BRIAN BACON
CEO and Chairman
of the Oxford Leadership Academy
email: brian.bacon@oxfordleadership.com
“Brian Bacon is a world Brian Bacon is the CEO and Chairman Brian has been an advisor in innovation
class speaker, but most of of the Oxford Leadership Academy with and organisational reform to the
all he demonstrates by his offices in UK, Sweden, Hong Kong, USA Government of Austria, Ireland, Holland,
own example a higher level
of commitment and and Australia and operations in 16 Canada, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Thailand
dedication to his work than countries. and Sweden. He is presently advising
what is commonly found. the United Nations Department of
Over the years he has been
As a leading global business strategist Political Affairs in Strategic Focusing for
a tremendous source of he has been involved in more than 30 the prevention of violent conflict in
inspiration to McDonald’s corporate
successful corporate turnarounds and is international affairs.
throughout the world.” the creator of one of the world’s most
successful leadership development He is a celebrated speaker on the
Mats Lederhausen, programmes with over 100,000 alumni international circuit on the subjects of
President, McDonald’s leadership, strategic focusing and the
from 90 countries.
Corporation Ventures,
Chicago, USA
role of values in organisational
Brian is a pioneer and thought leader on transformation.
role of business in society; he is a
former President of the World Business He is a Member of the Global
Academy in Washington; a visiting Leadership Council of Michel Nobel
“Brian Bacon, the Strategic scholar at the International Institute of Harriet Fulbright Institute of Business
Focusing* process and the Technology Management in USA; a
Labour Studies in Geneva and a
OLDP Course provided our
leaders with essential tools member of the EU international think Member of the Advisory Board of
and techniques for focusing tank on Social-Cohesion. European Management Institute,
on the right things and the London; a member of the British
will power necessary to He was a special advisor in government Institute of Directors; a Fellow of the
tackle the immense reform to President Fox in Mexico 2000- Australian Institute of Management and
challenges this government 06 and was awarded the President’s a member of the International Advisory
faced with assuming office.” Innova Award in 2007. He has been an Board of the Club of Budapest. Brian is
advisor to the Swedish Government for an Australian citizen, now resident in
Muňoz,
Ramón Mu oz, Chief of over a decade and was the leading
Staff, Office of the Oxford, UK.
consultant in the modernisation of the
President, Government of
Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs; he is
Mexico
a special advisor to NATO and the Folke
Bernadotte Academy, a Swedish
government agency dedicated to
improving the quality and effectiveness
of international conflict and
peacemaking operations.