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Alistair
Morrison
London, UK: 1st September 2008
Echelon appoints Alistair Morrison as CEO
The consultancy-led publishing house, Echelon Learning, has appointed
Alistair Morrison as its CEO.
This means that David Hill, who has headed up Echelon Learning since
its inception in 1986, becomes the company's Chairman, while retaining
the role of Services Director to support key clients. Jenny Hill
continues to lead the company's consultancy division.
David Hill commented: "Alistair Morrison has a long association with
Echelon, having previously served as a non-executive director of the
company.
"His advice and guidance have proved to be highly valuable to Echelon
in the past and so we are delighted that he is now devoting even more
of his unbounded energies and business acumen to further our cause and
help us achieve our business goals. His experience in the areas of
business consultancy, employee communications and e-learning are
exactly what is required to lead Echelon as we continue to develop and
expand."
Morrison, who joined Echelon from The Fifth Business - an internal
communications and e-learning company working principally in the oil
and gas industries - previously ran his own business consultancy
company, Strathmore Business Consulting, with clients that included
HSBC and Lorien plc. Before that, he was an operational board director
at defence and space specialists Vega plc.
Prior to joining Vega, Morrison was founder and managing director of
learning content producer Skillchange Systems - one of the early
leaders and innovators in the UK's e-learning market. More recently, he
has served as a non-executive director with web development company
Netcel, LMS vendor Cobent, and design consultancy Juice.
"I'm delighted to have joined Echelon," Morrison said.
"This is a company with a great track record and a fantastic client
base. Moreover, it has a reputation for high quality deliverables that
make a real impact with its clients.
"At a time when research is indicating that organisations are more
profitable when their employees are fully engaged with their employer's
vision and strategy, there has never been a greater need for companies
such as Echelon Learning. Our core business is the implementation of
communications and learning solutions that motivate and develop staff
to deliver their companies' brand and customer service promises.
"We have solid consulting expertise and full multimedia development
capabilities that enable us to create a comprehensive range of
solutions, from entire internal communications strategies to
project-based campaigns and individual education and training
interventions.
"Our bespoke solutions are supported by our comprehensive library of
over 2,000 modules of on-line learning. We are fully equipped to
support clients manage the human element of major change initiatives
and to drive improvements to business-as-usual performance," Morrison
added.
Morrison will be making his industry contacts and considerable
financial and marketing experience available to Echelon Learning as it
pursues a strategy of not only expanding its core business of learning
and consultancy services but also diversifies into servicing other
learning-related markets.
Ends
Media contact: Peter Muir Tel + 44 (0)1296 715228; Email:
echelon@pmpr.co.uk
Sales contact: David Hill Tel + 44 (0)20 8568 1500; Email:
david@echelonl.com
A picture of Alistair Morrison is available, on request, from Bob
Little Press & PR (tel 00 44 (0) 1727 860405; email
bob.little@boblittlepr.com)
About Echelon Publishing
Echelon technologies help organisations place solutions at people's
fingertips, whether solving everyday business and work-related problems
or helping gain qualifications and continued professional development.
Echelon:
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Has a content management system
enabling informational or learning material to be developed or
converted into XML so that it can be published and distributed in text
and/or via the web.
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Has a learning management system
to provide ready access via the web to highly structured information,
which is easily searched and retrieved, and whose usage can be tracked
and learning logged.
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Publishes and/or reformats
content for professional bodies and commercial organisations to help
students and employees maintain or develop requisite skills throughout
their careers.
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Supports people from the outset
of their careers in working with professional bodies to develop and
deliver the learning content required by students in preparing for
examination.
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Frees up the knowledge and
learning contained within a business so that people have ready access
to these resources in helping them to solve problems or develop their
careers.
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Works with a number of blue chip
organisations and professional bodies, including:
COMMERCIAL
BUPA
Coventry Building Society
Lincoln Financial
Moat House Hotels
Modernisation Agency (NHS)
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
NHS Logistics
Vodafone
INSTITUTIONAL
Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development
Chartered Institute of Public Finance Accountants
Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply
Construction Industry Training Board
Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators
Institute of Chartered Accountants in E & W
Institute of Civil Engineers
Royal Town Planning Institute
