Hey, I'm Anne (V), thanks for being here.

Hey, I'm Anne (V), thanks for being here.

So, about me: I work at the intersection of storytelling, communication, mindfulness and leadership. By that I mean that I help leaders, founders and organisations find the stories that reveal what they stand for, and communicate them in ways that build understanding, connection and move people to act.

As I've discovered for myself, working on my own narrative (a work in progress) has helped me find greater inner clarity, purpose and connection to myself. Story coaching, narrative coaching, brand clarity work: all of this is powerful work, not self-indulgent exploration. It isn't work you do in place of changing the world. It's one of the ways the world actually changes.

That's why I love doing what I do. Helping someone find resonance in themselves is my contribution to spreading fairness and kindness in the world, because it's how light travels through a network.

This work isn't only for my clients. Every story told counts. It's an act of ownership of our voice. It's a way of modeling what we care about for others.

My work brings together 17 years at Christian Louboutin, from the shop floor to Global Head of Communications, with in depth training in mindfulness, coaching, memoir and public narrative. I work internationally through private advisory, speaking, workshops and teaching.

And I came to all of this by a rather unusual route. I started out as a singer (neo soul to be precise), landed in red soles land as a shop assistant, and spent the next 17 years helping build one of the world's most recognisable luxury brands.

I spent 17 years at Christian Louboutin, moving between retail, wholesale, PR, general management and global communications as we grew from a small business into a globally recognised luxury brand.

Working closely with Christian and with people across the business gave me an intimate understanding of who he was, what he stood for, what we were creating and why it mattered. My job was to communicate those stories so that people could connect with the man, his work and the brand.

That was true when I worked on the shop floor, just as it was when I worked with buyers, the press and, later, CEOs of department stores and partners across the globe.

That's why storytelling sits at the core of the work I do with founders, creatives, leaders and organisations. Just as I did with Christian, I help them uncover the meaning in their experiences, careers and the small moments of their lives, revealing something of who they are, what they value and why they do what they do.

Together, we shape those stories into messaging and strategy that can carry that meaning out into the world, so the people they want to reach can understand what matters, feel why it matters, and perhaps be moved to act. I tend to be called upon when the vision is felt internally (strange but true), not yet coherent in narrative, strategy, or structure. My advisory work always starts with foundations including but not limited to business objectives, values, and intention.

I sometimes think of my role as that of a midwife (funny given that my father was an OBGYN). I see what's trying to emerge and help bring it to life. Another way of putting it is that I help people see the value in their own experiences, and find ways to communicate that value to others.

My years in business have given me a broad perspective and an extensive toolkit. I've also trained as a coach, facilitator, and mindfulness teacher. I've taken multiple courses on the writing craft and storytelling, including in public narrative to help leaders move minds, heart and hands. I draw on all of it to help my clients explore what matters to them, recognise what their experiences reveal about who they are and what they stand for, and turn that understanding into communication and strategy that can move their ambitions forward.

My superpower? A finely tuned nervous system and a knack for asking questions that get to the heart of what matters to you. I guide you to unearth key moments from your life, discover what they reveal, and shape those stories into something unmistakably yours, so you can communicate who you are, what you stand for and what you do in ways that resonate with the people you want to reach.

At the end of my tenure at Louboutin, I set off on my own as a brand and communications consultant.

In 2025, I founded Le Trente, a hybrid social learning studio offering salons, podcasts, masterclasses and workshops for the intellectually hungry and the spiritually curious.

I'm a certified mindfulness meditation teacher, trained with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield, and a trained life coach through Martha Beck's Wayfinder programme. I continue to study extensively, bringing together storytelling, public narrative, mindful communication and contemplative practice.

I host two podcasts, Out of the Clouds and The Mettā View, and teach meditation on Insight Timer.

My work draws on everything I have lived, studied and built. Which is to say, it's entirely my own.