Paul Atkin

Advantage Learning (United Kingdom)

Paul Atkin is a leading authority in the PRINCE2 project management methodology. He combines over 20 years of hands-on project management experience with a unique insight gained from personally training more than 900 students in the PRINCE2 method.

This invaluable experience, together with a deep – and intuitive – understanding of PRINCE2, means Paul has become a highly regarded consultant across the whole spectrum of PRINCE2 project management issues.

As a project manager, Paul has used the PRINCE2 methodology to deliver projects in the Financial, Manufacturing and IT sectors. His clients include leading financial companies like the Royal Bank of Scotland, JP Morgan and Aegon UK. Projects have been also been delivered for utility companies including Scottish & Southern Energy and East of Scotland Water, as well as in the whisky industry for William Grant & Sons, owner of Glenfiddich.

As a PRINCE2 Approved Trainer, Paul’s reputation is in helping students not only pass their PRINCE2 exams, but go away confident they can control and direct their projects better using an internationally-recognised standard.

As Founder and Chief Executive of Advantage Learning, Paul has assembled a talented team of PRINCE2 consultants and trainers. Advantage Learning, a PRINCE2 Accredited Training Organisation (ATO), has delivered over 400 official training classes on four continents, achieving a consistently high exam success rate in the PRINCE2 Practitioner exams. It is the largest ATO based in Scotland and it has an expanding portfolio of clients in North America, Africa and the Middle East.

Paul is a PRINCE2 Approved Trainer, a PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner and a Chartered Member of the UK Institute of Personnel and Development.