I am a Chartered Banker (MICBS) by profession and spent 28 years working for RBS until 1997, latterly as Chief Manager (Retail Banking). Since then, I have been Owner/Manager of Training Concepts (TCL), which specialises in the design and delivery of soft skills development programmes. I am passionate about delivering best in class, innovative, and practical soft skills training where the Client investment can be measured and which is reflected in Training Concepts having gained a number of National Training Awards;
- 2004 National Training Award Winner, Northern Ireland, in collaboration with BT
- 2007 National Training Awards Winner, Northern Ireland, in collaboration with The Henderson Group
- Scottish Enterprise Best Nationwide Soft Skills Workshop Provider 2023
- SME News Best UK Soft Skills Training Programme 2024
Additionally, from time to time, I have acted as an student project evaluator at Edinburgh Napier University Business School.
Over the past ten years I have turned my attention to writing and have self published four books which you will find in Tom’s Shop on this site. Pride of Lions is the story, in verse, about how Celtic FC became the first British team to win the European Cup, now known as the Champions League Trophy. The Corporate Menagerie is a book which describes the multitude of different characters to be found in the corporate world, beautifully illustrated by Jill Newton. Recipes in Rhyme is a novelty book, with brilliant illustration by Lynn Fuller, which features forty different recipes, presented in poetic form, all provided by my Facebook Friends. The Magical Adventures of Leary the Leprechaun is a children’s book of verse, with Lynn Fuller again adding superb graphics, which offers some simple moral lessons for children aged 5-10.
My latest offering is a collaboration with Elsie Cook, an icon of women’s football and the person most responsible for organising and establishing women’s football in Scotland back in the 1960’s. Elsie’s Book, A Kiss Fae Pele, reveals a life story, not just about football, that will inspire everyone who has had a dream to follow that dream.
My life mission is very simple… I have a great desire to make a positive difference to the lives of others and to gain fulfilment for myself from doing do.
I live in Edinburgh with my wife, Ali and have four grown up children and six grandchildren. I enjoy all sports, especially football and cricket, as well as reading and music. People and writing are my passions.
I share poems and updates of what I am up to on a daily basis on my Facebook pages, Tom Brown Author and Tom Brown, as well as a regular blog post.