Peter Russian

Peter Russian has overall responsibility for the long-term development of Investors in People in Scotland.  Appointed in August 2003, he has worked with Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise to develop Scotland’s vision to contribute £621m to the productivity and efficiency of Scotland’s economy by 2015 by helping organisations to get the best from their people.

Investors in People Scotland are the champions of the Standard, the business improvement tool for the continual development and management of people.  It provides assessment services to more than 4,500 organisations ranging from multi-national blue chip companies to small family owned businesses.  Over 2,000 of these organisations employ under 10 people.

Previously Peter was Director of Development at Investors in People UK.  He was responsible for the review of the Standard in April 2000 and pioneered the development of the Leadership and Management and Work Life Balance Models.

He joined IIPUK in 1997 from the Management Charter Initiative where he was responsible for a number of government sponsored projects aimed at raising awareness and commitment to management development in the UK.

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