John Macdonald
John has spent his entire 35 year career in the field of human resource management stepping down two years ago from his last corporate role as Group Vice-President (HR) for an oilfield services company with its operations centred in the UAE.
He now operates as an HR Specialist Consultant and UK-qualified Executive Coach and Mentor.
Professional Experience
Throughout the last 22 years, John, a UK national, has led and interfaced with multi-cultural HR professionals and senior executive teams both globally and within the Middle East and Asia Pacific regions. In his current consultancy capacity, John has designed and delivered coaching skills training to a wide range of clients as well as provided 1:1 coaching to executives, senior and middle managers, as well as and mentoring for junior and mid-level HR practitioners. He is currently supporting a major client in the development of a coaching culture within the organisation. He also runs various courses for the CIPD across the full range of HR topics delivering to UAE nationals and expatriates. All of his training and coaching activities are currently delivered online.
Qualifications and Accreditations
- MSc in Management Studies (University of Salford, UK)
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (FCIPD)
- Qualified at ILM Level 7 (Master’s) in Executive Coaching & Mentoring (British School of Coaching)
- CIPD trained Experience Assessor for CIPD qualifications