ABOUT ME
Acile Sleiman, Managing Director & Executive Coach
Acile is an executive coach with a proven track record of helping leaders and teams achieve their full potential. She has 17 years of experience leading teams and managing businesses, with over a decade at Google leading sales teams in the US and the Middle East. She has a deep understanding of the challenges faced by leaders and teams and a passion for empowering them to thrive. She has coached clients globally across industries, including senior executives, government officials, and entrepreneurs.
Acile’s coaching method focuses on guiding clients on their journey inward, helping them get grounded and access their inner wisdom. Her work with executives empowers them to lead with confidence, clarity and purpose.
She is an ICF certified coach with over 500 hours of coaching [PCC]. Her training includes Co-Active Professional Coach Training and Certification [CPCC] through the Co-Active Training Institute, fundamentals of Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching [ORSC] through CRR Global, interpersonal and diversity dynamics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, adult development theory and applications with the Leadership Circle, Mental Health First Aid training through the Lighthouse Arabia, and somatic therapy and energy healing modalities. She is deeply committed to and continuously invests in her own growth and healing journey.
During her time at Google, Acile most recently led MENA’s Retail sector, guiding the region’s biggest retailers on their digital and eCommerce strategy. She also led Google’s leadership development strategy and coached tens of Googlers along the way. She originally joined Google in California, where she spent a few years managing some of the company’s largest advertisers globally. Prior to that, Acile ran and scaled her family business in Lebanon.
Acile holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and studied Computer Engineering at the American University of Beirut. Currently, she lives in Dubai with her husband and two young kids. When not coaching, she enjoys surfing, hiking with her family, practicing yoga, Vipassana meditation and 5Rhythms dance. She speaks English, Arabic and French fluently.