Christian van Nieuwerburgh

In June 2017, van Nieuwerburgh and executive coach John Campbell are scheduled to publish their book titled "The Leader's Guide to Coaching in Schools", which will provide a step-by-step model for delivering relationship-driven coaching in education.

The other half of van Nieuwerburgh's time has been spent developing his own business - he is the Chief Executive of ICCE Ltd. (International Centre for Coaching in Education), which he established to support "the development of coaching initiatives in educational settings globally." He has been holding the roles of Director of Research at Growth Coaching International and Managing Director of Growth Coaching UK since June 2014. In the past, he worked as a Consultant for AQR International.

In 2012, he completed an MSc in Psychology at the University of East London.

In 2010-2011, van Nieurwerburgh, together with colleagues from the University of Kent and University of East London, carried out a pilot project at the Sittingbourne Community College, where half of the 1,000 students were deemed to experience barriers to learning for various reasons. Van Nieuwerburgh et al. aimed to raise attainment by delivering coaching training to students over sixteen years old, supported their "interim reflective practice coaching sessions", and assisted in evaluating the project.

Since 2009, van Nieuwerburgh has spent half of his time working as an academic in coaching psychology. From September 2009 to August 2015, van Nieuwerburgh held the position of Senior Lecturer in Coaching Psychology at the University of East London. He later took up the role of Associate Professor of Coaching at the Centre for Coaching and Behavioural Change within the Henley Business School. He returned to the University of East London Stratford Campus as Professor of Coaching and Positive Psychology in April 2017.

In 2002, van Nieuwerburgh started working at the Warwickshire County Council as Deputy Head of Service, a position he held for 9 years until 2011. In his role, he provided training and professional development services to West Midlands schools and colleges. He took up the role of Executive Coach for the West Midlands Councils in September 2008, holding the role until for 6 years until 2014.

In 1997, van Nieuwerburgh moved to the United Kingdom with his wife and son in order to obtain a PhD in English from the University of Birmingham, where his thesis was titled "Representations of Politically Empowered Women on the Elizabethan Stage". While working on his PhD, he worked various jobs, including at Waterstones and the Royal Shakespeare Company. He completed his PhD in 2007.

Christian van Nieuwerburgh (1971) is a UK-based executive coach, researcher, educational consultant and best-selling author. He is the Chief Executive of ICCE Ltd., Director of Research at Growth Coaching International, Managing Director of Growth Coaching UK and Professor of Coaching and Positive Psychology at the University of East London. As author, he is best known for his best-selling book An Introduction to Coaching Skills: A Practical Guide. He is also the editor-in-chief of Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice.

Christian van Nieuwerburgh was born to a Belgian father and a Japanese mother in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1971, thereafter spending his formative years there.