Management
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Janine Bunning - Managing Director
Janine has extensive experience in HR and Training strategy and implementation. She was an HR Manager both in the private and public sector. Janine has been an HR, Management and Training Consultant for the last 20 years and has been designing and delivering CIPD programmes on behalf of Oakwood in the UK, Bulgaria and Gulf regions for the last 15 years.
Janine has experience of working with Senior Managers assisting the implementation of significant change programmes. Also providing Management and Executive Coaching to enhance their personal effectiveness. Janine is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and a founding director of Oakwood International. |
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Dennis O'Donnell - Chief Executive Officer
Dennis grew up in the Finance and Banking industry with Lloyds TSB. Dennis specialises in strategic and financial management, particularly in the SME market where he has extensive knowledge and experience of operations.
Dennis has been involved in consulting for a number of years prior to forming Oakwood. He brings a pragmatic 'hands on' approach to all projects undertaken.
A key area of activity is the reworking of complex business issues, turning these into practical and straightforward solutions which add value to clients/organisations. |
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Carrie Baghurst - Business Liaison Manager
Carrie joined the team in 2002 having previously worked for several large organisations such as American Express, Lloyds TSB and a commercial broker for Lloyd's of London. Carrie has been a vital part of building the Oakwood success through managing client relationships, strong planning and organisational skills and understanding the need for change.
Since joining Oakwood, Carrie has risen to the challenges of a fast expanding business which Oakwood has become, embracing many different cultures and products. |
Student Liaison Team
Oakwood are pleased to announce the establishment of a new student liaison team to mark students’ work and provide e-Mentoring services. The team states that: “Our mission is to use all the resources available to us to support our students in gaining their qualifications and facilitate the learning process.”
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Fleur Blanford - Student Liaison Manager
A qualified NVQ assessor, educated to post graduate degree level, her 10 years experience in further education has brought her into contact with many international students. In addition to delivering and assessing courses, she has offered students one to one mentoring in support of their personal goals. Fleur heads a team who currently enable over 200 students a year to successful completion of their qualification. |
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Michele Creed - Online Services Support Manager
Michele gained her Business Management and Human resources experience at HSBC in various roles and at Converse as their European Human Resource Manager. Michele, a graduate of the CIPD, joined Oakwood in 2006 and currently oversees all communication and Online Services administration with Oakwood’s International and European students.
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Associate Directors
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Harry Puckering - Executive Director
Harry Puckering has worked with Oakwood for over 10 years. He has provided a bespoke training service to organisations: from learning needs analysis, through programme planning and delivery to evaluation. Recent programmes have included coaching, leadership, assertiveness, motivation, communication and influencing skills, team working and presentations.
Harry is a member of the CIPD and BPS, and is qualified and registered to use level A and B psychometric assessments.
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Deborah Grove - Executive Director
Deborah had over twenty years wide ranging experience as a manager and trainer within organisations in both the Public and Private sectors before joining Oakwood International. She now specialises in assessing the detailed training needs of either an individual or a team before designing and delivering workable, interactive training programmes with an in depth focus on management development, team building and the enhancement of motivational skills. |
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Martin Kahn - Associate Director
Martin is an experienced trainer and coach and has worked in many different marketplaces. Most of Martin’s sales career has been spent in FTSE 100 companies ending up as head of international sales before taking on the head of training role. Martin trains all levels of skills within the sales arena as well as developing managers and coaching senior executives up to an advanced level. |
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Bernadette Ramsey - Associate Director
Bernadette Ramsay has worked for over 20 years in the financial services sector in a variety of HR and training roles and now works with both public and private sector clients.
Bernadette is an experienced group facilitator and trainer with particular strengths in developing personal skills to make individuals more effective. She has an MSc in Training and a diploma in Business Coaching and is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD.
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Kay Stephan - Associate Director
Kay has worked in the Human Resource development field for over 20 years and over that time has developed strong facilitation and change management skills. She now specializes in designing and delivering bespoke management development events for individuals and teams.
Her approach is pragmatic and perceptive with an ability to grasp the heart of issues. Kay is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD.
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Mike Todd - Associate Director
Mike has a wealth of practical HR experience gained from over 30 years of working in a wide range of roles in highly respected HR functions. He has held senior HR roles with such well known organisations as Conoco, LloydsTSB, Bank of New York and GMAC. Mike has a particular interest in employee development matters, he has a BA in Business Administration and is a chartered fellow of the CIPD.
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Professional Support
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Greville Baghurst - IT Manager
Greville has been delivering, supporting and managing IT initiatives within the Commercial and Finance industry for over 15 years working with many organisations including Aon, AIG and Lloyd's of London.
Greville is responsible for devising and delivering our IT strategies and ensuring the smooth running of our operations, web sites and online services.
Greville is a member of the BCS and the CII. |
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Nick Handley - Marketing Director
An expert in business-to-business and business-to-consumer marketing, Nick believes fundamentally in the importance of client focus in all marketing and business development activity.
He has held senior positions with Readers Digest, ITV, the Sunday Times and Leo Burnett the world’s largest advertising and marketing services agency.
Nick is a non-executive director of Sussex Enterprise and a committee member of the Institute of Directors.
He speaks regularly throughout the South East on Strategic Marketing and runs a number of marketing seminars and meetings. |
