Michael Jenkins
Chief Executive

Michael spent five years in Singapore as Managing Director and Vice President of a leadership development organisation and was also responsible for setting up their operations in India in 2009.  After graduating from Durham University with an Oriental Studies (Chinese) degree, he went on to study Japanese politics and economics at Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan before working for Toyota as a motor industry analyst.  After returning to the UK, Michael worked initially at Bath Spa University College and then at the University of Bath as Director of the University’s Foreign Languages Centre. During this time Michael wrote several books on Japan and the Japanese language and in 1993 went to Australia on a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship to research the training of Japanese and English interpreters. This resulted in the establishment of the UK’s first MA in Interpreting and Translating for Japanese and English, and Chinese and English. In 1999 he joined INSEAD, based in France, as Regional Director for Japan and Korea. After two years, Michael transferred to Singapore to become Director of INSEAD Executive Education Asia.  Michael regularly contributes at conferences on leadership-related topics and has a keen interest in leadership in a global context. He presented at the Singapore Human Capital Summit in 2010 and contributed to the Singapore Ministry of Manpower's publication Asian Leadership: What Works (edited by Dave Ulrich and Robert Sutton) in the areas of collective purpose, multi-culture and culture, and leadership transition in Asia.

Amanda Humphrey MBA, BA(Hons), FCIPD, Cert Ed, FRSA
Director of Support Services

Amanda was previously Business Planning Manager for Sussex Ambulance Service NHS Trust, ensuring that continuous improvement plans were developed, implemented and shared with all staff. Prior to this, she was Group Operations and Personnel Director at Fruitful Fundraising, with responsibility for a major expansion programme in the UK, Ireland and the USA, as well as people development processes that resulted in awards such as Investors in People.  Her earlier career was with the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux where she was an Area Development Officer for the South East and then District Manager and Company Secretary for the Brighton & Hove Area. She was responsible for corporate and government fundraising as well as having responsibility for HR and legal duties.  A qualified teacher, with a real interest in developing people, during this period Amanda also taught 'A' level Psychology in the evenings at a local adult education centre. At Roffey Park, Amanda is responsible for HR, legal and operations and leads our entry into the Sunday Times Best 100 Companies to Work For survey, for which we have achieved a one star accreditation for the last three years.  This year she established our new company in Singapore, Roffey Park Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, and is currently sourcing new offices and local staff to ensure the success of our new operations.

Gary Miles MA (Oxon), FCIPD
Director of Associate Relations & International Operations

Gary has over 20 years experience of working in commercial organisations, both as an HR practitioner and business manager, such as Unilever and Reed Business Publishing. At the Kingfisher Retail Group, he obtained a National Training Award for the strategic contribution of learning and development as well as IIP accreditation. Since joining Roffey Park he has been involved in a number of major client projects spanning private, public and not for profit sectors and focussing on HR and senior management development, leadership, talent management and executive coaching. He is programme director of Strategic Human Resources and HR Business Partnering as well as Director of Associate Relations, responsible for the recruitment and development of Roffey Park's associate team. His current clients are drawn from higher education, local government, manufacturing, oil, and IT sectors. Gary has also served as a local government councillor and been an active member of the CIPD.

Andy Smith MA, BA, Cert Gestalt
Director of Research, Practice & Qualifications

Andy has 20 years experience as a developer, consultant and manager. His work has spanned small and large organisations, the private and public sectors, policy development and operations. Andy is Programme Director for Roffey Park's MSc in People and Organisational Development and the Interpersonal Relationships in Organisations programme. He is also a member of the tutor teams for The Art of Facilitation and OD Practitioner Programmes. His most recent research focused on the world of virtual management. A Master Practitioner of NLP, a Diploma in Systems Thinking and real interests in Gestalt, group dynamics and change in complex systems all inform Andy’s practice.