Antonio Estrada is a Business and Leadership Advisor. Antonio is also an Executive Coach highly qualified to work with executive-level clients as he brings to coaching his 25+ years experience in investment banking, structured finance and international business management. He uses an empowering and mindful approach that ignites professional and personal transformation. Antonio has gained a profound understanding of leadership through his broad exposure to various leadership models and styles within different organizations. Antonio’s ability to connect with his clients, to anticipate diverse perspectives to facilitate gaining of awareness and to propel sustainable results are the main reasons why executives choose to be coached by Antonio.
Antonio’s primary areas of proficiency include strengthening of leadership styles and executive presence, management performance, organizational effectiveness, team building skills, public speaking, managing difficult conversations and negotiation skills. In addition, he is a Certified Practitioner to debrief 360 Feedback Assessments (The Booth Company). Antonio has solid experience with interview-based 360-degree feedback assessments.
Antonio’s experience at diverse enterprises – from small and large private corporations to large multi-national institutions including governmental entities – has expanded his range to work with professionals at all responsibility and technical levels. Antonio has worked with leaders in many industries, including private and multi-lateral banking and finance, management consulting, national governments, power, oil and gas, transportation, manufacturing, advertising, and agribusiness, among others.
Antonio’s multicultural experience contributes to his intuition about complicated business situations. He has developed an extensive professional network in the training and coaching fields. His investment banking and structured finance expertise allows him to provide both Coaching and Consulting services. Coaching generates the internal conviction and trust necessary for clients to implement initiatives that arise from Consulting.
Antonio’s previous professional roles include Portfolio Management Coordinator at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC. There, he led a ten-member team interacting and negotiating with diverse counterparties in Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe to safeguard the Bank’s interest on a $2.5 billion portfolio of structured loans and guarantees. Prior to his work at the Bank, Antonio was a loan/equity workout officer at the Inter-American Investment Corporation also in Washington, DC.
Antonio holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Universidad Simón Bolívar and an MBA in finance from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, both in Venezuela. Antonio is a credentialed Professional Certified Coach (PCC) as recognized by ICF (International Coach Federation). Antonio coaches in English, in Spanish (his native language) and in Portuguese.
Antonio’s primary areas of proficiency include strengthening of leadership styles and executive presence, management performance, organizational effectiveness, team building skills, public speaking, managing difficult conversations and negotiation skills. In addition, he is a Certified Practitioner to debrief 360 Feedback Assessments (The Booth Company). Antonio has solid experience with interview-based 360-degree feedback assessments.
Antonio’s experience at diverse enterprises – from small and large private corporations to large multi-national institutions including governmental entities – has expanded his range to work with professionals at all responsibility and technical levels. Antonio has worked with leaders in many industries, including private and multi-lateral banking and finance, management consulting, national governments, power, oil and gas, transportation, manufacturing, advertising, and agribusiness, among others.
Antonio’s multicultural experience contributes to his intuition about complicated business situations. He has developed an extensive professional network in the training and coaching fields. His investment banking and structured finance expertise allows him to provide both Coaching and Consulting services. Coaching generates the internal conviction and trust necessary for clients to implement initiatives that arise from Consulting.
Antonio’s previous professional roles include Portfolio Management Coordinator at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC. There, he led a ten-member team interacting and negotiating with diverse counterparties in Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe to safeguard the Bank’s interest on a $2.5 billion portfolio of structured loans and guarantees. Prior to his work at the Bank, Antonio was a loan/equity workout officer at the Inter-American Investment Corporation also in Washington, DC.
Antonio holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Universidad Simón Bolívar and an MBA in finance from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, both in Venezuela. Antonio is a credentialed Professional Certified Coach (PCC) as recognized by ICF (International Coach Federation). Antonio coaches in English, in Spanish (his native language) and in Portuguese.