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Organisations / Individuals


Name: Antonio Vieira da Silva
Nationality: Portuguese
D.O.B: 19 October 1961
Qualifications: BA (Lisbon)
Work experience: 15 years in senior management positions in Europe, Americas, Africa, Asia & Middle East with Shell, GALP and Ogilvy & Mather with strong success in leading business restructuring/turnaround, change management and global performance improvement programs. Currently on various Boards of different companies in different activities (financial services; education; biotechnology; customer contact centers; manufacturing technology). Guest professor in Leadership, Communication and International Projects with ISCTE university, Lisbon, Portugal

Name: Uwe Kleinemas
Nationality: German
D.O.B: 18 April 1961
Qualifications: MA & PhD (Psychology)
Work Experience: In academia for 19 years and currently Associate Professor of Psychology at Bonn University, with leading edge expertise in psychometric testing and evaluation. He is also a Director of Bonns Centre for Cultures of Aging. Has implemented a range of assessment centers & management training programmes throughout Europe for companies such as Ford and Colonia.

Name: Ray Barruffo
Nationality: British
D.O.B: 11 May1953
Qualifications: Dip. C. Inst.P.S. Member of CIPS & AMED
Work Experience: Over 35 years with Shell on five continents in various leadership positions including in the procurement area as Chief Procurement Officer Latin America. Played a key role in Shells Leadership & Performance Organisation (LEAP) and oversaw large scale organizational transformations in Australia, Oman, Netherlands and Nigeria. Formed own consultancy in 2006, focusing on leadership and team development. Also consults on an associate basis with Duke CE and Coverdale UK.

Name: James Gardener
Nationality: Irish/South African
D.O.B: 26 December 1956
Qualifications: BA (Cape Town) MA(Oxford) MBA (Warwick)
Work experience: 12 years in educational project management in SouthAfrica, Zimbabwe and Botswana followed by 10 years of leadership development and change management for Shell International based in The Hague. Currently consulting independently from the UK to a wide range of business partners including Arcelor Mittal's Corporate University, Honeywell EMEA, the International Criminal Court and Duke Corporate Education

Name: Hans van Herwaarden
Nationality: Dutch
D.O.B: 10 March 1946
Qualifications: MSc (Mech Eng) (Eindhoven)
Work experience: Over 30 years Shell on all continents with time seconded to related ventures such as in Syria and China. Held various senior roles with Shell and General Electric in charge of major petrochemical and infrastructure projects with extensive leadership & talent coverage. Independent management consultant since the last seven years.

Name: Paul Larkin
Nationality: Australian
D.O.B : 21 July 1959
Qualifications: Grad Dip Entrepreneurship and Innovation; Grad Dip Computer
  Science
Work experience:14 Years as an IT professional in a variety of operational, technical and management roles followed by 4 years leading projects in IT, HR, Safety and Learning. Since 1997 (11 years) he has designed and facilitated a host of learning and development programmes centred on personal, interpersonal and business leadership, within the Shell’s global Leadership and Performance group (LEAP) and subsequently Shell Learning. He has worked extensively with teams and individuals, in over 30 different countries and cultures, coaching and helping them to accelerate and improve their business and personal results. He is also an accredited facilitator of MBTI, TMS, LIFO and Bar-On EQi.
 
Business strategies, Business results, Leadership & Talent development.