Strategic Project Programme Management Diploma

Course Director

David Shiel is a Senior Programme Manager in a Boston Scientific Strategic PMO – Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) Region.

He leads teams of PM’s working on Transformation Programs to achieve the region’s Strategic goals.

With a proven track record of meeting Project scope, schedules, and budgets, he has a thorough understanding of commercial, product development, quality & regulatory requirements.

David also has experience of development start-up innovation tactics.

Joanna Koprowicz earned a Master’s degree in Project Management from University College Dublin. Joanna worked in a typical waterfall environment after graduating from college, but she was later introduced to the Agile mindset and culture, which she quickly fell in love with and decided to pursue as a career. Joanna has been an Agile Coach, Trainer, and Consultant at Change Angels since 2018.

Padhraic is a Consultant Program Manager with 34 years’ experience in the manufacturing sector and IT sector, over 30 of those with EDS and Hewlett-Packard and Storm Technology.

He has worked predominately as a Project/Programme manager providing IT application services to manufacturing companies such as GM and SKF.

Padhraic graduated from the National University of Ireland, Galway, (NUIG) in 1984 with a Bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering, holds a Masters in Project Mgmt (UL) and is currently conducting doctoral research with the Enterprise Research Centre, University of Limerick.

Andrew started his Project Management career with 15 years in the automotive industry at Land Rover where he quickly experienced the people side of delivering projects. He then spent 4 years as a Project Management Lecturer delivering short training courses on Project Management topics including Microsoft Project, and the related project management people skills.

Andrew then moved on to spend 13 years at Coventry University teaching Project Management and Research Skills, building his knowledge of Project Management and people issues with a PhD on the use of Project Management Simulations. He has volunteered for the APM for nearly 20 years, and has held committee positions on the Coventry Chapter, Midlands Branch, and National Branch Steering group and as chair of the People SIG committee.

Andrew is currently a ChPP Chartered Project Professional, a Fellow of the APM and also holds RPP status. Andrew has worked with the APM writing examination questions and reviewing membership applications.

Elizabeth Harrin, MA, FAPM, MBCS is director of Otobos Consultants Ltd, a project communications consultancy specialising in copywriting for project management firms. She has over 20 years’ experience as a project and program manager, having spent eight years in financial services (including two based in Paris, France) and then over 12 years in healthcare.

Elizabeth is a PRINCE2, MSP and P3O Practitioner, and holds the ITIL Foundation certificate. She is a Fellow of the Association for Project Management and a member of PMI. She holds degrees from the University of York and Roehampton University.

Elizabeth has written 7 books about project management: Managing Multiple Projects, Shortcuts to Success: Project Management in the Real World (which was a finalist in the Management Book of the Year Awards 2014 and now in its second edition), Collaboration Tools for Project Managers, Communicating Change, Project Manager, Customer-Centric Project Management and Engaging Stakeholders on Projects: How to Harness People Power.

Sheilina is a Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) and Fellow (FAPM) with the Association for Project Management; Fellow of the Higher Educational Institute and Master NLP Practitioner.

Sheilina is an articulate Project Professional who has delivered successful programmes, project and products across diverse sectors. She founded Positively Project Management over 30 years ago. Currently, she is a Keynote Speaker, Chartership Assessor, C-Suite Coach, Mentor, Awards Judge, and Volunteer at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.

Sheilina is known for her curiosity, willingness to learn, and drive for informed decision-making. Detail-oriented and quality-focused, she adapts positive and inclusive approaches. A sought-after speaker, facilitator, and trainer, she blends engagement, enthusiasm, and experience. Her expertise includes global projects, culture, communication, ethics, conflict resolution, integration, and organisational change.

Sheilina has developed and delivered apprenticeship, academic, and corporate training programmes. In 2021, she published ‘Cadence of Confidence’ to support personal development, using music to boost engagement. She enjoys the challenges of delivery, education, documentation, and people development.

Nadege Minois has managed research and IT projects for 2 decades. She worked in 5 different countries and worked with people from all over the world. She experienced how sub-optimal communication can hinder the delivery of projects. So, she has decided, as a freelance consultant, to help project managers, their teams and organisations to set up project communication to deliver projects successfully.

Nadege has a PhD in Biology. She is a qualified Agile Project Manager, Programme Manager, Scrum Master, Product Owner and ScrumAgile Master.

Rob is a freelance project management consultant and educator based in London, UK. He has over 15 years’ experience managing projects, and helping organisations to manage projects better. In recent years, he has focused on strategic change projects in the food and hospitality industry. Rob also serves as a charity chair, non-executive director and board advisor.

Rob is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, the Association for Project Management and the Higher Education Institute. He is a certified PRINCE2 and Agile Practitioner. He holds an MBA (Technology Management) from the Open University and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching from BPP.

Kathleen is a Senior Lecturer with the Institute. She has over 25 years in Operations Management in Tech MNA’s like APC, Microsoft and Digicel.

She has led global projects for Acquisition Integrations, Digital Strategies, Product Launches, Supply Chain Reengineering, System/IT Implementations, Customer Tenders & frameworks for organisational alignment across Sales and Operations.

She is passionate about helping execs to hone their skills, expertise and passion for a fulfilling and rewarding career.

Gordon is an independent Consultant in Technology & Change.

A dynamic, commercially astute business and technology leader, with over twenty years of global experience leading multi-million dollar technology transformation projects, designed to drive operational efficiencies and revenue growth.

Strong track record working with boards and executive teams in companies across a wide variety of business sectors on the implementation of robust enterprise digital technology solutions, digital transformation, and business process improvement.