An Anglo-Scot, Andrew has been living and working outside the UK since 1988. Having started life in marketing, he was awarded an EU scholarship to study Japanese in 1988, on the Executive Training Programme (ETP) in Japan. This took him for the first time to Tokyo which then became his home for the next ten years. Following the ETP programme, he worked for three years in business development at a shipping and logistics company before moving to work as Operations Controller at Rover Japan. There he was directly responsible for a number of organisation development and change management projects, including spending over two years in charge of the turnaround of the largest Rover Japan service workshop in Tokyo. He went on to be responsible for the development and implementation of a new company strategy at a time when sales - despite the economic difficulties - were growing at over 30% per annum. In 1998, he transferred to Munich to work at BMW AG, as Manager, International Management Development. He developed and launched a series of training programmes and leadership interventions, including coaching, to improve the BMW Group managers' international capabilities. From 2005, Andrew was responsible for Senior and International Executive Development. He worked closely with some of the world's top business schools, and, notably, developed and launched a new senior management programme with Oxford Said Business School.
In 2008, Andrew left BMW AG to work as a freelance Trainer, Coach and Consultant. 
Andrew is a certified Business Coach (IHK Munich/ Dr. Bjorn Migge and Peter-Christian Patzelt), Change Management Consultant (Neuwaldegg) and is a licensed DISG, HBDI and TMS trainer.
He has an M.A. in Modern History and an M.Sc. in Training and HRM. He has been teaching at Munich University of Applied Science on the Master's Programme "Intercultural Collaboration and Cooperation" since 2002. He is a founding Partner of IBC (International Business Coaching) www.ibct-consultants.com
He speaks fluent German and Japanese.

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Susan MacKichan, M.A.

A native of Edinburgh, Scotland, Susan has challenged herself with living and working internationally since 1987, when she moved to live in Bilbao, Spain. She lived there long enough to master the language and leave before it became too trendy. She moved in 1991 to Tokyo, Japan, where, over a 7 year period, she taught at university, worked at a Japanese multinational, appeared in a regular radio programme, got involved in the issues of cross-cultural living, worked at a culture institute and ran an international trainee programme. During this time, she also travelled extensively throughout Asia and learned Japanese to a high level. In 1998, she moved to Munich, Germany, and trains and coaches at some of the top global companies around the world in the international leadership and cross-cultural field.
Susan is a qualified systemic coach (IFW, Institut für Fort- und Weiterbildung, Munich), NLP Master (DVNLP) and licensed HBDI trainer. She has completed additional trainings in conflict, group dynamics and transactional analysis.
Apart from her native English, Susan speaks fluent German, Spanish and Japanese.

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