Mike Curry spent 15 years working internationally in the area of strategic human resource development for the Dow Chemical Company, with particular emphasis on quality, Lean Six Sigma and organisational effectiveness consulting. His earlier career was in R&D and manufacturing management in a variety of chemical-related companies. With his keen interest in organization assessment, he has coached and facilitated many groups and teams through assessment processes and strategy development and has been prominent in the UK Business Excellence Award since 1994. From 1996 to 2003, Mike has been a faculty member at Management Centre Europe in Brussels where he regularly taught People Development. Since 2003 he has been a part-time lecturer at Portsmouth University Business School. He holds a PhD in Chemistry and lives in the South West of England.

• People development and Leadership through training and personal coaching.
• Organisation development through the thoughtful use and application of strategy development, total quality systems (such as ISO 9001 and Lean Six Sigma improvement) and Business Excellence principles (including facilitation, training and assessments).

He has supported organisations within the chemical, telecommunications, brewing, banking and scientific instrument industries and local government in these areas.

Recent experience includes:

• Design and delivery of Lean Six Sigma training for The Dow Chemical Company.
• Organisational assessments for major companies in the telecommunications and brewing industries.
• Facilitation of Change Management workshops for senior managers of a major German scientific instrument company.
• Design and delivery of Total Quality training for a Mediterranean banking organisation.
• Delivery of training to front line managers on Service Improvement for Somerset County Council.
• Mentoring and coaching of Headteachers for Business in the Community
• Design and delivery of Leadership and Team Building training for a UK Healthcare organisation.