David Raphael Solomons
Curriculum vitae e dichiarazione altri incarichi ex D.lgs. n.33/2013
David Solomons was educated in the UK and at university in London UCL and Barcelona (Barcelona University), degrees in Business and Constitutional Law and Iberian Culture.
David Solomons was formerly chief executive and now lead
consultant of CultureSmart!Consulting plus a number of leading
management consultancies in Europe and the US. His expertise is in
delivering a uniquely holistic approach to all aspects of cross
cultural orientation and international management training for
corporates, public bodies, NGO's and charitable institutions
globally.
David is one of the world's leading experts on Cultural
Intelligence and has delivered papers, lectures and speeches on
cross cultural and human understanding throughout the world,
including being a regular speaker at the world renowned Conference
for World Affairs in Boulder, Colorado. He was also on the steering
committee of a British cross-party parliamentary initiative working
for the establishment of a Ministry for Peace..
Born and raised in England, David's background is in behavioural
psychology as well as training and business. Having lived, worked
and run organizations in the U.S., The Middle East, Spain, France
and the U.K., he is fluent in four languages. He is an approved
speaker for The Speaker's Bureau, and also trained as a
psychotherapist.
He has also created and delivers courses on Cultural Intelligence
to a number of International Business Schools, and works with NGO's
in the Balkans and the Middle East.
Whilst working for various multi-nationals who ‘off-shore' voice
and technical services to India, has revolutionized the management
and training techniques of Indian contact centers. Appointed
official Cultural Intelligence trainer to the British Olympic
Committee personnel working at the Beijing and London
Olympics
Work In the media included co-writing and presenting the ‘Crossing Cultures' feature in BBC World TV's weekly travel programme ‘FastTrack'. Regularly writes columns for publications and broadcasts throughout the world.
Davide Solomons has been teaching at Birmingham Business School and Ashcroft Business School, Cambridge.