“It is a privilege to serve ICF’s growing global community. I have served in New York as a Membership Ambassador and initiated ICF Global Chapter Connect in 2020 which brings the ICF professional community across borders. In 2021, I co-led the ICF’s Thought Leadership Institute’s Future of Education Series and continue to support ICF in building both professional rigor and its global reach.”

About Les: Dr. Les Joynes is a Leadership Coach at Columbia Business School, Academic Coach at University of Melbourne, Australia, Entrepreneurship Coach at the New School in New York and Gold Award Mentor at University of London.

As a management consultant, Les has served Fortune 100 clients including Du Pont, 3M, GE, Dow, Braun, and Bayer in expanding their global operations. Les has served in numerous boards, committees and teams and served as New York Chair for the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP).

A native of Santa Barbara California, Les completed his MBA at California State University and MSc. Management at Boston ‍University ‍and ‍the ‍Vrije ‍Universiteit ‍Brussels ‍Faculty ‍of ‍Economic ‍and ‍Social ‍Sciences. He was Japan Ministry of Culture and Education Scholar in Tokyo and completed his PhD at Leeds Metropolitan University in the UK and Post-doctorate at University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He completed his professional coach training at New York University under Prof. Paulette Rao, MCC, BCC.

Trained in French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Mandarin Chinese, Les is active in leading Zoom and in-person events across five continents and supports US Public Diplomacy initiatives in Asia. He is recipient ‍of ‍the ‍Fulbright-Nehru ‍Academic ‍and ‍Professional ‍Excellence ‍Award for India.