Alex Hawkins

Alex Hawkins is an experienced Executive Coach who works with senior leaders and high-potential executives across both the public and private sectors. With a career that includes operating at senior levels himself, Alex brings a grounded, commercially informed perspective to leadership development, combining strategic insight with a deep understanding of the personal challenges faced by executives in complex roles.

Alex has a strong passion for business and leadership and is recognised as a highly reflective and disciplined learner. He brings this mindset into his coaching, helping executives develop greater self-awareness, clarity, and effectiveness in their current roles, while also preparing them for the demands of broader responsibility and future leadership positions.

His work is focused on supporting leaders as they navigate critical transitions, increased organisational complexity, and heightened expectations. Typical areas of focus include executive presence, decision-making under pressure, stakeholder management, leadership confidence, and the shift from functional expertise to enterprise-level leadership. Alex works with individuals to strengthen how they think, lead, and influence, rather than simply what they do.

Organisations engage Alex as an independent Executive Coach because of his ability to act as a trusted advisor and confidential sounding board for senior and future senior leaders. He provides a safe, objective space in which executives can explore challenges openly, test thinking, and develop more effective leadership approaches without organisational politics or constraint.

Alex’s coaching style is thoughtful, structured, and challenging where needed. He balances support with constructive challenge, enabling leaders to confront blind spots, sharpen judgement, and lead with greater impact and authenticity. His clients value his discretion, credibility, and ability to quickly understand both the individual and the organisational context in which they operate.

Through his work, Alex helps organisations strengthen their leadership capability at the top of the business, supporting succession, continuity, and long-term performance by developing executives who are confident, self-aware, and equipped for the next stage of their leadership journey.