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Catherine Brenner
“Those who persist, grasp new opportunities and learn from the
good and bad decisions are the ones who succeed.”
Catherine Brenner is a decisive and analytic thinker with a
strong background in
finance. But it’s her intuition and
highly developed emotional
intelligence that make her an ideal coach.
“EQ and intuition are essential for coaches,” says Catherine.
Good coaching can often be about what a client doesn’t say as
much as what they say. Understanding the motivations and desires
of the client at an emotional level is often a key factor in
determining a plan of action.
Most recently Catherine was Managing Director of the global
equity capital markets firm ABN AMRO Rothschild, ranked in the
top three in
Australia
and
New Zealand
in equity related offerings. She has wide experience in project
management with multi-discipline teams, tight timeframes and
multiple stakeholders. As head of ABN AMRO's mergers and
acquisitions team, she oversaw
more than $250 billion of corporate restructurings, takeovers, capital
raisings, capital structuring, privatisations, and divestments
and acquisitions.
Catherine now serves on the Takeovers Panel, the government’s
peer review body that resolves takeover bid disputes, and brings
her legal and financial skills to the Boards of a number of
leading public companies and the Australian Brandenburg
Orchestra.
Catherine’s experience in client-focussed industries in
constantly changing markets honed the listening and questioning
skills that serve her as a coach. It also helped her develop
flexibility and the ability to recognise and seize opportunities
when they arise.
“Recognising that there are numerous ways to approach something
is the first step to making yourself open enough to accept new
opportunities,” she says. “A good coach can help you recognise
the opportunities that are already there and seek out the ones
that aren’t.”
A strong believer in balance between personal and professional
lives, Catherine is married and the mother of “two gorgeous
girls”.
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