Coaching senior executives in substantial leadership positions, helping them realise their own best potential.
Andrew Gilchrist
Andrew has spent the majority of his career involved in various aspects of leadership. As a senior partner with Egon Zehnder, he specialised in CEO, CFO and Board engagements, as well as individual and team assessments. Andrew started his career serving as an army officer in Germany and Northern Ireland and, after business school, spent five years with The Boston Consulting Group. He subsequently joined the Financial Times Group where he started FT.com and led the paper’s international operations. Since 2017, Andrew has been concentrating full time on coaching senior executives in substantial leadership positions, helping them realise their own best potential. He is a Meyler Campbell trained Executive Coach and an Affiliate of the Institute of Coaching at the McLean/Harvard Medical School.
Career
Education
MA, Jesus College, Cambridge 1977 – 80
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst 1980 – 81
MBA, Harvard Business School 1985 – 87
(Languages: English Fluent; German Fluent)
Experience
British Army 1980 – 1985
Captain, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
Served in Germany, England, and Northern Ireland
The Boston Consulting Group 1987 – 1992
(Düsseldorf, Kuala Lumpur, London)
Manager and Case Team Leader; led numerous strategic assignments across many sectors, eventually specialising in organisational design and transformation.
Financial Times 1992 – 1998
Director of Strategy; prepared the strategy for the international expansion of the FT
Director of Electronic Publishing; led the launch of FT.com
Managing Director, Financial Times International; led all commercial operations outside UK
Egon Zehnder 1998 – 2016
Senior Partner, London Office, Head of TMT Practice
Global Partner Head of Research
Specialised in FTSE 100/250 Chairman, CEO and CFO appointments
Serving publicly quoted and privately held companies in all major geographies, in most business cycles. In addition to Executive and Non-Executive Director searches, led individual and team assessments, Board Reviews, as well as leadership development projects.
A T Gilchrist Consulting Ltd 2017 –
Senior Executive, and team development coaching
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Senior Advisor
The British German Association
Board Member