Profiles

Andrea Mills *1957, started  „BES – Business Enhancement Specialists“ (Personnel development, Personal Career Strategy and Coaching) in 1995 in Mönchengladbach, and has been working since then as trainer and coach for various enterprises and organisations.

While studying at the Free University of Berlin to finish her Master’s Degree in English Language, Literature and Linguistics, she worked as a Language Trainer for the US and UK Embassies in Berlin.

She has been a Member of the Examination Committee for Trainers in Craft and Industry since 1996 (Chamber of Crafts, Düsseldorf) and possesses long-term experience as Personnel Management Specialist in Recruitment with the Civilian Personnel Division of the US Army Berlin; then an organisation with an international workforce of 6000 people. Her additional qualifications include a diploma in Personnel Management with the Management Academy in Bad Harzburg and a Trainer License with distinction from Thames Valley University, UK. She is a certified NLP Practitioner (by Dr. R. Bandler) and received her Coaching Certificate from the Coaching Institute Berlin.
   
With BES her responsibilities include organising and designing workshops as well as training and coaching employees and managers at all levels.
She also moderates workshops and trainings for various companies in industry and organisations including Special Management Seminars in both English and German.
In 1996 she, together with Tim Mika, founded the BES-English Language School, which she is now leading on her own.