David R.

David Rigby is an international keynote speaker, trainer, consultant, and executive coach. He is the founding director of Smart Coaching & Training, managing 15 associates located in UK, USA, Europe, Africa and Middle East. With his team he developed specialisms such as Diversity/Interculturality, Vertical Adult Development/Spiral Dynamics, Preference Profiling, Psychological Safety and Wellness at Work. These support basics such as speaking, writing, coaching, training and consulting, featured in Signature Corporate Training courses including leadership, diversity, team building, coaching, personal branding, presentation, communication and customer service. He is based in Spain and UK. He established the UAE office and team. For universities he coached in career, life and presentation skills. He uses his communications skills as a UK radio presenter and producer and has written over 40 articles for his lifestyle column for Al Arabiya News. He established strategic partnerships with organisations in UK, Spain and Middle East. He has more than 25 years’ experience in 22 countries, on customer facing business change and digital transformation projects, either as a project manager, business analyst or leading programmes working with consultancies such as PWC. Applying NLP, emotional intelligence and mindfulness within consulting roles and with individual coaching clients. He is a member of the Association for Coaching, Professional Speakers Association, Amces, (Asociación Española de Mentoring). He is a practitioner of Prince2, Managing Successful Programmes and NLP and is qualified in ITIL, business mentoring and life coaching and has a Mathematics degree from London University. Client history and assignments include: Abu Dhabi Municipality | Abu Dhabi University | Middlesex University Dubai | Bath and NE Somerset Council | Kuwait Petroleum | Crisalida Spa Spain | Telecom Italia | Google | Citibank US | ABN AMRO Hong Kong | Nynex US | Volkswagen FS | NHS | Companies House | Al Mourj Oman | Malaysian Electricity Kuala Lumpur | ArRiyadh Development Authority | DEWA | ADNOC | Aramco | King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Dammam KSA | Dubai Chamber of Commerce | AMMROC | Whites Riyadh | Skills International Kuwait | National Electronic Security Authority | Rolaco Jeddah KSA | GlobalFocus Kenya | Baker Tilly Kuwait | LEORON Ghana | Marcus Evans | Standard Chartered Bank Singapore | Lloyds | UK Stock Exchange | Aviva | William Mercer | Somerset District Council| Sedgefield Borough Council | Qinetiq | BT | Danish Stock Exchange | Ernst & Young | Shell | Serco.