Training Courses
Bill Atkinson

Bill Atkinson

Bill Atkinson helps people increase their leadership capability at both the personal and group level through process and skills development.  He has leadership experience in military, manufacturing and service industries, including 8 years as a management consultant with Standard Life. He delivers training across all sectors in the UK and also undertakes associate work in both the Middle and Far East.


Marco Busi

Marco Busi

Marco Busi is a research manager and a strategy and operations management consultant, focusing on global sourcing and supply chain management. He has worked in Italy, Scandinavia and the UK and holds an MSc in Industrial Management (Italy) and a PhD in Collaborative Performance Management (Norway). His skills are internationally recognised and he has been involved in several national and European research projects. He has more than 50 publications and is the founder of “Strategic Outsourcing, An International Journal” (Emerald). He delivers training on outsourcing, at a strategic, tactical and operational level.


Louise Clarkson

Louise Clarkson

Louise Clarkson is a chartered occupational psychologist with extensive experience of working with individuals, teams and organisations in the public and private sectors, helping them to perform at their best and to develop their potential. She was formerly head of management development at an international business services group and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).


Carol George

Carol George

Carol George is an independent management consultant and trainer specialising in strategic planning, performance, research and communication. She is an accredited assessor for the EFQM Excellence Model and an associate member of CIPD. She has 20 years experience as a strategic manager in practice, policy and organisational development settings and has taught in Further and Higher Education.


Phil Griffiths

Phil Griffiths

Phil Griffiths is a chartered accountant and management consultant specialising in risk management, internal audit and fraud prevention as practitioner, professional adviser, facilitator and trainer. He is an accomplished public speaker, has held top management positions with a number of international businesses and has experience of working in Europe, North America, and the Middle East.


Tom Heron

Tom Heron

Tom Heron delivers training programmes that improve personal effectiveness, workload management and project management skills. He has worked with blue-chip private sector companies, including IBM, HBOS, Scottish & Newcastle and Standard Life, as well as a number of public bodies. Earlier in his career, Tom spent fourteen years working for Intel Corporation in various management positions, including Product Marketing Manager and Multinational Client Relationship Manager.


Florence Kennedy

Florence Kennedy

Florence Kennedy is an international negotiation consultant who delivers training in negotiation skills from the shop floor to board level. She has a wide range of experience in every industry from small family companies to large multi-nationals and in both the public and private sector in the UK and across Europe.


Douglas Macbeth

Douglas Macbeth

Douglas Macbeth is one of the UK’s foremost experts on supply chain strategies and structures, logistics and lean management. He has extensive teaching and consulting experience, is widely published and is highly sought after as a speaker at international conferences. He delivers training on managing supply chain strategy, relationships and processes.


Martin Murphy

Martin Murphy

Martin Murphy is a management consultant specialising in supply chain management, procurement and logistics. He has extensive experience working with private and public sector organisations in the UK, all over Europe, the Middle East, the Far East and the USA. He has been directly involved in and led OJEU tendering exercises and has also worked with suppliers to support their tender submissions.


Christine Robinson

Christine Robinson

Christine Robinson is Director of Scottish Language Dictionaries and an Honorary Fellow of the Department of Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh. She has a wealth of experience as a writer, teacher and editor and has been teaching writing skills for specific purposes to professional and business people for over ten years.


Mik Wisniewski

Mik Wisniewski

Mik Wisniewski is acknowledged internationally as an expert on strategy, planning and performance management. He has worked in Higher Education, has written a number of highly-acclaimed books and articles and has developed a range of training courses to provide practical help with performance management.