WEXPO

Charles Barnard

The Growth Engineer

Charles is a master Business Coach with over 35 years of international experience, having led and coached operations across Africa, The Middle East and Australia, working with companies including The Coca-Cola Company, ICI Noble, Petzetakis Africa and Barloworld Logistics.

Now as an advisor, Charles is primarily focussed on founder entrepreneurs. He works most frequently on business turnaround, business growth and ownership transitions across generations and families helping create Sale-Ready Businesses.

Charles believes he is being effective when his client’s teams thrive. Not afraid to drive accountability, he subscribes to the the African concept of Ubuntu:  “I am, because we are!”

Qualifications (selected)

• Masters in Business Coaching, Sydney Business School, University of Wollongong
• MBA, University of the Witwatersrand,
• Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand,

Fun Facts
Charles enjoys taking photos of interesting letter boxes, or as he calls them, ‘Posed Boxes’, throughout rural Australia: ‘They say so much about the personality of the owners!’
He is also a keen amateur cook and may often be found unsuccessfully debating Thermomix cooking strategies with his wife.