About

Paula Melbourne is a qualified Career & Leadership Coach, with 20 years' experience as an HR and talent leader with major multi-national corporations in finance, technology, professional services and consulting sectors.  . 

She is British-Canadian and has lived and worked in Canada, Bermuda, UK, Russia, Hong Kong and France. She now lives in Spain. 

Paula holds undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Sociology from Canada and a Master's degree in Human Rights from the UK. 

She is a qualified behavioural interviewer and assessor, with certifications from Novations, SHL, MBTI and Thomas International. 

She speaks intermediate French and Spanish. 

Paula provides leadership coaching to support executives on a range of leadership development programmes and delivers diverse HR advisory projects. 

Paula offers 5 key USP's which, when harnessed, deliver enormous value for clients:

1. Global Mindset - multi-lingual, dual national who has lived and worked in 6 countries and visited 80.

2. Powerful Network - Given her international HR career across many sectors, her professional network is impressive and diverse.

3. Talent Expert - Paula is highly experienced in Talent Acquisition, Talent Development and Talent Management.

4. Communication - She is known for the 3 E's: Empathetic, Empowering and Energetic coaching and consulting style.

5.Results-Focus - Paula connects and collaborates well with others, harnessing everyone's potential to deliver results.  

Paula is also adventurous, musical, active, loves the great outdoors and adores animals.  She is proudly neurodivergent (ADHD, with more energy, drive and focus than your average person!). She is a regular keynote speaker. 

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