Iwona Murphy

Executive Coach & Mentor

Iwona is an experienced Executive Coach and Mentor. She supports personal development of senior management members.  With a strong Public Affairs and Communications background, she has over 20 years of experience in corporate management and leading successful teams.

Iwona has an MA in Political Science and Journalism from Warsaw University and has completed many renowned PR courses in the UK.

For the first 6 years of her career, she worked for the Polish Government as Deputy Director of the Government Press Office. From there she moved into corporate life, working for Philip Morris Poland, McCann-Erickson Worldgroup and Citigroup Poland. She has been responsible for successful crisis management, building strong brands, unifying different corporate cultures, and introducing new approaches to the organisations including CSR, multimedia and social media. She has successfully led diverse teams and effectively managed multi-million USD budgets.

She has been accredited with various prestigious awards including the Silver Cross of Merit, from the President of Poland, for displaying outstanding services towards the community. She is a founder member of LiderShe, a non-profit organization of ambitious and entrepreneurial women in Poland as well as the Board Member of EMCC (European Mentoring and Coaching Council) in Poland.

Iwona currently coaches, mentors and trains, face to face and online, Polish and European executives to support their personal development and strengthen their leadership’ competence.

Sectors include FMSG, Banking, Pharma, Advertising, Engineering, IoT, Wine &Spirits, Academia, Real Estate and Paper.