Education is a powerful medium that can drive transformation, growth, and give an individual a better and brighter life. With the right educational training, one can flourish into a successful professional, and can one day become a visionary leader and entrepreneur. Realizing the true purpose of education, Ian T Erskine continues to leverage its potential and with ACI Global brings a global change. ACI Global’s core mission is to offer organizations a path to sustained success by focusing on the growth and development of their greatest asset—their people.

Ian is an experienced senior executive with over three decades of successful executive management experience highlighted by outstanding successes in business development and creating overachievers within the workplace. He can draw upon a pervasive network to add to his experience. Currently, he is the Managing Director and CEO of ACI Global, a Global Quality Assurance educational service provider based in Sydney, Australia, specialising in professional development through the training of personnel to achieve high achiever status. He also provides specialist advice, analysis, planning, and implementation of unique tools designed to significantly lift the growth and profitability of medium to large enterprises.

The Voyage from Agriculture to Leadership Development

Coming from an agricultural background and having developed a large dry area property “Onedin” from overgrown timber, drought proved it (14-inch average rainfall), used environmentally responsible practices, max temps sometimes over 50 Degrees Celes, severe droughts, extreme weather events, high producing farming practices for wool, grain, and fat lambs to providing professional development for employees and organisations to drive ACI and sustained success, Ian has come a long way. With ACI (Accelerating Continuous Improvement) Global people become high achievers through ISO certification to drive growth for organisations by transforming education with ISO Standards and Total Quality Management “TQM”. With Ian’s educational expertise and decades of leadership experience, ACI Global offers top-notch educational programs, training, and continuous improvement models to reinvent corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability for organizations worldwide.

The Defining Role at ACI Global

 As managing director of ACI Global an ISO 21001:2018 Certified – Registration No L 43908 1 international educational learning services provider, Ian is a highly experienced business professional with over 40 years of exposure to working with and assisting organisations to achieve Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, Excellence, and Value to a wide range of global industries and their personnel.

ACI Global is a founding member of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and together with guidance from ISO 26000 is firmly committed to driving and achieving Organisational Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability through Accelerating Continuous Improvement (ACI) for Personnel and their Organisations.

ACI Global’s ultimate vision is,” To create a practical and sustainable balance in the pursuit of delivering “Ethical” Quality in Industry Education through the delivery of Professional Leadership Development for Personnel and Organisations by identifying both Employee and Organisational needs and understanding of Culture and Value by providing specific Industry, and ISO training to drive Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability. The Acceleration and Continuous improvement of People, their culture and values through ongoing verification of competency and Sustainability Services will enhance employee satisfaction and economic viability for both Business Professionals and their Organisations.”

Ian and his team at ACI Global will show their clients by using Accelerating Continuous Improvement (ACI) on an organisation’s resources and people. With “Competence, Skills, and Capability”, they will accelerate with the result one’s organisation will achieve greater industry sustainability (Excellence and Corporate Responsibility). ACI Global will present its clients with more intelligent and cost-efficient options, compared to other conventional certification and accreditation services. It will accomplish this by providing professional leadership development and competence verification, thus fostering Accelerated Continuous Improvement (ACI) for business professionals and ensuring lasting success for their sponsoring organizations.

Professional Memberships and Qualifications

Ian is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Managers and Leaders (FIML), Senior Member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and founding member of the Global Reporting Initiative in Australasia (GRI). He is a certified Lead Auditor with an extensive range of industry codes covering QMS, OHS, FS, ISMS and Environmental Management Systems and is contracted to some of the world’s leading certification bodies to provide auditing services.

Keeping the Spirit Alive

As a family-oriented man, and being on a continued Cancer Journey, Ian now aims to bring the ACI Global Group of Companies back to being a Global Leader in Continued Professional Development through ISO Certification services and Resources for both people and their organisations. Having beaten Cancer 3 Zip at the mature age of 75, he wants to ensure he leaves a legacy built on what was achieved before COVID-19 and Cancer. Cancer couldn’t beat Ian and as a Cancer survivor in the age of early seventies with his business at a standstill, he had reached a fork in the road, he decided to climb every mountain as inspired by Julie Anthony’s Movie “The Sound of Music” and keep the spirit alive.

A Value-Powered System

Ian’s work is based on the commitments and values developed during his years in senior management in the Energy, FMCG, and Primary Industries. These capabilities have significant relevance to medium to large-scale enterprises, none the least is a commitment to corporate governance through personal accountability, plus a passion to create an environment for strong and sustainable results. His services are invaluable in taking businesses to the next level, reinvigorating and unteaching existing systems to achieve strong bottom-line results.

Additionally, ethics and family values are the cornerstones of Ian’s success. He lives by his core values and incorporates them into his work and life. After decades of rich business experience and a profound career, Ian defines success as, “do it once and do it right with the philosophy that there are no grey areas between right and wrong.”

Source of Inspiration

Ian’s late father was a 2nd World War veteran and a Military Cross winner, he was the ultimate source of inspiration and influence in Ian’s life. Also, defeating cancer at 75 motivated him in many ways and joining the Global Reporting Initiative born into a farming family has been some of his other major inspirations and influences.