Suzie Whitfield

With over 25 years of experience in performance, communication and leadership across global education and business sectors, Suzie brings a rare blend of expertise and insight. She began in London on the agency side at Jack Morton, one of the world’s largest event companies, then at Barclays Bank, leading teams and managing high-impact projects. Today, Suzie runs her own self-awareness and performance facilitation and coaching business, working with executives, business owners, Olympic athletes, Netflix actors and professionals across industries worldwide helping them unlock potential and achieve lasting results.

Suzie’s coaching draws on neuroscience and performance psychology and takes a holistic approach to high performance. She believes real, sustainable success rarely happens in one area alone — it emerges when the whole system is working well, enabling you to thrive and perform at your best across every area of your life.

Suzie will challenge your thinking and help you build a deeper awareness of the emotional responses and behaviours that shape how you perform in different situations. Together, you will explore untapped potential and identify the subtle distractions that may be holding you back. The real breakthrough happens when you translate your powerful insights into clear, intentional actions — creating meaningful and lasting results.

In a survey of over 200 sessions, Suzie achieved an outstanding 4.9 out of 5 in client satisfaction, reflecting the transformative impact of her coaching.

Clients choose to work with suzie because:

• She invites them to bring their whole selves — brilliant, human, and imperfect.
• She asks the challenging questions that unlock deeper thinking and real progress.
• She takes a holistic perspective, recognising that leadership and life are interconnected.
• She holds a strong belief in my clients’ capability and potential, sometimes even before they fully see it themselves.
• She creates clear accountability for the goals clients choose to pursue.
• She ensures the process remains energising and even fun along the way.

Suzie gets her best coaching results with highly motivated, driven individuals—typically executives or emerging leaders—who are ready to bring their whole selves and embrace positive challenge. She empowers clients to unlock clarity, confidence and peak performance, uncovering their unique gifts and supporting them wholeheartedly. In return, she expects focus, energy and action—delivering fast-paced, transformative sessions that create lasting, actionable results.

Past clients have reported significant impact/growth in the following areas because of their  coaching journey:

• Navigating career and job transitions
• Growing and scaling businesses
• Making complex or high-stakes decisions
• Leading and managing teams more effectively
• Achieving ambitious stretch goals
• Creating a healthier balance between work and life
• Developing deeper self-awareness and personal clarity
• Transitioning from manager to an empowering leader

Her most recent coachees have worked at:

Amazon, Rio Tinto, Menzies, Sodexo, Booking.com, PepsiCo, Page Executive, YMCA, Fortescue, Ray White, Quest, ANZ, Coffee, Now Health International, Sunshine Coast Airport, Agthia Group, Helcim, Indian School of Business, University of Adelaide, Kuwait Food Co., Americana, Harvard Business Publishing, local and national governments.

Two recent clients have said:

“Every once in a while, you meet someone who truly transforms the way you see yourself and the world around you. For me, that person is Suzie Whitfield.
When I began my leadership coaching journey with Suzie, I was searching for clarity and direction, not just in my role but in my growth as a leader and as a person. From the very first session, Suzie created a space where I felt seen, understood, and challenged in the most constructive way. She didn’t just coach me; she guided me to unlock potential I didn’t even realise I had.
Suzie has an incredible gift for asking the kind of questions that make you pause, reflect, and dig deep. Her empathy is matched only by her ability to hold you accountable to your own goals and aspirations. Through her guidance, I gained not only the confidence to make tough decisions but also the wisdom to approach challenges with curiosity and resilience.”

 Head of Marketing for a Large Global Brand

“In a busy world, where there are so many pressures to achieve and succeed in professional life, it can be easy to neglect yourself or ignore who you are, at heart.  Suzie, by nature, is a dynamic person with an inquisitive mind, who is skilled at probing her clients to ask themselves the fundamental questions that really matter to them. With this approach, Suzie enables her clients to reconnect with, and recreate, the balance between who they are, what they do and what they aspire towards.  Suzie supports her clients through this journey, enabling and empowering them to embrace and exercise their authentic essence in both public and private life.”  

An Award winning Barrister