About us
Project Leaders International (PLI) Limited is a professional services organisation. Our software, consultancy and training help businesses around the world to improve their business growth through innovative practices, project management skills and strategic principles. Project Leaders International is based at Henley Management College, Oxfordshire (voted one of the top 15 MBA colleges worldwide), an ideal setting for learning and networking.Why choose Project Leaders International?
The intellectual property we’ve developed through our work with leading organisations is unique and effective, including our project management methodology and leading-edge online innovation tools. We do not seek to impose rigid methodologies and structures on you. Instead, we work as facilitators, to help resolve your business issues as flexibly as possible. Our vast range of experience with some of the world’s most successful organisations means we can demonstrate proven results and share best practice tools and techniques to benefit your business.
Contact us today to discuss what we could do for you.Meet the team
An engineer by training, Andy Bruce has worked as a management consultant, facilitator and trainer since 1991. His consulting experience covers working with multinationals and small entrepreneurial firms as well as public services organisations such as Trust hospitals, institutions and even political parties.
Andy holds an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management and has worked as a tutor and a critical reader in Strategic Management for the Open University Business School and was a Research Associate at Henley Management College for two years.
Andy is an international best selling author of management books having sold over 500,000 books in 15 different languages. He is also author of books in the Dorling Kindersley Essential Manager series such as ‘Strategic Thinking’ and ‘Project Management’ and has recently had ‘Business FAQ's’ published through John Wiley. His latest books ‘Manage Projects’ and ‘Think Strategically’ were published in February this year.
Patrick Harper-Smith is a highly experienced consultant who works with clients to establish, expand and diversify their businesses through the application of strategy, market research and project management processes. Patrick has developed excellent administrative, financial and organisational skills through a varied international career within the travel, financial services and consulting industries.
At US Consulting firm Kepner-Tregoe Patrick managed and developed highly profitable operations in the South East Asian region. He also worked for Jacques Borel, founding and developing their voucher business in Hong Kong. At American Express Patrick was Director of Training for the whole of SE Asia (600 offices in Asia Pacific and the marketing of the Corporate Card in 10 Asian markets.)
Patrick gained an Associate degree from Universite de Paris and is a qualified leader for Kepner-Tregoe Problem Solving & Decision Making and Project Management programmes. He is also Prince 2 qualified.
Simon Derry is a professional and experienced consultant, trainer and project manager. Having left the Army in 1993, Simon has held management positions in the NHS, in both Acute and Community Trusts, and became the Customer Service Manager for Psion Ltd, at the time, the leading handheld computing company in the world. Within the IT sector Simon has experience of Customer Services and Technical Support helpdesk operations.
In 1998 Simon joined a US-based management consultancy and training firm. His remit was the design, development and implementation of projects in the Customer Service practice which focused upon improving the customer service experience in call centre and support desk operations. This involved improving performance in clients such as Dell, Sun Microsystems, Siebel, Cisco and other IT and Telecoms clients.
He is Prince 2 qualified and holds an MBA from Henley Management College.Mark Edwards is the Technical Director responsible for core product development and system architecture, client installations, and for managing the strategic relationship with technology partners including Microsoft and Oracle.
Before joining PLI, Mark worked as a Technical Director for a London based software house specialising in Sage and Microsoft products. Mark has been in the IT industry since 1990, having graduated from Cranfield University with a military based technology degree.