Patrick Forsyth runs Touchstone Training & Consultancy, an independent firm
based in the U.K. specialising in the development of marketing, sales,
communications and management skills.
He has visited and worked throughout South East Asia for many years, working
for both individual companies and bodies including management institutes. (He
has worked widely internationally: in countries as far apart as Argentina and
Kenya, Australia and Borneo and throughout continental Europe.
He is also a prolific writer and commentator on business matters. His books
include: Communicating with Customers (Orion), Powerful Reports and
Proposals and Marketing on a Tight Budget (Kogan Page), and The
Management Speakers’ Handbook (How to Books). His book Managing in the
Discomfort Zone will be published in Singapore by Marshall Cavendish in June
2005. He also writes articles, corporate publications and training materials.
His writing has prompted positive reviews, for instance: Patrick has a lucid and
elegant style of writing, which allows him to present information in a way that is
organised, focused and easy to apply. (“Professional Marketing” magazine).
He has worked for a number of management institutes: The Chartered Institute of
Marketing, The Chartered Institute of Management and other organisations such
as The City University Business School and the London Chamber of Commerce;
and in SE Asia for the Singapore Institute of Management and The Malaysian
Institute of Management. Delegates rate his courses highly and stress the
practical nature of his approach. In the U.K. the National Training & Consultancy
Index said: Patrick is an old friend of the Index, and has enjoyed a first-class
reputation as a trainer for over twenty years.
Other clients have included:
The British Council
The British Broadcasting Corporation
The London Metropolitan University
Book House Training Centre
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
Europe/Japan Centre
He has worked with companies large and small, those offering products and
services ranging from architects to oil companies and including such as:
Amazon, Intercontinental Hotels, Informatics, Thai Airways, Cyan
Communications and IRIS Group Limited.
