Margot Cairnes – Executive Coach
Background
Margot Cairnes has been working at the top end of business and government globally for several decades. Her specialty is helping organisations capitalise on large scale, disruptive change. Her new online program 12 Steps for Business, Solving Insolvable Problems – is a ground-breaking approach to mining the treasures embedded in wicked problems.
Her clients include:
- Reserve Bank of Australia
- Australian Taxation Office
- Caritas Australia
- SAP ANZ
- Origin Energy
- NAB
Margot worked alongside the managing director of BP Global to oversee the transatlantic merger of BP and Amoco. She worked with the board, top team and administrators to get Pasminco out of administration to be refloated as Zinifex, which then transformed into Oz Minerals and Nystrar, turning Pasminco from a company owing $3.6 billion to 36 different lenders into 2 global companies each worth $8 billion.
Margot’s international career began when her client Portland Aluminium Smelter was named the world
benchmark for an aluminium smelter.
Some interesting facts about Margot:
- In 2008 Margot was chosen as one of a 1000 people to be invited to the 20/20 Summit in Canberra.
- Margot once shared a podium with Hilary Clinton and Queen Rania of Jordan for a global webcast out of New York.
- Margot has written 6 books on strategic leadership during times of rapid change.
- Margot has represented Australia at world economic events all around the world.
- Margot has an MBA and was the first person in 40 years to win the university medal in education when she graduated from Sydney University with a BEd (Hons – 1st class).
- Margot has been chosen as one of 500 social revolutionaries - including the Dalai Lama and Eckhart Tolle - to appear in a global documentary titled “Stand In My Shoes” a film to launch an empathy revolution.
- Award winning Australian playwright David Williamson based his play Corporate Vibes on Margot’s book “Approaching the Corporate Heart.”
