Bruce Murphy
With a broad and varied HR career Bruce has worked in 25 countries including 16 years on a range of expatriate assignments in Dubai, Oman and Nigeria.
His career includes periods with GEC, Nestle, Nissan, Inchcape, Emirates National Oil Company and most recently as Head of Talent Development with Aggreko plc.
He has operated both as an internal and external coach and has a particular passion looking to support people in career transitions, career path development and international assignments.
Bruce trained as a coach with Ashridge Business School in 2005 and supported the Ashridge Leadership Programme in the UAE in a coaching capacity. He is a licensed career coach with Career Counselling Services, a Member of the Association for Coaching and an accredited Foundation Executive Coach.
Bruce holds an MSc in Training and HRD, is registered with the British Psychological Society to use psychometric instruments and is a qualified user of OPQ32, MBTI, Hogan, Saville Wave, Decision Profile and SDI.
Bruce also works as an Assessor/Moderator for the Chartered Management Institute and was previously an Independent Apprentice Assessor. In addition he currently works as an Associate Lecturer at Northumbria University having worked as a Professional Development Coach and Professional Accreditation Mentor with both of the Business Schools in Newcastle.
Education / Training
University of Leicester –BA Social Sciences and MSc Training and HRD
FCMI – CMgr
Member Association for Coaching and AC Accredited Foundation Executive Coach
Ashridge - Coaching for Organisational Consultants
British Psychological Society – Certificate of Competence in Occupational Assessment
Qualified user – MBTI, OPQ32, Hogan, Saville Wave, Decision Profile, SDI
Licensed Career Coach – Career Counselling Services
Diploma in Sports Psychology
Career Summary
1978 – GEC – UK & Nigeria
1983 - Nestle- Personnel Training Officer
1985 – Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK Ltd –Senior Personnel Controller
1993 – Inchcape plc - Country HR Manager
1997 – Emirates National Oil Company – Dubai Group HR Manager/Head of Learning and Development
2003 – Aggreko plc – Dubai and UK – Director of HR Aggreko International, Group People Development Manager, Head of Talent Development
2016- present Peoplecando , Northumbria University - Newcastle Business School - Associate Lecturer, Chartered Management Institute – Assessor/Moderator