Consultants

WENDY TAGLIABUE

Managing Director

Lead Trainer and Assessor: Management and Training and Assessing
Diploma of Business Management, Masters International Education, Post Grad Dip Bus. (Management), Grad Dip Education, Dip Assessment & Workplace Training, Dip Bus (International Trade) and Dip of Bus (Administration), Cert IV TAE

Wendy Tagliabue is the Managing Director of IBT and has run her own business for almost 20 years. She is passionate about training and international business practices. Having studied and travelled across the world, she has a unique edge as a specialist trainer and management consultant.

Her continuing goal to keep abreast of the latest international trends has seen Wendy study management styles at various local and international institutes, including Nyenrode University in the Netherlands and IBM in Europe. 

Wendy prides herself on her knowledge of culture and business practices in a vast range of countries across Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

These countries include Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Hong Kong, New Zealand, India, China, Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, France, Germany, England, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Czech Republic, Egypt, Turkey, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Zambia.

In her spare time, Wendy enjoys being with her three children, and is the very proud grandmother of Henry James. 

Wendy enjoys dining out with friends, going to the cinema and of course, travelling.

 

SHARON SIMPER

Lead Trainer and Assessor: Diploma of Business Administration
Diploma of Business Administration and Microsoft Office User Specialist Instructor, Bach Bus IT, Cert IV in TAA

Sharon is a highly skilled IT trainer with extensive knowledge of the Microsoft suite of products.

Her easy-going personality and down-to-earth approach makes Sharon very popular among our clients.

She has been a valued staff member at IBT for over 10 years and has been involved with course development and delivery in Australia, England and New Zealand.

Her other career highlights include being the Help Desk manager at NetConnect Communications, a training consultant at Lynx IT Training in London and a training consultant at Computerland in New Zealand.

At home, Sharon is the proud mum of Georgie and Lachlan. Along with her husband Mike, the family enjoy bike riding and trekking in Australia and in New Zealand.

 

 

DAVID KAY

Lead Trainer and Assessor: Certificate IV in Training & Assessment
Consultant Bach Ed, Arts Degree and Grad Dip Ed

David Kay is the Director of David Kay Training and Development.

 

He has worked as a vocational trainer and adviser across the world. His overseas work includes a stint at the European Union-funded ‘Education & Training HRD’ Program. David has also been a team leader of the AusAID-funded ‘PNG Occupational Skills and Standards’ project.

 

David is currently consulting to the Samoan Government developing a vocational training qualifications framework. 

In Australia, David has been involved in the development of industry competencies, national curriculum, national teaching assessment materials and facilitated professional development for public and private sector TVET staff. He has also

managed a registered training organisation that provided quality auditing services to training organisations.

 

MAX TOLSON

Trainer and Assessor: Diploma of Rural Business Management
Dip.App.Sci.Ag., MBA (Ag), Dip.Int.Trade, Dip.RBM (Env.) Cert IV in TAA

Max Tolson is an agribusiness specialist. He has35 years farm management experience in a broad range of roles both on his family farm and in the corporate environment.

He believes that building knowledge and skills are essential for personal satisfaction and achievement. He also maintains they are the key to successful farming.

Max’s goal is to keep his training programs simple and practical, while ensuring his students achieve results. He strives to make learning applicable to each individual and their circumstances. 

 

 

MAURA ANGLE

Media Specialist Trainer: Certificate IV in Training & Assessment
Bachelor of Arts, Politics and Administration

Maura Angle is a Walkley Award winning journalist (as part of ABC Stateline team covering the Katherine floods in 1998) and former chief-of-staff with ABC TV in Melbourne. She has more than 20 years under her belt in the media and has worked in newsrooms across Australia and overseas.

 

She can help you quickly learn how the media operates, how to work with journalists and how to develop and deliver your message effectively.

Maura runs her own business, The Media Angle. Her courses are practical, interactive and fun! They are all about giving you the best insight into the media world.

Although a dedicated business woman,  Maura’s passion is her family.

 

 

CHRISTINE SUMBUK

Trainer and Assessor: Diploma of Business Administration
MBA (Waikato – NZ), Bach. Econ (UPNG), Dip. FLM, Dip. of Business, Cert. IV in TAA

Christine runs her own training and human resources business in Papua New Guinea. She has more than 16 years of experience in both fields and is passionate about bringing out the best in all her students. With a broad client base which covers private, government and non-government organisations (NGOs), Christine is a well respected trainer.

Currently the coordinator for the Careers in Development Project in PNG, Christine is also involved in a frontline management program in the Republic of Nauru. She has also worked on AusAID programs in PNG.

She has substantial experience in developing and implementing capacity building plans; including training and needs analysis, HRD plan compilation and mentoring and coaching.

In her spare time, Christine enjoys spending time with her two children, husband Ken and granddaughter Kemoheena. She also enjoys gardening.

 

 

SARAH CATCHPOLE

Trainer and Assessor: Certificate IV in Training & Assessment , Diploma of Management and Diploma of Business Administration

 

Sarah Catchpole is the business owner of CatchingSolutions providing virtual and on-site administrative support services, as well as offering training solutions to a number of training organisations and private business.

Sarah has been a trainer for many organisations, both large and small with experience in the travel and Information technology industries for over 20 years. She has worked in Singapore, England and the Netherlands, with extensive international experience in the travel Industry working for American Airlines, Sabre Travel Network and Amadeus Travel Distribution, to name a few. Sarah’s focus is to provide her students with the skills and ability to improve productivity in operational planning, continuous improvement and production of high quality documentation for their own business needs whilst making effective and efficient use of technology.

Sarah is mum to two gorgeous kids - Cecilia and Sebastian. They are the centre of her life along side managing an extremely busy business...... .

 

 

AXEL LEONHARDT

Lead Trainer and Assessor: Diploma of Management
Bachelor of Economics, Marketing & Adult Education & Graduate Diploma of Work-Pedagogical Knowledge & Skills, Industry & Handelskammer-Frankfurt, Germany; Diploma in Business (Frontline Management), RMIT Training-Melbourne, Australia; Diploma in Training & Assessment Systems, RMIT Training- Melbourne, Australia; Certificate in Practical Adult Training, J.W. Goethe University- Frankfurt, Germany; Certificate IV, Training & Assessment, RMIT Training- Melbourne, Australia.

 

Axel Leonhardt specialises in education, Human Resources Management and Project Management. For 11 years, Axel ran his own consulting service, which saw him working on matters such as organisational development, strategic planning, needs analysis and facilitation and training. This work also took him on several assignments in the Pacific Rim and South-East Asia. He later joined RMIT University's private Training/HR consultancy, 'RMIT Training'. Axel then became a consultant at RMIT’s  School of Engineering, working to promote better industry engagement approaches.

More recently he has worked as the program manager for an AusAID-sponsored project in Papua New Guinea. The $6 million project has seen the small but experienced team working with 21 development agencies to overcome a ‘skills gap’ in the country.

A keen motorcyclist, in his spare time Axel can be found touring the open roads or tinkering with his bike in the shed. He also enjoys spending time with family and friends, playing badminton and reading.

 

DON HARKINS

Trainer and Assessor: Diploma of Rural Business Management
Diploma of OHS. Grad Dip Education 25 years. Trained Trade Instructors Certificate. Automotive, Welding, Fitting and machining and Industrial Electronics Certificate (Industry Qualifications). Certificate IV in Training and Assessment

 

Known within the Work Safe industry as an OH&S training guru, Don has had many years of experience in safety and risk management.

Don boasts nine years of experience within the industrial, automotive and welding trades. He worked in America for two years with agricultural manufacturer International Harvester.

He has also worked as the Assistant Director of Rural and Trade, Sunraysia TAFE.

Don’s personal teaching style is very accommodating.

 

 

 

DELPHINE BARBER

Trainer and Assessor: Diploma of Rural Business Management
M.B.A. studied at EDHEC (Ecole Des Hautes Etudes Commerciales) - Majored in finances BACCALAUREATE S (equivalent to Year 12 or VCE) - majored in maths and science.

 

Delphine has lots of life and work experience in the industry. She has an impressive resume including roles as Training Executive for the Hotel Windsor in Melbourne, HR Administrator at GE MONEY in France and HR Manager for a French hypermarket chain.

Delphine is a friendly and popular trainer with extensive international experience. She has excellent language skills in French and German. She also has a knack of making the most complex concept sound simple.

Delphine shares her knowledge and skills by volunteering in many situations including distribution of food to homeless people, coaching students in inter-school commercial presentation competitions, teaching French to students in India and coaching long-term job seekers.

 

 

GEORGE HARITONIDIS

Lead Trainer and Assessor: Website design and HTML courses
Bachelor of Engineering (Software Systems Engineering) Hons

George is an experienced software engineer who works for a boutique web development and consultancy company, aCore Consulting Solutions.

 

George has 10 years of experience with web design and development and four years of experience in server-side technologies and database management.

He is good at describing course material in a non-technical, easy to understand manner, making him a popular staff member.