IoD course leader
Business experience
Francis Bergin has over 30 years experience in business as chairman/director of a number of companies, councils, committees and tribunals. He has chaired conferences and given presentations in the UK, Europe, Scandinavia, the United States, Africa and Australia. He has led hundreds of very successful courses for the IoD and other professional organisations and also scores of in-house courses for commercial companies and professional firms.
Professional credentials and training experience
Francis qualified as an Accountant and Chartered Secretary with Unilever Plc before reading for a first degree. He is also technically qualified in teaching and was, for several years, Director of The School of Business Administration and a visiting Lecturer at The European Business School. He is a published author on communication and presentation skills and leads courses in Chairing Successful Meetings and The Role of the Company Chairman.
He also has a wealth of experience in Corporate Governance having conducted Board Evaluations for several large organisations in the commercial and not- for-profit sectors. He was for 15 years a General Commissioner of Taxes.
Francis has experience as a former Finance Director of a substantial manufacturing company and leads courses for The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in addition to the IoD. He is very attuned to the training needs of company directors in the 21st century.