Who is Coach Wouter?

Wouter Lincklaen Arriëns is the Founder and CEO of TransformationFirst.Asia Pte Ltd in Singapore. He coaches leaders through transitions. Leaders in 128 countries around the world have benefited from his coaching or training. His clients include executives, professionals, and emerging leaders.

A former monk and banker who bridges East and West, Coach Wouter is known for bringing out the best in people, breaking down barriers, and building the trust needed for change to happen and results to be achieved.

An international thought leader, he has supported leaders at all levels of society. Working at the Asian Development Bank for two decades, he led many change initiatives in Asia, including a doubling of the bank's water investments to $2 billion annually.

With a warm and insightful style, he brings a blend of cultural backgrounds to his coaching skills. An engineer and scientist by training, with a master’s degree from Wageningen University in the Netherlands, he has helped clients in most Asian countries in investment projects, change management, stakeholder engagement, leadership development, collaborative research, innovation, and regional cooperation for water security and governance. 

Besides coaching, his passions include leadership research, Asian philosophy and cultures, cross-generational collaboration for sustainability, and playing the saxophone and wind synthesizers.

Check out Coach Wouter's LinkedIn profile for more information. 

If you are ready to invest in getting coaching support to navigate a transition in your leadership, go ahead and set up a Free Strategy Session with Coach Wouter to discuss what you want your transition to look like, what the results are that you want to achieve, and how to get started with the program.