John DavisFacilitator & Consultant at Informa Connect AcademyTrainer
Profile
John Alan Davis is a strategy consultant, facilitator and negotiator with extensive international operational experience, linked to global marketing capabilities and technical awareness. He is Founder and Managing Director of Scott Davis Management, a company providing executive management development programmes for over 15 years.
He started as a development engineer in the aerospace industry with Plessey Dynamics, and moved into strategy development with INA and into market management in W R Grace on food packaging. As SKF’s marketing director in the UK, John was responsible for business strategy, business planning and financial strategy to grow market share for profit. After a global strategy role with SKF he became marketing director for the Middle East and Africa developing financial and distribution strategies to grow market share and profitability. Following that role as chief executive for the number two bearing company FA’G, his responsibility for strategy and business development produced high growth.
John has been one of Informa’s senior associates creating ‘strategic skills for senior managers’, a series of very successful public programmes attracting Mobily, Sabic, Saudi Hollandia, NBK, SABB, Hadida, Markaz and others.
Over the years he has developed and delivered a strategic skills forum and several courses on strategic thinking and planning, strategic business planning, and aligning budgeting with strategy. His personal expertise in designing and delivering strategy, leadership and management development programmes and seminars for CEOs, senior and executive vice presidents, senior and middle management, analysts, engineers and specialists with Informa has achieved a strong reputation in the Middle East.
The work has produced high levels of business competence and organisational skill for major companies such as Sabic, Siemens, DEWA, Etisalat, Tanmia, ADNOC, Saudi Aramco, MAF Carrefour, Dolphin Energy, Royal Commission Hospital, Spimaco and banks and finance houses including ADCB, UNB, CBD, SABB, Mubadala, IPIC, UIC and many others.