Brendan Kirk
CEO and co-founder of Voxcom in 1995. Modern languages graduate of the University of London, where he also obtained his Master’s Degree in Applied Linguistics and Certificate in Online Education and Training.
More than 30 years of experience in corporate training both as a trainer and in a series of local and national management roles. Worked in Madrid, Barcelona and London before moving to Milan in 1989. Still actively involved in classroom training and project and materials development.
Rossella Fietta
Managing Director. A graduate in modern languages from the University of Bologna. After 4 years in London teaching Italian to international managers she joined a leading Italian fashion house, working as their Sales Manager at London’s legendary department store, Harrods. After moving to Milan she continued her sales career in the fashion business, working for a series of world-famous labels, broadening her experience of the international business scene. She subsequently returned to her training origins, working for various multinationals.
Brendan and Rossella first worked together in London in 1987. They founded Voxcom in Milan in 1995.
Their take on training?
“Years of international experience have taught us to be wary of magical ‘methods’ and panacea for learning needs. We match our approach to our trainees – not the other way round”.
“We believe that great training – like great communication – should always have 3 impacts. At the end of the training experience, participants should know something useful; they should feel something positive and they should be able to do something constructive with what they have learned. We call it the ‘KFD Principle’”.
Brendan and Rossella head a team of 25 teachers and trainers from 8 different countries.