An accomplished communications executive with 25 years of global experience, Andrew (Andy) Eklund founded AQUS, a facilitation and creative consultancy specialising in business communications skills.

As a trained facilitator, the numbers speak for themselves:  35,000 hours facilitating 6,000 workshops for 10,000 participants in 19 countries on 4 continents.  He’s also spoken at industry conferences in Australia, Canada, China, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and the United States.

During the past 15 years, Andy has developed corporate learning initiatives, executive communications workshops and mentoring programs for clients such as Aberdeen Asset Management, ANZ, the Association for Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), Astra-Zeneca, BT Financial, Colgate, Ford Motor Company, GlaxoSmithKline, HP, Henkel, Eli Lilly, LG, Microsoft, Novartis, Perpetual, Philip Morris, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Roche, Q Invest, SAP, Samsung, the Singapore Tourism Board, Unilever, Vanguard Investments and Zurich Financial Services.  He’s developed and facilitated individualised programs in management consulting, strategic planning, creative thinking and innovation, negotiation skills, sales presentation selling, and customer service.

Andy writes a blog on creativity, strategy and communications called Creative Streak, and has been part of teams winning more than 40 communications industry awards in six countries.

Prior to establishing AQUS, Andy was Dean of Burson-Marsteller University, and worldwide creative director for Burson-Marsteller.  He was vice president of global programs and plans (marketing communications) for MasterCard International, executive vice president at Weber Shandwick, and senior vice president at Golin/Harris.

Andy holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism/Mass Communications with a minor in Graphic Design, and a Certificate IV in Adult Training and Assessment from University of Technology Sydney (UTS).  His facilitation, training and coaching is supported by accreditations in Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ® and Team Management Systems ®, as well as Learning Styles Indicator and Communications Style Flexing.  He’s a member of the Public Relations Institute of Australia, the International Association of Business Communicators, and the Creative Skills Leadership Council.

Email:  andy@aqus.com.au

Mobile:  0407 404 413

Secondary blog:  http://andyeklund.posterous.com/