Patience Ogunbona​

As a Chartered Internal Auditor (CIA), and an Accredited Practitioner Coach (IAPC&M), Patience brings over 20 years of expertise in leadership development, business transformation, and risk and control management across diverse sectors.​

Patience combines her coaching skills, corporate and lived experience to offer holistic and intuitive coaching, helping individuals and organisations achieve excellence by aligning purpose, presence, and performance. Patience is passionate about helping introverted women embrace self-awareness, self-acceptance, and courageous leadership to overcome self-doubt and thrive in positions of authority. She has designed and delivered executive coaching programmes and transformational workshops for public and private organisations, guiding leaders to achieve personal growth and organisational success.​

A dynamic keynote speaker, Patience has inspired global audiences, addressing topics such as introversion in leadership, personal branding, personal effectiveness, managing difficult conversations, wellbeing and transformational change. Highlights include her impactful speeches at the Ugwumba Women’s Academy, Her Story Conference in Las Vegas, the Ethnic Minorities into Leadership Conference, Institute of Internal Auditors Conference etc. Her extensive career includes training finance, HR and audit teams, and advising on governance, risk, and operational alignment. Patience is also a published best-selling author and podcast host, known for sharing insights that empower individuals to achieve “quiet confidence”, courageous leadership and holistic success. Her Motto is “Impossible is an opinion, feel free to disagree and carve out your aligned pathway to holistic success”.​

Specialist Areas:​

• Executive and Leadership Coaching​
• Diversity, Intersectionality and Inclusion Strategy​
• Personal Branding, Executive Presence and Career Advancement​
• Courageous Leadership​
• Introversion​
• Team Dynamics​