David Ballard Email & Phone Number

Cwmbran, GB

Croesyceiliog, Cwmbran, Wales, United Kingdom

Since returning to UK have been mentoring a senior executive in the C40 international climate change coalition, have written (in French - as yet no version in English) a paper on the implications of climate policy for people working in the law (published in 'Cahiers Sociaux 301, Novembre 2017), drafted paper on climate adaptation policy for UK Green party.

Essen, Nordrhein Westfalia, Germany

Took year-long sabbatical at the end of a major project to support my wife’s wish to act as a TESOL teacher in Germany. Taught advanced business English (levels B2 to C2) myself on a part-time basis.

Croesyceiliog, Cwmbran, Torfaen, Wales, UK

Transition Pathways Ltd (TPL) was set up in late 2013 to focus particularly on change for a sustainable future. It builds on insights from the earlier research projects undertaken by Alexander Ballard Ltd, taking these into action with clients in the UK, in Europe and beyond.Projects have focused particularly on transformational change for a sustainable.

Swindon, Wiltshire, Then Hungerford, Berkshire, UK

Alexander Ballard Ltd (ABL) was set up in response to the need for a transformationally-focused sustainability consultancy service with pooled expertise in business strategy, national and sectoral policy, the environment, sustainable development, communications, organisational change and social transformation.Over the course of its existence, i.e. for.

Bath, United Kingdom

This project took an action research approach to a number of 'breakthrough projects' into potentially transformative low carbon innovation in the UK and more widely.This was an EPSRC- and ESRC-funded project. I was one of the three co-conceivers of the project and played a key role in obtaining the funding. This was the largest research project ever won by.

Bath, United Kingdom

Part time employed role with an environmental / CSR consulting company then led by my former colleague, Mark Line. Very interesting and successful project in the construction sector, which gave insights relevant to my later work on capacity and change. This role led to my first work on the climate adaptation agenda.

Oxford, United Kingdom

In this part-time employed role, I was joint Founding Editor of a demonstration Climate Change website hosted by Oxford University's Environmental Change Institute. My particular focus was the design and implementation of the website, but I also played a secondary role under my colleague, Susan Alexander (my wife, Susan Ballard), who led the editing of the.

Bath, United Kingdom

At the time, this was one of the UK's leading organisational change consultancies. It was particularly respected for its approach to organisational culture and learning, much of it based on the work on Chris Argyris, Donald Schön, Ed Schein, Bill Torbert and, above all, of Gregory Bateson, all at the very leading edge of change theory. The company was.

This was a part-time employed role, allowing me also to work on organisational change projects while continuing to work on the environmental agenda. Aspinwalls was a great place to learn more about sustainable development consultancy - which allowed me to build on my successful experience at THORN EMI. I was torn between deepening my experience in.

Swindon, Marlow, Theale, All United Kingdom

I was Financial Planning Manager, then Strategy Manager, then General Manager Marketing (I was responsible for over £400m income and over £50m profits p.a.). I was then Project Manager (working directly for the Board project managing the merger of four affiliated companies - the biggest sources of profit in the PLC), and then Organisation Development.

London, United Kingdom

I had responsibility for a group of service contracts ranging from service station small works (I negotiated contracts with over 300 building companies in parallel!) to pump maintenance (if a pump goes wrong, the company loses money very quickly) to management consultancy and a lot more. My budget was around £6m per annum. I left at the time of the birth.

London, United Kingdom

I joined Esso Europe from Business School because the role offered a great chance to find out how business actually worked on the ground (business school is not so good at this) and because the role gave me a chance to spend a lot of time in Europe and Africa. Both ambitions achieved, and having moved up in the role to be able to take responsibility for.

London, United Kingdom

I joined the Post Office as a Higher Level Graduate Entrant and then worked as a Marketing Executive for the UK Parcel Post. I was responsible for conceiving of and implementing the '25 parcel test' to improve penetration of the business market, a very successful campaign which was still running about a decade after I left to take my MBA at London Business.

Msc In Rbp, Faculty Member Msc In Responsibility And Business Practice

I was a Core Tutor on the MSc in Responsibility in Business Practice from 2001 to 2007. I taught on every one of the 12 intakes on the.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Management

Then as now, this was Europe's leading business school and one of the top ten in the world.

Ma, History

Activities and Societies: Captain, Jesus College Boat Club, 1974-75 1st VIII 1974 & 1975I read history at Jesus College.