Des Dearlove

Des Dearlove is a co-founder of the Thinkers 50 (www.thinkers50.com) – the original global ranking of business thought leaders. His work in this area led Management Today to describe him and his business partner, Stuart Crainer as “market makers par excellence”.

Des is an adjunct professor at IE Business School in Madrid, a former columnist for The Times, contributing editor to the American magazine Strategy+Business, and editor of the bestselling Financial Times Handbook of Management. His books (co-authored with Stuart Crainer) include The Management Century, Gravy Training, Generation Entrepreneur and What we mean when we talk about leadership.

Des is an associate fellow of Saïd Business School at Oxford University and author of a bestselling study of the leadership style of Richard Branson. He is also a bestselling children’s author.