Steve Carter
Managing Director, Entrepreneur, Writer and Psychologist
T: (+44) 01509 228896
E: scarter@apterinternational.com
Steve is an international management and organisation development consultant known for his provocative thinking and approach grounded in the realities of business life.
Steve is CEO of Apter Development LLP, and his special area of expertise is the development of senior managers, directors and teams through a variety of approaches. He works with the top teams in several organisations helping them to refine and implement strategy. Steve also makes key contributions in the areas of leadership development and performance management. Most recently he has been developing approaches to help managers and organisations better understand the nature of risk and effective responses to it.
Steve has worked extensively in the UK and in Hong Kong, France, Central Europe, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Romania, Greece and the USA. In the last two years he has worked with: HSBC Holdings plc, Oracle, Scania, Saudi British Bank, the Boots Company, South African Breweries, Hewlett-Packard as well as other major organisations in the technology, financial services and public sectors. He has worked in the Middle East for the British Council and HSBC (British Bank of the Middle East) and has undertaken strategic leadership and top team development work with Saudi British Bank over the last five years.
Prior to founding Apter International, Steve was a Director of TDA Consulting, responsible for all aspects of management development. He also held the post of Head of Management Development at the Chartered Management Institute, responsible for all aspects of accredited and senior executive programmes as well as acting as an internal management development consultant on a variety of Institute activities. He represented the Institute at European level with the European Forum for Management Development.
Steve is well known for his innovative approaches and he has written four books, numerous articles and spoken at international conferences. Steve has as MSc in Occupational Psychology from the University of London, is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Principal member of the Association of Business Psychologists, Steve is also a member of the Association of Psychological Science, the Society of Authors, British Psychological Society and Performing Right Society.