Executive, Career & Leadership Coach

Ruth Singh

Helping professionals navigate career transitions, grow as leaders and create meaningful careers with confidence and clarity.

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  • PCCInternational Coaching Federation
  • 25+Years corporate HR experience
  • 1,000+Professionals coached
  • 1,800+Coaching hours
Ruth Singh, executive and leadership coach, in a black and gold saree

“What you seek is seeking you.”Rumi

Coaching

Coaching for your next chapter

Your career can change in many ways. You may be stepping into your first leadership role, preparing for your next career move, navigating organisational change, returning to work, or simply wondering, “What next?”

Coaching gives you the space to step back, reflect, challenge your thinking and make intentional choices about your career and leadership journey.

I work with professionals from new managers to senior executives and C-suite leaders.

  1. 01

    Career Development & Transition

    Gain clarity about your career direction, strengthen your positioning and navigate career changes with confidence.

    • Career direction and clarity
    • Career transitions and pivots
    • Promotion and next-level preparation
    • Professional positioning and personal branding
    • Job search strategy and interview readiness
    • Career resilience during organisational change
  2. 02

    Executive & Leadership Coaching

    Build executive presence, strategic thinking, influence, stakeholder effectiveness and leadership confidence.

    • Executive presence
    • Strategic thinking
    • Stakeholder management
    • Communication and influence
    • Leading through change
    • Managing teams effectively
  3. 03

    New Manager Coaching

    Make the transition from individual contributor to people leader with greater confidence and effectiveness.

    • Managing former peers
    • Delegation and accountability
    • Giving and receiving feedback
    • Difficult conversations
    • Building credibility and confidence
  4. 04

    Career & Personal Transformation

    Step back, reassess what matters and design the next phase of your professional journey.

    • Preparing for the next phase of a career
    • Reassessing what matters
    • Building confidence and resilience
  5. 05

    AI-Enabled Career Development

    Understand how AI is changing the workplace and identify the skills, tools and mindset needed to remain future-ready.

    • How AI is changing careers and workplaces
    • Identifying future-ready skills
    • Using AI-enabled tools for career development
    • CV and professional profile optimisation
    • Interview preparation and mock interviews
  6. 06

    Coaching for Organisations

    As organisations grow, leadership teams need to scale up and adapt their mindset to a more complex, fast-changing environment. I help them frame a clear vision and mission, set goals and empower the team to achieve them.

    • Organisational change and transformation
    • Individual coaching of key team members
    • Group coaching for leadership teams

How coaching works

Discover, learn, grow, transform

Coaching is more than understanding what to change. It is about feeling it, doing it, learning from it, and carrying that learning long after our sessions end.

  1. 1

    Discover

    Get clear on what you are really seeking and where you want to go, and set your goals and objectives.

  2. 2

    Learn

    Explore what is holding you back, find options for dealing with those roadblocks and learn ways to overcome them.

  3. 3

    Grow

    Deepen your capacity to reflect on your reactions, triggers and experiences, and turn them into personal growth and leadership capability.

  4. 4

    Transform

    Consciously change what no longer serves you, and become more aware, courageous and resilient as an individual and as a leader.

Moving to a new role

Executives at any level in transition from one role to another, or pivoting to a completely different one.

Moving up

From individual contributor to team manager, or from functional leader to Business Head and C-suite.

Starting a venture

Professionals ready to go out on their own, looking for their niche, an action plan and clear goals.

Mentor Coaching for ICF Level 1 & 2

Working towards your ICF credential?

I offer structured, reflective mentor coaching to help you deepen your coaching practice, strengthen your application of the ICF Core Competencies and build confidence as a coach.

  • ICF-registered Mentor Coach
  • 10+ coaches mentored
  • MCS application in progress

Strengthen your coaching. Deepen your practice. Prepare for your ICF credential.

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  • Mentoring on your coachingFeedback on your sessions against the ICF Core Competencies.
  • Live demonstrationsSee the competencies applied in real coaching conversations.
  • Practice sessionsBuild fluency and confidence through structured practice.
  • Credential preparationPrepare for the ICF Level 1 (ACC) and Level 2 (PCC) credentialing exams.
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About Ruth

HR leader, corporate insider, coach

I believe that meaningful career growth begins with the willingness to pause, reflect and ask better questions.

I am Ruth Singh, a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation, with more than 25 years of experience across Human Resources, leadership and organisational development.

I moved into full-time coaching and training in 2018, following an inner calling. I am convinced that excellence in life and career comes from continuous learning and a willingness to grow.

My corporate career has taken me across manufacturing, financial services, FMCG, pharma, retail and other sectors, giving me a first-hand understanding of the realities of organisations, careers and leadership.

Before becoming a full-time coach, I held senior HR leadership roles, including Head of HR at Emkay Global Financial Services and General Manager – HR at Sapat Group of Companies. Earlier in my career, I spent over 12 years with ACC, working in corporate HR and gaining extensive exposure to plant and manufacturing environments.

Since 2018, through Propel HR Consultancy, I have worked with professionals and leaders across career stages, from entry level to C-suite. Today, I bring together my experience as an HR professional, corporate leader and coach to help individuals:

  • Gain clarity about their career direction
  • Navigate career transitions
  • Prepare for leadership roles
  • Strengthen their executive presence
  • Improve their effectiveness and impact
  • Manage workplace challenges
  • Build confidence and resilience
  • Stay future-ready in a changing world

My coaching philosophy

I don’t believe coaching is about telling people what they should do. It is about creating the space to think, reflect, discover and choose.

My role is to help you see possibilities, challenge assumptions, recognise your strengths and take purposeful action towards the future you want to create.

Why work with Ruth

Coaching grounded in real-world corporate experience

I don’t just understand leadership and career challenges from a coaching perspective. I have experienced the corporate world from within: leading HR functions, advising senior leaders, building teams and navigating organisational change.

  • 25+Years of HR and corporate experience
  • 1,800+Coaching hours
  • 1,000+Professionals coached, from entry level to C-suite
  • PCCProfessional Certified Coach, International Coaching Federation
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Corporate experience

Manufacturing · 12+ years

ACC

Managed HR for 1,800 management staff across 17 plant locations, gaining extensive exposure to multi-site manufacturing HR, plant culture, performance, workforce practices and leadership development.

FMCG / Pharma manufacturing

Sapat Group of Companies

Built the HR function for a 600+ employee group, covering HR operations, talent acquisition, performance management, compensation and employee relations.

Financial services

Emkay Global Financial Services

Led the full HR function across Institutional Equity, Retail Broking, Insurance, Investment Banking and Wealth Management divisions.

Industries I have coached in

  • Financial Services
  • Banking & Finance
  • Investment Banking
  • IT & Services
  • Management Consulting
  • Consumer & Retail
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Automotive
  • Manufacturing
  • Construction
  • Oil & Energy
  • Media

Testimonials

In their words

Ruth doesn’t offer generic advice. She tailors her approach to your specific situation. Her ability to listen deeply and ask the right questions helped me grow into my Director role with more confidence and clarity than I thought possible.
DirectorFinancial Services
Ruth helped me find my purpose. That soul-searching work is at the core of everything else. She pushes the limit, sets timelines, and makes sure learnings carry forward session to session.
CEOAutomobile Company
You anchored me out of the dense and dark jungle of uncertainty, low confidence, and self-doubt. Your experience and expertise were evident in every interaction.
Program ManagerIT Business Partner

Credentials

Qualifications

  • Professional Certified Coach (PCC)International Coaching Federation · renewed 2025
  • Master’s in Human Resource ManagementTata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai
  • Master NLP Practitioner
  • Group Coaching Practitioner
  • Thomas PPA DISC Assessor

Experience

Professional experience

  1. 2018 – Present
    Executive & Leadership Coach
    Propel HR Consultancy
  2. 2020 – Present
    Career Development and Transition Coach
    Freelance Consultant
  3. 2009 – 2018
    Head of HR
    Emkay Global Financial Services
  4. 2004 – 2008
    General Manager – HR
    Sapat Group of Companies
  5. 2003 – 2004
    Director
    Mangalam Placements – Executive Search
  6. 2000 – 2003
    Human Resources Consultant
    Propel HR Consultancy
  7. 1999 – 2000
    Lecturer – Human Resource Management
    Defence Services Staff College, Wellington
  8. 1986 – 1998
    Manager – HR
    Associated Cement Companies Ltd (ACC)

Insights

Questions worth asking

Articles on careers, leadership and the changing workplace.

  • Career

    Should I stay in my current role or look for a new opportunity?

    Coming soon
  • New managers

    5 things new managers need to learn quickly

    Coming soon
  • Leadership

    Executive presence: what it really means

    Coming soon
  • Career

    How to prepare for a career transition

    Coming soon
  • Leadership

    How to communicate with senior stakeholders

    Coming soon
  • Future of work

    How AI is changing careers, and what professionals should do about it

    Coming soon
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Beyond coaching

I believe that continuous learning and a willingness to step outside our comfort zones keep us growing, both personally and professionally. Adventure sports are my passion: I enjoy sailing, and took up scuba diving in Port Blair! Yoga keeps me mentally and physically agile. I love cooking, especially baking, and I am an avid reader. The last book I read was Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown.

“Making a difference to the lives and careers I connect with keeps my passion for coaching alive.”

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Ready to explore what’s next?

If you are considering a career move, stepping into leadership, navigating a workplace challenge or simply looking for greater clarity about your next chapter, let’s have a conversation.

Not sure whether coaching is right for you? That’s okay. The first conversation is an opportunity to understand what you’re looking for and see whether we are a good fit.

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