Founder & Director of APP CSR Consulting – Applying Excellence to CSR projects in Emerging Economies. Increased cultural awareness and understanding has a positive multiplier effect upon the effectiveness & performance of Individuals and organisations. For the global era of the 21st Century cultural capability is now essential for excellence of performance in the work place. APP Consulting offers a range of specialist services that overcome the challenges of cross cultural communication, within a wide range of contexts. The emphasis in each service will be to help our clients develop cross cultural transferable skills, in project management, operational excellence , collaboration and teamwork for every CSR programme & project. Each of the four areas of our expertise is designed to increase awareness of how differences such as gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion and class affect communication within and across cultures - in order to facilitate and deliver excellence on every CSR programme & project. With BA in Economics, MSc in Race & Ethnic Relations and PhD title: CSR GLobal Production Networks in the Emerging Economies of Global South 21st C. I write for various monthly and weekly publications on issues related to my research. I also serve as advisor to several national and international Race and Faith organisations. Teach Global Managment & Comparative Business Cultures at university undergraduate & graduate level. Specialties: - Appointed and elected to several National and International advisory bodies. - Qualified EFQM (European Foundation Quality Management) Assessor and Programme leader.- 4 years Homeoffice UK Staff officer to Director General- 15 years Proprietor of own business – Gas Station retail chain.- Written/Presented several papers and published monthly articles - Teach Sociology, Research Methodology & Compartive Business Studies (BRIC)