Stephen Pain

A regular contributor to Henley Business School's MBA programmes, Stephen also works with the John Madejski Centre for Reputation. His work with Professor Kevin Money has been applied to the development of a number of communication programmes and published in the JMCR discussion papers A Better Balance: a Psychological Approach to the Problem of Sustainability and Extending the Better Balance Model: How Psychology Could Help to Solve the Problem of Sustainability.

Stephen has worked with many multi-national organisations undergoing significant growth and transformation during his career, occupying a pivotal strategic role in engaging internal and external audiences, pioneering thought-leading ideas and being a trusted adviser to boards and senior leadership. He previously worked at Unilever, Age of Good, Aviva, Storehouse and Severn Trent in a number of senior global communications roles, as well as sitting on the advisory board of Criticaleye.

He provides a coherent context for change, cutting through traditional hierarchies, dealing with complexity and eliminating silos, and has extensive experience in helping organisations leverage communications to become faster, simpler and have more impact through increased agility, flexibility and a better balance across stakeholder groups.