
Owner, Pinoak Consulting cc Business Education Consultant
Cape Town Area, South Africa

Owner, Pinoak Consulting cc Business Education Consultant
Cape Town Area, South Africa
Skills and Business Interests:
§ Development and implementation of Business Strategies
§ Design and implementation of corporate business schools
§ Restructure of corporate human resources and training departments to be strategically aligned to business goals
§ Knowledge Management solutions for business problems
§ Development and implementation of business impact tracking for projects and strategic initiatives
§ Transition coaching for the first 90 days of a new manager’s or executive’s life in a new company
§ Content development, facilitation and training in diverse fields such as Strategy Formulation, Industrial Relations, Knowledge Management, Customer Relations, Sales, Service, Corporate Ethics, and Motivation.
Toni Gillham is an expert in the field of Learning and Development and has authored and presented papers at international conferences in the UK, France and South Africa. A particular area of interest is Business Impact Tracking.
Toni has 20 years experience in managing education and training solutions in the corporate world and is interested in the best education solutions for the education and training problems of 21st Century companies.
a. Creating corporate business schools
b. Restructuring business education and training departments
c. Business impact tracking for new projects
d. Knowledge management solutions for business
(Education Management industry)
Currently holds this position
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)
January 1995 — June 1998 (3 years 6 months)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)
January 1994 — December 1995 (2 years )
I was a member of various Standard Bank teams that worked on high profile re- engineering projects in conjunction with a number of international consultants i.e. McKinsey, Cap Gemini, and Andersen Consulting, amongst others, to restructure, downsize and regenerate efficiency and productivity across various business units, eg. the Credit Card division, International Division, and Home Loans Division.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)
October 1993 — December 1994 (1 year 3 months)
Worked in conjunction with the General Manager Foreign Exchange and senior line management in the development of a strategy to restructure the foreign exchange function in terms of adapting to changing markets, with increasing cost effectiveness.
B.A. , Law , 1982 — 1985
B.A. (Hons) , English Literature , 1971 — 1975
Designing and implementing corporate business schools; Recreating corporate training departments to be strategically aligned to business goals and to turn out smart, motivated knowledge workers and managers; knowledge management solutions.