ABOUT
Loretta Brown
STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP ADVISOR · B.A, MSW (HONS) · MASTER COACH EMCC
For more than 25 years, I have worked alongside some of Aotearoa New Zealand's most influential leaders across business, public sector, iwi, philanthropic and for-purpose organisations.
I am a specialist in change leadership. The leaders I work with are not looking for incremental improvement, they are navigating complex systems, leading transformative agendas, and asking the hardest questions about what leadership is really for.
My work sits at the intersection of the strategic and the personal. Most advisors operate at one level. I hold both, because at this level, they are inseparable.
MASTER COACH — EMCC
The globally respected Master Coach accreditation from the European Mentoring and Coaching Council. The highest level of professional recognition in the field.
MSW (HONS) · B.A
Academic grounding in social and systemic thinking forms the intellectual foundation of Loretta's approach to complexity and change.
25+ YEARS · EVERY SECTOR
Hundreds of senior leaders across business, public sector, iwi, philanthropic and for-purpose organisations in Aotearoa and internationally.
AOTEAROA NZ
My work reflects a deep commitment to the future of this country and to the leaders who are shaping it. Born in Wellington and now living on Waiheke Island for more than 30 years.
IN DEPTH
The leaders I work with are not struggling, they are asking what it means to go further.
They are often pioneering: working within old systems and mindsets, creating new pathways forward while carrying the full weight of the present.
I know the complexity of wider systemic change work. I understand the personal cost of leading something that matters at scale; the isolation, the long view required, the gap between what is and what could be.
Some leaders have achieved a great deal and are now asking what they want their influence to be used for. Others are ready to step forward — from behind the scenes to front and centre. All of them are having a new conversation with themselves about what's next.
My role is to walk beside them as they find the place to stand. To help them reconnect with who they are and what they stand for, and then lead from that place, fully and at scale.
“In the noise, the space for deeper reflection on what you’re really trying to achieve, and why, is easily lost. That’s why leading at this level requires exceptional support. "
— LORETTA BROWN
FOUNDATION & PRACTICE
An independent practice, built on 25 years of trust.
Loretta established her independent advisory practice to provide 100% support to leaders with a wide sphere of decision making and who hold high responsibility.
Loretta founded the New Zealand Coaching and Mentoring Centre; an organisation that played a significant role in shaping the professional coaching landscape in Aotearoa New Zealand over more than two decades.
Leadership Advisory represents the deliberate next chapter: a deeply personal advisory offering for leaders at the highest level, free from institutional agenda, focused entirely on the individual and the work that matters most.