In order to keep costs low and, therefore, provide you with value for money, we have a small team of full-time permanent staff and a larger team of Associate Consultant Trainers. All staff, permanent and Associates, are fully experienced and qualified and undertake continuing professional development.

Marianne Tracy MBA, FCIM, FInstSMM, DipM, DipCAM, FETC, Chartered Marketer. Anne Derbyshire MA, DipSM, CertEd, MMIPS, FInstSMM Anne Deuchar DipM, FETC, Consultant Trainers Gary Dennis MA, CertEd Dave Flack DipM, FCIM, MIDM Andrew Tavener MCIM, DipM, Chartered Marketer Joanne Bloomfield MCIM, DipM, Chartered Marketer Bella Rose LLB Alan Penman MBA, BA, MCIPD, MCIPS, PGCE Elaine Windurst BA, FAETC, MCIPD Eleanor Bennett DipM MCIM, Chartered Marketer, MCPIS, MIlog, FETC,TESOL Mike Waring MA

Marianne is Marketing Plus’s Principal Consultant Trainer. She has many years experience in marketing and sales management, business development and training.

Her industry experience has been with companies such as British Airways, Allied Dunbar and in the distributive trades. Consultancy clients have included Intel Corporation, Square D and the International Society of Typographic Designers.

She has trained people from organisations as diverse as Motorola, Unipart International, Nationwide and WH Smith.

Much of her work is for international clients, such as Sanoma Media Corporation (Finland) and Paulig (Estonia), which is undertaken both at home and abroad.

As part of her academic career, Marianne teaches on Masters programmes with Cranfield University at the Royal Military College of Science, has been Head of Professional Studies in further education, is currently a Chief Examiner with the Institute of Sales and Marketing Management (ISMM) and was a Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) examiner for several years.

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Anne is a Consultant Trainer and has an employment history of working with world leading organisations in sales, sales management and training.

Her specialist subjects are communications, personal selling and sales management.

Anne teaches on professional courses.

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Anne is an experienced practitioner in Competitive Intelligence for major international companies.

She also has several years teaching experience. Her specialist subjects are Marketing Research and Information and Communications.

Anne teaches on the professional courses

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Gary is an Associate Consultant Trainer, who is mainly involved in management training, having run professional courses in leadership and management for several years, following a successful career in the RAF.

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Dave is an Associate Consultant Trainer, who teaches on professional courses.

Dave has experience in marketing and senior management in technological industries.

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Andrew is an Associate Consultant Trainer who has worked as a strategic marketing manager, in the mobile communications and IT sectors and been responsible for raising venture capital financing.

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With over 18 years strategic marketing communications experience, 8 of which have been spent owning and running a consultancy practice, Joanne delivers an exceptional service.

Her track record is outstanding and she has worked with some of the worlds largest organisations.

An accomplished marketer, practiced public speaker and marketing lecturer she has the experience to make marketing work.

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Bella is a Consultant Trainer who is a law graduate and specialises in the legal aspects of sales and marketing.

She is also a trained assessor on professional courses and has worked with a variety of clients and industries.

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Alan has many years’ experience in supply chain management and training.

His industry experience has been mainly in the public sector and as a senior manager.

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Jonathan is a typographic and graphic designer and trainer. His speciality is document design and he is currently completing an MPhil in the subject.

He has extensive knowledge of the printing and publishing industries, with a particular interest in print for the partially sighted. He has written a manual on the subject.

Jonathan has designed all forms of written communication including logos, corporate literature, stationery, learning materials, multimedia and websites for organisations such as Rank Xerox, Royal National Institute for the Blind and The Springboard Consultancy.

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Andy specialises in economics, business ethics and organisational development. He is actively involved in research into new approaches to corporate social responsibility as a philosophy of management.

He has worked in training for fifteen years during which he has forged links with European businesses. Training delegates have come from many different organisations including Honda, BT, Motorola and Castrol.

Andy's commercial experience is in international business development.

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Elaine is involved in all aspects of human resources and soft skills management and training.

She has worked as a middle manager and consultant for several large firms in a variety of sectors such as finance and not-for-profit; Elaine also has extensive training experience.

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As one of the most highly respected CIM lecturers and senior examiners in the country, Eleanor brings over twenty five years lecturing and thirty years high level industrial experience to the team.

A published author, international speaker and lecturer Eleanor elevates the teaching experience for students to new heights.

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Mike is involved in the Executive Development programme.

He specialises in management coaching and business development and has special expertise in financial services.

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