Career Coaching for Global Professionals
Unlock your potential and take the next step in your career in the impact sector, humanitarian, development, and beyond, with our expert-led coaching packages.
Why coaching?
Building a career in international development can be challenging. An experienced career coach helps you clarify your goals, understand the sector, and position yourself as a strong candidate. You’ll gain valuable insights into sector specific areas, agency dynamics, job functions, hardship locations, recruitment criteria, and career paths.
Investing in career coaching is a smart move. The guidance you receive costs far less than missed opportunities—and can make the difference between being overlooked and landing the role that takes your career forward.
Transition to the Development Sector
For professionals ready to make a meaningful impact. Leverage your experience to build a rewarding career in the development sector. Jump-start your international development career today.
Advance your development career
Ideal for professionals already in the sector seeking lateral or upward moves. Explore your next opportunity with clarity and confidence as you discover new pathways and grow within the development sector.
Executive & Leadership Coaching Program
For aspiring and current leaders ready to enhance their impact. Strengthen your leadership capacity and realize your full potential.
Interview Coaching
Got an upcoming interview or want to ace competency-based questions? Impress recruiters and stand out from the crowd.
Application Writing Coaching
Submitting a job application? Let’s make it stand out. Craft compelling, customized applications that get noticed.
Job Search Strategy Session
Overwhelmed by your job hunt? Get strategic. Define your goals, refine your approach, and accelerate your results.
Meet our coaches
All our coaches have hands-on experience in the impact sector. They understand the challenges and rewards of a career in this field. Browse our coaches to find the coach who’s right for you.
Michele Damone
Michele is an optimist and global coach who empowers executives, UN leaders, and professionals to amplify their influence and unlock potential. With 12+ years of international experience across sectors and deep expertise in leadership and talent development, he guides clients to grow consciously, lead authentically, and achieve greater impact in today’s complex world.
Based in: Vienna, Austria
Languages: English, Italian, Spanish
Matanat Rahimova
With 20+ years of global leadership in STEM, peacekeeping, health, diplomacy, nuclear security, and development finance, Matanat helps mid- to senior-level professionals land impactful roles and grow as leaders in the UN and multilateral system. An ICF-certified executive coach, she empowers clients to align strengths, navigate hiring, and lead with confidence and impact.
Based in: Vienna, Austria
Languages: Azerbaijani, Russian, English, German
Yuki Gotanda
Yuki is an ICF- and TICC-certified coach with 20+ years’ experience across the UN, NGOs, and private sector in 19 countries. Having led humanitarian projects in hardship duty stations, she deeply understands the challenges of aid work. She supports professionals in international development and humanitarian fields to navigate career transitions with clarity and confidence.
Based in: Rome, Italy
Languages: English, Japanese
Carmen de los Rios
Carmen is an ICF-certified coach with 30+ years in HR, including Chief HR roles across the UN, ESA, and OECD. Having lived in 6 countries and worked in both HQ and hardship duty stations, she brings a global perspective to her coaching. With a practical, action-oriented style, she empowers professionals to grow, lead, and successfully navigate careers in international organizations.
Based in: Madrid, Spain
Languages: English, Spanish, French
Javier Martín
Javier has 20+ years’ experience in global development and humanitarian operations with Oxfam and the intergovernmental sector. He has led HR, talent, and leadership development across Africa and Latin America. A Certified Career Coach and Associate Professor at Deusto University, he guides professionals in international careers.
Based in: Barcelona, Spain
Languages: English, Spanish, French
Jens Broll
Jens is an HR Manager and ICF-PCC Transition Coach with 20+ years’ experience in talent acquisition and mobility across the World Bank, UNICEF, IFC, and NGOs. He has coached professionals worldwide on career strategy, applications, and interviews, combining HR expertise with an engaging, forward-looking style to help clients gain clarity, confidence, and success in their career transitions.
Based in: Geneva, Switzerland
Languages: English, Spanish, German
Katarina Holm-Didio
Kat is a leadership coach with 20+ years of global experience in HR, learning, and consulting across the UN, corporate, and academic sectors. She coaches leaders in career, performance, and cross-cultural management, and serves at Seton Hall’s Buccino Leadership Institute. ICF-certified, with dual master’s degrees, she is from Finland and based in New Jersey.
Based in: New York City, USA
Languages: English, Swedish, Finnish
Linda Bawazir-Davin
Linda is a Leadership and Career Coach with 20+ years guiding humanitarian and development professionals. Experienced with the UN, US Dept. of State, and WFP, she helps leaders navigate career transitions and maximize impact. Multilingual and certified (PCC, PARWCC, EQ & NLP), she blends empathy, collaboration, and cross-cultural insight in her coaching.
Based in: Stockholm, Sweden
Languages: English, Arabic, French
Wolfgang Weiszegger
Wolfgang brings 40+ years in UN peacekeeping and HQ roles, rising from FS-2 to D-2. A former recruitment panel chair, he knows the UN hiring process inside out. Now an ICF-certified coach and consultant, he mentors professionals to join, excel, and lead in the UN, offering tailored guidance to achieve impact and career success.
Based in: Manama, Bahrain
Language: English
Veronika Ambertson
Veronika is an ICF PCC-certified coach with 20+ years in HR, UNDP, and international staffing. She coaches clients worldwide, focusing on UN careers, international moves, and career transitions. Combining expertise in systems, policy, and human behavior, she offers strategic, action-oriented guidance to professionals at all stages, from Sweden.
Based in: Stockholm, Sweden
Languages: Swedish, English
Ronda Ansted
Ronda is a career coach with 20+ years in international development and social services, helping clients build impactful careers with USAID, the World Bank, NGOs, and social enterprises. Holding a Doctorate in Management and a Master’s in Social Work, she guides professionals to design purposeful, balanced careers that transform lives and communities.
Based in: Washington DC, USA
Languages: English
Jens Behrendt
Jens has 25+ years in HR, project, and organizational management across multilateral, government, NGO, and private sectors. He has led HR at OSCE, the European University Institute, and now Wikimedia Germany. With 9 years at UNV/UNDP and teaching roles at top universities, he brings deep expertise in talent management, leadership, and organizational development.
Based in: Berlin, Germany
Languages: English, German
Beate Pawlikowski
Beate built a 25-year HR career at UNDP in New York and Copenhagen, focusing on recruitment, talent, and leadership development. Certified as a CPCC and PCM coach, she now works internationally, supporting professionals in career transformation. Holding multiple master’s degrees, she is passionate about helping individuals unlock their potential and achieve meaningful change.
Based in: Munich, Germany
Languages: English, German
Antonio Fidalgo
Antonio, former Head of Talent Outreach at UNHCR and HR Manager with NRC Syria, has 20+ years in recruitment, career development, training, and organizational development across the UN and NGOs. With deployments in Iran, Afghanistan, and Ukraine, and a background in psychology, he coaches with a cross-cultural lens, helping clients navigate interviews and applications in international settings.
Based in: Lisbon, Portugal
Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese
Anna Cope
Anna has 20+ years in HR with UNICEF, WFP, and international organizations, serving as recruiter, YP coordinator, and HR operations manager. A global nomad, she understands the challenges of international careers. Since 2016, she’s been an Impactpool coach, now working as a PCC/EMCC-accredited coach, consultant, and small business owner.
Based in: Sweden
Languages: English, Italian, Swedish
Salma Zulfiqar
Salma has 15+ years in UN communications worldwide with UNICEF, UNESCO, OCHA, and more, covering strategy, media, and fieldwork from Kabul to Kenya. A former journalist, she founded the award-winning humanitarian arts initiative ARTconnects. Honored with the British Empire Medal and British Citizen Award, she works at the intersection of arts, education, and humanitarian action.
Based in: United Kingdom
Language: English
Merlijn Angad Gaur
Merlijn, Senior Executive Consultant at Impactpool, has 20+ years in HR, talent acquisition, and career coaching, including as Head of Talent Acquisition at OPCW. He specializes in executive search, personal development, and interview coaching, and hosts the Impactpool Podcast. Also a composer and performer, he brings a creative, people-centered approach to helping professionals grow and succeed.
Based in: The Hague
Languages: English, Dutch
As past Impactpool coachees put it:
Personal coaching is time-saving; it helps you to identify and directly address personal needs with a tailored approach. - Pascale (Programme Advisor)
I would definitely recommend my coach to anyone. The knowledge you get is worth the money you pay. - Andryi
I was offered the position! I just wanted to say thank you Antonio, the interview session I had with you was indeed helpful. - Onye
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Choose your coaching package - Pick the service and coach that best fits your needs and upload your CV. Indicate your preferred date and time for your first session and make your payment.
Schedule your session(s) with your coach - Coaches usually take 1-2 working days to respond to booking requests. Together you scheduale your session(s).
Get your coaching - Coaching takes place at the time you both agree on. If you have booked a package with multiple sessions, you will have time to reflect and work on potential homework in between sessions.
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