Joanna Bown is an Executive coach and the owner of Distinctions Executive Coaching, a Johannesburg coaching practice. Joanna worked in Corporate Banking with Citigroup in South Africa for ten years, she managed a business segment for their CEEMEA region from Belgium and London.  Her experience as a Vice President in international banking allows her to understand key issues in the corporate world and how they relate to a client's business environment.

Joanna's ability to identify a coaching issue, and work with a client toward a sustainable business or personal shift, is key.

 Joanna is skilled in working in the following areas: - Executive coaching with key outcomes linked to the client"s business performance, people skills and organizational goals - Joanna coaches around leadership competency, management skills, career progression, business & performance expansion, team building and personal effectiveness - coaching embeds longer term sustainability of new behavior for the client. Measuring the impact of coaching on a client's business results takes place throughout the process.

Education and Professional Membership: - PCC certified Integral Coach, Centre for Coaching, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, and Masters Coach training complete. Programs are linked to New Ventures West, a USA Integral coaching school.

PCC accredited Member of the International Coach Federation (ICF) USA, with over 1700 hours of coaching. Member of COMENSA and the ICF Chapter in Johannesburg.  Accredited coach in South Africa for Nedbank, Investec, ABSA, Firstrand, Anglo American. Accredited South African coach to the Oxford Group, London, UK.