Diana Damyanova
Diversity/nonprofit coach
While change is a difficult and uncomfortable experience, I have consistently found ways to make it part of my life and a key factor for my growth. Change started with moving to the US, continued with switching careers from investment management to consulting and finally coaching. Within my consulting experience I had the opportunity to work on projects in variety of industries and functions. In all these experiences I worked with a very diverse group of people and saw what helped them grow and perform.
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My passion for people development was driven by the reward of seeing people grow and achieve their goals. Through my career I have been an advisor to management and leadership in the organizations I worked with. What was most rewarding however was when I managed people on projects or in my team.
Being a professional coach allows me to expand my impact and truly focus on helping my clients grow and perform
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Work Experience
Investment Management (promoted from Associate to Analyst) - started in Finance in 2008 doing quant research in FX - the experience gave me a great taste of what transformation and resilience means.
External Consulting (promoted from Associate to Manager) - during my time at Kearney I covered a broad range of industries and functions, which allowed me to work with a very diverse group of people and learning how to get to performance in a short period of time.
Internal Strategy Consulting (promoted from VP to Director) - my experience at BNPP allowed me to build deeper relationships and understanding of the operations of an organization; this led to grow my advisory toolkit as well as ability to manage people, projects, and ultimately a team.
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Education and Training
Undergrad - My first experience in the US was in Worcester, MA at WPI, where I got my degrees in Economics and System Dynamics.
MBA - Business School allowed me to make my first career transition. The experience at Booth was exciting, chalking, and more than anything - transforming.
Coaching - To expand my coaching skills from my work experience, I was part of an year long training program with Accomplishment Coaching