Dods Training Team

Tom has been Director of Dods Training since 2016, after launching the international training business in 2013. He has worked with government clients in over 30 countries around the world and holds an MA in Politics (specialising in India-China relations).

Alice has worked at Dods Training for five years. As head of UK Training Alice leads on business development for UK wide training. Alice develops strong relationships with new and existing clients through gaining knowledge of their strategic learning and development gaps as well as specific team and individual needs. She engages with clients across sectors to assess capability gaps and put in place the right training solutions.

Tina Seth is a government career expert and former Chief of Staff for the UK global visa service. Experienced at leadership and leading through change through capability building, policy and operational roles.

She has supported Civil Service transformation, working closely with Ministers and Directors, developing deep insight into the workings of Government.

Tina has developed leadership programmes for Whitehall, including the Future Leaders Scheme and supported CEOs in the wider public sector build capability in the face of rapid change.

She now works with clients across sectors to diagnose capability gaps and develop solutions that have real and lasting impact, with a focus on demonstrating return on investment.

Christine comes from a career in the development/humanitarian aid sector in Canada and with the Red Cross mainly in West and East Africa. She manages all aspects of our large scale projects and high profile client relationship. Her portfolio includes government, development bank, UN clients in Africa, Middle East, the Caribbean and Latin America.

Simone is a PRINCE2® Foundation certified project manager who leads bespoke programme delivery for UK clients and oversees the professional development of our pool of trainers. With 8 years of experience in managing both international and national training events, she excels in coordinating logistics for a wide range of programmes, from one-day UK courses for government departments to long-term initiatives for senior civil servants. Before transitioning into project management, Simone was a Middle Leader and teacher trainer in state education.

Simone has led significant projects for government departments, including an Equality Impact Assessment for the Disclosure and Barring Service and a 3-month OD&D Supervision Assessment for the Cabinet Office. Over the last 3 years, Simone has successfully project managed a 5 week Policy Foundation programme delivered to 29 cohorts for the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

Simone excels in coordinating training events, managing delivery teams, and ensuring client satisfaction through regular project status updates, feedback-driven improvements, and high-quality delivery processes. Additionally, Simone brings expertise in managing complex, multi-agency programmes across 15 countries, such as the FCDO’s Accelerating the Sustainable Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (Ascend) programme. She coordinated with the third-party monitoring, ensured deadlines were met for evidence submission, organised audits and provided timely responses to the third-party monitoring team’s suggestions for improvements of the programme.      

Prior to Dods Mike spent 21 years in the Civil Service, all within the Department of Education. His last role was as Parliamentary Clerk and Departmental Select Committee Liaison Officer. In July 2008 Mike became the Head of the Parliamentary Unit at Dods Training. He now deliveries training on Parliament, Government and Legislation to various UK Government Departments, UK Private Sector companies and International clients. 

Her career started working in Madrid for the UN desk in the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to later join the FCDO for two and a half years working as an assistant in the international trade unit, and then as an officer in Corporate Services encompassing the L&D, HR and security units at the British Embassy in Madrid. She worked as assistant operations manager in a UK language school. Most recently, her career moved towards the private sector working as a project coordinator in leadership development and executive education training for the past year. Originally Spanish, she also speaks English and French, and is currently based in London serving as International Project Manager. Celia comes from an academic background in international relations, conflict, security, and development studies.

Rose has come to Dods Training with a background in social and international relations. She has been working as Project Assistant/Manager with the company for over a year now, engaging with all the majority of UK training courses as main logistical support.  Before coming to Dods, Rose worked as a freelance photographer and photojournalist, specializing in woman’s social issues, humanitarian work,  as well as a range of travel, and editorial photography.