Facilitators and Trainers

For each piece of work, Skillshare International identifies the best consultants or facilitators and trainers available to meet the specific requirements of the client. We use a combination of in-house and external consultants with whom we have developed a close working relationship over a number of years.

Below are profiles of some of our key trainers.

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In-house facilitators and trainers

Amanda Khozi Mukwashi has been working for Skillshare International in a senior leadership role for more than seven years and is currently Head of Programmes. Amanda has a particular passion for gender equality and has extensive experience in women’s leadership training and development. Amanda is also Chair of Akina Mama, a pan African women’s leadership development organisation.

Amanda  possesses strong leadership and management skills in international development and combating inequalities and injustices.  She is skilled in training, facilitation and communication, both verbally as a public speaker and written.  As the person responsible for policy and advocacy in her current job, she has expertise in policy development, transformational leadership, gender justice, and building partnerships for a broader constituency base for development.

Senelisiwe (Sneli) Fortunate Ntshangase is Skillshare International’s Programme Director for Swaziland and Mozambique, and has been part of Skillshare International’s leadership development facilitation team for several years working in sub-saharan Africa. She has also been involved in organisational diagnosis of partner organisations and developed strategies for change in Swaziland and South Africa as well as providing support and guidance to partner organisations on organisational repositioning and transformation in Swaziland.

Sneli is on the Boards of Swaziland Action Group Against Abuse (SWAGAA) and Yonge Nawe, a member of Swaziland Breast Cancer Network, and a member of the Renewable Energy Association of Swaziland.

Mandlenkosi (Mandla) David Munyoro is Skillshare International's Leadership Development Manager. He has wide experience of delivering our leadership development programme including aspects of developing strategic competency and personal mastery, leading the process of continual improvement, leading the process of transformation/organisational development in Kenya, India, Nepal, South Africa, Botswana, Swaziland, Mozambique, and Lesotho.

Mandla has developed bespoke and standard in-house leadership development programmes for delivery to middle and senior management of organisations. As the key coach and mentor within Skillshare International for supporting organisation-wide systems development based on continual quality improvement projects, he has designed and delivered leadership development programmes for Skillshare International staff.  Mandla is a Chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

External facilitators and trainers

David Harries worked for Skillshare International for more than 10 years in a number of different roles including Lesotho Country Director. He became a freelance consultant in 2007 and continues to support the delivery of our leadership development programmes.

David is an experienced leadership development consultant specialising in working with senior management teams on strategic visioning, systems thinking and continuous process improvement. He has extensive experience in developing and delivering leadership development programmes. David's experience includes working on conflict resolution, mentoring of senior managers and facilitating strategic change. He has received training in Next Generation Chief Executives Programme (2006), Leadership Development Programme (1999), and Influencing without executive authority (1996).

Michael Simmons has been a strategic change management consultant and leadership developer for more than 30 years, working extensively with chief executives, senior and middle managers, supervisors and people at all levels of the organisation, including union representatives.  He has worked all over the United Kingdom, in Northern Ireland and Ireland, in Southern Africa, the United States, Germany, the Netherlands and in Belgium.
During the last 15 years Michael has been the strategic consultant to major transformation programmes in the private and public sector.  These have been aimed at building high performance organisations that are able to respond effectively to the turbulence of a competitive global economy, make continual improvements in quality and productivity and build an inclusive organisation.

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To discuss your needs, and for further information on our leadership development work, please contact the Leadership Development team at: