Noelle Sargeant ACC, CCP, BA
Leadership Coach
Overview and Strengths
Noelle is a seasoned corporate executive and ICF‑accredited professional coach who empowers leaders to optimize their performance and achieve meaningful personal and professional goals. Drawing on extensive experience as a functional executive leader in large global and mid‑size organizations, she brings deep expertise in organizational design, transformational change, and leadership effectiveness. In addition to Human Resources, she has held executive responsibility for Risk Management, Subsidiary Oversight, and Corporate Services.
Noelle applies her broad corporate experience as a coach to support leaders across diverse functions, helping them enhance personal effectiveness, deepen engagement, and maximize their contributions to their organizations.
Leaders partner with Noelle to:
• Develop and execute plans that drive key outcomes and support long‑term, sustained success
• Establish credibility in new relationships while navigating the complexities of a new role, a new organization, with different cultural norms and stakeholders
• Implement innovative collaboration methods that strengthen alignment and stakeholder relationships which are essential to successful outcomes
• Leverage proven strategies to effectively navigate personal and organizational change
She also provides professional advisory support to Executive teams and Boards, currently serves as a Director on the Board of the Toronto CFA Society and is a past Board Director and HR & Governance Committee Chair for the Youth & Philanthropy Initiative.
Coaching Philosophy
Noelle’s coaching approach is grounded in collaborative exploration and practical, leading‑edge methodologies. Through thoughtful guidance, she inspires leaders to broaden their perspectives, uncover fresh insights, explore innovative options, evaluate choices with clarity, and take decisive action to elevate both personal effectiveness and organizational impact. Her systems‑oriented perspective emphasizes alignment and a shared sense of purpose across teams and functions.
Experience
IFDS | RUSSELL INVESTMENTS | SCOTIA CAPITAL | OMERS
• Executive Leadership Experience: Human Resources, Risk Management
• Executive Team and Board Effectiveness
• Board and Governance Expertise: Director, CFA Society Toronto (current); YPI Board Director (2018–2023)
• Enterprise Projects: Strategic plan execution, global business restructuring/optimization, transformational change
• Board Advisory: CEO and executive alignment, transitions, recruitment and integration, executive compensation
• Leadership and succession programs
Specializations
- Executive Coaching
- Career progression
- Succession planning and high‑potential development
- New role integration
- Personal brand and presence
- Change leadership
- Stakeholder engagement
- Team alignment
- Strategic plan execution
Education
- Professional Coaching Program, Adler Graduate Professional School, Toronto
- BA Industrial Relations & Economics, McGill University, Montreal
- Strategic Change Management Program, Rotman School of Management, Toronto
- Board Governance Fundamentals, Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD)
Certifications
- Accredited Certified Coach (ACC), International Coaching Federation
- Hogan Certified Assessor
- ProSci Certified Change Management Practitioner
- Member, Institute of Corporate Directors