CHARLES BARTON is an author, professional speaker, poet and qualified trainer and the Principal Consultant in Steps to Success. He graduated from the University of Nottingham in 1975. In recent years he has specialized in English improvement for Secondary School students producing some impressive results. He has worked on five continents including Europe, Australia and Africa. He has taught for more than 12 years in some of the top primary schools in England and Africa.

For some years Mr Barton has been teaching Singapore teachers, on behalf of the Ministry of Education, Staff Training branch accelerated learning methods for use in their classrooms.

He has been in this region for eight years and has been the chief trainer for a major international company in Singapore. He has worked for major computer companies, run a seminar for three hundred people at the Mandarin Hotel on Time Management for a Singapore newspaper and received considerable acclaim.

He has also participated in seminars run for the Rotary Club in Singapore. He has worked for Leadership Management International, a company with operations in more than sixty countries. He is a drama specialist with wide-ranging skills in Management Training and is a specialist in Accelerated Learning. He has been interviewed on national television in the field of Youth Drama.

Charles is a qualified Naturopath with experience in teaching stress management and relaxation. He has professional experience in the field of squash and tennis coaching and is also experienced in Outdoor Pursuits running creativity and adventure training programmes in several parts of the world. He is a qualified Neuro-Linguistic Programming practitioner and has worked with a Government Statutory Body running workshops in Applied Psychology.

In 1997 he was presented with an award of excellence by the American Biographical Institute and was included in their International Directory of Distinguished Leadership.  The courses he designs are dynamic and much enjoyed by participants.

RUZIKAH RIDZWAN obtained her professional qualification in Hospitality Management from Middlesex University, UK and has been in the hospitality industry and management training for many years heading the Rooms Division and Training Departments in the various hotels she has worked in. She was also the general manager at the Aranda Country Club for three years.

Ruzikah manages the administrative and financial matters for the Company.