Meet Our Founder

Paulette Lewis

Paulette is on a journey of life-long learning which has taken her into a range of work settings in the Social and Humanitarian Sectors.

She is a Professional Coach and a HR Advisor with approximately 30 years of work experience:

  1. focused on the development and growth of individuals and groups either in her current role as Leadership and Career Coach and HR Advisor or
  2. in her role as a former lead HR in several United Nations World Food Programme-supported countries or;
  3. her early career engagements with the Government of Jamaica.

Paulette has drawn on all these experiences to establish Bridge Excellence International, a coaching, leadership and management business.

As an International United Nations staff, she has held leadership roles with team leader responsibilities for global learning and development and performance management functions in the World Food Programme Head Quarters in Rome, Italy and has been the chief of the Human Resources Management functions in several countries including North Korea, the Balkans region (Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo), Ethiopia, Djibouti and Turkey.

Paulette’s primary coaching practice is based on the Fielding Evidence-based Coaching Framework, underpinned and approved by the International Coaching Federation (ICF). This is the use of the best available knowledge in the field. It integrates knowledge with practitioner expertise; places value on theory, practice and self-awareness; respects the client’s context with grounding in a variety of coaching tools and strategies.

Paulette is a Certified Birkman Professional and has used this Personality Assessment Method to support her clients.

As HR Advisor, Paulette brings a wealth of knowledge and strong expertise in strategy development and implementation inclusive of techniques in rapid organisational growth and staff development. She also has expertise in tools on the cutting edge, for staff selection, deployment and growth.

Paulette aims to utilise a highly experienced, trained and an effective cadre of resource persons to bolster the services offered by Bridge Excellence International.