Bela is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) with 1300+ coaching hours, a leadership facilitator, and a thought partner to executives. Since 2015, Bela has worked with senior leaders from more than 25 nationalities, serving in major corporations like Cargill, Facebook, the World Bank, the Red Cross, EasyJet and Palfinger.

Before launching her coaching career, Bela worked at Telerik, a software company with high-profile clients like NASA and Boeing.  She was responsible for training strategy development and execution across the US and Europe. She rapidly advanced her career, leading employee development for over 700 staff across 11 offices. Managing a team of 12, Bela designed and implemented a Global Leadership program, helping more than 200 engineers to advance in leadership skills. In her last corporate role as a Global Learning & Development Director, Bela took over and restructured the largest company training initiative for software engineers in Bulgaria. It consisted of 4 programming academies with 12,000 online participants and 1000 in-person attendees.

Her passion for female leadership and empowerment led her to take on a board-level role within the non-profit organisation Professional Women's Network, where she contributed to advancing the cause of women's leadership.

Bela holds a Master’s in Sociology from Central European University and a BA in Political Science & International Relations, with additional post-graduate diplomas in HR and Executive Management. She has pursued further leadership education at Georgetown, Harvard, and Cornell.

Bela is certified in Hogan Assessment Systems, MyWorldView and DISC Personality Profile. Currently, Bela is pursuing a Master’s in Executive Coaching at Hult Ashridge and is a fellow at the Institute of Coaching at McLean, Harvard Medical School Affiliate.

Bela’s coaching style blends warmth and empathy with direct, insightful challenges, creating a space where clients feel both stretched and deeply supported.