Red Rock International People
Red Rock International has prided itself over the years on its close team of full-time and freelance staff and the increasing network of loyal clients. We hope this page will help you get to know us better.
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Nick Ashley - Senior Instructor and Managing Director
Nick founded Red Rock International in 2001 to inspire, challenge and create a supportive community in which clients and staff would have the stimulus to reach their potential.
Nick’s background in engineering, both in the UK and Middle East gave him a solid understanding of corporate working environments and their specific training requirements. He moved out of technical work to focus on people development and has now been developing and delivering innovative training programmes for 18 years.
Nick’s approach is both inspirational and practical. He helps individuals and teams see the areas where they can grow and then works to unlock the barriers which limit performance. In this he is always action oriented and focuses on the changes which will make a difference.
Adventure and community have been central to both Nick’s personal and professional life, from family walks in the UK to mountaineering trips in Morocco.
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Joel Aston – Experiential Trainer and Project Manager
Joel has worked with Red Rock International since 2007, designing and delivering courses and events in Egypt, the UK and Central Asia.
Joel has created many innovative challenge based activities to develop leaders and teams. In 2010 and 2011, he was Challenge Director for a major team building event, the BG Energy Challenge – Kazakhstan. This team challenge for the oil & gas industry saw 200 participants competing over three days.
He is highly qualified in adventure based training. Joel’s days off normally see him heading to the beach or mountains for kite surfing, ocean-fishing, climbing or mountaineering.
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Robert Landon – Senior Trainer and Middle East and Africa Director
Robert is an experienced trainer with a strong track record of developing innovative training with great results. He spends much of his time designing transformational programs that synthesise the best theoretical models with powerful experiential exercises and reviews.
Robert entered the training profession as a freelance instructor having acquired corporate experience through his work as a research chemist in the pharmaceutical industry (GlaxoSmithKline). Having gained qualifications and experience in outdoor and adventure based experiential training he joined Nick to develop Red Rock International as a Director – a position he has held since 2005.
More recently he became RRI Director for the Middle East and Africa, where RRI’s unique approach has received a strong welcome.
Robert and his wife Beth have four young children who keep them busy outside work. He also finds time to coach junior rugby, act as a School Governor and go mountain biking or get up to the Scottish Highlands for mountaineering.
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Dr Nader Maurice – Egypt business development and Experiential Instructor
Nader has been involved in training and equipping leaders since 2003, freelancing for several large training companies before joining Red Rock International full time. He is highly skilled at helping clients clarify training needs and matching these to suitable development pathways. In addition to serving our clients, Nader leads the Egypt team.
Nader’s recent RRI clients in Egypt and Central Asia have included PwC, BP, BG Kazakhstan, Mobiserve, Mars and Al Ahram Beverages.
Nader initially qualified as a physician from Ain Shams University in Cairo. After completing his studies to become a doctor Nader decided to pursue his passion for seeing people develop the skills and character to reach their full potential.
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Suzan Said
Suzan is a Senior Trainer who speaks from significant personal management experience in MEA, North America and Europe. Before joining Red Rock International her last position was as Chief Operating Officer for an IT & Telecoms company, AA Technologies, where she made significant contributions to the management structure and business expansion. Throughout this management career, Suzan’s greatest satisfaction has come through developing people and teams and she has a strong business track record that points to her success in this.
Suzan joined Red Rock International to be able to focus on developing business leaders in the MEA region, particularly in executive positions. Suzan consultants for our customers to tailor develop plans to meet their organizational needs. She is focused on delivering and measuring results from training that will affect the business bottom line. She holds an MA in Organizational and Leadership Development from ETSC.
Suzan is fluent in English, French and Arabic.
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Simon Cox
Simon is part of the Red Rock International community and is currently developing the RRI Lifestyle adventure products and Red Rock international's presence in Morocco.
He has had an eclectic career to date, initially studying Classics and Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford, on graduation he chose to pursue a commission in the British Army at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Unfortunately, injury curtailed his time in the Army, so Simon got involved in the outdoor world and has brought much of his military training to designing and implementing the Lifestyle products. Moreover, he has been working towards several UK outdoor qualifications, gaining experience in diverse mountain areas. He is passionate about the outdoors, particularly enjoying writing about what he gets up to.
Simon also works as a Latin tutor, enjoys running and rowing and travelling with his family.
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Jon Mason – Birkman Method Senior Consultant
Jon Mason has nearly 30 years of work experience, initially as a manager and trainer in IT and Third Sector organisations, and for the last 14 as a consultant specialising in strategic development, organisational change and talent management with clients across Asia-Pacific and Europe. His recent and current clients include Microsoft Japan, various NHS organisations in the UK, global business performance specialists McKinney Rogers, and UK charity Care for the Family.
Now based in Singapore, Jon holds Masters Degrees from Trinity College Cambridge and the Graduate School of Business at NTU, Australia. He is a Birkman Method® Senior Consultant with 10 years experience and a number of Birkman-based software tools to his credit, as well as a Birkman-based application for students and young people called hoozyu
TM. He collaborated with best-selling British author Rob Parsons on two books which have sold well worldwide - The Heart of Success (2002) and The Money Secret (2005).
Jon Mason’s company
Elaura partners with RRI as the only Birkman method supplier in Egypt.
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S Hong Moon
Hong is one of very few Korean Development Training and Experiential Learning practitioners. He has facilitated a wide range of team development and leadership training courses in the UK, Turkey, France, North Africa and South East Asia.
Hong brings many helpful insights on cross-cultural working and opens up perspectives with the groups he facilitates.
He is also proud to be one of the first Koreans to earn UK qualifications in rock climbing and kayak coaching.
He holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Development Training from Lancaster Univ as well as BA and MA.
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Sidney Ramos – South America Training Consultant
Sid is an experiential trainer who worked with RRI based in the UK and Cairo before returning to his native Brazil.
Sid was instrumental in designing RRI training relevant to the Egyptian market where his cross-cultural, language and inter-personal skills were recognised by all who worked with him. Now back in Brazil Sid continues to contribute strongly to RRI’s training development in many ways, including researching best practise for cross-cultural and virtual team working in South American companies.
Sidney has wide ranging experience of demanding multi-cultural team and leadership situations in both business and expeditions. He has worked in management in Icomon, Comercial and Giroflex SA in Brazil and in Red Rock International in the UK and Egypt.
Sid has led a 6 week expedition across the Sahara and social projects in Colombia and Venezuela.
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Dr Robert Reeve – Cross-Cultural Consultant
Rob has over 25 years experience in building teams and growing international movements in Europe, Asia and Africa. His strengths lie in the area of helping people understand cultural differences and how to work and communicate effectively in cross cultural environments.
After obtaining a doctorate in anthropology he established two major training centres in France. He gained his doctoral degree through an in depth cultural and anthropological study of people groups in Central African Republic where he has run development courses for the government, and set up a business school.
He travels widely, being a keynote, motivational speaker at major conferences as well as mentoring many teams helping them to develop models for innovation and change.
Rob is fluent in French as well as his mother tongue English.
He is currently responsible for the development of Global Initiatives with an International Matrix type Organisation as well as his consultancy work with "
Insight Business Support".
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Wassim Sabry - Experiential Trainer
Wassim joined Red Rock International with 8 years experience of planning and executing Sports Camps to equip young people from around the Middle East with the people skills required for future success. The camps focussed on leadership training, team building and character development.
During his time in Red Rock International he has developed and led many team development courses around Egypt.
Before joining RRI, he attained a first degree in Business Informatics from the German University in Cairo and then further studies in Oxford, UK.
Wassim is fluent in English and German as well as his mother tongue Arabic.
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Paul Wisdom – Experiential Trainer
Paul worked for a number of years in a variety of industries as a Chemical Engineer with Atkins, one of the world’s leading engineering and design consultancies. Following this Paul had a Senior Management role within a Third Sector Organisation working with Young People. He has been working with Red Rock International since 2007 and brings extensive management expertise and cross-cultural working experience (China, Morocco, Central Asia and India).
In addition to Paul’s work with Red Rock International he is a keen mountaineer and expedition leader both in the UK and overseas.