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Group Executive - Netherlands
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& other
UK and other countries
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Marcus Hamilton, Managing Director and
the founder of the PLANtoWIN™ Process.
An Economics graduate, he started marketing with Shell and BP Oil,
pursued a career in line marketing management with increasing general
management responsibility within large and small companies.
Whilst Managing Director of a development training organisation, he
was chosen by Lucas Industries to lead their marketing training /
development activity where he held group-wide responsibilities for
marketing and commercial training and development. There he developed
and implemented a portfolio of strategic marketing and commercial
training, software to support learning and best practice, and the
most advanced process for winning complex and large scale business.
He started Marcus Hamilton & Associates in early 1997 using this
expertise to provide services to corporations such as Boeing and General
Dynamics in the USA and Europe.
Marcus is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Marketing, gained
an Executive MBA from Bath University School of Management in 1993,
formed the PLANtoWIN Group in 2001 and lives near Birmingham, U.K. |
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David MacLeod, an experienced Sales and
Global account Director with a strong process orientation. As a Professional
Engineer he moved into sales engineering and went on to hold a number
of Sales Management positions within the Automotive and Capital Equipment
sectors. He worked extensively in U.K., France, Germany, USA and Japan
and became Director of Marketing for Lucas Electrical and Electronics
adding responsibility for Advanced Systems Development when this became
LucasVarity's largest Division. As UK Regional Director and Global
Account Director for TRW he gained further experience in helping to
integrate the Sales operations and processes of two major international
businesses.
David lives in Herefordshire and is a member of the PLANtoWIN Group
Executive. |
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Martyn Laycock, a successful general manger
who focuses on strategic positioning, major change programmes and
performance improvement - always orientated towards genuinely becoming
World Class. A Mathematics graduate from London University, with 30
years in the automotive industry with Lucas, LucasVarity and TRW.
He held General Management positions in both the Diesel and Electronics
Divisions in the UK and Europe (France and Spain) and senior directorial
functional roles in IT, Manufacturing and Purchasing. His broad experience
includes various Board directorships - particularly in start up ventures.
Martyn lives in the West Midlands and is a member of the PLANtoWIN
Group Executive. |
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James Thorne, an inspirational facilitator
and marketing expert with global experience as a business leader in
professional service organisations. As a Founding Partner and Managing
Director of Strat*X, a Paris-based business strategy training consultancy
he managed the business development, for over 50 leading companies
across almost every sector of business in over 25 different countries.
He has also taught on Executive Programmes at INSEAD, Ashridge, MCE
and the CIM and his recent clients include American Express, DaimlerChrysler,
General Motors, ICI, Mars, Novartis, Shell Oil, UK Post Office, and
Volkswagen.
James has an MBA with Honours from INSEAD (France), an MA in Modern
Languages from Cambridge University, is bilingual English/French and
speaks fluent German. |
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Bruce van Barthold, graduated in the UK,
and then worked for 10 years at the prestigious ENA school in Paris
preparing ministers, diplomats, ambassadors and politicians for the rigours
of the Commission in Brussels.
Subsequently Bruce joined STRATX, a consultancy and training company where his
client list included GM, Philip Morris, Kodak, The Post Office, Novartis, Nestle
designing and delivering courses around the world. Bruce also jointly presented
several courses in the Strategic Marketing of Services at the INSEAD business
school and continues to participate in their Global Strategy course. He has
recently specialised in pharmaceutical marketing and strategy.
In parallel, Bruce was asked to join an MTI, an organisational development company
which gives personalised coaching to senior management, both on leadership style and
group dynamics. He has helped develop modules for BASF, Nokia and Oracle in Germany
France and the UK.
Now with the PLANtoWIN Group, Bruce works in both French and English and is based in France. |
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Niall McDonagh, specialises in marketing, strategy and customer focus.
During the last 15 years, he has designed and led executive
development programmes and facilitated strategic change projects
in marketing and strategy for companies such as Bristol-Myers
Squibb, BT, General Electric, General Motors, GlaxoSmithKline,
ntl:Telewest, Oracle, Rolls-Royce and The Post Office as well
as for two leading management consulting firms. He has been
engaged in client projects in more than 25 countries across
Europe, North America and Asia, with managers representing
over 60 different nationalities.
Until 2006, Niall was the UK Managing Director of StratX,
an international management consultancy, and was responsible
for managing and developing the business in the UK & Europe,
leading client projects and managing key client relationships.
Niall has a BSc in Modern Languages and Business Management,
is a member of the The Marketing Society, The Institute of
Directors and the Chartered Institute of Marketing. He is
married with two children and lives in St Albans, UK. |
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Eric Harding has gained wide ranging
experience, over 35 years, in sales, marketing, customer relations and
supply chain management. He has worked in the Chemical, Automotive,
Retail and Industrial Services sectors in the UK, Europe, Africa, Far
East and USA.
Eric has led successful sales and customer relations teams and managed
the accounts of most of the major global brand owners in the Grocery
sector.
Involvement in a number of strategic projects includes JV formation in
Japan, market launch strategy in USA, company set-up in Scandinavia. He
was Sales & Marketing Director of CHEP UK and Senior Vice President of
CHEP Europe.
He has a Chemistry degree and an MBA and is a Fellow of the Chartered
Institute of Logistics & Transport. He is married with two children and
lives in Wimbledon. |
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Richard Murray is a professional management
consultant specialising in strategy, marketing and sales. He assists
clients to improve business performance through adding customer value
to products and services by identifying market opportunities, developing
marketing strategy, and achieving effective implementation through
positive customer focus and culture change.
He has training and consultancy interests in the UK and the Middle
East, is a Director of the Richmond Group of Independent Management
Consultancies and a Course Director for the Chartered Institute of
Marketing. Richard is a Chartered Marketer, a Member of the Chartered
Institute of Marketing, a Certified Management Consultant and Fellow
of the Institute of Management Consultancy. He was previously Director
of a London-based marketing and training consultancy with a strong
automotive client base and his industry background included international
marketing strategy, marketing planning, new business development and
key account selling roles with Castrol, BP and L'Oreal.
Richard’s clients include ABB, GKN, Michelin, Shell International,
SKF, and TMC. |
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Joan O'Callaghan, a manufacturing and
best practice professional with international experience.
After graduation, progressed through Lucas Industries in manufacturing
supervision and business planning roles. Upon completion of a Masters
Degree in Business Analysis, worked in the Packaging Industry as a
Business Planning Executive. Returned to the Automotive Industry to
run the operations in a green-field, capital intensive manufacturing
site prior to three years as Plant Manager in the USA. As Best Practice
Director for the Electronics Division of TRW, had global responsibility
for the implementation of Lean Manufacturing and business improvement
programmes.
In 2002, set up Best Practice Solutions working with construction,
utility and aerospace companies delivering manufacturing and business
process improvements. |
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Raglan Tribe brings creative expertise
in strategy, technical and R&D management.
Managing Director of the Management & Technology Consulting business
- Mindsheet Limited, which he started early in 2003.
Previously Raglan was the Group Research and Development Director
of De La Rue plc, a £650M international business specialising
in the production of banknotes and cash handling machines.
His earlier career includes 12 years automotive experience as the
Chassis Systems Director of TRW Automotive, the R&D Director for
Lucas Varity Automotive and Head of Advanced Product Development for
Lucas Industries. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer
Systems and upon graduation he gained 5 years Systems Engineering
experience at British Aerospace. |
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Gordon Davidson is a Chartered Engineer
and graduate of London University. Following an apprenticeship and
early experience in heavy engineering he joined Lucas Aerospace where
he held a range of technical and marketing management positions. His
experience gained in design and product development has proved invaluable
in its application to strategic marketing. Wider commercial experience
was gained during a period as Commercial Director of Griffis Metals,
a precious metals refiner and as a commodity trader with United Coal
Company. He has experience of business negotiations in many overseas
countries and has worked while a resident of the USA and of Canada
in addition to the UK.
After moving into sales engineering in the early 70s, a key period
in the development of marketing, Gordon’s experience has grown
with the discipline. He is a firm believer in the power of strategic
marketing and has many years experience in its application to winning
key contracts. Before joining the PLANtoWIN Group he was Market Development
Manager at TRW Aerospace where he gained hands on experience of the
PLANtoWIN process and of optimising its benefits to the company’s
marketing strategy. |
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Michael van der Matten is a highly experienced project manager with 35 years of
experience in different sectors of industry and NGO's.
After an MSc in aeronautical engineering he started his
career in sophisticated aerospace projects, including joint
Netherlands - NASA projects developing astronomy satellites.
In 1979 Michael moved to the UK and was as technical director
responsible for the development of an advanced range of
instruments for applications in the food industry and
agriculture. Michael set up the marketing network in over
30 countries worldwide including obtaining approval from
commercial and government organisations.
Later as Development Director in the hotel industry he
responsibility for developing property for over 15 hotels
in UK and investigating the feasibility of projects in
continental Europe, USA and Indonesia.
Michael has worked as consultant for charities and in hospitality
projects was a trustee and executive director for an international
charity. He enjoys the challenges of initiating and completing
projects either as team leader or team member. |
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Dr Mike Kearsley MA, PhD, FIPD, FCIMC
is a management consultant, specializing in sales, marketing, business
planning and research and business development.
He was formerly responsible for internal marketing and business development
training with Coopers & Lybrand, a top performing IBM salesman
and manager, the Marketing Director for Bowring Marsh McLennan, and
Managing Director of his own business which included an IBM dealership
and a mailing/business development consultancy.
He has provided business planning and training for many major companies
(Barclays, GE Capital, Hewlett Packard, ICL, IBM, KPMG, Lex, Siemens,
Philips, Visteon etc). These have included initiatives towards national
accreditations - Investors in People, National Vocational Qualifications
and National Training Awards.
He has lectured on sales and business planning and development for
the Institute of Management, the Sales Trainers Association, the Institute
of Personnel and Development and the Institute of Management Consultancy. |
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Will Odling is a professional business
coach and experienced leadership development tutor with a strong general
management background.
Qualified as chartered quantity surveyor and chartered builder, his
career began in commercial roles for major civil engineering and building
companies including Amey and Balfour Beatty in the UK, Far East and
Middle East. This led to general management and Managing Director
roles in housing and public private partnership developments.
He then moved into support services as main board director of Business
Post Group plc and managing director of Amtrak Express Parcels Limited.
Board responsibilities have included MD, operations, sales, IT, franchise,
commercial and international. Personal span of control up to 2,500
people and £70m turnover. |
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