Emilio Galli Zugaro

Emilio is a business coach with international experience, specialising in leadership development and communicative leadership. He was Global Head of Communications at Allianz Group from 1992 to 2015. Emilio has a wide range of experience as a leader in managing large specialist teams and as head of global crisis management for Allianz. Emilio is now a professional business coach for senior management and C-suite.

His corporate experience is invaluable to his coaching – Emilio understands the pressures facing leaders today, both from a theoretical perspective and from personal experience. Emilio has a passion for leadership development: especially for the human side of their role; for improving overall performance; for mediation in challenging situations. Emilio has particular experience in executive onboarding, having been responsible for the onboarding of new board members at Allianz.

Emilio is considered a thought leader in the field of Communicative Leadership, which focuses on empowering and strengthening leaders and employees. His coaching style is described as results-oriented and honest, with a strong focus on listening, an understanding of the complexities of international operations and in particular diversity and culture-based differences. His professional experience in Italy, France, Benelux, Germany, Asia and the USA is an important anchor for consulting on multicultural issues. Emilio coaches in English, German and Italian, his mother tongue.