Felix Barber

Felix Barber is a Director of the Ashridge Strategic Management Centre. His work includes directing research projects and running the ASMC Corporate Member Program. The long-term focus of his research is on the ownership, governance and organisation of large corporations. His current work targets how to harness and profit from Artificial Intelligence

Previously he was a Partner at The Boston Consulting Group. He founded and managed their Swiss office, was a member of the global Strategy Practice Initiative, led the European Retailing Practice and later the worldwide Organisation Design, Change Management and Human Resources Practice. He has been a non-executive director of the Swiss institutional asset management company CE Asset Management AG. He is a Senior Advisor to Humatica AG.

Felix's publications include the book “Collaboration Strategy: How to Get What You Want from Employers, Suppliers and Business Partners” and the Harvard Business Review Articles “The Surprising Economics of a People Business”, “The Strategic Secret of Private Equity”,” Many CEOs Aren't Breakthrough Innovators (And Thats OK)” and “Here's Why Strategy Chiefs Succeed or Fail”