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Coach & AI Consultant
With a career spanning advanced technology and human development, I bring a unique blend of expertise as a coach and consultant. From designing AI-powered solutions and generative applications to publishing deep learning models for critical challenges like COVID-19 diagnostics, my professional journey has been rooted in curiosity, precision, and problem-solving.
Leading complex automation and network projects honed both my technical mastery and my ability to guide high-performing teams through transformation. This path inspired me to become a certified leadership and wellness coach, merging years of project leadership and technical innovation with a deep passion for supporting others.
Today, I help professionals and organizations navigate change, build resilience, and unlock their full potential. My mission is to turn insight and experience into meaningful guidance for growth, innovation, and sustainable success in a rapidly evolving world.
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Certified Financial Planning & Wealth Management Professional (FPWMP™) and Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA)®. With a strong investment banking and corporate finance background, I have spent the past six years engaged in high-leverage financing, M&A, and fintech-driven wealth management. I have applied deep financial expertise and a strategic, forward-thinking mindset to transactions across Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia. As Chief Credit Risk Analyst at J&T Banka, I specialized in high-leverage acquisition financing across the EU, handling syndicated, structured, and mezzanine financing deals. I developed in-depth financial models, conducted sensitivity analyses, and represented the firm in investment negotiations, ensuring optimal risk-reward outcomes. Graduating summa cum laude from the Faculty of Economics and Business, I co-authored a research paper on Croatia’s current account published in a renowned economic journal. I am passionate about continuous learning and applying advanced financial insights to real-world investment opportunities. I am always open to exploring new opportunities for collaboration. I am eager to connect with professionals and organizations that share my passion for corporate finance, venture capital, and ESG initiatives. If you are looking for a dedicated and skilled project partner, please feel free to reach out. Let's connect and see how we can create value together.
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Seasoned Banking and Financial professional with 23 plus years of experience
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With over 20 years of experience in consulting, executive coaching, and strategic leadership, I help organizations and professionals navigate growth, transformation, and investment challenges in dynamic markets. A PhD in Digitalization and former university professor, I bring both analytical rigor and practical business insight to my work. My career spans advising hedge funds, investors, and corporate leaders as a GLG Expert Consultant, guiding strategy, capital deployment, and innovation across the EU and MENA regions. As a former consultant for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, I supported financial restructuring, SME acceleration, and market entry strategies. Today, as CFO and Co-Founder of the Mental Growth Network (non-profit, based in Barcelona, Spain), I lead initiatives that connect capital, technology, and sustainability. Passionate about mentoring, I combine two decades of cross-sector experience: from finance and policy to tech and social innovation—to help emerging leaders and founders build resilient, high-impact careers and ventures.
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Enterprise PMO Manager with 10+ years of experience leading portfolio governance, regulatory programs, and enterprise transformation initiatives across FinTech, digital payments, BPO services, government, and e-learning sectors in KSA, UAE, and Egypt. I specialize in bridging business strategy with regulatory execution, with proven experience delivering end-to-end licensing programs under SAMA, CMA, and CBE. My work focuses on establishing enterprise PMO governance, enabling executive-level decision-making, and ensuring predictable execution in highly regulated environments. Core Value: • Regulatory Delivery: Delivered licensing for BNPL, Crowdfunding, and Investment Capital platforms under SAMA and CMA. • Enterprise Governance: Built PMO functions from scratch, supporting leadership and boards with portfolio risk, execution visibility, and value realization (PMI-RMP). • Transformation: Led enterprise transformation initiatives across FinTech, BPO, and government contexts, coordinating complex, multi-vendor delivery models.
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A trusted Business Consultant & Change Advisor, partnering with C‑suite Leaders to deliver strategic, agile business transformation. Proven capabilities include:
- Strategic Planning
- Program Leadership & Change Management
- Problem Solving, Solution Design & Implementation
- Business Process Automation | Digital Transformation
- Customer Excellence
- Executive Coaching | Student Mentorship
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Senior transformation consultant who makes strategy executable
Sophie Tseung helps senior transformation sponsors bring order, definition and coherence to complex change. She works at the point where strategy needs to become executable across impacted functions, stakeholders and teams.
Her 20 years experience spans complex digital, operating model and cross-functional transformation, primarily in sponsor-facing and client-side contexts across sectors including financial services, life sciences, automotive and other multi-stakeholder environments.
She coaches Executives and emerging leaders on strengthening their change capabilities and challenges their assumptions to stay adaptive to changing dynamics.
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Supply Chain & Operations Director with over 25 years of experience leading teams and projects in multinational companies across Retail, FMCG, Heavy Machinery, and International Consulting. I specialize in transforming value chains, solving complex challenges, and turning logistics and operations into measurable competitive advantages. My career has enabled me to understand the End to End Supply Chain, and optimize every link in the operational process—integrating production, logistics, foreign trade, planning, and customer service through systems and digital transformation—to achieve sustainable results aligned with global strategy. I combine positive leadership, talent development, and a results-oriented approach to empower teams and drive organizational transformation. My international experience spans the Americas, Europe, and Asia, where I have managed high-complexity projects for global brands and developed strong multicultural adaptability. Currently expanding my expertise into Agribusiness.
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Senior leader with 18 years’ experience in Switzerland and Singapore in trust and fiduciary services, wealth structuring, and client advisory across European, LATAM, Middle Eastern, NRI, and Asian markets. Proven track record in leading organisational change, improving governance, and driving sustainable growth. Skilled in aligning operations with strategic goals, managing multidisciplinary teams, and developing effective partnerships. Recognised for turning around underperforming areas and strengthening resilience to achieve long-term objectives.
I don't like standard interviews and questions. I am not performing routine HR interviews but Executives type one. Be prepared to be challenged and put out of your comfort zone.
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For more than 28 years in engineering, new projects and incorporation in Brazil and USA with projects developed in Latin America, USA, Europe, Australia and Africa. Head of Engineering in multinationals like Cinemark and BloomingBrands. Founder and CEO of S3 Projects, which develops innovative projects in the area of clean energy, ESG and M&A with a focus on energy transition and new technologies. It is also Advisor/Member of Management of some Startups and 2022 Awarded Mentor of Founder Institute Brazil.
Frequently Asked Questions
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The WSO mentor service runs at a very slight profit (~5-10% net margin) in order to help motivate amazing professionals to provide great (free) advice in the forums (many mentors have green "mentor" buttons next to their usernames) which strengthens the entire WSO community. Luckily, there is a surprising number of elite professionals within the WSO community that love giving back to motivated candidates. We also recently automated the mentor matching with an algo that helps reduce the manual work needed on the backend should a requested mentor not be available. Prices range from as low as $57 up to $997 depending on the package you purchase and the mentor you select. Given the success of our service and the number of repeat clients we have, we know that we can afford to run on thin profit margins and serve thousands of applicants. We also know that many of you will follow the advice of our mentors and invest in additional courses and/or services from WSO.
After checking out, your request will immediately be sent to the mentor you selected. You will be expected to fill our some basic information (location, industry preference, etc) along with upload a Word version of your resume in order to help the mentor decide if they feel like they are a great match. As soon as they accept (usually within ~9-12 hours), an email will be sent making an introduction. Your mentor will introduce him/herself and then proceed to review your current resume and/or offer times when you can connect for a mentor session. Over the following days, you will schedule a time that is mutually convenient for you initial phone call to go over what you need help with (mock interview, career consultation and/or both). If you would like to continue with this mentor, you can schedule more hours anywhere from 1 hour to 3+ hours with him/her over the following weeks & months.
Typically the match happens within 12hrs. If your preferred mentor has not responded within 9 hours or they indicate they can't take you on as a mentor, we will notify other top mentors that have the most in common with the mentor you selected (based on our matching algo). These backup mentors will indicate to you if they are available and you have the choice to move forward with one of them, get a refund or wait longer for your preferred mentor. If for whatever reason we cannot match you in time and/or there are no mentors that are available that you'd like to work with, we will refund your purchase in full, no questions asked.
We have an incredible team of 1,000+ dedicated mentors across top firms all around the world. Our #1 goal is to make sure you are placed in the hands of the most competent and detail-oriented professional in your specific target industry. This coupled with our strict process ensures a smooth and thorough experience. Why do we use actual professionals? The answer is simple: they are the ones ACTUALLY SCREENING APPLICATIONS for their own firms! They know what it takes to make it out of the trash pile and into the interview pile. On top of this, since we have been doing mentor sessions for over a decade across THOUSANDS of clients, we are able to immediately identify a top mentor and feed them more clients to ensure happy customers like you (due to our strict screening process). Our team includes investment bankers at all the top bulge brackets and elite boutique banks as well as private equity, hedge fund and VC professionals at the most prestigious funds. We also have reviewers at the top management consulting firms in the world, elite prop trading firms, top corporate finance roles as well as other related finance careers.
Usually these are all self-limiting beliefs, but if you're unsure if we are a good match for you, please send us a quick email to [email protected] and we can send over some bios if we think there might be a potential good match for you.
Too Young / Too Inexperienced: We do NOT recommend our mentor service until you at least have at least some relevant WORK experience that we can leverage. For the young clients out there, this means an internship, ideally in your target or related industry. If you are still in high school, it is unlikely that you have this experience. The earliest we'd recommend doing a mentor session is early freshman or early sophomore year as you prepare for summer internship recruiting. If you have no relevant experience then it probably doesn't make sense to sign up for the service. Our mentors are amazing, but they aren't magicians. If you tell us you really want to be in Investment Banking or Private Equity (for example) and everything in your background points to law or medicine, it's going to be an uphill battle. On the other hand, if you have unrelated experience but you have started the transition process by taking relevant classes and joining relevant clubs and associations, we'd love to work with you. You may not be the most competitive candidate, but we will highlight the most relevant education and functions at your current job that would translate well across industries.
Too Old / Too Experienced: We DO recommend our mentor service for more experienced professionals that are looking to make a transition or have an interview coming up. We have several very senior mentors that can answer the tough questions and make sure you are up to date on the latest trends in your target industry. However, before you move forward, we encourage you to give yourself an honest assessment. If you are looking to make the transition and have not made any steps outside of considering this mentor program, you probably aren't ready. If you've taken steps (education, new degrees, courses, etc) and feel like you're ready, we're on board and eager to help!
Yes, but if you have a negative attitude you are unlikely to have success. If you think a mentor session is an automatic referral, please don't bother to hire us.
Yes, our mentors often do refer our clients for open positions at their firms (over 20%), however, this should not be asked of our mentors to avoid a conflict of interest and it should not be expected as part of the service. It is up to you to impress the mentor if this is your goal, however, we believe you can gain much more out of the experience by being honest about your weaknesses and concerns with the mentor so there can be an open dialogue on how to improve your chances.
The only discounts are for larger packages and more hours purchased at once. This is an incredibly labor intensive 1-on-1 service using finance professionals that typically make well over $200/hr and are doing this primarily to give back.
This is a personal question and the answer is naturally subjective. If you are serious about landing a job in investment banking, private equity, hedge funds, trading, asset management, management consulting or any other competitive industry, it's more than likely that the answer to that question is a resounding "YES".
Career services advisers at your school are not screening applications for interviews...neither are your classmates. If you do happen to have a friend in the industry, are they going to take the hours necessary to give you a realistic mock interview? Odds are that their time is limited outside the office and if they do give you some guidance, it won't be as thorough as our expert mentors. If you look at the competitive nature of recruiting nowadays, why would leave your application up to chance when many of these jobs pay well over $100,000?
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If you’re reading this, you’re here for a reason: because you want to be one of the very few who gets an an elite job and because you need help doing it. The choice really is yours. And your opportunity really is limited.
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