Speakers

Derek Appau is an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with over a decade's experience who helps ambitious professionals and leaders navigate career transitions, accelerate growth and thrive in a changing world of work. Trusted by organisations including Google, Shopify, WPP, Warner Bros and HMRC, he develops future-ready leaders, strengthens talent pipelines and supports career mobility.

Having transitioned from media and recruitment marketing into leadership development himself, Derek understands first-hand the reinvention and resilience career change requires. Combining evidence-based coaching with commercial insight and intuition, he helps people build clarity, confidence and sustainable high performance, particularly ambitious professionals from underrepresented backgrounds.