Marconi Global Learning, which Forum will help create, will be responsible for leveraging learning and knowledge as weapons in the war for talent and as tools for business growth.

In addition to MGL’s launch and development, Forum will help develop the company’s core curriculum map in key areas such as executive and managerial development, commercial, and project management. Forum also will provide expert advice and guidance in the selection of training and development vendors.

Forum, an FT Knowledge company, will initially help the Marconi Global Learning organization:

• create a network of learning providers;


• create a process and tools for measuring return on investment in learning;


• provide targeted support and skill-enhancement for all learning consultants;


• provide advice on establishing an executive learning advisory board.

"We are delighted to launch this strategic relationship with Marconi, a company that truly recognizes the value of learning in today’s competitive marketplace," said Jennifer Potter-Brotman, CEO of The Forum Corp. "By selecting Forum, Marconi is tapping into 30 years of industry-leading experience in workplace learning. Today’s best companies recognize that to compete for talent and to compete in the marketplace, they must treat learning as a source of competitive advantage."

"In selecting Forum as our strategic partner for the Global Learning initiative, we have recognized their position as thought leaders in the field," said Martin Burgess, Marconi’s Director of Global Learning & Change. "In the coming months we expect to build a partnership that will make our Company’s learning & development function a real source of competitive advantage".

About The Forum Corp.

The Forum Corporation, an FT Knowledge company, is a global workplace learning corporation that helps large, leading businesses create learning strategies, develop learning solutions, manage their learning organizations and deploy their brands. Its clients include more than 130 members of the Fortune 500.

For three decades, Forum has helped companies improve leadership, management, team-building, sales, sales management and service excellence. It is the largest provider in the world of outsourced training management services. Through its Branded Customer Experience® service, Forum helps businesses turn their brand promises into employee behaviors and processes that create lasting customer loyalty. For more information about Forum, visit www.forum.com.

Forum’s parent company, FT Knowledge, specializes in business, management development and finance programs for individuals and corporations throughout the world. FT Knowledge is the business and management education division of Pearson plc, a $5 billion international media company. Among Pearson’s brands is the Financial Times, the world’s leading daily international newspaper.

About Marconi, plc

Marconi plc is a global communications and IT company with 48,000 employees worldwide and sales in more than 100 countries. It supplies advanced communications solutions and the key technologies and services for the Internet. Marconi plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol MNI.