Three new recruits strengthen learning and development team for RTS Group

Automotive learning and development agency RTS Group has strengthened its training team with three key appointments.

Stuart Rudd has joined the Chippenham-based company as account director and Argi Frantzi has become senior learning and development consultant.

Paul Hunt joins as leadership consultant, working with the Mazda dealership network.

RTS Group specialises in learning and development for the automotive sector, helping manufacturers develop their frontline, dealership staff.

Stuart is working primarily with RTS’s clients Honda, Hyundai and Aston Martin, liaising with the client to deliver a high level of learning and development support for their dealership teams.

Before joining RTS, Stuart spent several years in learning and development, initially in technical training and latterly management training, working with brands including Jaguar Land Rover and Peugeot Citroen.

His career has taken him to the Caribbean, and to Central and South America, where he learned Spanish in order to deliver courses in the native language.

Argi Frantzi is senior learning and development consultant with RTS, working closely with clients to design programmes to suit their development needs.

Argi hales from Greece, where she worked with Apple, first in technical support, then moving into training. When she relocated to the UK, Argi continued her career in training, initially staying with Apple. Before joining the RTS team, she was an instructional designer with the VW group.

Since joining the company, Argi has been developing courses and workshops for Toyota and Jaguar Land Rover.

“I like to design material which is as interactive as possible, so use a lot of video for which I write scripts. People learn far more effectively by watching video than by relying on a manual,” she said.

Paul’s role is delivering the Challengers@Mazda retail development programme to the Mazda dealership network, bringing his three key strengths of executive coaching, leadership development and change management.

Paul’s entire career has been in automotive but as his parents ran both the village pub and the shop opposite, he says he’s really always been “in the people business”.

His roles have taken him from management trainee, to dealer principal, to a 12 year period in South Africa, where he was initially with a manufacturer’s importer before moving into learning and development.

RTS Group managing director, Malcolm Miller, said the trio were a great addition to the team. “We are in the business of developing people and our own people are our key strength.

“We’re delighted that Stuart, Argi and Paul have come on board, and with the experience they all have they will be a great asset to the company.”