About Executive Career Coach
Your Partner in Professional Growth
Executive Career Coach was established to provide senior professionals with independent, practical and commercially grounded career advice.
Throughout my career in executive recruitment and talent advisory, I have worked closely with investment professionals, private bankers, senior executives and business leaders navigating important career decisions, leadership challenges and periods of transition.
Over the years, I observed that many highly capable professionals face similar questions:
- Should I stay or should I move?
- Am I positioning myself effectively?
- How do I navigate organisational politics?
- How do I prepare for greater leadership responsibility?
- What should my next career move be?
These situations often benefit from an experienced and objective perspective.
Unlike many career advisers, my approach is informed by decades of executive search and talent advisory experience. Through TA-Consult, I continue to work with financial institutions and senior professionals across Asset Management, Private Banking and Securities Markets, providing insight into how organisations hire, assess and develop leadership talent.
Executive Career Coach was created to help professionals make better decisions, gain clarity and navigate their careers with greater confidence.
Whether you are considering a career change, preparing for promotion, facing leadership challenges or simply looking for an experienced sounding board, my objective is to provide practical advice that helps you move forward with purpose and confidence.
Why Clients Work With Me
Clients value a combination of career advisory and real-world executive recruitment experience.
They are looking for more than coaching. They are looking for an experienced adviser who understands:
- how senior hiring decisions are made
- what executive recruiters look for
- how leadership potential is assessed
- how careers develop over the long term
- how organisations evaluate talent
- how to navigate periods of uncertainty and change
My role is not to tell clients what decisions to make. It is to help them evaluate their options, challenge assumptions, clarify priorities and make informed decisions with confidence.
My Advisory Philosophy
I believe the best decisions are rarely made in isolation.
My role is not to tell clients what to do. My role is not to provide answers. It is to help clients ask better questions, evaluate options objectively and make informed decisions with confidence.
Every executive career eventually encounters periods of uncertainty, transition or reassessment. These moments often become defining chapters in a professional journey.
It is to help them evaluate options objectively, challenge assumptions, clarify priorities and move forward with confidence.
Decades of working with senior professionals have reinforced one important lesson: successful careers are rarely linear.
Behind every impressive title is a series of important decisions, challenges, setbacks and opportunities that have shaped a professional journey.
Career success is rarely determined by capability alone. Timing, positioning, relationships and decision-making all play an important role.
Leadership can be rewarding, but it can also be isolating. The more senior professionals become, the fewer opportunities they often have for open and objective discussion.
Many executives spend their careers advising others while having very few trusted advisers themselves.
Some of the most important career decisions are not about accepting an offer. They are about understanding whether a change is necessary in the first place.
Career decisions made under pressure are rarely optimal. Independent perspective often helps create clarity.
Organisational complexity is an unavoidable reality of today's work environment. Learning how to navigate it effectively is often a critical career skill.
FOUNDER'S PROFILE
Heinz Geyer
Executive Career & Leadership Advisor
Heinz was a Co-founder of Temple Associates in 1996 and continues as its Managing Director.
Work Experience
Goldman Sachs (Zurich/New York/London)
Bank Austria (Londonn/Vienna)
Royal Bank of Scotland (London)
What Makes My Perspective Different
REAL EXECUTIVE SEARCH EXPERIENCE
Unlike many coaches, my advice is informed by decades of executive search and talent advisory experience.
Through TA-Consult I continue to work with:
- Asset Managers
- Private Banks
- Financial Institutions
This provides direct insight into:
- how organisations hire
- how executives are assessed
- what recruiters look for
- compensation expectations
- leadership requirements
WHY I FOUNDED EXECUTIVE CAREER COACH
Many senior professionals I worked with over the years sought advice that extended beyond recruitment.
They were often facing important decisions:
- whether to stay or leave
- how to position themselves for promotion
- how to navigate organisational politics
- how to manage leadership pressure
- how to approach a career transition
Executive Career Coach was established to provide independent and practical advice to professionals facing these challenges.
Having lived and worked internationally, I understand the challenges and opportunities facing professionals operating in increasingly global markets.
Many senior careers today involve international mobility, cross-cultural leadership and exposure to different management styles and organisational structures.
Ready to Transform Your Career?
Take the Next Step Towards Success
Let me guide you on your career journey with my expert coaching and recruitment services.
Whether you are looking to advance in your current role or explore new opportunities, I am here to help you every step of the way.
For an intial conversation call
+(44) 20 3972 8690
EXEC CAREER Coach
Executive Career & Leadership Advisory for Senior Professionals.