Trish Thurley
Education is about lighting candles, not filling buckets
Trish is a qualified Project Manager, a consultant lecturer at a leading business school and an experienced international business consultant. She has considerable experience of change management in companies, and over twelve years commercial experience as a hands-on Project Manager, together with 11 years experience as a consultant, mentor and trainer.
She has a wide range of blue chip clients from all industry sectors, including Financial Services, Manufacturing, Public Sector, Legal and Technology. She has delivered training for clients in Asia, the Middle East, the USA and across Europe.She began her career with the newly privatised British Gas. As a result, Trish rapidly gained experience of management of change through projects. After gaining an MBA in 1989, Trish joined the Australian-owned Charterhouse Group, as part of the management team brought in to transform its ailing textiles arm. Over a period of three years, she led a range of projects including re-structuring, new business development and capital projects. In 1992, Trish joined Colgate-Palmolive (UK) Ltd, where she gained experience of Global and European Projects.
Trish believes that strong Project Management skills are the key to successfully juggling a career, two lively sons, a household and having time for some hobbies without keeling over from stress.