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Carmelina Lawton Smith

Carmelina is an independent coaching and development specialist who focuses on leadership development, consultancy and facilitation.
Job Title
Associate Lecturer, The International Centre for Coaching & Mentoring Studies

Offering customised development solutions, Carmelina's work often includes training courses, one-to-one coaching, and mentoring or a combination of these activities.

As an Associate Lecturer with the International Centre for Coaching & Mentoring Studies she specialises in the design and delivery of bespoke coaching and mentoring programmes, short courses and coaching masterclasses. She is still an active coach/mentor and supervisor, and is involved with the delivery of both the ILM 3,5 and 7. She has worked with a variety of organisations across a number of countries including the World Bank, the United Nations, Public Health England, the UK Civil Service, the NHS and a number of Universities involved in promoting coaching and mentoring.

With a first class BSc in Psychology and an MSc in Training and Development, Carmelina has continued to develop her skills throughout her career with a Postgraduate Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring Practice. Most recently, she completed her doctorate on how coaching supports resilience in leaders and has published a number of chapters and articles in relation to coaching and mentoring.

She is a member of the British Psychological Society and the Association for Coaching. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Consulting Editor for International Journal of Stress Prevention & Wellbeing. In addition, she is a member of the Oxford Brookes University Supervision Conference Academic Board and the Strategic Consultant for Education for the European Relocation Association.