Leadership & Management Faculty
The Faculty has been established as part of the strategic expansion of the Jersey International Business School. The aim is to develop business leaders and managers to drive organisational performance in the Channel Islands.
The Faculty is comprised as follows:
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Miles Templeman
Faculty Chairman
Miles began his career as a marketing specialist and gained a pedigree leading such major consumer brands as Daz, Ribena and Lucozade, and as Marketing Director of Levi’s jeans. He then moved into general management and after running Threshers, Miles was appointed MD of the Whitbread Beer Company. He had great success in building these companies, especially with the growth of brands such as Boddingtons and Stella Artois.
Miles then had a series of non-executive directorships and consultancy roles including Royal Mail, Ben Sherman and Accenture before becoming Chief Executive of Bulmers, which was successfully sold to Scottish & Newcastle. Miles was also Non-Executive Chairman of restaurant chain YO! Sushi between 2003 and 2008. A firm believer in the power of the brand and the importance of valuing your team, Miles is a passionate believer in the values of enterprise.
He was appointed Director General of the IoD in 2004, a position he held until September 2011.
Stephen Platt
Lecturer
Stephen is the Principal of Stephen Platt & Associates LLP, a firm specialising in Risk and Governance services for the financial services industry. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Graduate School of Law at Georgetown University, Washington D.C., a Director of the Jersey International Business School, practising English Barrister at 23 Essex Street and the founder of the global AML online community, KYC360.
Stephen acts for institutional clients and regulatory authorities globally. With additional expertise in sanctions, he regularly advises some of the world’s largest non-US banks on the risks of criminal and civil liability resulting from breaches of Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions and Anti-Terror Act Legislation.
Stephen’s expertise is recognised by the British Bankers’ Association through which he delivers a range of risk management and sanctions training programmes to the banking industry in the UK.
Andrea Robottom
Lecturer
Andrea Robottom runs a boutique consultancy specialising in organisational development and change. She operates on an international basis with large multinational clients.
Prior to setting up NoNonsense Consulting in 2009, Andrea had a successful international career with her final corporate role being as the Global Head of Organisation Development for Cadbury plc. In this senior executive role, Andrea was responsible for organisational development, structural evolution and culture, and was a member of the global HR leadership team. Before joining Cadbury, Andrea was Vice President HR for Pepsico’s European Beverages division, which she joined in 2001 after four years at Seagram Distillers, and seven years at Compaq Computer.
Nicola Lincoln
Lecturer
Dr Nicola Lincoln is an Occupational Psychologist with 15 years’ experience of consulting to large multi-national clients, such as the World Economic Forum, Hewlett Packard, Kraft and Bank of New York Mellon. Over this time she gained a reputation for her honest, straightforward approach to the complex intra and interpersonal issues that affect organisational performance. Nicola’s current work is primarily related to leadership coaching and talent development – seeking to support current, and nurture future, leaders of industry.
Margaret Allen
Lecturer
Margaret Allen has over 15 years’ experience as a business facilitator, coach and development practitioner operating in corporate, commercial and service environments. Her background is in HR where she was previously HR Director for Anheuser Busch Europe. Margaret has a passion for learning and development, is a member of the CIPD, and as an experienced facilitator has trained with both FranklinCovey and Zenger Miller. Eleven years ago, she set up and established a facilitation, coaching and consultancy business, which has given her experience of small and large organisations in both private and public sectors.
Chris Usher
Lecturer
Before joining the Business School, Chris managed various teams within major financial services organisations. With over 15 years’ experience working both in the UK and offshore, Chris led teams for Santander and smaller specialist providers to achieve excellent results. During his time with the School, Chris has been heavily involved with major local banks and businesses in order to help them achieve success in relation to team development.
As Programme Director for the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) at JIBS, Chris is involved in ensuring delegates have a world class learning experience and gain the best possible knowledge and skills in order for them to achieve their aims.
Kate Anthony Wilkinson
Lecturer
Kate is a Solicitor in England and Wales with over 17 years’ experience. Her roles include European Counsel for Lawson Mardon; Legal Counsel for the Swiss-listed Alusuisse-Lonza Group; Head of Legal UK for the Canadian-listed Alcan Group; and Company Secretary of British Alcan Aluminium Plc.
She is currently Head of Group Legal and Company Secretary at Mulberry Group Plc, a UK AIM-listed luxury goods manufacturer, and has held a number of positions as Director, Trustee Director and Company Secretary for a variety of large pension plans.
William Niggli
Lecturer
William spent 20 years training pilots at Swissair, which included Human Factors as an integral part of the training programme. During the last ten years, he has delivered leadership training and customer care courses in Asia – mainly in China, Korea and Hong Kong –and as a regular tutor at University College Cork, Ireland. He strongly believes in sharing knowledge in an open, non-threatening environment. This approach helps to reach effective solutions to the challenges facing global businesses management.
Richard Smerdon
Lecturer
Richard was formerly senior partner of the European law firm Osborne Clarke. He is a specialist in corporate governance, a former member of the American Bar Association sub-committee on international developments in corporate governance, and is currently the rapporteur to the All Party Parliamentary Corporate Governance Group.
Author of A practical guide to corporate governance (Sweet & Maxwell), Richard is editor of the Wolters Kluwer UK group/CCH publication Corporate Governance Handbook and lecturer on the FT programme, ‘So you want to be a nonexecutive director’.
He sits on the editorial board of the Wolters Kluwer UK Corporate Practice Service and is a Non-Executive Director of ‘The Genesis Initiative’, a group comprising both parliamentarians and over 100 SME trade associations.
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