Our Partners

At The Business of Trust, we have a number of partners that we work closely with to deliver our training and coaching programs all around the world.

Please get in touch if you’d like to discuss which of our partners can help you.

Some of our major partners include:

David Lambert

IOWEU International

Location: Hong Kong, UK

Based in Hong Kong since 1995, David is a successful business author and an accomplished speaker, coach and business consultant. He is an authority on how to build trusted relationships, having co-authored Smarter Selling with Keith Dugdale.

David heads a global training and coaching network that numbers over 100 network affiliates in more than 20 countries. He is a Certified Master Coach (Behavioural Coaching Institute), a Master Trainer for Think on Your Feet® and a Master Trainer for IOWEU International’s suite of business dialogue programs.

Vanessa Bluen

Managing Director, The Consultant Powerhouse

Location: South Africa

With a curiosity and passion for people, development, and new experiences, Vanessa Bluen, Managing Director of The Consultant Powerhouse, leads a talented team who design and implement customised learning solutions that transform consultants and leaders into confident new economy business partners, adding value to their client’s success.

Vanessa has shared her expertise on numerous occasions in the media, including Summit TV, Invent Yourself, SAFM, Radio 702 and SABC 3’s 3Talk with Noeleen Maholwana Sangqu. Articles on her work have appeared in The Business Times, The Star, Business Day and Finance Week.

David MacDonald

Location: Singapore

After 19 years in banking and wealth management in the UK, David founded his own learning and development business in 2001, and over the last two years he has also taken on the role of Managing Director for a boutique Interior Architecture & Design business in Thailand, where he has helped build the business into a successful service provider.

Professionally based in Singapore, although living in Thailand, his key focus areas include client relationship management and business development, creating and implementing holistic skills and behavioural change related learning and development solutions. Some of his key financial services clients in recent years include: Bank of Singapore, Bank Julius Baer, Barclays Wealth, CIMB, Coutts & Co, HSBC Private Bank, The Royal Bank of Scotland NV, Solution Providers, UBP, United Overseas Bank, and Zurich International.