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    Sunil Naphray
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    Sunil Naphray

    Executive Coach, Leadership Trainer & End-Point Assessor
    Academy of Leadership and Management (ALM)
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    Professional Background

    Sunil Naphray is an executive coach, leadership trainer and end-point assessor with over 25 years in education, training and apprenticeships. He is a Chartered Manager (CMgr FCMI) and an AC-accredited Professional Executive Coach. He assesses Level 7 Senior Leader, Level 5 Coaching Professional and Level 4 Associate Project Manager apprenticeships. He is currently a specialist consultant to Newcastle University, designing new Skills England Level 5 AI leadership units (AI Strategy and Opportunity; AI Adoption, Procurement and Governance; AI Delivery and Organisational Transformation). He has also designed leadership training for South West Councils and L7 Senior Leader apprenticeship materials. Sunil is a university lecturer and a DBA candidate at the University of Chester, researching how coaching leaders build expertise under the pressures of AI, psychological safety and neurodiversity.

    Key Insight

    "Technology changes fast. Your ability to think, reflect and lead people is what lasts."

    Specialisms

    Strategy & Leadership
    Transformation & Change
    Planning and Leadership
    Board Member
    Self-Development and Leadership

    Expertise

    Chartered Manager
    CMgr FCMI (Chartered Management Institute); CMI Level 8 Professional Executive Coach (PEC) Accreditation
    Association for Coaching Level 7 Diploma for Executive and Senior Level Coaches and Mentors
    ILM Master of Education (Post-Compulsory Education)
    University of Wolverhampton [see check 1] Postgraduate Certificate in Mentoring and Coaching for FE and HE Professionals
    University of Wolverhampton Level 6 Masters Diploma in NLP
    Clinical Hypnotherapy and Transformational Coaching
    Life Practice UK DELTA (Level 7)
    University of Cambridge PGCE Post-16 Education (Distinction)
    Manchester University BA (Hons) Applied Social Studies (2:1)
    Sheffield Hallam University End-Point Assessment (L3)
    Internal Quality Assurance (L4) and Assessment & Verification (CAVA) awards
    A2A Training

    Awards & Recognition

    Finalist (one of 6 from 1,500 students),Student of the Year Award 2019
    Life Practice UK 2019
    LSC Basic Skills Manager of the Year 2003

    Affiliations

    Fellow, Chartered Management Institute (FCMI)
    Fellow, Society for Education and Training (SET)
    Member, City and Guilds of London Institute (MCGI)
    Accredited Professional Executive Coach, Association for Coaching (AC)
    Senior Member, ACCPH