An Coppens

Apart from being an award-winning business coach, learning & development professional, author and speaker, she is also a blogger on gamification at gamificationnation.com; she has been listed in the top 10 UK digital and technology bloggers in the UK Blog Awards of 2016 and 2015. She plans to publish her 4th book, “Creating competitive advantage from the inside out through gamification”, in autumn/winter 2016 with Pencraft Publishing.

In 1991 she moved to Ireland and in 1993 commenced studies for a degree in International Marketing and Languages at Dublin City University. She set up B/Right Business Coaching in 2001 in Cork, Ireland and was invited to be a TV guest expert for the RTE (Irish national television) show "How long will you live" in 2007, she contributed in all seasons since its pilot introduction to programming. She was also the co-ordinator for the Cork Schools Enterprise Programme for a number of years. An completed her Masters in Business Administration from the Open University Business School in 2001, whilst working full-time.

An Coppens (born June 3, 1971) is a Belgian consultant and gamification expert as well as the author of Leading the boss in the mirror.

An Coppens is the eldest child born of Marcel Coppens and Jenny Backx, born in Merksem, Belgium on the 3rd of June 1971. Dad was first a secondary school teacher and then in his later career a sports journalist for a national daily newspaper and smaller print publications. Mum worked in graphic design in the media and publishing industry. An has one younger sister, Gerd Coppens.