Prof Colin Coulson-Thomas has advised over 100 boards on improving board and/or corporate performance. A regular speaker at corporate events and international conferences, he has given over 300 presentations in 40 countries.Colin is an experienced chairman of award winning companies and a Professorial Fellow. He has served on various corporate and public sector boards, and governing bodies of representative, professional, learned, and voluntary institutes, societies and associations, including as chairman and president.Colin has led various change management and transformation projects, and undertaken many surveys of boardroom issues, attitudes and practice. Practical lessons derived from these surveys and work with entrepreneurs and boards are summarized in over 40 books and reports.Colin's latest books are: Transforming Knowledge Management (Policy Publications, 2013), Talent Management 2 and Transforming Public Services (both Policy Publications, 2012), Winning Companies; Winning People and Developing Directors (both Policy Publications, 2007). Other titles include: Developing a Corporate Learning Strategy (Policy Publications, 1999), Individuals and Enterprise (1999) and Shaping Things to Come (2001) (both Blackhall), Pricing for Profit (Policy Publications, 2002), and The Knowledge Entrepreneur (Kogan Page, 2003). Colin was educated at the London School of Economics (Trevennon Exhibitioner), London Business School, EAESP - Fundacao Getulio Vargas (Brasilian Government Scholar), and the Universities of Aston, Chicago (Deans List) and Southern California (Graduate School Distinction). He obtained first place prizes in final examinations of three professions.Specialties: Director and Board Development, Corporate Governance, Business Development, Performance Improvement, Change, Knowledge and Talent Management, Knowledge Entrepreneurship, Differentiation, Review of Processes and Practices for Winning Business and Building Customer Relationships.
Listed skills include Change Management, Leadership, Business Strategy, Management Development, and 44 others.