Torrey Orton

Associate Consultant

Torrey specialises in intercultural management, multi-national localisation processes, strategic planning and executive team effectiveness. The management of distrust in East-West workplaces is a special feature of his work. He is author of the Australia China Business Council's Doing Business in Australia manual for PRC investors in Australia (1999).

As well as directing his own businesses in Shanghai and Melbourne, Torrey provides intercultural awareness and management workshops as well as consulting services for Diversity@work. One of Torrey's current projects involves new approaches to leadership development for a multi-site, multi-lingual, multi-disciplinary, multinational manufacting concern in China.

Torrey has Master's Degree in Philosophy and Education from Yale University, and has worked in training and development for 30 years in China, Europe, North America, and Australia. With additional qualifications in clinical psychology and organisational change, Torrey has line management experience in performance management, large group consultation, IT systems building and management, and management development.