Zac de Silva Winner of the International Coach of the Year 2014

Zac is a dedicated professional in his field and is open to exploring new ideas and ways forward, always thinking ahead for the benefit of his customer.

Zac is a phenomenal individual, with a razor sharp mind, strong business acumen, and an uncanny head for numbers, all with a zen-like temperament.
High integrity, with a commitment to achieving results that exceed expectations.
I recommend him without hesitation.

Zac offered excellent advice to a company I was doing contract accounting for.He is very practical and offers advice on a wide range of subjects in understandable laymans terms.He is able to complement strong marketing skills with strong financial skills

Extensive business knowledge of most industries, down to earth, approachable and sensible. Timely wisdom at key business change times and in challenging markets. Quick responses with broad level of business expertise. Particularly helpful is his accounting background but his marketing ideas are targeted and appropriate.

Zac is a great asset to my business. He has a great head for numbers and ensured we were on track to achieve our financial goals, offering smart strategic advice and connecting us with the right people to make sure we got there! Very enjoyable and rewarding process.

I had the pleasure of utilising Zac's knowledge and skills for retailers in a shopping centre when they were not performing to their full potential. Zac has the ability to step into the business that is struggling and extract all the relevant information that is required to be able to make suggestions and recommendations in order for that business owner to make huge improvements to their sales and, effectively, turn the business around. Zac is personable and a very effective speaker whose experience and drive to achieve goals can transcend many different categories of the retail industry.

I highly recommend Zac to anyone who needs a helping hand at understanding their business model and what they need to do to make it work.

Zac is a very practical commerically orientated accountant and very clever retailer. He has broad business skills.

Zac has done brilliant things for my business, from looking at the financial details through to the big picture growth strategy. He comes from a place of deep and thorough business understanding and expertise. I would highly recommend him to anyone.

We engaged Zac at the end of 2011 to act as a pseudo director and coach to the business. Zac has been engaging us ever since. His input is sharp as is his eye for the critical figures each month. We are still understanding the possibilities for our business. Zac is opening our eyes to opportunities at every juncture and encouraging growth, together with systems, together with leadership. If you’re up for the challenge, Zac will lead and encourage you to outperform your own perceived limitations. Having completed the Icehouse OMP programme, Zac is the accountability end of the deal so often under-estimated.

Zac de Silva, is one of those outstanding business coaches in the new Zealand eco-system space and also one of KATABOLTs’ Associates. KATABOLT have worked with Zac with some of our export focus clients that need some more onshore coaching on strategy work and financial direction before launching into global markets.