Sermiane Kum-naksch
Sermiane is an educational and learning advisor with over 20 years of experience in the field of education between educational management and leadership to curriculum planning, development and design. She holds two Master’s Degrees in Education from international universities in the US and the UK.
In addition to being an Academic Quality Controller and Principal at a SABIS School, she was also appointed as Deputy Director of LCE- the region’s leading coaching company, after finishing her Coaching Certification Program.
Sermiane has been involved in the management and educational field for more than twenty years where she has worked in various departments including consultancy, training, and curriculum planning and development among other things. Sermiane has led and co-facilitated many interventions and executive coaching journeys to well-known clients and prominent entities like Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Suez Cement–Heidelberg Cement Group, Bank Audi, ALEXBANK, USAID, Shell, Siemens, Palm Hills, AUC School of Business and Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI), Misr El Kheir, and Misr Life Insurance. In educational contexts, Sermiane led several training programs in AIS, ISC and Education First among others.
After being a professional swimmer throughout her adolescence and young adult years and establishing herself as the team captain of the Egyptian National Team and a top swimmer across both the Arab and African regions, Sermiane grew a fondness towards concepts like self-reflection/regulation and self-discipline and harbored a particular interest in the ideas pertaining to intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation.
Sermiane has found herself passionate about human psychology and has focused on centering her work, be it as an academic or a coach, around the humanity and performance of the people that she works with.
Sermiane took on transcendental meditation (TM) in 2012 followed by TM Sidhi and ever since has been a consistent meditator/Sidha and an active member of the TM community. In her free time, Sermiane enjoys reading, hiking, swimming, and practicing yoga.
