Following appointments in Project Management in the Petro-Chemical Construction sector joined Ford Motor Company’s European Automotive Operations. Experience in Organisation & Personnel Planning, Labour Relations and finally responsible for Education & Training covering the development of all employees, from Apprentices through to Executive Vice Presidents, based in the Product Development & Manufacturing sites located in Britain, Germany, Belgium, France, Spain and Portugal. Among many performance improvement initiatives completed a ‘European Leadership Study’ which resulted in significant changes to the development of future corporate leaders. Since taking early retirement have completed a self-funded, four year study of the secondary school system in Wales focused on new curriculum and leadership developments.