Helping data leaders grow their confidence, influence and strategic impact.

Whether you're stepping into leadership or shaping the direction of an entire data function, I offer coaching and guided programmes that help you make better decisions, communicate with more confidence and move your career, and your organisation, forward.

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Hello, I'm Tristan.

I help data professionals build careers and teams that have real influence inside their organisations.

Most people in data don’t struggle with the technical work, they struggle with everything around it. This often includes communicating with senior leaders, getting buy-in, managing competing expectations, deciding what to focus on, building a team, or figuring out their next career step.

I’ve led global data teams as a Head of Data in a Fortune 500 company. Today, I support emerging, aspiring and senior leaders who want to feel more confident in their decisions, have stronger conversations with stakeholders and move their work onto a more strategic footing.

My coaching combines experience, structured thinking and practical tools that help you to reflect and take action.

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Who I help.

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Emerging Data Leaders

You’ve recently stepped into leadership. You want to feel more confident in conversations, manage your team well and understand what good leadership looks like in practice.

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Developing Data Leaders

You’re great at the work, but want to grow your influence, understand your future options and start operating more like a leader.

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Senior Data Leaders

You’re dealing with complex challenges such as influencing executives, setting direction, building a team, presenting your work and being recognised for the impact you create.

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Teams and Organisations

You want your team to operate with more confidence, stronger communication, better partnership with the business and a clearer sense of direction.

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For Individuals

Private Coaching

For data professionals ready to strengthen their influence, think through difficult situations with a neutral partner and move forward with more confidence and direction.

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Data Leadership Frameworks

A self-paced set of practical models that help you communicate your work, influence stakeholders, manage expectations and lead with more confidence.

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Data Career Blueprint

A structured programme for early-career data professionals who want direction, focus and a clear sense of what to develop next.

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For Teams

Data Team Accelerator

A facilitated group coaching programme that helps data teams communicate more effectively, influence senior leaders and operate as trusted partners rather than report factories.

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Business and Data Strategy Workshop

A two-day workshop for leadership teams who want alignment on priorities and a shared understanding of where data can have the biggest impact.

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Data Culture Maturity Assessment

A practical assessment of your organisation’s data habits, decision-making processes and ways of working, with recommendations you can act on immediately.

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