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Helping bold leaders thrive in complexity
I coach high-impact founders, leaders and teams to lead with clarity, courage, and strategic intent.
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Izzy Obeng MBE
Speaker | Leadership Coach | Business Strategist
Izzy Obeng is an award-winning speaker, executive coach, and founder of Foundervine -listed in the Financial Times as one of Europe’s leading startup accelerators. Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 and recognised with an MBE in 2025 for services to UK digital growth, Izzy is known for helping leaders and organisations unlock innovation, inclusion, and bold decision-making.
With over a decade of experience supporting thousands of leaders across the UK, Africa, and the US, Izzy brings a rare blend of strategic insight and lived experience to the stage. She has coached executives, led multi-million-pound international programmes, and advised corporates and governments on how to lead through complexity and scale with purpose.
A compelling storyteller and energetic facilitator, Izzy doesn’t just speak - she equips. Her sessions blend data-driven insights with high-impact coaching, helping audiences build confidence, reimagine leadership, and drive real results. Whether in the boardroom or on the main stage, Izzy delivers powerful frameworks that spark lasting change.
Award-winning speaker
Izzy Obeng delivers engaging talks and workshops across a range of formats - from keynotes and panels to fireside chats and facilitation. She speaks on topics such as:
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Leadership & Performance Management
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Inclusive Innovation
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Professional Skills
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Culture
Previous clients include...
Executive & Team Coaching
Here to help.
Izzy Obeng coaches high-performing individuals through personally tailored coaching programs via online sessions.
What can you expect from a coaching session?
Izzy is a Cambridge-trained business and career consultant with extensive experience helping professionals and entrepreneurs grow. She specialises in helping entrepreneurs and professionals find their North Star, achieve business goals, enhance performance and find clarity in their career development.
Helping Entrepreneurs Grow
Join the Community - Become a Foundervine Member.
Founder and CEO of Foundervine, one of Europe’s leading accelerators for underrepresented founders.
Since 2018, we’ve supported over 5,000 leaders to build new skills and helped more than 600 entrepreneurs start, scale, and secure funding for their businesses. At Foundervine, we work with global partners like Barclays, Lloyds Bank, Amazon, Google PwC, and Sainsbury’s to remove barriers to innovation. By activating the talent within companies and communities, we’re building a future where entrepreneurship is open to everyone - not just a privileged few.
![What do I see...
I see history unfolding
I see 264 women MPs now serving in Parliament, making up 40% of the House of Commons
I see the most gender-equal cabinet in British history, with nearly half of its members being women
I see the first female Chancellor of the Exchequer in British history, surrounded by a team of women advisers
I see nearly 70 ethnic minority MPs proudly representing in the Commons, a staggering increase from just 4 in 1987
As a Black, working-class girl from a North London estate, I grew up obsessed with politics. I studied it at A Levels and at university. I could see its power to transform communities like mine
Last week, Florence Eshalomi MP stood up in the House and seconded the King’s Speech, delivering a beautiful, heartfelt, and poignant address
She honoured the trailblazers before her, like Harriet Harman and Diane Abbott MP - “We stand on their shoulders”
She brought the House to life with laughter by cheekily suggesting Nigerian Jollof is better than Ghanaian Jollof (a joke everyone enjoyed because, obviously, that’s a lie)
I’m proud to live in a country where, in Florence’s words, “a Black working-class girl from a South London estate can stand before [the House] with the honour of seconding the Loyal Address.”
This is the UK’s most diverse Parliament ever
We still have a way to go, but what a journey it has been
Yet, we must remember that better representation alone doesn’t guarantee better policies or more inclusion. But it’s a start...
Let this be your sign to take your seat at the table, whatever that looks like for you
Always remember – “if you are not at the table, you are on the menu.”
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