Mirjam van Roon, PhD

Mirjam is a graduate of Coach University and is credentialed at the Professional Certified Coach level by the International Coach Federation (ICF).  She is qualified to deliver and interpret the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (Step I and II) and uses the assessment extensively in coaching and training.  She obtained her NLP Master Practitioner and Trainer qualification with Robert Dilts at NLPU.  

Mirjam is on the faculty at Coach University, where she teaches both introductory and advanced coaching skills to a new generation of coaches. She is also an active member of the ICF and its London Chapter, as well as a member of the Association for Psychological Type.  In addition she trained with Nancy Kline in the Thinking Environment.

Mirjam combines analytical thinking with listening abilities, insightful questions, and a carefully established sense of intuition. Her clients find her an intelligent, very empathic thinking partner, who helps them get clear on their professional or personal goals - then inspires them to achieve those.  Coaching with Mirjam is both productive and fun.  

Prior to starting Cobalt Coaching & Training in 2000, Mirjam worked as a research scientist in a large American chemical corporation.  She earned her PhD degree in Organometallic Chemistry from the University of Washington in 1997, where she also gained substantial teaching experience.

Mirjam coaches internationally, is widely travelled, has lived in The Netherlands, Italy, the USA and currently resides in London, UK.  She is fluent in Dutch, English, Serbo-Croat, German and Italian and has a working knowledge of French and Spanish.  Her interests include dancing, reading, travel, volunteering, exploring the outdoors and learning new things.  

Branka van Roon, MSc

Branka is a highly qualified executive coach with a proven track record as CEO in the healthcare sector. She is a graduate of Corporate Coach University, and is credentialed at the Associate Certified Coach level by the International Coach Federation (ICF). 

She works with individual clients providing personal and executive coaching. She has a rich understanding of senior executives providing a soundboard if needed, improvement of leadership competences in line with company goals or support when a career change is considered. 

Branka brings a strong understanding of coaching technology into her coaching relationship as well as a developed set of skills together with wisdom culled from many years of personal en professional experience. She has the ability to assist others in seeing what gets in their way of having what they want, both personally and professionally.

She also combines her extensive experience with a thorough understanding of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to advise management teams on conducting effective meetings. In addition she has trained with Nancy Kline in the Thinking Environment. 

Branka is a native speaker of Serbo-Croat, Dutch and English, and coaches clients worldwide in all three languages. Her passions include travel, reading, listening to classical music and solving complex problems. She lives in The Netherlands with her husband, has two grown children and two grandchildren. So far.

Mats Eklund, MSc

Mats is an experienced career and leadership coach working in high achieving knowledge cultures requiring a high degree of personal maturity, problem solving skills and leadership ability from their employees. He is a graduate of Coach2Coach Academy, and he obtained his NLP Master Practitioner and Trainer qualification with Robert Dilts at NLPU.  

Mats is Certified in MBTI Step I, 16 PF, IDI/Platinum Rule, FIRO-B & Ravens Progressive Matrices.
He has also studied Group Mastery with Michael Grinder Associates.

From 1996-2002 Mats worked at McKinsey & Company, as consultant and later as head of recruiting and learning in Scandinavia. He was also manager of Professional Development of 120 consultants in the Stockholm office.  From 2003-2004 Mats worked at Alumni AB, the largest Scandinavian search firm, primarily with career coaching.

He lectures at Stockholm School of Economics and acts as careercoach for the MBA program as well as being Program Director at IFL Executive Education

Mats holds an MSc in Business and Administration from Stockholm School of Economics and an MSc in forestry from SLU. He has also studied Psychology at Stockholm University.