Business Consultant & Facilitator

About Anne Thornley-Brown, President

Executive Oasis International

Featured Destinations: Toronto, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Oman, Singapore, Malaysia, Jamaica

We help organizations succeed even during turbulent times!

Anne Thornley-Brown has extensive business experience in a variety of industries including banking, wireless communications, high technology, transportation, the non profit sector, and film and television.

Her clients have included Holt Renfrew, Bell Mobility, Royal Bank of Canada, EPICPCS, Xerox, OCBC Bank (Malaysia), Telus Mobility, CIBC, Rogers Communication, Blue Nile Dairy (A DAL Group company based in Sudan), Ingram Micro, and many more.

Anne has designed and facilitated strategy sessions, executive retreats, business team building simulations, and workshops for executives, managers and professionals in 11 countries:

• Canada
• USA
• United Arab Emirates
• The Sultanate of Oman
• Egypt
• Singapore
• Malaysia
• Thailand
• India
• Jamaica
• Dominica

She has also worked with executive and management teams from:

• Bahrain
• Saudi Arabia
• Sudan

Anne is available for:

• Executive Retreats & Team Building
• Corporate Event Planning
• Keynotes and Conferences
• Executive Coaching
• Meeting Facilitation

Outline

• International Experience
• Professional Experience
• Education
• Consulting Firm Assignments

• Leadership Experience
• What is Unique About Anne Thornley-Brown
• Keynotes

"If you want boring, don't call Anne!"

Miguel Gonsalves, Director, Continuous Learning,
Telus Mobility (formerly Clearnet)

International Experience

Anne has toured Asia 16 times and delivered sessions to over 2000 executives and managers. Petronas, Malaysian Airlines, Samsung, Digi, Mobil/Exxon, and Dell Computers are among the organizations that have sent delegates to her sessions in Asia.

Anne has worked in the Middle East with companies from Gulf (GCC) countries. She has conducted executive retreats and team building simulations in Dubai and Oman. She has also organized corporate events in Saudi Arabia

Born in Jamaica, Anne Thornley-Brown has travelled to 22 countries on 4 continents including Malaysia, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, the Sultanate of Oman, Egypt, Japan, Thailand, India, Bermuda, Mexico, Belgium, France, and Germany.

Professional Experience

• President, Executive Oasis International
• Management Development Specialist, Bell Mobility
• Management Trainer, VIA Rail Canada Inc.
• Commercial Account Manager, The Toronto-Dominion Bank
• Instructor, York University
• Summer Flight Attendant, Air Canada
• 7 1/2 years in the non-profit sector

"Anne is very thorough in her work, uses creativity in putting together presentations, and follows though on her commitments in terms of quality and time. Anne is a positive asset on a training and development team."

Jeannette Lalonde-Bard, Vice-President Human Resources

Education

Anne Thornley-Brown has an M.B.A. from York University's Schulich School of Business in Toronto, Canada. She speaks English, French, and Spanish and she is learning Japanese.

Blogs

• The Tough Guide to Corporate Survival for Executives - http://executiveoasis.posterous.com
• Team Building - http://corporateteambuilding.wordpress.com
• Incentive Travel - http://executiveoasis.wordpress.com

Regular Contributer

• Event Coup - http://www.eventcoup.com

Volunteer Leadership Experience

Group Owner
International Business Team Building Alliance Group (100+ Members, 25+ Countries)
LinkedIn

Senior Group Manager
Event Planning and Management Group (16,000+ Members)
LinkedIn

Group Owner
Bell Mobility Alumni Group
Linked In

Board of Directors,
MBA Women's Association
(Chair, Programming Committee),
1 Year

Board of Directors, Toronto Chapter,
Canadian Association of Professional Speakers,
1 Year

• First female of African descent to attain Professional Member status.

Executive Team Member, Toronto Chapter
The Ontario Society for Training & Development
5 Years

Community Leader
Eureka Community (Business Owners)
Geocities
3 years

Hostess, Corporate Tents & Tables
Polo for Heart
1995 - 2001, 2003 - 2008

Volunteer Hostess,
Black & White Polo Ball
2 Years

Consulting Firm Assignments

• Geller, Shedletsky & Weiss
• Eagle's Flight Creative Training Excellence
• Dennis Strong & Associates
• Gilmore & Associates

What is Unique About Anne Thornley-Brown

Anne as she appeared as Nurse Royed on the "Complicated" episode of the TV series Doc

When she is not running her consulting and training companies, Anne works as a professional actress appearing in film, on TV and in TV commercials. As a member of the Parole Board, Anne recently had the privilege of working with Giancarlo Esposito on the "Brothers" episode of the Showtime TV series Street Time. Anne was in the "All Around the Town" episode of the Mary Higgins Clark Mysteries. She appeared as Nurse Royed on the "Complicated" episode of the TV series Doc starring Billy Ray Cyrus, and in the movie Cheating Death, for which she received a complete makeover to play Maureen, an elderly woman.

You'll also recognize Anne from recent TV commercials for Casinorama and the Canadian Parapalegic Association, Louis Del Grande's made-for-TV movie Sanity Clause and as Spike's counselor on the international Emmy award winning TV series "Degrassi Junior High". Anne will soon be appearing in TV commercials for Hebrew National Hotdogs across the USA and Canada. You can see some of Anne's acting credits at TV.com and IMDB

Based on this experience, Anne is uniquely positioned to:

• create powerful and engaging business related simulations
• capture and retain the attention of your team
• incorporate forum role-plays, improvisation and other unique practice exercises into sessions

"Anne, you deliver a Cadillac when a Volkswagen will do!"

Donna Edgar, Human Resources Manager (Former),
Bell Mobility

..........and here is a splendid example:

Amazing Race Luxury Team Building

Consulting Firm Assignments

• Geller, Shedletsky & Weiss
• Eagle's Flight Creative Training Excellence
• Dennis Strong & Associates
• Gilmore & Associates

Representation for Keynotes & Conferences

For keynotes, Anne Thornley-Brown is represented by Forte Speakers Bureau which also represents such keynote and celebrity speakers as Barbara Walters (journalist), Julie Andrews (actress), Debbie Allen (dancer, choreographer, actress), and Patty Duke (actress).