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    Ian Thomson
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    Leadership International Ltd, UK

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    Ian Thomson
    CEO
    Leadership International Ltd, UK

    Ian Thomson is a business builder with more than 30 years of practical experience in international business. He is proactive in implementing leading edge change to regenerate businesses to align them with their continually changing markets. He works specifically with organisations in media, engineering, financial services, oil and gas and utilities.

    Ian has an MA in economics and finance and a diploma in training management. He is a chartered accountant, a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and a Fellow of the Institute of Training and Occupational Learning. He is a certified master coach, recognised by the International Coaching Council and a master practitioner of Neurolinguistic programming. He is chief executive of Leadership International Limited which he formed in 1997 having previously worked as a financial controller, project manager and change consultant. His company provides change consultancy, training and executive coaching.

    As a trainer, Ian has extensive experience creating and delivering leadership programmes in more than 30 countries, working with such client as BP, Schlumberger and Unilever. In the broader field of developing people and organisations, he uses his membership of the American Society of Training and Development to research new themes in HRD and design and deliver programmes in training co-ordination, training and learning needs, evaluation, HRD management and human performance improvement. He has spent more than 20 years visiting the Middle East and has worked in the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

    “I learned a lot which will help me move to the next step. I grasped new ideas from the trainer and the group which I will apply at work.”


    Anood Al Ajmi
    , Tawuniya



    “The course provided me with practical tools to use at my workplace.”


    Fatin Said Al Zadjali
    , College of Banking and Finance



    “Ian was very good in delivering the materials and answering our questions.”


    Samaa Al Awadhi
    , KIPCO



    “Excellent presentation combined with high level of knowledge and vast experience.”


    Samir Doss
    , Abu Dhabi Aircraft Techologies



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