Isabelle Finger
Leadership Coach
The Soaring Phoenix
Isabelle Finger is a certified Leadership and Career Strategy Coach. With a mission to help global citizens to develop leadership skills across cultures and build their career while staying authentic, she coaches high potential clients and executives from all over the world, in English, German, and French.
Previously, Isabelle had dedicated her career to Education and EdTech. At Coursera, she led a multinational team and sourced academic content from more than 160 Universities worldwide. From 2019 to 2022, she was the founding Director at the INSEAD San Francisco Hub for Business Innovation where she significantly grew the engagement of the international Alumni community and developed successful programs with her global colleagues. Earlier in her career, Isabelle has worked for respected companies like Dell, and Bain & Company in several countries, including Switzerland, France, Germany, and Slovakia.
In addition to coaching, Isabelle is an Angel Investor and an Advisor for technology and Ed-tech start-ups in the San Francisco Bay Area and Europe. She also volunteers to support and mentor foreign-born spouses in Silicon Valley, as well as young professionals from Gaza and the West Bank.
In addition to her coaching certification as a PCC from the International Coaching Federation (ICF), Isabelle holds an MBA from INSEAD and a graduate degree in Political Sciences (France). Isabelle has been living in Silicon Valley since 2013 with her husband and her two children. In her freetime, Isabelle goes backpacking in the mountains, plays the piano, and volunteers for an elementary school in Kenya.