Commander David Axon Royal Navy
Director of an international development charity, Amatobo (www.amatobo.org); academic and blogger. Former Commander in the Royal Navy.
Mid-life crisis motorbiker and skier.....living abroad..Former Commander in the Royal Navy.
Commander David Axon Royal Navy's Background
Commander David Axon Royal Navy's Experience
Director and co-founder at Business for Africa
2010 - 2011
Managing Director at People in Health
January 2009 - November 2010
People in Health is a consultancy company providing skilled expertise in all sectors and all disciplines of healthcare. The consultancy has an international capability offering:
* Strategic, Commercial, Operational and Scientific Consultancy
* The provision of Interim Managers and Scientists
* Executive Search
* Specialist Outsourced HR Services
People in Health offers support to the in house capabilities of clients through 500 independent specialist consultants throughout Europe and internationally.
Full-time, self-sponsored MBA. at Henley Business School
January 2008 - December 2008
My main interests at Henley were exploring the development of organizational strategy, effecting change at the strategic level, particularly in the public sector (health and lifesciences), and strategic leadership, change management and consultancy services in the international environment and not-for-profit arena.
Chiefs of Staff Secretariat / Directorate of Joint Commitments at Ministry of Defence
January 2004 - January 2008 | London
Commander David Axon Royal Navy
Officer at Royal Navy
February 1986 - November 2004 | Various - Worldwide
Commander David Axon Royal Navy. Wide variety of challenging executive and operational appointments in the Royal Navy.
Director at Amatobo
2011
Doctoral Research Delegate in Business Administration at Edinburgh Napier University
October 2010
My research focus is in the investigation of critical success factors for the establishment of long-term, mutually beneficial, relationships between donors and charities/not-for-profit-organizations. Based on stakeholder experiences, one of my main research objectives is to determine the key actions and conditions which would result in sustainable cross-sector collaboration between commercial entities and charities.
Commander David Axon Royal Navy's Education
Edinburgh Napier University
Doctorate of Business Administration
Concentration: Charity Funding: exploring a relationship marketing approach
Henley Business School
MBA
Kingston University
Master's Degree
King's College London
MA
Hamilton Bulawayo
Edinburgh Napier University
Commander David Axon Royal Navy's Interests & Activities
Development of African small business enterprises; academic interest in relationship theory; motivational speaker on the impact of bullying in the workplace (Commander David Axon Royal Navy)