Susanne Rolfe is an experienced global business leader, strategist and executive coach with more than 30 years’ experience leading people and businesses through transformation across international markets. Based in Cambridge, New Zealand, she has held senior executive and board-level roles within New Zealand, Australia, Europe, the US and Asia, including with Mondelez International, Danone, Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Tatua.
Susanne has led large, diverse and geographically dispersed teams through periods of significant growth, evolution and change. Her career spans strategy, marketing, sales, innovation and general management. This gives her a rare breadth of commercial and leadership experience. She understands the realities of leading in complex organisations and therefore what it takes to create momentum, bring people with you and turn ambition into meaningful results.
As a coach, Susanne works with senior executives, emerging leaders and high-potential talent who are ready to elevate their leadership and broaden their impact. She is particular energised by working with leaders at moments of transition. Susanne thrives in helping people step into greater responsibility, lead through change, build high-performing teams or prepare for the next chapter of their career.
Her approach to coaching is thoughtful, challenging and highly practical. Susanne creates the space for clients to step back from the demands of their role, see new possibilities and gain perspective on what matters most. Her natural strengths bring curiosity, insight and energy to her coaching, alongside a genuine belief in the distinctive strengths and potential of every individual.
With a blend of empathy, commercial perspective and extensive leadership experience, Susanne helps clients challenge their assumptions, think more strategically and turn insight into sustainable action. She is particularly passionate about helping capable leaders make the shift from doing more to leading with greater effectiveness, confidence and intention.
For Susanne, coaching is about creating the conditions for people to see what is possible and then giving them the empowerment and support to pursue it. She believes the most powerful growth happens when people embrace what makes them uniquely effective, find the courage to lean into it and shape that insight into lasting change.
Certifications
- Company Directors Course (New Zealand Institute of Directors)
- Strategic Leadership (Institute of Strategic Leadership)
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Management Studies (University of Waikato, New Zealand)
- Executive Master of Business Administration (INSEAD, France)
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