Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Philip has over 34 years experience in the coaching and mentoring arena. He works with senior leaders and emerging younger talent, at critical transition points in their careers/development, or in relation to their businesses - contexts may include: fresh challenge and needing to re-focus, moving into a key role through lateral hire, promotion or relocation, or exiting and transitioning to a new mainstream senior corporate role or portfolio career path. He is passionate about helping people to succeed commercially and be fulfilled personally, enabling them to maximise their potential. His career includes experience within search firms, building the coaching business he co-founded at Baines Gwinner, later acquired by Whitehead Mann plc. He trained with and qualified formally as a business coach with The School of Coaching (Europe’s first coach training organisation), and has been fortunate to have had training and CPD with three pre-eminent Inner Game coaches. Member of the Board of Governors of the International Association of Coaching. Member of The European Mentoring and Coaching Council. Founding Fellow of the Institute of Coaching, a Harvard Medical School affiliate. Non-executive, Institute of Mentoring Philip enjoys writing (when he has the time) and has written on topics ranging from leadership, issues around the role of the non-executive director, succession, mentoring, coaching, and careers in business, financial and HR media - some examples can be seen below.
The Silk Road brought great wealth to many who traded along it, and enabled a rich exchange of culture, ideas, information, learning and spiritual enlightenment that still continues to shape today's world. But for those travelling along its path whether by land or sea, it could be exciting and full of commercial opportunity, yet also full of unexpected events, steep challenges, obstacles, twists and turns, not all of them welcome - in this way life on the Silk Road mirrors modern day careers and corporate life. The Silk Road Partnership is dedicated to helping organisations and their key talent to navigate their own commercial and personal ‘Silk Road’ journeys to successful conclusions. We deliver this through provision of Executive Coaching, Career Transition Mentoring & Coaching, Talent, Leadership and Development services that are grounded in many decades of combined experience in Europe, the Gulf, India, S.E. Asia and Greater China. We work with global and regional organisations and individuals, at all levels of leadership - from main board directors to younger emerging leaders. Our team's professional expertise connects east and west in terms of learning, knowledge, networks, cultures, business styles, origins of clients and experience of global relocations and executive transitions. The partners are a close and friendly team, leaders in their field, and enjoy building valued long term relationships with clients, in a spirit of genuine partnership.
Patron: HM The King. Founded in 1908 for Knights Bachelor, the oldest form of knighthood, pre-existing all the Orders which are administered by The Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, founded in 1904. The 'ISKB' became a registered charity (No. 294638) and maintains the modern spirit of Knighthood, and its members - from a very wide diversity of professional backgrounds including sport, the arts, business, academia, medicine - continue their tradition of, and commitment to service.
(Member of IAC since 2012 - present)
A Mentoring & Coaching firm with a focus on board-level executives. Joined as one of two new partners to support the generational development of the company as part of a growth, development and future exit strategy. Led a refreshment of the brand with the company changing its name from 'Independent Direction Directors Advisory Service' to formal use of the shorthand name 'IDDAS'. Philip moved on following its planned but early sale in order to develop his coaching practice further and rekindle a longstanding connection with Asia by co-founding The Silk Road Partnership, with his former partner firm in the Asia-Pacific region - award wining STG Group (prev. St George's Group), founded in Hong Kong by Nigel Cumberland.