One coach. Yours. From the first class to the last.
Most executive speech training rotates you through associates. I don't. Ten years, one subject, one client at a time.
- Speech, elocution, presentation and media training
- Never handed off to an associate
- London based, online worldwide
Trustedby leaders who have to speak
- CEO
- CFO
- Founder
- Partner
400+
executives coached
10
Years coaching
20+
Countries
1:1
Every session
Executives are judged on how they sound long before they're judged on what they know.
Eloquent Executive is a London speech practice for senior professionals. I work on the mechanics — diction, breath, pace, structure, presence — because those are learnable, and because they are what decide whether a room believes you. Ten years, one subject, one client at a time.
Learn more400+ executives coached
In 20+ countries, all coached online from London
10
Years
coaching executives20+
Countries
clients coached in92%
Clients who
book a second block1:1
Every session
never a group webinar
“I had to present a project I'd led to the entire leadership group at our annual conference, streamed to sites in four countries. Clarke's preparation is the only reason it went well.” — Project Director
“He doesn't only work on how you sound. We spent as much time on how I conduct myself in a meeting — patience, focus, and knowing when to stop talking.” — Operations Director
“Worth it especially if you're an executive dealing with international audiences. Everything was built around what I actually needed, and the results came faster than I expected.” — Managing Director
“Clarke exceeded my expectations. Always punctual, constantly challenging me, and forever bringing in material from outside to push me further than I'd have gone alone.” — Chief Financial Officer
“He identified the gap in the first session and knew exactly how to work on it. I'd worked with coaches before. This was not the same thing.” — Chief Executive
“Clear, direct and to the point, and patient with it. He tells you the truth about how you come across, which nobody else had done.” — VP Engineering
“I had to present a project I'd led to the entire leadership group at our annual conference, streamed to sites in four countries. Clarke's preparation is the only reason it went well.” — Project Director
“He doesn't only work on how you sound. We spent as much time on how I conduct myself in a meeting — patience, focus, and knowing when to stop talking.” — Operations Director
“Worth it especially if you're an executive dealing with international audiences. Everything was built around what I actually needed, and the results came faster than I expected.” — Managing Director
“Clarke exceeded my expectations. Always punctual, constantly challenging me, and forever bringing in material from outside to push me further than I'd have gone alone.” — Chief Financial Officer
“He identified the gap in the first session and knew exactly how to work on it. I'd worked with coaches before. This was not the same thing.” — Chief Executive
“Clear, direct and to the point, and patient with it. He tells you the truth about how you come across, which nobody else had done.” — VP Engineering
“I had to present a project I'd led to the entire leadership group at our annual conference, streamed to sites in four countries. Clarke's preparation is the only reason it went well.” — Project Director
“He doesn't only work on how you sound. We spent as much time on how I conduct myself in a meeting — patience, focus, and knowing when to stop talking.” — Operations Director
“Worth it especially if you're an executive dealing with international audiences. Everything was built around what I actually needed, and the results came faster than I expected.” — Managing Director
“Clarke exceeded my expectations. Always punctual, constantly challenging me, and forever bringing in material from outside to push me further than I'd have gone alone.” — Chief Financial Officer
“He identified the gap in the first session and knew exactly how to work on it. I'd worked with coaches before. This was not the same thing.” — Chief Executive
“Clear, direct and to the point, and patient with it. He tells you the truth about how you come across, which nobody else had done.” — VP Engineering
“I had to present a project I'd led to the entire leadership group at our annual conference, streamed to sites in four countries. Clarke's preparation is the only reason it went well.” — Project Director
“He doesn't only work on how you sound. We spent as much time on how I conduct myself in a meeting — patience, focus, and knowing when to stop talking.” — Operations Director
“Worth it especially if you're an executive dealing with international audiences. Everything was built around what I actually needed, and the results came faster than I expected.” — Managing Director
“Clarke exceeded my expectations. Always punctual, constantly challenging me, and forever bringing in material from outside to push me further than I'd have gone alone.” — Chief Financial Officer
“He identified the gap in the first session and knew exactly how to work on it. I'd worked with coaches before. This was not the same thing.” — Chief Executive
“Clear, direct and to the point, and patient with it. He tells you the truth about how you come across, which nobody else had done.” — VP Engineering
See how I coach before you commit.
Pick a time below and we'll spend thirty minutes on whatever you're speaking at next. No pitch, no pressure — just a working sense of how the coaching feels.
Seven ways to train your voice for the room you speak in
Every senior role reaches a point where speaking well stops being optional. Each of my seven programmes targets a different part of that problem — the mechanics of the voice, the structure of a talk, or the specific pressure of a board, a stage or a camera.
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Five steps from first recording to a voice you trust.
Every programme runs on the same five stages, whichever service you book. I diagnose before I teach, I build the mechanics before the polish, and I don't call anything learned until it survives pressure.
Diagnose
I record you speaking before I teach you anything, then watch it back together. Most clients have never heard themselves properly. It is uncomfortable, and it is the fastest twenty minutes of the whole programme.
You work with me — every session.
Eloquent Executive isn't an agency with a rota of associates. It's me, Clarke. The person who listens to your first recording is the person who coaches you to the last one.
Clarke Curran
Founder & Coach
I've spent the last ten years helping executives, founders and senior specialists sound like the people their job titles say they are. My background is in teaching — I started out as an English teacher — and that's still how I work: patiently, on the mechanics, with honest playback rather than pep talks.
Because it's just me, every client gets the same thing: full attention, a coach who remembers your last session, and a plan built around your voice rather than a curriculum.
10 yrs
Coaching executives
1:1
Every session, personally
20+
Countries taught in
What my clients say.
Most of this work is confidential — people rarely advertise that they had help sounding confident. These are executives I've coached one to one, on presenting, meetings and interviews.
Questions before you book.
Most people arrive unsure which kind of training they need — and slightly reluctant to admit they need any. These are the questions I get asked most before a first session.
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Start with a free 30-minute consultation. I'll listen to you speak, tell you what I'd work on first, and be honest if what you need isn't what I do.