Alexandra Durnford is a leadership performance coach with decades of experience in leadership coaching, conflict resolution and strategic communications and reputation management. She has worked with FTSE 100 companies, C-suite executives, partners in professional services firms and CEOs of private equity-backed companies across sectors including healthcare, energy, finance, media and not for profit.
As a member of Spencer Stuart’s Leadership Advisory Services, Alexandra focuses on leadership coaching and performance, top team effectiveness, communication and conflict resolution. She is known for her calm, direct approach, operating on the principle that improving a leader’s self-management, communication skills and ability to build trusted interpersonal relationships is essential for delivering against their organisation’s strategic priorities.
Experienced leadership performance coach adept at leading through crisis and conflict
- Alexandra founded Byron & Wilf, an executive coaching and mediation practice with a global client base, focusing on leadership coaching for CEOs, C-suites and top teams in professional services, private equity, healthcare and media.
- She was previously a partner at crisis management and communications consultancy Regester Larkin (now Deloitte), advising clients on their corporate crisis and issues response strategies.
- Alexandra has extensive experience in working with CEOs, business leaders, economists, academics and scientists to turn complex information into compelling narratives that they can deliver confidently and with gravitas to investors, shareholders, governments, regulators and the public.
A member of faculty at Meyler Campbell, Alexandra is a qualified business coach of the Meyler Campbell Mastered Programme. She is accredited by the European Coaching and Mentoring Council (EMCC) and is a Center for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) certified Mediator. She holds an M.A. in English literature from St Andrews University in Scotland and an M.Sc. in the neuroscience and psychology of mental health from King’s College, London.