Federica Schiaffino

Federica Schiaffino MCC is a trilingual executive coach, consultant, and global leadership expert based in Dubai. With over 30 years of corporate experience across four continents, Federica has led large-scale transformation, talent development, and organisational culture initiatives in complex, multicultural environments.

She consults and coaches in English, Spanish, and Italian, and holds elementary proficiency in Danish. Her coaching and consulting work spans energy, manufacturing, and B2B sectors, with a strong emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), employee engagement, and sustainable leadership.

Federica is renowned for her ability to accelerate leadership and talent pipelines, drive change management, and foster inclusive high-performance cultures. Her accomplishments include designing and implementing impactful leadership mentoring programs and DEI strategies that have reshaped C-suite representation and team dynamics across international operations.

As a coach, Federica helps individuals and teams overcome challenges, build self-awareness, and grow sustainably through collaborative, empowered thinking. Her approach combines business acumen, emotional intelligence, and a holistic view of wellbeing—creating space for lasting transformation.

She is certified in holistic coaching, leadership coaching, and mind-body methodologies. Federica also holds specialist credentials in DEI from Cornell University and has completed executive leadership programmes at IMD, Switzerland.

Her areas of expertise include talent management, succession planning, career design, leadership behaviours, and diagnostic tools such as 360 feedback and engagement surveys. She is a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF).