Every journey needs a guide. At ICF Converge 2025, our speakers are trailblazers, deep thinkers, and change-makers helping to lead the way forward in coaching. Explore the voices behind the sessions — and discover the insights they’re ready to share with you.


Abdulsattar Aboulola, PCC
Abdulsattar Aboulola, PCC
Abdulsattar Aboulola is an accomplished executive and leadership coach with over 25 years of experience spanning multinational and local corporations. He currently serves as President of the ICF Saudi Chapter and holds credentials as an accredited ICF PCC coach, Gallup Strength Finder Coach, and EQ 2.0 Assessor. Throughout his career, Abdulsattar has led strategic projects targeting C-Suite executives and facilitated team building workshops across regional markets.

Specializing in strength-based leadership coaching, team coaching, and business branding, he empowers leaders through a unique strength-based approach. His extensive corporate background includes consumer insights roles at major companies including PepsiCo International, Unilever, Clorox, and Savola Foods, where he led brand development and launches across diverse categories. Abdulsattar's experience encompasses both government and semi-government sectors, with regional leadership roles spanning Dubai, Turkey, and Egypt, bringing deep consumer and cultural insights to strategic decision-making.
Creating Coaching Programs That Fuel Business Success


Tolu Akande
Tolu Akande
Tolu Akande is an executive coach and leadership development enthusiast with experience across various industries. He specializes in helping leaders clarify their vision, align purpose with passion, and achieve sustained success. With a background in international relations and conflict resolution, Tolu integrates a global perspective into his coaching. He holds an EdD, with doctoral research focused on coaching’s impact on organizations. Tolu's mission is to coach individuals, teams, and organizations to leverage their leadership and create lasting change and meaningful impact.
The Power & Practice of Internal Coaching: Fresh Research, Real Insights, and What’s Next


Jen Akuna
Jen Akuna
Jen Akuna, PCC, MA, is a talent development professional who has worked with organizations across entertainment, news media, public transportation, and healthcare. She holds a master’s degree in positive organizational psychology and evaluation. Jen has served as a senior organizational effectiveness consultant at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles for five years. Her mission is to help clients find meaning in their work and build fulfilling, thriving careers.
Expanding Coaching’s Reach Under Budgetary Constraints – Internal Group Coaching at Scale


Andrea Ames
Andrea Ames
Andrea Ames, PCC, MS, CPCC, is best known for helping businesses to design and facilitate group coaching programs, masterminds, and memberships that engage clients and create experiences in which clients make visible and measurable progress and lasting results. She uses her 35+ years in corporate product and customer experience strategy, design, and delivery to enable her customers to achieve wild success for their clients — and themselves through increased customer retention.
Group Coaching: Current Trends and Essential Practices



Carrie Arnold
Carrie Arnold
Carrie Arnold, MCC, PhD, is an educator and faculty member for the Evidence-Based Coaching program at Fielding Graduate University. She is the author of "Silenced and Sidelined: How Women Leaders Find Their Voices and Break Barriers" and principal of The Willow Group. Since 2011, she has operated her own consulting and coaching business. Carrie has 20 years of experience in healthcare, human resources, training, and organizational development. As a coach, she has worked with over 500 individual and group clients across the federal government, education, healthcare, and private sectors.

William Arruda
William Arruda
William Arruda is an entrepreneur, motivational speaker and the world’s leading authority on the topic of personal branding. He’s the bestselling author of the several books on the topic: "Digital YOU," "Career Distinction" and "Ditch. Dare. Do!" A personal branding pioneer, he has been credited with turning the concept of personal branding into a global industry. He created the leading personal brand survey, 360Reach, which has been used by nearly two million people and certified more than 1,000 executive coaches in his personal branding methodology. William has appeared on the Discovery Channel, BBC, CBS and NPR and has been featured in 1,000+ publications, including Time magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, GQ, Inc. and The New York Times. He’s a senior contributor to Forbes, where his column has received more than 15 million views.
How to Use AI to Grow Your Coaching Practice and Expand Your Personal Brand
The Magnetic Coach: How to Attract and Retain Ideal Clients



J. Matthew Becker
J. Matthew Becker
J. Matthew Becker, MCC, specializes in executive and leadership development. With a master’s in human resource development and certification as a NeuroTransformational Coach (CNTC), Matt brings over 25 years of expertise in advancing leadership effectiveness. He has coached more than 700 leaders — from the front line to the C-Suite — across industries, including healthcare, banking, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, industrial supply, higher education, government, and non-profits. Matt designed and led an internal coaching program that supported leaders through critical role transitions, achieving a 528% ROI over 10 years and earning an ICF Prism Award Honorable Mention in 2014. In addition to his coaching practice, Matt is committed to advancing the profession. He served for six years as co-leader of the ICF Internal Coaching Community of Practice and has contributed to multiple ICF task forces.
Tools to Elevate Coaching in Organizations — Introducing the Coaching Culture Compass & LUCS


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