Dr Stephen Simister

Before joining Henley Business School, he had over 25 years of programme management experience. He delivered and consulted on projects and programmes in the construction, IT, finance, pharmaceutical, private finance initiatives/public–private partnerships and oil and gas sectors, supporting their capital investment and transformational change initiatives.

He is module convener for the Leadership and Change module on the Henley MBA and the Developing Leadership in Others module on the MA Leadership programme. He supports Henley Business School's Executive Education group and has provided tailored programmes for many organisations, including Linklaters, Abu Dhabi Executive Council, Associated British Foods, Deutsche Telekom and the Clore foundation.

He speaks internationally on leading and measuring change and has held visiting appointments at several universities. He sits on the International Organization for Standardization and the British Standards Institution committees for programme and portfolio management. He works with the Association for Project Management (APM) on their portfolio of standards and qualifications around project management.

Professionally, Stephen is a Chartered Project Management Surveyor with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and is both a registered project professional and chartered project professional with the APM. He is also a high risk gateway review team leader under the UK government's major project and programme gateway scheme.