About AFA - Management
Alan Ferguson
AFA's Managing Director and Lead Trainer, Alan Ferguson, founded AFA in 1995 following a distinguished career in the Royal Air Force and experience in the financial services industry.
Alan has contributed to all of the Cabinet Office methods through review and authoring activities. His most recent contributions have been made during development of the MoP Portfolio Management guidance, published in 2010.
Alan has completed consultancy and training assignments in Australia, Dubai, Bermuda, New York, Dublin, Czech Republic and at various locations throughout the UK. His main hobby is flying fixed-wing aircraft.
Susan Ferguson
Susan Ferguson is AFA's Commercial Director. Her original career was as a structural design engineer culminating in work for Westminster Station and the Copenhagen Metro. She joined AFA in 1999 and has since been responsible for a more than four-fold increase in turnover.
She has established strategic partnerships with organisations within the UK and globally, and expects to see further growth in AFA without quality being compromised. Her main hobby is gardening.
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