About us
Developing teams, leaders and organisations
The Red Rock International team have been involved in people development since 1993. We began working in Qatar in 2012 and have had a permanent and growing presence since 2014. Our team goes from strength to strength and we are enjoying working with a diverse range of organisations across all sectors of the Qatari economy.
Red Rock International was founded by Nick and Robert and soon after joined by Nader. Together, they have gone on to be leaders of an organisation with more than 30 employees. By influencing attitudes, developing skills and building relationships we have helped tens of thousands of people to live better lives at work and beyond.
Along side our team in Qatar our offices in the UK, Egypt, Morocco and Korea enable us to deliver culturally relevant training to a global audience.
Vision, purpose & values
Our vision...
...is to be a world leader in transformative leadership, team and personal development.
Our purpose is...
to help people in organisations to establish sustainable positive changes.
to create an inspiring workplace where staff are fulfilled, developed and valued.
to develop a thriving and sustainable business.
to have a positive social and environmental impact.
We value...
Adventure
We believe that overcoming challenges – physical, mental and emotional – creates powerful opportunities for growth.
Authenticity
Our training draws on our own experience and business practices; we live what we teach.
Relationships
We exist for people, creating an open and safe environment in which to live and work. We develop long-term relationships with our customers and partners.
Creativity
We strive for originality and refuse to be tied to convention. We value simplicity, elegance and beauty, whether in our natural environment, the way that we work or the courses that we design.
Meet our team
Nick Ashley
Co-founder & MD RRI Qatar
After working as an engineer for a few years controlling large items of chemical plant with computers Nick became increasingly fascinated by how teams work together. This coupled with a passion to start up a business and create some jobs, resulted in the beginning of the Red Rock International community. Nick’s experience of intense adventure leadership programmes, corporate adventure races delivered in the wilds of Kazakhstan’s Steppe and glamourous hotel based senior management training courses has placed him well to lead our business in Qatar. Married, 4 large children and still likes to think he can run well.
Robert Landon
Co-founder & People Development Specialist
Do you have a business plan, or staffing challenge? Robert is always keen to get involved with discussions to develop people and businesses. Since co-founding RRI in 2005, he has played many roles and currently leads the UK team and develops programmes for our customers.As a break from the laptop and video calls, he loves seeking out the steep parts of Scotland – on mountain bike or foot. Robert and his wife Beth have four children.
Miriam Ashley
Operations Manager
Miriam has a strong background in education, starting out as a teacher before moving on to run year-long development programmes for students wanting challenging overseas placements before University. Her time as HR director for an international NGO gave her good grounding in all aspects of L&D. Miriam is one of Red Rock’s most gifted facilitator/coaches with a real skill for drawing out learning from the exercises and helping individuals to apply it to their context. A perfect day for Miriam involves a windy walk on a beach followed by a meal shared with her four (almost!) grown up children.
Amal Perera
Production Manager
Amal brings his background in event management and strong technical skills to the team. He leads our team build delivery operation utilising his great people skills and ability to get things done. As well as managing our technology platforms Amal designs custom apps for use on our team builds and leadership development courses. In his spare time Amal focuses on taking part in global gaming competitions, consuming Japanese food and sharing the entertaining of his two toy dogs with his wife.
Wendy Morris
Finance & Administration Manager
Wendy joined Red Rock International Qatar in February 2020. She is an Accountant with more than 20 years’ experience in financial and management reporting and asset management. Wendy loves everything about business. Networking, systems, organised processes and procedures are her thing. If there is a better way to do things Wendy will find it. She manages our regulatory and legal compliance through our registered sponsor QFC and is part of the Sales team. Helping people reach their potential is important to her. She loves connecting people with people. After living in South Africa, United Kingdom, The Netherlands and now Qatar it is not surprising that travelling is top of her personal to do list. Spending time with her family, fitness and photography is what she loves to do when she is not working.
Euan Taylor
Business Development & Marketing
Euan joined Red Rock International in March 2021, leading our sales and growth strategy. Based between the UK and Qatar, Euan worked for over 15 years in corporate Learning and Development teams, bringing a wealth of experience, and a deep understanding of our clients’ needs. Euan is passionate about customer experience, and is always available to support through the stages of scoping, design, delivery and evaluation. Having lived and worked around the world, he understands the challenges and opportunities when delivering impactful learning solutions in a global context.
In his spare time, Euan loves to travel with his young family and experience different cultures and cuisines.
Dounia Marei
Senior Trainer
Dounia carries over 20 years of experience in; establishing start-ups, managing business support services, human capital development, corporate and life coaching as well as business consultation across several industries and functions.
Dounia leads many of our Arabic language leadership programmes.
Her style is highly relational and she brings the best out of participants.
Mila Sanchez
Marketing
Mila joined the RRI Qatar Team in 2022 as a Marketing Assistant. While still at university completing her PhD in geography, Mila co-founded a charity in which she is still working part-time as a Public Relations and Policy Officer. She runs RRI’s social media, bringing almost two years of online community management experience. Creative and organised, she likes to propose new content ideas paired with imaginative ways of communicating on social networks. Always on the lookout for new trends, Mila is convinced that social media, when used in the right way, can be an effective self-awareness tool, that can be used to raise ethical questions in the public debate. Mila is originally from France and moved to the UK in 2020. She loves spending time in nature, taking photos with her film camera and braving the elements to surf in the cold Welsh sea.
Misbah Mansha
Trainer
Misbah began her career as clinical psychologist in Pakistan. She then moved to the UK, and did a PGDIP in cognitive behavior therapy to learn more about connections between our thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Misbah is always amazed to see that how changing our perspective can transform our lives into being more creative and fulfilling. She believes in supporting individuals to maximize their potential through finding motivation, meaning, and rethinking their assumptions, so people can courageously work though complex and stressful situations. Working in a variety of settings from private sector to NHS, she has always enjoyed helping people to identify and work through issues to create a positive change in their lives, so they are able to live happier and healthier.
Apart from work, she enjoys spending time with her family, her three cute children are the soul of her life. She loves nature, and has multiple hobbies like painting and baking
