Dr. Lichia Saner-Yiu, co-founder and president of the Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development, a Geneva based research and development institute (CSEND, since 1993). She has designed and conducted management training and OD projects for multinational companies in North America, Europe and Asia on cross-cultural leadership, management localisation, and international negotiations. She has also designed and developed institution development platforms to support public sector reforms in China, Slovenia, Vietnam, Russia, and English speaking African countries for the United Nations, WHO, ILO, EBRD and bilateral development aid agencies (SDC, GTZ, DANIDA, SIDA, NORAID, CIDA). She published 7 books and more than 40 articles in publications such as American Academy of Management Executive, Advances in International Comparative Management, Human Resource Quarterly, Performance Improvement Quarterly, Public Sector Management, and International Journal of Human Resource Management. Her current research interests are human capital formation and quality of training and education, chaos and complexity theory and its application to large social system change, business diplomacy and multi-stakeholder relationships, and global leadership. She served as an elected member of the Executive Council of the MED division
(1998-2001) and International Member at Large of the Advisory Council to the Board of Governors (2000-2001), Academy of Management (USA). Presently, she serves as MED's Liaison Person to Switzerland.

CSEND has organised a series of seminars/workshops in Bangalore, Beijing, Buenos Aires, Geneva, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, New Delhi, Rio deJaneiro, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, Shenzhan, Taipei, and Zurich to promote the use of ISO 10015 as a management tool to ensure the optimal use of educational funds and to guarantee the attainment of minimum quality standards since 2001. Many new seminars/workshops including accredited ISO 10015 Auditor Course have been organised around the world. Please check the Announcement Section of this site.

CSEND staff have also acted as invited speakers in similar seminars on quality in education and management training South American countries, e.g., Brazil and Mexico, 2001.

Dr. Raymond Saner, President of Organisational Consultants Ltd., a consulting firm specialising in international management, organisation development and business diplomacy. He is also a director of the Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development in Geneva, Switzerland, a Not-for-Profit foundation focusing on socio-economic research and public sector reform. Dr. Raymond Saner has 20 years of experience in training and consulting diplomats and managers in the fields of international negotiations, globalisation and leadership development. He has worked as a consultant to the United Nations and its specialised agencies and other intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations as well as for multinational companies in OECD and companies of developing countries. Dr. Saner also teaches at the Centre for Economics and Business Administration, University of Basle, Switzerland and has conducted negotiation seminars for management executives and diplomats in Brussels, Beijing, Berne, Bonn, The Hague, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Madrid, Manila, New York, Paris, Rome and Taipei. Dr Saner has written numerous articles, edited books, chaired international conferences and serves on committees of academic organisations such as the Academy of Management, the International Institute of Administrative Sciences and the Society for the Advancement of Socio-economics. Currently, he serves as the Chairperson of the Advisory Council to the Board, Academy of Management (USA).

1. Purpose

To ensure the assessment and certification process carried out by AdeQuaTE, a unit of CSEND, is conducted in the highest technical standards as laid down in ISO 10015, ISO 19011 and AQTE 10015+:2009 and to safeguard the value and integrity of the AdeQuaTE certificate.

2. Composition

The Technical Committee is composed of three members who have fulfilled the Lead Auditor requirements in accordance to the qualification Criteria stated in Section 2 of the Quality Handbook, Requirements for Certification/Registration Body, (clause 2.2.2.e.i.). In summary, committee members shall possess the necessary professional qualification and competence in the field of adult learning, training management and quality management particularly relating to ISO10015.

Mr. Tommie J. Johansson is an experienced international consultant, teacher and project manager in field of Business Development, Competence Management, Project Management and Change Management. He currently serves as or is a member of: Senior Vice President and Corporate Adviser of the Swedish Postgraduate Institute of Technology, Founder and Director of Sighard Consulting (consulting firm registered in Molndal, Sweden), Member of SIS (Swedish Standards Institute) technical committee for Quality Management, Project Management and Education & Training, Sweden's national expert on Education & Training to ISO TC 176, Sweden's representative in ISO TC 176 Chairman's Strategic Advisory Group, strategic plan task force and member of ASQ - American Society for Quality. He has had various international projects as a consultant, adviser and trainer in countries such as Ireland, UAE, Botswana, South Africa, Lithuania, Kuwait, Vietnam, Switzerland and Thailand. He is also a ISO 9001 Quality Systems Auditor and is proficient with multi-cultural affairs and an expert in communications.