Alastair has been active in organization consultancy for over 20 years and is an experienced management practitioner, consultant, coach and facilitator. Based in Oxford, England, he is a Katzman Consulting associate. Alastair works with clients' unique cultures, challenges and business aspirations to convert strategy into practice achieving meaningful change and realizing long-term organization development.

His work typically involves organization redesign and integration, executive coaching, leadership and team assessment and development and facilitation. With an approach that is dynamic, pragmatic and challenging, Alastair's knowledge, insight and enthusiasm are evident in his work that has taken him throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle East and North America where he has experience in a variety of sectors including Financial and Professional Services, Health, Education, IT, Advertising, Leisure, Insurance, Pharmaceuticals, Life Sciences, Mining, Manufacturing, Automotive and Government, including overseas assignments for the World Bank. His experience in Financial and Professional Services includes work with AT Kearney, Citibank, Deloitte, Diners Club International, Kleinwort Benson, Kroll, Liverpool & Victoria, Marsh/MMC, Morgan Grenfell, Morgan Stanley, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Prudential, Schroders, Standard Bank and UBS.

As an experienced coach, Alastair applies his broad knowledge to support individuals' increasing insight into the context of their work and the nature, style and impact of their personal contributions to organizational success. Alastair views coaching as a learning process that provides a unique opportunity for focused reflection and one of the most valuable ways of supporting continuous individual development. He believes coaching should be both a challenging and enjoyable process from which individuals and their companies emerge better equipped for the future.

One of Alastair's particular interests focuses on the challenges facing organizations that operate across global boundaries. He has designed and developed a number of tools that assist international organizations to select and develop individuals with the capability to operate effectively outside their home cultures, and with organizations and individuals from different cultures. He is currently establishing an international collaborative research program on Global Leadership Development with Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK, and the Rady School of Business, University of California, USA.

Having obtained a first degree in Business Studies, Alastair took a masters degree in Industrial Relations before gaining a doctorate for his research on multinational strategy in Southern Africa. He worked in the leisure industry and the health sectors, later moving to Oxford to assume a university teaching post. While in education he maintained contact with the corporate world by undertaking research and consultancy projects but subsequently left education to focus full time on consulting.