Jean-Paul BB – Founder & CEO
Jean-Paul is an auto-didactic visionary, educator, facilitator, leadership and sustainability professional, life coach, holistic therapist, yoga teacher and permaculture instructor, who has global experience on 4 continents and exposure in a wide range of contexts.
He has over 10 years of teaching experience in Oman, Spain, South Africa, England and Ecuador. Jean-Paul also has 12 years of experience designing, hosting and facilitating transformational leadership processes for small and medium-sized organisations from the private and NGO sectors, as well as leading multi-stakeholder processes in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Sweden and India. He has also worked in designing and delivering a leadership programme with Future Leaders Global in Zimbabwe.
He is a Yoga instructor and holistic therapist as well, and as such he works extensively with presence, mindfulness and self-development. He believes strongly in the power of pausing, self-reflection, deep listening, and dialogue as essential tools for individuals and their organisations, to help them create inclusive, respectful and creative spaces where new understanding, ideas and collaborations can emerge.
Jean-Paul holds a Master’s degree in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability from Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) in Sweden. He also has an undergraduate degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Cape Town (South Africa). Furthermore, he holds an InnerLifeSkills Executive coaching certification, a 200-hr YTT certificate and certificates in Thai Yoga massage, Ayurveda and Chi Nei Tsang (abdominal detox massage).