John Oliver, Bank Planning Consultant

John Oliver, Bank Planning Consultant.

Born in Bedford, England in 1951, John Oliver's career in the financial services industry spans over thirty five years, working both in Europe and the United States. For the past eighteen years, in addition to his role as a banker, he has built a thriving consulting practice with focus on strategic planning, corporate governance and the developmental needs of managers and directors in the financial services industry. Through his company, Laurel Management Systems, Inc., [http://www.globalbanktraining.com] he specializes in strategic management consulting. He is responsible for the design and implementation of his company’s highly regarded FIplanner strategic planning system. As a result of his extensive management development training experience he has acted in an advisory capacity for the American Institute of Banking. His consulting services and training programs are utilized by institutions of all sizes and types, from small community-based organizations to major multi-national institutions. Internationally his programs have been implemented for participants from Asia, Europe, South America, and Australia. His work with directors has been hailed as a breakthrough in director education.

He began his career with National Westminster Bank in England, where he gained considerable knowledge of the retail financial-services environment. He then moved to Kleinwort Benson, one of the oldest merchant banks in the City of London. In 1978, he entered the world of international banking when he joined Rothschild Intercontinental Bank. With RIB he was transferred to the United States to form a new project finance/venture capital subsidiary that was subsequently acquired by Continental Bank. His experience covers virtually every sector of the financial services industry.

Educated in England in Banking and Finance, his educational background together with his extensive industry experience and a proven ability to communicate have resulted in his current position as a highly respected consultant in the field of training and development. He is on the faculty of the BAI Graduate School of Banking, the Community Bankers School [http://www.cbai.com/#/Education/CommunitySchool/] (formerly the Midwest Community Bankers School) and acts as lead-faculty and curriculum designer for the CUES Center for Applied Executive Management [http://www.cues.org] . He is listed in the U.S. publications Who's Who in Finance and Industry and Who's Who in the World, as well as in the Dictionary of International Biography published in Cambridge, England. Mr. Oliver is the author of the book What Really Is Expected of Me - The Community Bank Directors Guidebook, published by Western Independent Bankers [http://www.wib.org] and has contributed to articles in various financial services publications including Bank News [http://www.banknews.com] and Credit Union Management magazine [http://www.cues.org] . Over the last decade he has addressed bankers from all over the world.

He lives in Palm Springs, California.