Dr Patrick White is a Consultant, Executive Coach, Trainer and Author specializing in Business Strategy, , Marketing, Leadership, Team Building and Entrepreneurship. Initially qualifying as an accountant, he then obtained a Masters in Finance and subsequently a Master of Business Administration majoring in Marketing. In 2000 he completed his PhD which was focused on Business Strategy and Leadership. After a successful international corporate career in a variety of industries across 13 countries with responsibilities for up to 14,000 staff he then went on to become a serial entrepreneur owning 28 different businesses in the hospitality, retail, IT and food and beverage industries. His last business covered fuel and oil distribution and had a turnover of $US 4.0 billion and 1600 full-time staff and numerous part-time staff. For the last 25 years while owning the above businesses, he has also worked as a high level management consultant and Executive Coach in various business sectors as well as an international public speaker and trainer on a variety of business and people management topics. He continues to deliver regular public and in-house training seminars and speak at international conferences. In the last 12 months he has worked in Switzerland, USA, United Kingdom, Italy, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Russia, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Mauritius, Sudan, Algeria, Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Iran, Qatar, Egypt, Palestine, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon and Bahrain . Patrick has also published various articles and papers on Business Strategy, Negotiation Skills, Influencing and Persuading, Emotional Intelligence, Sales and Marketing and issues around Training. He is co-author of the book titled "Business Cookery - Tried and Trusted Recipes for Business Success" and co-author of international best-selling book “Winning in Life and Work”Specialties: Executive coaching, leadership development, team building, change management, culture change, corporate rescue, Start Ups, strategy, sales management, business improvement