Dr. Christian van Nieuwerburgh is an academic, consultant and executive coach. He is one of only two Professors of Coaching and Positive Psychology in the world. He currently teaches at the Centre for Positive Health Sciences at the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences (Ireland). Christian is also Global Director for Growth Coaching International, a provider of coach training and consultancy for the education sector.

Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener is widely known as the Indiana Jones of Positive Psychology because his research on happiness has taken him to such far-flung places as Greenland, India and Kenya. He has published more than 70 academic papers and has a citation count in excess of 20 thousand. Robert is also interested in applying positive psychology, especially to coaching. Robert is an ICF certified coach, a Gallup certified strengths-coach, and trains coaches at his company, Positive Acorn.