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The IC Global Academy

The IC Global Partnership’s Coaches and Mentors

As IC Global Coaches and Mentors for the International Higher Education Leadership Coaching and Mentoring Programme, we are passionate about helping individuals unlock their true potential. We strive to create a supportive and inspiring environment in which you can develop key skills, enhance personal growth, receive guidance and direction, expand networking opportunities, obtain unbiased feedback and more.

We are all professionally trained, have decades of internationalisation and global engagement experience and are leaders in higher education roles. Read our bios below.

Get to know us

Sirin Myles

Sirin Myles

Coach & Mentor

Sirin is a highly experienced International Leader and held senior leadership roles in international education. Sirin is a professionally trained solution-driven Executive and Transitional Coach and Mentor. She has the expertise of coaching directors and university executive table members.

Professor Abigail Gregory MBE

Prof. Abigail Gregory MBE

Coach & Mentor

Abigail has significant expertise in internationalisation and global engagement. She has held senior roles as Faculty Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor and Faculty Head of International. She is a professionally trained Executive Coach specialising in leadership and workplace coaching. She is published in the field of work-life balance and gender equality.

Christina (Prof)Hughes

Prof. Christina Hughes

Coach & Mentor

Named as a “Woman of Influence 2023”, Christina is a professionally trained executive coach and mentor specialising in women’s leadership and careers. She brings to this work significant executive leadership experience in both research and teaching intensive universities as well as an international background in research and practice in the field of women and gender.

Gin Bhandal

Gin Bhandal

Coach & Mentor

Gin has a wealth of experience in the executive search industry and in career coaching. Gin engages with clients to unlock their true talent potential. His coaching sessions cover personal development, career transition guidance, application/interview coaching and leadership development utilising psychometric tools.

Tom Kennie

Dr Tom Kennie

Coach & Mentor

Tom provides coaching to leaders at the university executive table. He has in-depth expertise in leadership and transition. Tom specialises in enhancing performance and fostering innovation.

Prof. Judith Lamie

Professor Judith Lamie

Coach & Mentor

Judith has held a variety of executive table roles in UK universities in the area of internationalisation and global engagement and she currently holds a position as PVC-International at Swansea University. She provides mentoring and coaching to university leaders. She is published within the field of internationalisation and change management.

Dr Anthony Manning_Coach&Mentor

Dr Anthony Manning

Coach & Mentor

Anthony is an experienced and trained coach, specialising in the internationalisation of higher education and work-based learning with employers. He currently works as the Dean for Global and Lifelong Learning at the University of Kent and is also the Chair of the British Accreditation Council’s Accreditation Committee. In 2023 Anthony was listed as one of the top 50 ‘Eduruptors’ of the year, by ISC Research, for his innovative influence in international education. He is published in the areas of English for Academic Purposes, Assessment, and Internationalisation of Student Experience.

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