Bill Child

Bill Child

Freelance Business English Trainer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Owner @ English-Consult | MBA, Presentation and Communication Coaching

  • Education

    • Open University UK

      2011 - 2014
      Master's degree Education and Management Training Pass
    • ODSHERRED TEATERSKOLE

      2009 - 2009
      Improvisation workshop with Keith Improvisation Summer School with Keith Johnstone

      Activities and Societies: Studied improvisation theater Improvisation Theater with Keith Johnson

    • Anglo-Continental school

      2003 - 2004
      English CELTA

      English Teacher Training Course CELTA

    • Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University

      2017 - 2021
      Master of Business Administration - MBA International Business Distinction
    • Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University

      2017 - 2021
      Master of Business Administration - MBA
    • Sheffield Hallam University

      1982 - 1985
      BA Hons Social Science; economics,pyschology and law

      BA Hons Social Science

    • Fachhochschule Frankfurt am Main

      2005 - 2007
      Coaching weiterbildung Coaching und Beratung

      Coaching Course

  • Experience

    • Deutsche Bundesbank

      Apr 2000 - now
      Freelance Business English Trainer
    • English-Consult

      Aug 2000 - now
      Owner and Professional consultant

      English Consult is focused on supplying quality support to companies in the Frankfurt area. Recently I have been working on supporting clients who are entering the UK market at the moment. Mainly this has been to advise them on their presentation construction and content.Many clients also now have to report back to headquarters outside of Germany, thus they need support communicating correctly both in emails and when visiting the headquarters.

    • Bournemouth and Poole College

      Sept 2003 - Sept 2004
      Communication Consultant

      English Support

    • Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a. Main

      Jan 2008 - Jul 2015
      Business Consultant

      English Trainer for Economics Department

    • Impro4Frank

      Sept 2009 - Jun 2012
      Impro Trainer

      Impro4Frank brings English Improvisation theater to Frankfurt.

    • ELTAF

      Feb 2011 - Feb 2013
      Chairman

      ELTAF is a regional professional organization for teachers of English as a foreign language and is based in the Rhine-Main-Neckar area. We are an officially registered association (e.V.) with over 350 members who come from all over the world and teach English in a variety of sectors. www.eltaf.de

    • BaFin

      Jan 2015 - Dec 2019

      Supported employees in presentations, meetings, and negotiation development.

      • Financial English Trainer

        Apr 2015 - Dec 2019
      • Freelance Financial & Supervisory English Trainer

        Jan 2015 - Dec 2019
    • Finanz Colloquium Heidelberg GmbH

      Jan 2015 - now
      Freelance Writer

      Writing learning material for supervisory English publications, such as the Banken Times AufsichtsEnglisch special.www.fc-heidelberg.de/daten/bankentimes

    • British Council

      Feb 2015 - Jun 2015
      Business English Trainer
    • Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband (DSGV)

      Apr 2015 - now
      Supervisory English Consultant and Trainer

      Providing workshops focussing on Supervisory English for Executives and middle management.One and two-day workshops incorporating relevant topics for dealing with regulatory authorities in Germany.Special focus on necessary spoken and written communication skills with theoretical and practical content.

    • DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale

      Dec 2015 - now
      Presentation and Meetings Coach

      Providing presentation and meeting coaching for managers taking part in international meetings.Strong focus on regulatory and supervisory English used in connection with German and International Supervisory bodies.

    • International School of Management, Germany

      Sept 2016 - now

      Now teaching really interesting range of courses on ISM's International Business Certificate in Frankfurt;*Strategic Management*Marketing Controlling*International Business*Intercultural Management*Business Planning I'm really looking forward to presenting these courses this spring semester.

      • Business Instructor

        Sept 2016 - now
      • Presentation Coach and Intercultural Management

        Sept 2016 - now
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Fixing Scrum Team Problems

      LinkedIn
      Jul 2025
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    • Agile at Work: Getting Better with Agile Retrospectives

      LinkedIn
      Aug 2025
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    • Finance

      Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University
    • Agile Project Management with Jira Cloud: 3 Advanced Topics

      LinkedIn
      Aug 2025
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    • Agile Project Management with Jira Cloud: 1 Projects, Boards, and Issues

      LinkedIn
      Aug 2025
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    • Agile Project Management with Jira Cloud: 2 Lean and Agile Processes

      LinkedIn
      Aug 2025
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    • Scrum: Advanced

      LinkedIn
      Aug 2025
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    • Profesional Scrum Master I

      Scrum.org
      Jul 2025
    • Agile Foundations

      LinkedIn
      Jun 2025
      View certificate certificate
    • CELTA

      University of Cambridge
      Jan 2003
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Professional Development Officer

      Issued by ELTAF on Jan 2008
      ELTAFAssociated with Bill Child