Making it as a business consultant

Richard Faint

BSc, PGCE, Dip Ed Tech, FCIPD

Richard was educated at Greenock Academy and Edinburgh University, and has been at the forefront of many national business and elearning projects, since establishing a technology-based training consultancy in 1996. Previously, he had been a Business Studies lecturer, and then Adviser at the Scottish Council for Educational Technology, (now Learning & Teaching Scotland)

Between 1999 – 2002 he was a director of an ebusiness company leading large scale projects, managing client relationships, and developing company policy and practices. In early 2002 he re-established his consultancy business, and has since worked for a range of public agencies and companies across the UK.

He is a founder member of the Scottish eLearning Alliance and on the management committee from its inception till 2005.  He has also been Vice Chair, treasurer and a committee member of the West of Scotland branch of CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development) and Professional Adviser to Paisley University.

Richard has extensive experience of managing consultancy projects where HR and technology co-incide. His skill is ensuring that the human dimension of initiatives is not overwhelmed by technology and that the opportunities provided by IT are fully realised by the client organisations.   

Since 2002, he also has been heavily involved in a range of business development activities, for private equity firms, operating in international markets, and has established companies in the UAE, Egypt, Morocco, and Spain.

Richard still lives in the West of Scotland, despite the weather. He is married, with two children, and when not working his hobbies include music, reading, walking, keep fit and developing his taste for good food and fine wines.

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