Meet The Team.
Managing Director, Accredited Executive Coach
Prior to founding Up Rising, Natalie worked within the professional services industry for 18 years (latterly as an M&A Partner at Deloitte) where alongside leading global transactions she was a Talent Partner and Coach. She understands the pressures of corporate life and how to build working cultures that combine high performance with positive wellbeing – places where people can thrive.
From 2018-2020, she held a part-time role of Chief Wellbeing Officer for Deloitte Financial Advisory. The programme she designed won a Deloitte Global Talent Recognition Award in 2021 for its positive impact on employee experience, engagement and working culture.
Managing Director, Accredited Executive Coach
Phanella is a highly experienced Accredited Executive Coach, former City Lawyer and Fund Manager, successfully exited Entrepreneur, Author and Media Coach. Combining her personal career experience with deep coaching expertise, Phanella is an expert in helping leaders marry high performance for themselves and their teams with positive working cultures.
Alongside her coaching work, Phanella founded a direct-to-consumer coaching start-up, which she sold in 2019. Her first book, Step Up: Confidence, Success and Your Stellar Career in 10 Minutes a Day was published by Random House in 2016.
Associate Executive Coach
Louisa had a 15-year career working in the public and private sector, predominantly in Human Resources within the financial services industry. She then pursued her passion for coaching with an MSc in Coaching and Behavioural Change. She specialises in supporting individuals who are ready for or in transition such as a promotion, leading others, new challenges or returning to employment. Louisa is also a ‘Dare to LeadTM’ trained coach.
Associate Executive Coach
Patrice has a 12-year career working at senior levels in Finance and Commercial within the Travel and Logistics industry. Patrice qualified as an Executive Coach in 2017 and since then has developed her practice to focus on females in the workplace, inclusive leadership and reverse mentoring. Her efforts on building an inclusive environment for all has been recognised internationally by Richard Branson, the TED leadership community & most recently, Brené Brown.
HR Consultant
Alice is a highly experienced, senior HR professional and has worked across a range of organisations, including Corona Energy, where she was Head of HR. In addition, alongside a wide range of human capital advisory work, she has established People functions for tech scale ups, Offr and Gobsmack.
In 2020, Alice launched Espresso, an HR magazine aimed at leaders and business owners. Alice’s vision and values align strongly with Up Rising’s and her expertise proves invaluable across our culture, inclusion and consultancy projects.
Associate Executive Coach
Nikki has 19 years of business experience, predominantly working in tax advisory (PwC & Deloitte). She has led teams serving a wide range of clients across the financial services sector and so understands the pressures and opportunities of working in high pressure environments. Influenced by her training in yoga, mindfulness and resilience, Nikki empowers her clients to respond rather than react to challenges.
