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Training Courses

Core & Specialist Programmes

Programme Director: Pauline Gordon MSc, Chartered MCIPD, Dip TM

Prior to working as a training and development consultant, Pauline worked across a broad span of paper industry sectors.  She has held a variety of sales positions which have ranged from paper manufacture and publishing to general paper merchanting. She now runs a successful training and development organisation, of which Paper Matters is an industry specific division.

Programme Manager: Neil Gordon BSc (Hons), BA, Assoc CIPD

Neil has worked with a number of organisations, devising and delivering a range of training initiatives to a wide cross section of staff. His experience in general business combined with his industry specific knowledge enables him to deliver this programme to the highest standard.

CMI Level 3 Introductory Certificate in Management

Programme Director: Moir Ferguson Dip,TM, Lic CIPD, MCMI

 

Moir is a highly effective and experienced Learning & Development Specialist and has worked extensively in both the UK and Europe.  He specialises in management development, NLP and customer service.  He is engaging, an effective communicator and uses his skills to build and enhance the performance of others.  He has worked in training and development for over 14 years and works successfully at all levels within organisations aligning personal objectives with business goals.

Paper Appreciation Course

Programme Director: John Watson

John is presently the mill director of The Frogmore Mill, an entity of The Paper Trail, a charitable trust and has worked in a variety of positions in the paper based communications industry during the past 30 plus years.

His previous employ was as managing director of a small group of companies, which were involved in paper purchasing and management, magazine publishing and paper protection and testing equipment.

He trained at the London College of Print and was also awarded the Bowater Scholarship in papermaking. His special interest has always been the interaction where paper and print comes together. His broad based technical knowledge in this field enables him to deliver this programme to the highest standard and with some humour!