Balancing businesses across two continents, family, and passions has taught me firsthand the challenges ambitious leaders face. I help leaders unlock their potential and live a zero regret life with ultimate clarity and peace of mind.
I believe true success is holistic: climbing your summits faster while staying healthy and nurturing meaningful relationships, a balance that often feels out of reach. My coaching combines my Break Free system with tools from Marshall Goldsmith’s Stakeholder Centered Leadership and conscious communication practices to boost clarity, momentum, and team performance. I also share leadership lessons from the mountains to inspire others to reach their personal and professional peaks.
I’ve worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs and leaders across 20+ countries, guiding multimillion-dollar businesses through coaching, workshops, keynotes, and retreats. Global brands and leadership networks trust me to deliver insights and tools that inspire lasting transformation.
This quote has been my guiding light and reminder to keep testing the limits of what I think I can do.
Back in 2002, I ran the London Marathon. I’ve never liked running, but I saw it as a challenge worth taking on. I trained hard – maybe too hard – and ended up injuring the ligaments in both feet. My physio warned me against doing the race, and we made a deal: if the pain got too much, I’d stop. Luckily, that moment never came.
That day, it was more than the finish line that stayed with me. It was the hours spent alone, confronting discomfort and doubt, that marked the beginning of something deeper. I didn’t know it then, but I had started climbing an entirely different kind of mountain. That internal shift eventually led me to scale my first real summit: Kala Patthar (5,644m) in the Himalayas, just above Everest Base Camp, in 2010.
Something changed after Kala Patthar. The silence, the space, and scale of it all lit a fire. My wife and I promised each other we’d keep climbing once our kids were old enough.
In 2017, I summited Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895m), the tallest free-standing mountain in the world and the highest peak in Africa. A year later: Mount Elbrus (5,642m), the tallest peak in Europe, our first taste of technical climbing with ropes and harnesses. In 2019, we tackled Mount Chopicalqui in Peru, a new best at 6,354m, using ice axes for the first time. While in Peru, we also ventured into the Amazon rainforest, where I saw something unforgettable: everything (alive or dead) had a role to play.
Most recently, I climbed Pico de Orizaba (5,636m), the highest peak in Mexico. Each climb brought its own lessons: how to prepare for challenges, weathering hardships, self-confidence, mindfulness, and going where others fear. I’ve learned about endurance, resilience, and how to trust myself when things get tough.
I realised that the challenges I had overcome on those mountains mirrored what many ambitious leaders face in their own lives: stress, self-doubt, the fear of failure, and more. What I had learned, and the transformation I’d undergone on the peaks could be applied to the corporate world, personal growth, and leadership.
A pivotal moment was a conversation I had with someone who had been following my journey. They turned to me and said, “You know, Saahil, you should really share this. The way you talk about breaking free and unmasking yourself for the first time, letting go of all the weight…that’s something others need to hear.”
At first, I decided to enable others through the pages of my debut book, Break Free. Writing it was my way of reflecting on the journey I’d been on, breaking through my own mental barriers, and discovering a deeper sense of purpose. It wasn’t only about mountaineering or business any more, but an entire framework for how to live a life with less stress, more clarity, and zero regrets. And I knew others needed that message too.
This opened the door to speaking opportunities to share my journey and lessons as a way to inspire others to push beyond their own limits.
My journey gave me the ability to change my way of thinking from “Why?” to “Why Not?”, and overcoming challenges became just one part of the equation. I realised quickly that inspiration alone wasn’t enough, and people needed a way to turn those insights into real, lasting change.
That’s when coaching felt like the next step. Rather than telling people what to do, I create the space where they can see things clearly, creating an empowered life where every decision is made with confidence, and take action. A life where you don’t just look back and think, “I wish I had done that differently.”
I create lives full of meaning, achievement, and inner peace. What is the next summit that awaits you?
TMTC, Tata Group
Honoured to be recognised as one of the Dr. Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches. 100 Coaches brings together many of the world’s leading executive coaches, top business thinkers and best leaders with the common purpose of making good executives better. Their goal is to prepare, develop, and energise inspired leaders for the future.
Honoured to be recognised as one of the Dr. Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches. 100 Coaches brings together many of the world’s leading executive coaches, top business thinkers and best leaders with the common purpose of making good executives better. Their goal is to prepare, develop, and energise inspired leaders for the future.
Saahil is a global citizen, serial entrepreneur, author, keynote speaker, peak performance coach for leaders, and passionate mountaineer. His unique brand of conscious leadership inspires ambitious leaders of the world to aspire for holistic success, with an optimal balance of scaling your summits faster, leading a healthy lifestyle, and enjoying wonderful personal and professional relationships while doing so.
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