Deanna Wong is an experienced Executive Coach, formerly a lawyer and international law firm partner. Her multi-disciplinary background, diverse experience and her problem-solving ability help clients understand, untangle and solve complex issues. In addition, her out-of-the box thinking and personal agility enables her to help her coaching clients gain the insights they need, regardless of background, industry, or organisational level.
Her experience provides her with an understanding of the challenges related to leadership transition within different environments and cultures. Deanna’s coaching style can be described as open, challenging, focussed but supportive. She utilises feedback, reflection and challenge to allow her coachees to reach breakthrough insights. At the same time, she provides them with support and encouragement to bring out the best in them. She is extremely effective at listening and helping clients to unravel complex problems to get to the core of issues quickly and effectively. This enables her coachees to make better informed, well thought through decisions that they can commit to.
As a New Zealand Hong Kong Chinese who has built a successful career with a natural curiosity and instinct to help and serve, Deanna combines the best of both worlds. She moves seamlessly between different cultures and contexts. Her open, non-judgmental, easy-going and jovial style enables her to create rapport and relate to people from all walks of life. She was born in New Zealand but grow up locally in Hong Kong. She completed her joint Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws degree in Wellington, New Zealand. She is equally fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.
