Coulson-Thomas is a visionary who has travelled the world taking professorial appointments at universities on nearly every continent, advising corporations and public bodies, and speaking at major corporate events and conferences – all in the name of improving the performance of organisations.

He has served on local regional, and national UK public sector boards, written more than 1 000 articles and over 70 books and reports, and led more than 20 investigations to identify the critical success factors for key corporate activities and quicker, more affordable and less disruptive routes to high performance organisations. His current international roles include the post of Director-General, UK and Europe for the Institute of Directors, India.

Of his latest achievement, Coulson-Thomas said: “The university from which one obtains a PhD will always be special, and even more so if it shares one’s engagement with India and one’s commitment to building relationships between India and the UK. I have met Aston alumni in India in senior positions and I look forward to working with the Aston India Foundation for Applied Research to the benefit of both countries.”

Prof Coulson-Thomas is an alumnus of Unisa. He studied Masters in Public Administration (MPA) in 1985.

Information source: http://www.aston.ac.uk/news/releases/2017/february