Hannah Yan Field

Coach | ex-Ops @Canva, Dropbox & Pandora | Investor

London Area, United Kingdom

Overview 

Hannah Yan Field is a seasoned coach with a background in operations at top companies like Canva, Dropbox, and Pandora. She excels in leadership development and executive coaching, with a strong focus on strategic partnerships and business development. Hannah has held key roles at various renowned organizations, including serving as a board director at Visionary Machines and Wonde, and as a partner at Folklore Ventures. She also brings her expertise to early-stage startups through coaching and mentoring at Startmate and Techstars.

Work Experience 

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Resonance.co

  • Coach

    2021 - Current

    I partner with ambitious, mission-driven founders, operators and venture capital investors across the UK, US, and Australia. I have lived experience as a business builder, ops & people leader, advisor, investor and musician. I am propelled by curiosity and a desire to ‘see’ others for who they are. the-resonance.co | hannah@the-resonance.co

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Institute of Coaching

  • Fellow

    2023

    The Institute of Coaching, at McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital, advances research and education in coaching by bringing together leaders in the field to accelerate research progress and disseminate coaching's best practices.

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Positive Intelligence

  • PQ / Mental Fitness Coach

    2022

    Positive Intelligence (i.e. mental fitness or "PQ") is the measure of the strengths of your positive mental muscles (Sage) versus the negative (Saboteurs). It is an evidence-based framework emerging from original research from Stanford that synthesizes the latest developments in neuroscience, cognitive and positive psychology, and performance science. https://www.positiveintelligence.com/

Positive Intelligence (PQ) is a mental fitness assessment and strengthening approach developed by Stanford alumnus Shirzad Chamine.

positiveintelligence.com
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Startmate

  • Partner (Women's Fellowship) & Coach (Fellowship / Accelerator)

    2019

    Startmate is Australia and New Zealand's premier accelerator program for the best founders in ANZ. Its Fellowship program supports talented, ambitious individuals from a multitude of backgrounds gain the network and skills needed to thrive in the startup world.

Multiple companies

  • Board Observer

    2018

    Open to exploring new board positions (member or observer) where there is alignment in need and value. In addition to the board roles listed below, I have served as a board observer for 3 other early-stage tech companies building B2B SaaS and hardware (autonomous aircraft).

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Visionary Machines

  • Board Director

    2021 - 2022

    Superhuman vision for autonomous navigation.

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Wonde

  • Board Director

    2019 - 2022

    Fueling secure delivery and management of data and technology in education.

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Folklore Ventures

  • Partner

    2018 - 2022

    Folklore is an Australian VC firm committed to backing Australian and New Zealand founders from first check to forever.

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Antler

  • Investment Committee

    2020 - 2022

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Techstars

  • Mentor

    2020 - 2021

Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.

Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.

techstars.com

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