With great happiness we can announce Francesca King as our new partner based in London.

Francesca is an experienced organisational development consultant and specialises in executive team coaching, leadership development programmes and large group interventions. She is passionate about the power of developing the right culture and paying attention to leadership, engagement and team effectiveness in driving sustainable business performance and improving organisational health – supporting leaders in getting the most out of themselves, their teams and their organisations.

Francesca is committed to establishing trusted partnerships with her clients; her desire to understand their businesses, ambitions and challenges allows her to tune in quickly and create bespoke, often creative, solutions focussing on enhancing business performance.

She is a chartered accountant (FCA), having trained and spent the first 8 years of her career as a financial auditor at PwC, Francesca’s combined experience brings a commercial edge to her practise. Those years spent working alongside her audit clients has given her a rich experience and insight into the many challenges and paradoxes faced by business leaders and their teams. It is this insight that enables her to partner effectivelywith her clients and create business-led solutions.

Transitioning out of the audit practise in 2010; Francesca worked with many different businesses within PwC; coaching leaders through change – helping them develop their vision and engage their people – and working with senior teams, coaching them to be more effective. At PwC, Francesca also designed and delivered multiple development programmes ranging from highly formalised programmes (e.g. transitional leadership programmes for managers upwards) to more bespoke localised development sessions (such as influencing, coaching and relationship building).

She left PwC in December 2016 to set up her own business and currently works with clients across all sectors and in variousindustries. She is used to operating in complex and changing environments and has a positive “can do” attitude.

Francesca says “I was introduced to Avvartes by Jackie Gittins, whose extraordinary boots I will endeavour to fill as she hands the London Partner baton over to me. I am thrilled to be part of such a prestigious global network and I’m looking forward to collaborating with my new, exceptionally talented colleagues across the globe”.

Welcome Francesca!