Wilson Li
With over 25 years of experience in managing businesses and teams in large and smaller organisations (across many diverse markets), Wilson transitioned to Executive and Leadership Coaching in 2015; where he combines his business and commercial acumen with his passion for talent and leadership development. He has now conducted over 700 hours of coaching with executives at various levels (from emerging leaders, middle management to C-Suite and CEO’s; across various industries such as banking, insurance, energy, retail, trading, hotel and ecommerce).
Typically, partnering with clients to explore opportunities such as developing one’s executive presence, personal branding, effective communications/networking/influencing, collaboration, leadership style as well as helping to find one’s true purpose in their personal and professional life.
Wilson’s professional experience and business acumen includes 20 years with Shell (the global energy organisation), where he developed up the corporate ladder from an individual contributor, to managing teams, to managing teams of teams (at local, regional and global levels); with assignments in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Geneva and the United Kingdom. He brings a wealth of experience in leading teams in functions such as sales & operations, global brand & marketing, business consultancy, new business development and strategy; in addition to being a country CEO.
Wilson’s coaching principles centres around partnering with executives and leaders as their thinking and emotional partner. Past client’s testimonials include:
“Wilson is a very good listener but pushes me to think outside my norm in a challenging but comfortable style”, and “He helped me see my priorities, choices, and the different directions I could take. All of this was done with zero judgement and complete empathy”.
Wilson holds a Batchelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Warwick (UK), and a post-graduate Marketing Diploma from the University of Gloucestershire. An International Coaching Federation (ICF) accredited coach with over 700 hours of coaching experience (currently at PCC level: Professional Certified Coach). Accredited with various personality and leadership assessment tools (e.g. Hogan, Harrison Assessment). Wilson is also lifelong competitive squash player with squash coaching certification by the UK Squash Racquet Association.