About me

“My purpose as a coach is to help unlock each client’s potential with enthusiasm and confidence, developing new ways of thinking, feeling and acting that empower people, build strong relationships and overcome barriers.”

Fátima Ribeiro

Professional background & Education and training:

“I have a multidisciplinary background and a passion for developing
human potential, strategy, competitiveness and innovation”

Background

Fátima specialises in leadership and team development. As an international coach and consultant, she delivers coaching, mentoring, supervision and training projects for clients in Latin America, Europe and the United States, in Spanish, Portuguese and English.
More than 20 years of corporate experience have given her first-hand insight into the business challenges faced across different industries. Her experience includes commercial management, leading strategic projects and managing change processes.
Fátima has worked with leaders at different levels, from emerging leaders to boards of directors, across a range of industries and countries. Her experience spans financial services, pharmaceuticals, retail, logistics, construction and mining, among others. This background allows her to challenge and integrate different systemic perspectives in coaching conversations with leaders and teams.
She has been a guest lecturer and trainer at universities in Portugal and Latin America, delivering programmes in leadership, people management, negotiation, skills development, strategic management and finance. She also has experience teaching coaching skills to leaders and delivering programmes for the Systemic Team Coaching Faculty.
She is an active member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF), served on the board of its Panama chapter for four years and chaired a committee at APEDE, the Panamanian Association of Business Executives.

Certifications

Fátima holds an MBA from the University of Chile and is pursuing a PhD in Management at the University of Minho in Portugal, with research focused on team coaching and shared leadership. She also holds the following certifications:

Executive and team coach, certified by INCAE Business School, SUN – Success Unlimited Network, MGSCC – Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching and GTCI – Global Team Coaching Institute.
Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF). She also holds the Global Individual Accreditation (EIA) and Team Coaching Individual Accreditation (ITCA), both at Senior Practitioner level, from the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC). She is also a certified coaching supervisor.

She is the author of the case study “The Future of Rey Holdings Corp. in Panama: Focus or Diversify?”, published by Harvard Business Publishing, and the research study “Coaching, leadership and soft skills in companies in Panama”.

She contributed to the book “100 Coaching Articles for Leadership and Transformation”, published by ICF Panama, and was a research partner for “Team of Teams Coaching: Using a teaming approach to increase business impact” by Professor Peter Hawkins and Dr Catherine Carr. She has written numerous articles in Spanish and Portuguese on leadership and coaching.