Holder of the 2009 Global HR Excellence Award for

HR Leadership

My career spans some 33 years working as a trainer and facilitator    in cosmetics, retail, recruitment, area sales, management and healthcare.  Upon leaving corporate life in 2002, I established myself as a Learning Specialist trading through The POL Experience.  Since then I have continued to provide clients with exceptional training and instructional design; effective training delivery; development of in-company trainers; strategic learning advice and guidance.

As the business developed so has my range of offerings and I now provide additional learning services such as Interim HRD, Voice Over and Quality Standards in Training all available through one single Community of Learning portal The POL Group

Professional Experience & Memberships

	Former Head of Organisational & Workforce Development, NHS
	Experience in the Private, Public and Charity sectors in UK
	Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
	Fellow of the Institute of Training and Occupational Learning
	Secretary-General, European Consortium Learning Organisation
	National Quality Award Assessor (EFQM)
	European Excellence Assessor (EFQM)
	Quality Management Adviser (ISO 10015)
	Senior Lecturer in HR Development, University of Westminster
	Key note speaker at International conferences
	Member of the Institute of Healthcare Management
	Member of the Institute for Leadership and Management
	Associate International Federation Trg & Dev Organisations
	Technical Adviser Projects funded by the European Commission

The 'Art of Conversation'

I bring to all of my work a strong belief in the power of 'conversation' and as such have developed an impressive network of professionals from across the World. A well respected supporter of the use of 'conversation in business' is the historian and thinker, Dr Theodore Zeldin.  This Radio Netherlands interview is a superb opportunity to hear him explaining this concept further (0:30:00)

Curriculum Vitae UK format

Curriculum Vitae European format