Professor Andrew Kakabadse

Professor Andrew Kakabadse’s background is in environmental sciences, public policy, child guidance and psychiatric social work and organisation psychology. He has undertaken global studies spanning over 20,000 organisations across 41 country in the areas of board performance, leadership and policy delivery.

He has published 45 books and over 250 scholarly articles. His bestselling books are, the Politics of Management, Working in Organisations, The Success Formula and Leadership Intelligence: The 5Qs. He has won numerous prizes for scholarly articles.

He has consulted with British, Irish, Australian, Omani, UAE and Saudi Arabian governments. He has been consultant to Citi, Bank of America, BMW, Ford, NatWest Bank, RBS, British Airways, Lufthansa, Swedish Post, Severstal (Russia), Heidrick and Struggles, KPMG, Bank of Ireland, Royal Ulster Constabulary and numerous others. He has been advisor to certain UN agencies, World Bank, charities and to health and police organisations.

He is listed in Who’s Who; life member of Thinkers 50 Hall of Fame; Fellow of the European Academy of Science and Arts; Fellow, British Psychological Society; Fellow, British Academy of Management and Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries. He has lectured all over the world and held numerous visiting positions including Macquarie University (Sydney), Center for Creative Leadership (USA) and Université Paris II Pantheon-Assas.