Ian has the combined role of managing our Open Courses business and ensuring the quality, and timely delivery of course materials to all our clients. Prior to his current role, Ian worked as a senior consultant for Huthwaite in Africa and more recently in the UK, developing and delivering solutions to a diverse range of local and multinational clients. The expertise gained through these implementations, helps Ian to manage his teams to the greater benefit of our clients.

Ian has spent most of his working life in training and consulting. He has worked as a professional mediator and arbitrator, having dealt with some particularly difficult employment, political, community and business disputes. The perspective that he gained from mediation combined with his experience as a negotiator have meant that Ian is able to give some unique insights into negotiation. Ian has more than two decades of experience in training people to negotiate and has also taught courses in negotiation at Cape Town and Rotterdam business schools.

Before joining Huthwaite, Ian worked in civil engineering, ran his own consultancy and had an appointment as a Commissioner for the South African Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration.