ANDREA VAN DER MERWE
Overview
Andrea is an executive and team coach with over 25 years of experience in transformation, change, and innovation. She specialises in coaching senior leaders navigating transition and complexity in globally connected, virtual environments. With a career spanning three continents, Andrea has held senior leadership roles in financial services, led successful start-ups, and advised organisations on large-scale transformation and cultural change.

Andrea works with senior and C-suite leaders across private, public, and not-for-profit sectors. She supports leaders facing high-stakes decision-making, leadership presence challenges, and the need to drive sustainable change. Her coaching focuses on systemic and strategic leadership, team dynamics, and fostering collaboration in complex organisational landscapes. Andrea has a special interest in coaching neurodiverse individuals or leaders managing neurodiverse teams, helping them navigate their unique challenges while leveraging their strengths to drive meaningful impact.
With deep expertise in leadership within complex systems, Andrea helps leaders build self-awareness, recognise organisational patterns, and lead with clarity and confidence. Drawing on her experience managing business bottom lines and leading teams across different contexts and cultures, she challenges leaders to understand their patterns, think systemically and, thus, create lasting impact. She uses a variety of instruments and dialogic models to enhance communicative competence—an essential skill for navigating interdependencies and driving meaningful change.
In addition to her coaching work, Andrea has led transformational initiatives, spearheaded innovation in digital banking, and designed leadership development programmes that enable high performance. Her systemic perspective, pragmatic approach, and ability to challenge and support leaders make her a trusted partner in leadership growth and organisational change.
- Professional Coach Supervision Certificate, Oxford Brooks University (UK) (2023)
- MPhil (Future Studies), Business School of Stellenbosch (SA), 2006
- Bachelor of Commerce Honours, University of North-West (SA), 1994
Accreditations
- Professional Certified Coach (ICF PCC)
- Enterprise Psychological Safety Index (EPSI)
- Fearless Organization Scan (Psychological Safety in Teams)
- Kantor Baseline Behavioral Profile (Team Dynamics)
- PROSCI Practitioner (Change Management)
- Global Leadership Wellness Survey (GLWS),
- Cynefin Practitioner (Complexity)
- Lumina Spark and Select
- ICF Member and Mentor Coach
- Association of Coaching Member

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