Meet Our Executive Coaches
I am an executive and professional coach who works with individuals navigating growth, change, and increased complexity in their personal and professional lives. My coaching is shaped by more than a decade of experience across aviation, energy, banking, and telecommunications, where I supported people operating in high-pressure, highly regulated environments.
Alongside my professional background in HR, learning, and organizational development, I am currently completing an MBA with a concentration in Management and Change, which continues to inform how I think about leadership and change in real organizational settings. Coaching grew naturally from this work and from the way I have supported people throughout my career.
My coaching practice is grounded in ICF principles and informed by the Intelligent Leadership framework. I value discipline in the coaching process, strong presence, and thoughtful inquiry. In our work together, we focus on both growth opportunities and existing strengths, supporting clarity, confidence, and self-awareness in a way that feels practical and sustainable.
Coaching, for me, is about creating space to slow down and to reflect, allowing the coachee to make intentional choices. It is about helping people move forward with greater awareness, alignment, and purpose.
Zakia Mahrach is an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with more than ten years of coaching experience. She supports executives, senior leaders, and managers who want to strengthen their leadership, navigate complex professional challenges, and achieve sustainable performance without losing sight of their wellbeing.
With a professional background in industrial, technical, and managerial environments within multinational organisations, Zakia understands the realities of leadership under pressure, organisational change, multicultural collaboration, and demanding business contexts.
Her coaching focuses on leadership development, managerial communication, influence, decision-making, priority management, confidence, stress management, and work-life balance. She helps her clients gain clarity, identify the patterns limiting their effectiveness, and translate their insights into practical and sustainable action.
An Industrial Engineer with an MBA from ESG Paris, Zakia is also a Certified Holistic Wellbeing Coach, Certified Positive Psychology Coach, NLP Practitioner, and DISC-certified practitioner. She integrates these complementary approaches into a structured and personalised coaching process aligned with the ICF Core Competencies and Code of Ethics.
Her style combines attentive listening, thoughtful challenge, practical reflection, and respect for each client’s professional and cultural context. She creates a confidential and supportive space in which leaders can step back, explore new perspectives, and develop an authentic leadership approach that supports both performance and personal balance.
Zakia coaches online in French and Arabic, working with clients from diverse countries and cultural backgrounds.
Scott Johnson is an executive leadership coach and founder of Summit Point Leadership Coaching. He works with senior leaders, pastors, and organizational decision-makers who want to lead with clarity, character, and sustained effectiveness. A retired U.S. Coast Guard Captain, Scott brings decades of experience leading complex teams in high-stakes environments. He is a Master Certified Intelligent Leadership Coach through John Mattone Global, Inc. His coaching integrates deep self-awareness with practical action. He helps leaders grow from the inside out and translate insight into real-world impact.
With 15 years of international experience across Talent Management, Leadership Development, and Organizational Development, Alexandra has held senior leadership roles across the Americas, Russia, India, and the Middle East, bringing strong business and organizational understanding into her executive coaching practice.
She works with executives, senior leaders, entrepreneurs, expats, and globally mobile professionals navigating leadership transitions, career growth, cross-cultural leadership challenges, and organizational change.
Having lived in five countries and coached clients from 35+ countries, Alexandra brings a distinctly global perspective to her work. Fluent in English, Spanish, and Russian, and trained in cross-cultural coaching, she supports clients in navigating complexity, strengthening their leadership impact, and moving forward with greater clarity and intention.
Patrick Duriaux is an Intelligent Leadership Master Executive Coach with John Mattone Global, Inc., a Master IL Online Coach, and the Founder and CEO at ALTO.He is based in Zurich, Switzerland and brings 25+ years of experience in Human Resources, Organizational Development, and Executive Leadership. He currently serves as CHRO at Ansaldo Energia Switzerland and previously served as Global Head of HR and Communication at Rising Tide Family Office and Alpha Leonis Partners, and as European Head of Organizational Development at Emerson Electric, where he was responsible for a workforce of over 20,000 employees across Europe.He has coached over 2,000 leaders and has certified over 20 leaders to become coach instructors as a Train-the-Trainer. He is a Certified Trainer and Coach with Development Dimensions International (DDI) and a Certified Instructor and Coach with Korn Ferry / Lominger in Learning Agility viaEDGE, Leadership Architect, Voices 360, ABC Coaching, and Mentoring for Success.He is the Founder and creator of ALTO, an intergenerational app connecting people of different generations through shared social activities. He is fluent in English, German, and French and is a Mental Health First Aider (ENSA).