We develop adaptive, agile and emotionally intelligent leaders through our evidence-based leadership development programs. We are your allies in learning and growth.
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We are dedicated to developing C-Suite and Boardroom leaders with the right capabilities to navigate today’s VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) landscape to generate positive outcomes that benefit all stakeholders.
Since better outcomes are produced by cognitively diverse leadership teams and boards, we are also on a mission to equip leaders from STEMM fields (science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine) to transition to the C-Suite and the Boardroom effectively and sustainably.
Our business name, ProVeritas, reflects the importance of our values. The prefix “pro” means to be in favour of, or to advance forward whereas the Latin word “Veritas” stands for integrity, honesty and trust.
As committed allies in our clients’ learning, development and growth, we ensure that our clients are always advancing forward in achieving positive results.
Our values guide our behaviours at every step of the engagement - from contracting, program design, delivery, through to embracing and implementing our clients’ feedback for mutual continuous improvement.
Shaping Tomorrow: Your guide to empowering leaders to take bold climate action. This flexible workbook provides actionable strategies, communication frameworks, and holistic approaches, that will show you how to navigate systems and inspire leaders to make courageous, sustainable choices for our planet’s future. Launched Globally: November 2024
Written by Ruby Campbell and Diana Collett
With significant contributions from: Jackie Arnold, Denise Baden, David Bennett, Wassim Dbouk, Jenny Wardle, Katarzyna Schubert-Panecka, Natalie Nickells, Volker Molthan, Lina Lo and Michael Cavanagh
Copyright © 2024 by Climate Coaching Alliance First Edition, September 2024
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Published by the Climate Coaching Alliance
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Dr Ruby Campbell is an internationally recognised executive coach, leadership consultant, and author dedicated to helping leaders transition to senior, executive, and board roles. She specialises in empowering STEMM leaders to influence decision-making, drive transformational change, and foster sustainable futures. As the Founder and Managing Director of ProVeritas Leadership Pty Ltd, Ruby collaborates with executives and teams across corporate, academic, government, and non-profit sectors, delivering cutting-edge coaching programs that enable leaders to thrive amid complexity and uncertainty.
In 2019, Ruby authored the groundbreaking book Scientists in Every Boardroom: Harnessing the Power of STEMM Leaders in an Irrational World, which debuted as the #13 business management book on Amazon. This influential work is part of the National Library of Australia's Catalogue and is available in state libraries across Australia.
Ruby serves as the Australian Co-Lead of the Inner Development Goals (IDG) Research Team, contributing to global initiatives that cultivate the inner skills essential for sustainable leadership. She also served as the Chief Editor and Lead Author of Shaping Tomorrow: A Playbook for Coaching Leaders in Sustainable Decision-Making and Policy, leading an international, transdisciplinary team to equip changemakers with the mindsets and capabilities necessary to shape a sustainable future.
A trailblazer in the coaching industry, Ruby founded the APAC Roundtable for the Institute of Coaching (IOC), McLean Hospital, Affiliate of Harvard Medical School, and subsequently expanded its reach throughout Australia and New Zealand, enhancing the IOC’s regional presence. She is a Fellow Member, Council Member, and past ANZ Roundtable Convenor of the IOC. She is also a Fellow member of the Association for Coaching, acknowledged for her enduring contributions, leadership, and service to the coaching profession.
Prior to her coaching career, Ruby amassed 25 years as a transformational leader in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, holding senior positions in Australia, the United States, and the Asia-Pacific region. She was among the first female R&D Managers in the Australian pharmaceutical sector, instrumental in establishing an Asia-Pacific Centre of Excellence for a multinational corporation, and led significant drug launches in the 1990s. Ruby later directed international business expansions and large-scale strategic initiatives in operations, regulatory affairs, and scientific affairs.
Ruby earned both a PhD in Science and a Bachelor of Applied Chemistry (1st Class Honours) from the University of Technology, Sydney; an MBA (Executive) from the University of New South Wales, and a Master in Coaching Psychology from the University of Sydney. Additional professional affiliations and certifications include:
Paul is a registered psychologist who works with organisations across the world delivering leadership development, executive coaching and professional development programs. With over twenty years’ experience he is highly regarded in the field of leadership development, executive coaching, resilience and change management. He works with leaders and their teams equipping them with the resilience and capability to lead transformational change, improve performance, be agile, innovative and grow as leaders. Paul has been engaged as an executive coach and facilitated several leaderships, team development and organisational cultural change programs for a variety of organisations: public listed companies, government agencies, law firms, consulting firms, and private organisations.
Paul uses his background in neuroscience, positive psychology, and organisational psychology to design and deliver evidence-based and highly effective organisational change programs, executive coaching programs, and leadership team workshops for clients. He facilitates workshops and coach’s senior management and their teams to become champions of their organisational strategy and change programs. He helps leaders use their strengths and build their capability to engage effectively with their teams; in influencing upwards with stakeholders; and in work collaboratively with their peers when leading change.
Paul is a registered psychologist with a Grad. Dip Applied Psychology, and B.A. Psychology & Legal Studies, and is a Member of the Australian Psychological Society. He has a Masters in Science (Neuroscience leadership). Paul is accredited in a variety of assessment tools: The Hogan profile and 360; HBDI; OPQ, the Korn Ferry leadership profile; the Watson Glasser Critical Thinking Assessment; and the Belbin Team Profile.
Dr. Wassim Dbouk is a Marine and Maritime Policy Research Fellow at the University of Southamptonand a United Nations Climate Change Negotiator for Lebanon. With expertise in maritime law, oceangovernance, and climate policy, Wassim specializes in just transitions, sustainable development, andthe intersection of science and policy in global climate negotiations.
With a strong background in interdisciplinary research, he has contributed to high-impact projects oncarbon capture and storage (CCS), the decarbonization of shipping, and the just transition of theocean economy. He has advised policymakers at the UK Parliament, UNFCCC negotiations, andinternational maritime forums, ensuring that research translates into tangible policy outcomes.
As a negotiator at UN climate summits (COPs), Wassim plays a key role in building consensus onclimate action, particularly within the UAE Just Transition Work Programme and discussions oninternational shipping and aviation emissions. His ability to bridge technical, legal, and policyperspectives positions him as a key contributor to shaping climate governance.
Wassim holds a PhD in Marine Environmental Law and an LLM in Maritime Law (Distinction) from theUniversity of Southampton (UK), as well as a BA in Lebanese and French Law from Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth (Lebanon). He is fluent in Arabic, English, and French, with an elementaryunderstanding of Spanish.
Beyond his professional work, Wassim is passionate about mindfulness, climate activism throughpublic awareness and education, and knowledge exchange. He is a member of the Beirut BarAssociation of Lawyers and actively contributes to climate and maritime policy networks worldwide.
María Florencia Amigó is a social anthropologist with 20 years of experience as an academic working in the university sector, but in partnership with governmental, non-governmental and community organisations in various contexts.
Maria is currently an interdisciplinary senior lecturer at the University of Sydney, and is engaged in teaching and research around education for sustainability and complex problem-solving. Before coming to the University of Sydney in 2022, she was the Faculty of Arts Academic Director of an experiential learning program at Macquarie University. She has conducted research and developed curriculum on various issues around education, experiential learning, and children and youth in contexts of disadvantaged in Australia, Indonesia and Nepal.
Maria gained her PhD from the University of Sydney for her study on child labour in rural Indonesia. She also holds a Masters in Social Anthropology from the University of Buenos Aires, and a Bachelor in Education from that same university. Maria is a Senior Fellow of the Advanced Academy of Higher Education, and holds several micro-credentials in education for sustainable development, the sustainable development goals and futures thinking. Maria loves to research, teach, train and support learning in diverse areas and settings. Areas of expertise are: teaching, capacity building, ethnography, qualitative social research methodologies, children and youth in disadvantaged contexts, education, immigration, work, future of work, and experiential learning.
ProVeritas Leadership is a rapidly expanding firm due to the increasing demand for executive and organisational coaching in Australia and worldwide as a preferred approach to high-impact learning and development initiatives.
Depending on the scope of the engagement, ProVeritas Group will partner with other firms or contract individual practitioners who are aligned with our Mission and Values and meet our strict selection criteria.
Part of the selection criteria include being experienced executive coaches, and having tertiary qualifications and training in one or more disciplines (e.g., Psychology, Coaching, Business and Science).
OUR KEY leadership coaching solutions
Emotional Intelligence, visioning, sense-making, inventing and other essential leadership capabilities.
Evidence-based, customised L&D solutions to equip 21st Century leaders achieve business outcomes sustainably.
Helping teams function as more than “the sum of its parts” by learning how to connect and collaborate effectively.
Helping organisations understand, develop and action evidence-based ESG strategies with humanity in mind.
ProVeritas Leadership clients come from a wide range of sectors and industries and can be Australian organisations or multinational subsidiaries. We are also engaged by individuals privately. Our clients are from middle management upwards (General Managers, Directors, VPs, C-Suite). They can be individuals with high potential, those with significant responsibility and who have the potential to develop and change, as well as teams.
Our Clients include
Executive Leadership Media & Podcasts
Podcast: Ruby Campbell’s SCIENCE Coaching Model - Episode 20
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Webinar: Dr Ruby Campbell with the IOC McClean Hospital/Harvard Medical School Affiliate on 'Coaching in the 4th Industrial Revolution'. Leadership Coaching has become one of the most effective Learning &...
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Podcast: In this episode from The Oxford Review Podcast, an interview from Dr Ruby Campbell, author of Scientists in Every Boardroom: Harnessing the power of STEMM leaders in an irrational...
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Dr Ruby Campbell is the founder and Managing Director of ProVeritas Leadership, and Executive Coaching and Consulting firm. She is also the author of the ground-breaking book Scientists in Every Boardroom: Harnessing the Power of STEMM Leaders in an Irrational World.
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