Dr. Christian van Nieuwerburgh is the main international reference in Educational Coaching, having developed an extensive career in this area that has led him to be the author and editor of such relevant works as An Introduction to Coaching Skills: A Practical Guide and Coaching in Education: Getting Better Results for Students, Educators and Parents. 

Among his many assignments in this field are his leadership positions in institutions such as Growth Coaching International and the International Centre for Coaching in Education, of which he is Global Director and Executive Director. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Centre for Wellbeing Science at the University of Melbourne and an Honorary Fellow of the Carnegie School of Education at Leeds Becket University, UK. 

As a coaching expert, he has lectured on motivation and leadership in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Europe and East Asia, and has published numerous academic articles in leading scientific journals.

• Global Director at Growth Coaching International, Australia 
• Executive Director of the International Centre for Coaching in Education 
• Author and editor of key books in the field of coaching such as Coaching in Education: Getting Better Results for Students, Educators and Parents. 
• Ph.D. in English from the University of Birmingham 
• Professional Master's Degree in Psychology from the University of East London 
• Professor of Coaching and Positive Psychology at the Centre for Positive Psychology and Health of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 
• Honorary Fellow of the Carnegie School of Education at Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom 
• Senior Fellow of the Centre for Wellbeing Science at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne, Australia.