Prof. Daniel Meron
I work with people who carry responsibility in complex systems and who value clarity, judgement, and thoughtful action. My background spans senior executive leadership, clinical practice, and long-standing reflective inquiry, which informs how I work rather than what I deliver.
I do not work from a fixed programme or set of techniques. Each engagement is shaped collaboratively, with careful attention to the person, their role, and the wider system they are part of.
My practice is grounded in over 1,000 hours of executive and leadership coaching, including 500+ hours in the past two years. I work within clear ethical boundaries, with formal contracting, and maintain regular professional supervision to ensure the highest standards of practice
COACHING APPROACH
How I Work
My coaching approach is integrative, relational, and systems-informed. It draws on:
Systemic and organisational perspectives — attending to the wider context within which clients lead and work
Psychodynamic and relational understanding — including concepts from Cognitive Analytic Therapy that illuminate patterns, roles, and relational dynamics
Internal Family Systems (IFS) and parts-aware inquiry — supporting clients to work with inner complexity with curiosity and compassion
Reflective and mindfulness-informed approaches — grounded in over 40 years of personal contemplative practice
Contemporary executive and leadership coaching frameworks
Coaching is non-directive and inquiry-led, with attention to both individual patterns and the wider systems within which clients work. The emphasis is on developing awareness, judgement, and capacity to work skilfully with complexity — rather than primarily on technique or performance optimisation.
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
Supervision and Reflective Practice
I engage in monthly professional coaching supervision, using a mixed individual and group format. Supervision is provided by appropriately experienced supervisors with relevant coaching, leadership, and clinical backgrounds, ensuring reflective challenge and ethical oversight appropriate to the scope of the work.
I maintain an active reflective practice, including structured reflection following coaching engagements, peer consultation, and supervision. Reflective writing and professional dialogue support ethical awareness, learning, and ongoing development of my coaching practice.
Practice is conducted in alignment with the EMCC Global Code of Ethics, and informed by professional standards from both clinical and coaching contexts.
Continuing Professional Development
I am committed to ongoing professional development in systemic, relational, and reflective coaching approaches. Recent and current CPD includes:
Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) Practitioner Training (2024) — informing work with patterns, roles, and relational dynamics
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Level 1 Training Programme (2024) — informing relational and parts-aware coaching practice
Coaching Constellations Systemic Constellation Practitioner Training (2021) — informing systemic and organisational work
Ongoing engagement in professional supervision and peer learning
Regular reading and engagement with current literature in coaching, leadership, organisational psychology, and professional wellbeing
QUALIFICATIONS AND CREDENTIALS
Coaching Accreditation and Training
Associate Certified Coach (ICF-ACC), International Coaching Federation (2021)
Executive and Senior Level Coaching and Mentoring Certificate, ILM Level 7 (ICF approved 80 hours, 2020–2022)
Barefoot Coach Training Course for Business & Personal Coaching (ICF ACTP approved, 162 hours, 2019)
Professional Workplace Mediator, Institute of Leadership and Management (40 hours, 2023)
Coaching Constellations Systemic Constellation Practitioner (60 ICF CCEUs, 2019–2021)
Medical and Academic Qualifications
Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (FRCPsych), London
Doctor of Medicine (DM), University of Southampton
Executive MBA with Distinction, Hult Business School (Hult-Ashridge)
Bachelor of Medicine (BM), University of Southampton
UK General Medical Council (GMC) Registration: 4520247
UK Specialist Register: General Psychiatry
Academic Appointments
Visiting Professor, School of Medicine, University of Southampton (2023–present)
Visiting Professor, Peninsula Medical School, University of Plymouth (2022–present)
EXECUTIVE BACKGROUND
My coaching practice is informed by over 25 years' experience across NHS board-level leadership, complex system transformation, and clinical medical/psychiatry practice.
Chief Medical Officer, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust (2019–2024)
Executive Director and Trust Board member in a large integrated acute, community, mental health and primary care NHS foundation trust formed through successive mergers. Senior medical leadership through organisational merger and the COVID pandemic. Executive responsibility for medical leadership, quality governance, and patient safety.
Chief Medical Officer, Solent NHS Trust (2016–2019)
Board-level executive leadership in a community, mental health, and primary care trust. System leadership within Hampshire and Isle of Wight Sustainability and Transformation Partnership.
This executive experience provides deep understanding of the pressures, responsibilities, and relational complexities that senior leaders navigate — informing coaching that is grounded in the reality of leadership in high-stakes, high-complexity environment.
Coaching
Deep coaching for individuals and teams
BM DM FRCPsych EMBA
