Jim Godfrey, PCC, CPCC, Founder and Coach

Jim has over 30 years experience as a corporate leader, consultant and business coach. He has run a thriving global executive coaching and training practice since 2016, and in 2023 Jim added ten senior associate coaches to his practice.

Jim works extensively as an executive coach in the UK Government Senior Civil Service, working with Permanent Secretaries, Director Generals, Ambassadors and Special Advisers. He supports leaders and their executive teams, creating and delivering impactful coaching programmes, and team transformation engagements. Outside of the public sector, while many of his engagements are confidential, a partial list of organisations with whom he has worked includes: IBM, HSBC, Disney, Pinterest, Udadity, Nissan, Andreessen Horowitz, Oxford Sciences Innovation, Deep Mind, Hachette, Harvard Business School, GSK, Infor and Pfizer. Jim also commits a significant portion of his time to pro bono clients, working with politicians, senior executives and teams within not-for-profit organisations.

Jim is a triple certified leadership coach, accredited through the International Coach Federation as Professional Certified Coach (PCC), the Coach Training Institute in California as a Certified Co-Active Professional Coach (CPCC), and through the Neuroleadership Institute in New York as a Brain-Based Coach.

Prior to coaching Jim spent over 20 years working in communications and in politics. He was a Partner at The Pramana Collective, Vice President, Global Communications at Jawbone, a leading technology company, Vice President, Public Affairs, for Starbucks in Europe, Middle East and Africa and served as Director of Corporate Affairs at ITV. Jim spent 10 years in front-line UK politics, serving as the Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, a Senior Press Office for the Labour Party, and Head of Communications at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).

Outside of coaching, Jim spends his time in Bath, England with his wife and family, and can often be found in his studio with his side-gig as a musician and producer.