Douglas Isles

Global Investment Professional | Trusted Strategic Partner | Supportive Leader | Innovative Communicator

MA(Cantab) FFA C.Act FIAA MAICD

Trusted strategic partner for visionary leaders driving value creation through customer connection and employee impact. With deep experience from three decades of leadership in financial services locally and globally, my key skills include strategic clarity, supportive leadership and innovative communication. Highly regarded by clients and colleagues for my positive energy, integrity and idea generation. I have built, led and re-organised teams, always striving for people to excel. By combining global awareness and local network, I provide authoritative perspectives and guidance, harnessed for either corporate strategy or individual development. Inspired by behavioural finance, team cohesion, design thinking and strongly values-led, my career has been dominated by C-suite influence and guiding clients.

*Price per 1-hour session excludes GST

• Growth
• Leadership
• Balance

Lived Experience:

• Strategy
• Leadership / Teamwork
• Communication / Content

Success factors:

• Professionalism / Integrity
• Positive / Engaging
• Supportive / Encouraging

Core values:

• Integrity
• Learning
• Influence

Knowledge:

• Investment Management
• Building Teams
• Strategic Thinking

Career highlights:

• Spending 12 years on the management team of an ASX-listed investment manager, leading both client facing and investment teams within that time.
  
  
• Adapting to multiple disciplines and geographies throughout career, working in the UK, Singapore, Australia and a range of financial services roles. 
  
  
• Innovative communications in recent years including co-creating Australasia’s Best Sporting Team to showcase well-built teams, and developing a podcast to illustrate an investment philosophy through the lives of successful people.
  

Best advice received:

• You are remembered for the way you make other people feel.
  

Favourite business model:

Ambidextrous Organisations

Book recommendation:

 

 

Ideaflow - The Only Business Metric That Matters by Jeremy Utley & Perry Klebahn

 

 

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