Built Around the Pressures CEOs Face
• Investor and shareholder presentations — make a positive impact with investors, analysts and industry commentators
• Board presentations — present to board members with confidence, even under difficult questioning
• Media appearances — represent the company with authority in interviews and public commentary
• Conference keynotes and panels — polish high-profile talks where reputation is on the line
• Internal leadership communication — align teams and stakeholders around key messages
What Every CEO Presentation Needs to Land
• Executive presence — commanding the room the moment you start speaking
• Storytelling — turning financial results and strategy into a narrative the board and investors remember
• Clarity under pressure — staying structured and credible even when questions get tough
• Vocal delivery and body language — sounding and looking as authoritative as the numbers behind you
• Confident Q&A handling — thinking on your feet when investors or journalists push back
• Overcoming stage fright — practical techniques for the nerves that come with high-stakes visibility
“An excellent speech”
“I could feel that the audience was listening to me…. Two people (separately) ..congratulated me on an excellent speech…. “
Senior Exec, UK Financial Regulator
How CEO Coaching Works
- A confidential first conversation — about the presentation, the audience and what’s at stake
- Review of your materials — deck, script or a recording of a previous presentation, where relevant
- A tailored coaching session — private, in person or online, working from your real content
- Role play under realistic pressure — including tough or hostile questions from a board or investor panel
- A final run-through — refining delivery until the presentation is ready to give
Real Results for CEOs
We coached Susannah Hardyman, CEO of Action Tutoring, ahead of a high-profile keynote speech at the RSA, and worked with the leadership team at Blast Films, one of the UK’s longest-established TV production companies, preparing for investor meetings. In each case, the brief was the same: help a CEO walk into a high-stakes room and command it.
Best for Financial Presentation Training
Best for Investor Presentation Coaching
Why CEOs Choose Benjamin Ball Associates
CEOs don’t have time for generic public speaking courses. They need coaching that understands business, financial detail and the specific pressure of leading from the front.
- Award-winning coaches with extensive experience in financial and business communication
- Over 450 clients and 1500 coaching projects across 15+ years, including CEO and CFO presentations
- A 97% client feedback score
- Trusted by blue-chip clients including FTSE250 companies, private equity firms and global banks
- Bespoke coaching, built entirely around your business and your message
Inside a CEO Coaching Session
Sessions combine sharp business insight with practical delivery technique, so your message lands every time. We work on messaging, structure, confident delivery, slide design, storytelling, handling difficult questions and projecting authority under pressure. All coaching includes role play and, where helpful, review of previous presentation video to pinpoint exactly what to improve.
“A remarkable communications coach”
a remarkable communications coach. His understanding of corporate communications is unmatched. I highly recommend!
Stephen Muchiri
The Problems We Help CEOs Fix
- A presentation style that reads as competent but not commanding
- Rambling or losing structure when questions move off-script
- Slides that carry the presentation instead of the CEO’s own delivery
- Nerves that surface under board or investor scrutiny
- Struggling to translate strategy and numbers into a story people remember
Discreet, Flexible, Fast
We work around a CEO’s schedule — in person at our London base, at your offices, or online — and can turn around coaching quickly ahead of a critical presentation.
Speak to Us Directly
We work around a CEO’s schedule — in person at our London base, at your offices, or online — and can turn around coaching quickly ahead of a critical presentation.
Visit Us in London
Benjamin Ball Associates 84 Brook Street, London, W1K 5EH
Phone: 0207 018 0922
Email: info@benjaminball.com
We coach clients in person at our London base, at your offices across the UK, or online for clients further afield in Europe and the Middle East.
Call Louise Angus today to improve your pitch
“I have attended several presentation skills trainings … this was the best by quite some way.”
NF, Bureau van Dijk
+44 20 7018 0922
info@benjaminball.com
Frequently Asked Questions
CEO coaching is built around business-critical situations — investor pitches, board scrutiny and public reputation — rather than generic public speaking skills.
Yes. Much of our CEO coaching is built directly around a real upcoming meeting, pitch or roadshow, working from the actual deck and messaging.
Sessions are private and can be arranged discreetly, in person or online, without involving wider teams unless you want them to.
We work to your timetable and can often begin within days, which matters when a board or investor date is fixed.
Yes. Building confidence under tough Q&A — from investors, journalists or board members — is a core part of CEO coaching, alongside delivery and structure.
Yes. We work with CFOs and CEOs regularly on presenting financial results and strategy in a way that stays clear and credible, without losing the audience in detail