About Us
The Centre for People Development provides memorable, effective learning solutions which improve both individual and organisational performance.
We believe in creating learning and development experiences that are enjoyable and stretching; creative and structured; theoretically grounded and practically applicable.
We work hard at researching all the latest management theory to ensure our course content is completely up to date and relevant to our candidates and their employers. As well as helping you to know more, we help you to do more – of the right things, in the right way to get the right results!
All CfPD Directors are Corporate members of the Chartered Management Institute. Come and meet our team....
Margaret Burnside
Margaret delivers training across all our programmes, designs and develops learning material and assesses candidates against learning outcomes. She has considerable experience in leading a number of training organisations over the last 20 years. Margaret has been involved in management and leadership training and coaching for over 24 years and is a working Mum too!
Gail Winwood
Our people expert, Gail delivers training in all aspects of management but has a soft spot for the people management areas! Whether its helping to build high-performing teams or recruiting for that hard-to-fill vacancy, Gail has experienced most people management situations first-hand. Gail has a wealth of experience in Senior HR roles, strategic management and training and she currently advises a number of organisations in the area of Employment Law and Strategic HR matters (which she remains currently active in), including training and development.
Helen Simmons
Helen is a key member of our delivery team involved in all our programmes from design and development through to delivery and assessment. Helen particularly enjoys helping new managers to develop confidence in their role. Helen has experience in both training and management predominantly within the health and leisure sectors.
Deborah Willis
In addition to designing and delivering programmes, Deborah is our quality guru for the Company and checks that all our programmes meet our rigorous quality standards. She is also our Internal Verifier for the Chartered Management Institute - that means that Deborah will check the marking of assessments to ensure we've applied the pass criteria fairly and that she agrees with our marking. Deborah has many years' training and development experience as well as hands-on experience as a manager in a variety of roles.
Steve Burnside
Steve is our Sales and Marketing Director responsible for all aspects of the company's Sales and Marketing function. He is responsible for the CfPD website, corporate branding and all training programme materials. Steve's background is in marketing and business management and he has managed several large teams in various multi-national-organisations.
Robert Simmons
Robert is our Financial Director responsible for all aspects of the Company's financial and commercial affairs. He also ensures the Company runs in accordance with Company Law and he is also the Company secretary. Robert has held a number of senior management and consultancy positions in both public and private sector organisations.
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