive

Let's start with
a conversation

Every engagement begins with a conversation. If there's a fit, we'll explore how to work together. If not, I'll do my best to point you somewhere useful.