The person we've appointed isn't you: How to survive the promotion disappointment Founded in 1996, CHPD teams up business and academic partners, including the London Business School and scholars from Harvard, to develop their leadership and development programmes. The management training company has offices in the UK, Australia and the States, and is now intending to open an office in India. Having grown from four initial members, there are now 60 full time staff and 150 external consultants working in 25 countries across the globe to provide exceptional leadership and team training, helping to find the leaders of tomorrow.