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Course Convenor

"Not only was this course exceptionally ran, it was informative and fun. I could not fault anything!"

Irene Johns, University of Sheffield

Programme Director

Ian Moulson, Programme Director, Leadership Foundation

In addition to his role with the Leadership Foundation, Ian is the departmental manager of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Sheffield. He has been at Sheffield for 37 years, beginning his career there as an electronics technician following a number of years in the electronics industry and an electrical engineering apprenticeship in the steel industry. Throughout his career Ian has built up a wealth of experience in managing a diverse range of support staff teams. He has managed technical teams ranging in size from 2 to 40 people as well as small to medium sized administrative and managerial teams. Ian’s current departmental resource management responsibilities include finance, support staff, safety, buildings and facilities. He has also been heavily involved in wider university business for many years including university staff promotion and appeals panels. He is a fellow of the Institute of Science and Technology (IST) and editor of the IST Journal. For many years Ian has been actively involved in both promoting and delivering technical training at Sheffield and also more widely through the Leadership Foundation run programmes, Leading Your Technical Team (LYTT) and Advanced Leading Your Technical Team.

Co-presenters

Lisa Woods

Lisa has significant experience managing large teams in both private and public sector organisations. After graduating from Loughborough University she worked for airport operator BAA plc in a variety of operational, change management and training roles across all the London airports. Whilst with BAA she also gained her MBA from the University of Surrey. In 2000 Lisa moved with her family to the USA where she undertook volunteer work which included the American Red Cross and the Small Business Administration in Texas. Lisa joined the University of Sheffield in 2005 and currently manages a team of 400+ staff in her role as General Manager - Campus Services.

Kevin Oxley

Kevin is the departmental manager of the Department of Infection and Immunity within the Medical School at the University of Sheffield. He began his career at Sheffield as a trainee Medical Laboratory Scientific Officer 30 year ago and subsequently experienced a series of diverse technical roles within the School. Over the last 10 years he has undertaken a range of senior managerial positions, leading technical and support staff teams, under various administrations and has been involved with small and large project teams across the University. Kevin is actively involved in both promoting and delivering training at Sheffield.

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