David Knowles

Current

Distributor at Harrison Assessments
Licensee at CRESTCOM INTERNATIONAL
Business Partner, Indonesia at Cubiks

Managing Partner at PT OPUS Management Indonesia
Board member, Chairman of HR Group at BritCham

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Past

Head of Human Capital Consulting Group at Watson Wyatt Worldwide
Team Leader Capacity BUilding in Water Resources Department, Public Works Department, Indonesia at Asian Development Bank Project
Country Operations Director at Hay Management indonesia

Manager Training and Developement & Manpower Planning at Mobil Oil

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Education

The University of Stirling
University of California, Santa Cruz
Reigate Grammar School

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Recommendations

18 recommendations

Connections

379 connections

Industry

Human Resources

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David Knowles’s Summary

Experience: Multi country mainly in Asia. Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Training and Development and Organisation; Expert in developing local management and professional talent.
All aspects of Human Resources Development, Management Development, Organisation Development, Management Assessment, Employee Communications, Climate Surveys; Development expertise as Capacity Building Team Leader.
Expert in operating businesses in Indonesia: Built and currently running successful Consulting Business serving MNCs, Oil nd Gas, Retail, Pharmaceutical in Management Training and Assessment, and Organisational Change.
British CHamber of Commerce: Director, exHon Secretary, Chairman HR Sector Group
Goals: to continue building successful training and development consulting business; to establish institutions that support the development of professional standards in Indonesia.

David Knowles’s Specialties:

Management Assessment, Performance Management, Management Skills Training, HR Strategic Planning and Alignment, Strategic Employee Communications, Climate Surveys, Competency Modeling, Transition Planning, Department and Job descriptions, Management Hierarchy

David Knowles’s Experience

Distributor

Harrison Assessments

(Human Resources industry)

February 2010 — Present (8 months)
Licensee

CRESTCOM INTERNATIONAL

(Privately Held; Human Resources industry)

December 2007 — Present (2 years 10 months)

Offering the Crestcom renowned Bullet Proof Manager IV management skills training program in English and Indonesian for Indonesian and expatriate managers in Indonesia.
Business Partner, Indonesia

Cubiks

(Privately Held; Human Resources industry)

2004 — Present (6 years )

OPUS Management offers online Assessment Tools and Team Building / Coaching Tools / Multi-rater Feedback from Cubiks UK for the Indonesian market. Many versions translated into Bahasa Indonesia; automated Management Guides as outputs.
Managing Partner

PT OPUS Management Indonesia

(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

June 2003 — Present (7 years 4 months)

We provide consulting services to align the organisation of people and processes to the strategic goals and immediate tactics. We offer licensing and training in online management assessment tools from Cubiks (UK) and Harrison Assessments, for use in selection and development of professional and managerial staff. We provide Crestcom Management Training for Leadership Development, and Organisation Improvement via effective Leadership of People. All our work is supported by our specialists in Internal Communications to engage and direct the workforce.
Board member, Chairman of HR Group

BritCham

(Civic & Social Organization industry)

1999 — Present (11 years )
Head of Human Capital Consulting Group

Watson Wyatt Worldwide

(Public Company; WW; Human Resources industry)

June 1999 — June 2003 (4 years 1 month)

Built up Human Capital Consulting activities for Watson Wyatt Indonesia; recruited Indonesian replacement fro this role.
Team Leader Capacity BUilding in Water Resources Department, Public Works Department, Indonesia

Asian Development Bank Project

(Government Agency; Banking industry)

July 1998 — June 1999 (1 year )

Leading a Capacity Building Project comprising four sub-teams focussing on technical, training, and organisational system capacity building.
Country Operations Director

Hay Management indonesia

(Human Resources industry)

1994 — 1996 (2 years )
Manager Training and Developement & Manpower Planning

Mobil Oil

(Public Company; XOM; Oil & Energy industry)

January 1976 — December 1986 (11 years )

Handling a range of roles up to Department Manager level in UK, USA and Indonesia in Exploration and Production Division

David Knowles’s Education

The University of Stirling

BA Hons , English, Scottish and American Literature , 1968 — 1972

Won Junior Year Abroad Scholarship to University of California at Santa Cruz

Activities and Societies:

Dramatic Society
University of California, Santa Cruz

BA , ENGLISH , 1970 — 1971

On 'Junior Year Abroad' exchange scholarship form University of Stirling in Scotland

Activities and Societies:

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION
Drama Society
Reigate Grammar School

NA , english, geography, economics , 1961 — 1968

Additional Information

David Knowles’s Websites:

David Knowles’s Interests:

Music Theatre Reading

David Knowles’s Groups:

BritCham - The British Camber of Commerce in Indonesia (Board Member, Chairman HR Group),
Rotary - Cilandak Rotary, www.rotarycilandak.com
Jakarta Players - Community Theatre,