Linda has had careers in many different industries including technology, aviation, executive search and higher education, in various capacities, including
software development, marketing and sales, and human resources; and in various geographies including Canada, the US, Europe and Asia.
Linda was Director, Career Services and Alumni/Corporate Relations for Chicago Booth for Asia and was based in Singapore. In her 15 years with Booth, she
coached close to 2000 EMBA students and alumni from managers to C-level, who came from a wide variety of industries, functions and geographies.
Following her time at Chicago Booth, she was a contract career coach at INSEAD in Singapore for 4 years, where she coached the full-time MBA students.
Linda is now based in Toronto. She works with private clients who are located globally. She also coaches' students and alumni from the Schwarzman Scholars
Master's in Global Affairs program at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Linda is a coach, a connector and a storyteller. Her experience covers skills assessment, story crafting, resumes, mock interviews, negotiating and more.
Brokering connections and personal branding/story crafting are special talents that she is known for. She has an undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Chemistry from the University of Manitoba and an MBA from the John Molson School of Business in Montreal. Linda is fluent in French.
Favourite quotes:
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” Wayne Gretzky
“Worry not that no one knows you; seek to be worth knowing” Confucius
“Luck is simply preparation meeting opportunity” Seneca (not Oprah)
