Nadia Rao

With in-depth experience in the legal, business and international environments, Nadia brings to MCE her competencies and passion for human development and capability building. Her talents lie in executive and leadership coaching, intensive development programs for high potential talent, generating high performance teams, skills training and change management.

Professional background Nadia began her career as a lawyer in 1994. She studied and worked in France, Switzerland, UK, Greece, Spain and Belgium. Over the next 10 years, Nadia worked as EMEA Finance Manager for various multinational pharmaceutical and medical technology companies, including Baxter, St. Jude Medical, PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences.

In 2008, she decided to give a new direction to her career and to pursue her real passion: boosting individual human development. Her fields of expertise are: – International Negotiations. – Organizational change and conflict management in merger/acquisition situations. – High-performing multicultural teams development. – Development of high potential individuals.

Nadia currently coaches and trains talented professionals, in multicultural and international organisations as well as in public institutions. Her clients come from various sectors: Banking, Oil and Gas, Energy, Food and Beverages, Chemical, Pharma, Fashion, Legal or Medical…

Education and qualifications Executive Coaching (ICF Certification) Application of psychometrics: MBTI, Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Leading courses and programmes in Leadership and Management (Management Centre Europe). Qualified Methodologies: Neuro-Linguistic Programming (Master Practitioner), Transactional Analysis (Certified Practitioner), Erickson Hypnosis (Certified Practitioner), Generative Trance. Multicultural Specialties: Multi-cultural team development, international negotiations (acquisitions, joint ventures, mergers), international and multicultural conflict resolution (Expert qualification in intercultural mediation) Legal aspects of business, behavior and negotiations (Doctor of Law – University of Turin, Italy and Nancy II, France)

Personal Nadia is Italian, lives in Belgium and works internationally. She is fluent in English, French, Italian and Spanish. She has a good knowledge of Portuguese and Dutch. Her values are results, action, accountability, trust and respect. More than words, these are the foundations on which Nadia builds her work and decisions.