Scott Bruce
Over a longer time than he cares to remember, Scott has, at various times in his career been in wholesale, retail, hospitality and was the managing director of a ski & sports company. Before starting Bruce Brothers with brother Alasdair, he was the Chairman of a firm of consultants. He also writes a humorous (allegedly) column in a local newspaper. Since 1999 Scott has been a qualified Assessor for the Investors in People standard and has been running training courses ever since starting as a trainer with the Intersport Training Team while in the ski business. |
Karen Macrae
After an initial career as teacher, Karen moved into industry where she rose to become managing director of two successful export businesses. Since then she has moved on to be a busy management consultant and trainer, assisting a wide variety of organisations with every imaginable problem and a few that defy imagination. |
Stewart Meikle
For the last 20 years Stewart has been working on a wide range of projects within the business development environment with various agencies and in a freelance capacity. In addition he has been involved in the organisation of key conferences and events within the Highlands and Islands. Stewart has also designed and delivered training courses specialising in accounts and business start-ups during his varied career. |
John McKintosh
John's experience includes 12
years in the oil and gas fabrication industry in senior personnel, industrial relations, and general management positions. He has been consulting, training and advising businesses for nearly 10 years now and his wide variety of business skills is an invaluable aid to his many clients. |
Lesley Jones
Lesley Jones has spent over two decades running successful management training programmes. Her underpinning philosophy is about transformation to improve the effectiveness of the individual and hence their organisation.
Lesley has a highly developed knowledge of management and organisational development which is underpinned by an active CPD based on reading, attendance at training events and practical application of theory. Lesley has an honours degree in Botany and Zoology and an MSc in Training and Development. She also has a post-graduate Certificate in Education, a Post-graduate Certificate in Health Economics, D32 and D33 for assessment of Vocational Qualifications, and D34 for internal verification of Vocational Qualifications. Lesley is a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management, Member of the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development and past External Verifier for the Institute of Leadership and Management. |
John Middlewick For 4 years John was a secondary school teacher, before serving for 18 years in the Royal Air Force, primarily being involved in the leadership, management and land survival training of airmen, aircrew, and cadet officers. Upon leaving the service, he worked as a training manager before becoming a business advisor and trainer. |