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National Occupational Standards for Intercultural Working: Working effectively with people from different countries or cultures
Project Steering Group
| Alison Phipps | Professor of Languages & Intercultural Studies | University of Glasgow Graduate School for Education, IALIC |
| Helen Spencer-Oatey | Director | Centre for English Language Teacher Education, University of Warwick, SIETAR UK |
| Maria Calen | Business Trainer | East Midlands Food and Drink Forum |
| Douglas Spragg | CEO & Managing Director | SAL Consultants, Carmarthenshire |
| Mahtarr Samba | Area Diversity Manager | HM Prison Service, North West |
| Ken Fraser | Head of Racial Equality Unit | Office of First Minister & Deputy First Minister, Belfast |
| Beverly Dann | Standards & Qualifications Manager | Institute of Customer Service |
| Claude Mbuyi | Operations Manager, Interpreting Service | Refugee Council |
| Judith Swift, MBE | Union Development Manager | Union Learn, TUC |
| Mike Byram | Professor of Education | Durham University |
| Terry Mughan | Professor of International Management | Anglia Ruskin University |
| Matharr Samba | Equality and Diversity Manager | HM Prison Service |
| Robin Landman | Chief Executive | Network for Black Professionals |
| Chris Ward (observer) | QCA | |
| Alistair Fyfe (observer) | SQA | |
| Merfyn Morgan (observer) | DELLS | |
| Terri McComiskey (observer) | CCEA | |
Project Team
| Cherry Sewell | Head of Skills, Business and Adult Learning | CILT Project Manager |
| Anne Davidson Lund | Director of Policy & Research | CILT |
| Paola Greco Cariglia | Project Support Officer | CILT |
| Anne Marie Graham | Standards and Qualifications Advisor, | CILT |
| Julie Witana | Standards Writing Consultant | |
| Donna Humphrey | Nottingham Trent University | Intercultural Communication Consultant |
| John O’Regan (in association with Dr Malcolm MacDonald, Exeter University) | Oxford Brookes University | Intercultural Communication Consultant |
Note: SIETAR UK is the UK arm of the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research, the world's largest interdisciplinary network for students and professionals working in the field of intercultural communication
IALIC, the International Association for Languages and Intercultural Learning,represents education professionals in intercultural and language learning.







