Dr Nerisha brings a unique blend of expertise in business and ancient Eastern psychology-philosophy, based on authentic experience. Her coaching ethos seeks to balance business strategies with ethical consciousness in leadership, encompassing holistic well-being. Prior to establishing her coaching practice in 2012, she held a global corporate career as a chartered accountant for Unilever and Deloitte, based in London, New York, South Africa and Botswana. Tasked with leading diverse teams and complex projects, her various roles spanned CEO/Exco support on strategy, risk, ethics, ESG and sustainability, rapidly shifting in succession.
Her ability to adapt swiftly to new experiences and navigate complexity with different ways of wholeness thinking, helps her effectively coach and creatively strategize with her multi-faceted inspiring clients, who include CEOs, scientists, tech experts, entrepreneurs, conservationists, creatives, and social justice activists, across multiple countries including UK, Italy, Sweden, Dubai and Angola, and industry sectors including logistics, healthcare, FMCG, creative agency and higher education.
From regular journeys to far flung holy abodes in India, to serving in a monastery in Los Angeles and trekking up to Angel Falls in the Amazon jungle of Venezuela, her nature is to seek out experiential wisdom beyond the norm that illumines the soul.
Her book Self-Love: The Authentic Path to Conscious Leadership, is based on the first published research in the world to explore the impact of authentic self-love in leadership. She is a scholar in ancient Indian philosophy, has been mentored by great monks, and holds a PhD exploring a Vedāntic perspective on wholeness toward spiritual intelligence in leadership (UCT GSB Allan Gray Centre for Values-Based Leadership scholarship).
Working with all clients from both varying spiritual traditions and none, she encourages all along their own path. As a dedicated meditation practitioner with decades of experience and a 200-hour yoga teacher certification, Dr Nerisha also shares the art and science of meditation and spiritual intelligence with all who so choose to explore. Dr Nerisha serves as adjunct faculty on the University of Cape Town GSB Executive MBA teaching conscious leadership to around 70 executives annually.
