Selima Wandoren MBA
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Language: English, French
Selima brings over 15 years of experience in finance as a senior trader in investment banks and hedge funds SAC Capital Advisors and Point 72 Asset Management in New York. She is a French American dual citizen, and her biculturalism allows her to work in both languages with clients in person and remotely globally.
Selima’s leadership coaching focuses on empowering her clients to reach their full potential as leaders of themselves and others to authentically perform at their best, drive successful results, and take their team and career to the next level. She also works with expatriates to help them transition into their new environment and thrive.
Her clientele ranges from executives to managers, leaders, and high potentials in a wide variety of sectors, including fashion, media & entertainment, financial services, art, and tech. She has partnered up with her clients on achieving goals pertaining to their leadership style and abilities in communication, interpersonal relationships, time management, influence, strategy, cultural adaptability, confidence, stress management, work-life balance, and more.
Selima envisions her coaching practice as a unique collaboration with each client, and she takes a personalized approach, one that addresses the whole individual.
She creates a safe space for clients to focus, gain self-knowledge, expand their vision, experiment, and explore beyond their comfort zone to catalyze their growth. She believes that individuals are full of resources and that self-awareness is key to deep and lasting beneficial changes.
Her approach is positive, curious, supportive, and forthright, with a strong emphasis on results and impact. She leverages her extensive background in finance and the invaluable lessons it taught her, notably in versatility, risk-taking, strategic thinking, resilience, and stress management to enhance the coaching process.
She holds a Master of Business administration with a major in Finance from Baruch College, CUNY. She is a Certified Professional Coach from the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching, IPEC, and an Accredited Certified Coach from the ICF. She is an ELI Master practitioner and administers the Energy leadership index assessment. Prior to that, she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Business, Management and Finance from University Dauphine in Paris.
Selima currently resides in Brooklyn, NY, with her family. She is a Reiki Master and a music therapy practitioner.
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