Afsheen Ismail-Wey has spent 20+ years building leadership capability, talent pipelines, and organisational effectiveness systems across multinational environments. Her career combines senior Talent and Organisation roles at Abbott Laboratories and Mondelez International (Kraft Foods) with 10 years of running a global leadership and HR advisory practice.

At Abbott, she led the Talent and Organisation Consulting function across EMEA, working with all four divisions (Diagnostics, Medical Devices, Established Pharmaceuticals, Nutrition) across 30+ countries. She managed a multimillion-dollar operational budget and improved talent retention for a region of 11,000+ employees covering a $5 billion geography.

At Mondelez, Afsheen spent 9+ years in progressive talent and OE roles. She rolled out the most successful regional implementation of a global performance management process post the Kraft/Cadbury merger, impacting 7,000 employees. She redesigned the L&D organisation across Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa, and facilitated leadership workshops for 500+ managers.

Afsheen's focus areas include: leadership development strategy and programme design, talent management and succession planning, organisational development and effectiveness, executive coaching and leadership development, change management through M&As, restructures, and transformation.

Credentials: MBA (Baylor University), PCC (ICF), CPCC, PROSCI Change Management, HBDI Practitioner, MBTI, AQAI Adaptability, Lego Serious Play. Previous Forbes Coaches Council member. Awarded 100 Best Global Coaching Leaders.

Afsheen has also served as the DEIB Advisory Council Member and L&D Lead of the International Coach Federation’s (ICF) Global Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) program until 2025. Previously served as Co-Lead of the ICF Executive and Leadership Coaching Community of Practice, a community of 8000 members, and as a Board Member of both ICF Switzerland and ICF United Arab Emirates Board.

Afsheen has lived and led in 8 countries across 3 continents. Based in Zurich. Fluent in English and Urdu, intermediate German and Arabic.

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