Role
Leadership Advisor and Coach
Axelle Bagot is an expert in leadership and transformational change within complex systems, with ten years of teaching experience in prestigious global universities such as Harvard, Brown University and Sciences Po Paris Executive Education. With a background in politics and diplomacy, Axelle has coordinated multi-stakeholder projects across the Middle East and North Africa in high-intensity contexts and has worked on implementing cutting-edge projects at the local level in the United States. She now advises and coaches high-level executives, including leaders in international organisations (UN and World Bank), government (British and French) and C-suite in the private sector.
Drawing on insights from adaptive leadership, sociology, adult development and group relations, she helps her clients tackle complex challenges and drive meaningful and sustainable change. Since 2021, she has led a leadership program for young talent at UNICEF and is regularly invited as a guest speaker by international organizations conducting leadership programs, including the Paris Peace Forum, the World Bank, the King’s Fund Systems Leadership Initiative, and the Obama Foundation. In 2018, she co-founded Leadership Lab International, a consulting firm that supports clients in the private sector (MIT, Golden Globes, BNP ParisBas, Vinci), in the non-for-profit sector (Aga Khan Foundation, Malala Fund) and international organizations through strategic transitions.
She holds a bachelor’s degree from Sciences Po and two master’s degrees from Dauphine University and Harvard, as well as a certificate in Leadership and Decision-Making Sciences from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Axelle collaborates with us on the HP Cambridge Edtech Fellowship programme.
