Raquel Valverde

Raquel Valverde is a certified ICF coach and consultant specialising in leadership and team development. She trained in behavioural sciences and certified as a change management practitioner, integrating cognitive and behavioural techniques into her coaching and workshops to help catalyse change. ​

Raquel’s areas of expertise include leadership development, effective communication, strategic influence and accelerating team performance. Her delivery style is interactive and she uses a results-oriented approach which is fully grounded in her experience of real-world business challenges. ​

With over 20 years’ corporate experience in marketing and business development, Raquel has held leadership roles at companies such as Unilever and Pandora, as well as several WPP network agencies across Europe, the United States, and Latin America. She has supported clients including Chanel, Tiffany & Co., Marriott, Nivea Beiersdorf, Netflix, GlaxoSmithKline and Telefónica, on projects ranging from retail modernisation and digital transformation processes to brand strategy development.

In addition, Raquel co-leads the French coaching certification program at the international school GoMasterCoach and teaches Business Research Methodologies at Université Paris Dauphine-PSL. She is currently pursuing an Executive PhD in Management at the same institution, with a focus on high-performing teams from a systemic perspective. Her research has been selected for presentation at several conferences, including the Association Internationale du Management Stratégique, the Association Francophone de Gestion des Ressources Humaines or the European Academy of Management