Leadership Foundation

Simon Inger

07 - South West England

Dr Simon Inger
E: simon.inger@lfhe.ac.uk

Simon is Head of Staff Development at the University of Bath, where he is responsible for strategy and co-ordination of learning and development for all staff. He is particularly interested in fostering a systems approach to organisational development, and enjoys moving in the spaces of an organisation to connect people and processes that would otherwise not come together. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Simon has a first degree and PhD in geology. He spent 12 years researching, teaching and consulting in the earth sciences in Universities and for the international oil, gas and mining industries, which involved a good deal of exciting foreign travel. In 2002 he made the move to staff development, which didn’t.

As a scientist making maps and collecting samples, Simon was highly motivated by the opportunity to see what’s around the next corner, and he is looking forward to doing this in the south west now that he has an excuse to visit colleagues across the region.