Colin initiates and leads challenging and ground-breaking projects which have confirmed his reputation as an innovative, responsive and dynamic leader for learning and skills development. He works on both on a national and international basis.
Colin has a BA (Hons) from Lancaster University where he specialised in Economic History and Political Philosophy. After graduating Colin worked in Nigeria for two years on a community development project sponsored by the British Council. He returned to the UK and following a four year study of the process of retrenchment of the UK Steel Industry was awarded a Masters degree (by thesis), University of Keele.
He develops and delivers customised programmes for executive, senior and middle management teams and offers a business coaching, counselling and mentoring programme that is widely used by both the public and private sector. Colin holds several awards in Work Based Counselling and Mentoring and lectures at the University of Hull and University of Lincoln at Masters Level in these fields.
He works extensively in Europe and recently completed a significant corporate European Management Development initiative delivering workshops in Germany, Spain, Ukraine, Austria and Poland for OSI Europe, the main supplier to McDonalds. His work in Ukraine enabled him to make extensive contacts in Kyiv which he has maintained through the current period of conflict.