Nigel Cumberland is the co-founder of The Silk Road Partnership, a leading global provider of executive coaching and leadership training solutions to some of the world’s leading organizations. He has lived and worked in locations as diverse as Hong Kong, Glasgow, Budapest, Santiago, Dubai, Singapore, Guatemala City, Kuala Lumpur, London and Shanghai. Gaining experiences and wisdom that have helped teach him what it takes to succeed and be highly productive in all aspects of his life and work.
Within the EMCC, Nigel holds the EIA at Master Practitioner level, is also a certified Supervisor holding the ESIA. In 2019 he was a winner of the EMCC’s Coach of the Year award. He is currently an EMCC Global Board Member in the role of Treasurer, and in past volunteering roles co-led led in the creation of the Global Code of Ethics while also leading a Mentoring review.
Previously, Nigel worked as a multinational finance director with Coats plc, as well as for some of the world’s leading recruitment firms including Adecco. He is a Fellow of the UK’s Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. He co-created an award-winning recruitment firm based in Hong Kong and China, which he later sold to Hays plc. Educated at Cambridge University, UK, Nigel is an extensively qualified executive coach and leadership training professional. In 2016, he was made a Freeman of the City of London.
He is the author of a large number of self-help and leadership books among the most recent of which are: 100 Things Successful Leaders Do: Little Lessons in Leadership (Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2020), 100 Things Millionaires Do: Little Lessons in Creating Wealth (Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2019), The Ultimate Management Book (John Murray Learning, 2018), 100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living (John Murray Learning, 2016), Secrets of Success at Work: 50 Techniques to Excel (Hodder & Stoughton, 2014), Finding and Hiring Talent in a Week (John Murray Learning, 2016) and Leading Teams in a Week (John Murray Learning, 2016).