Stuart Crainer

Stuart Crainer 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, Des Dearlove as “market makers par excellence”.

Stuart 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 Des Dearlove) include The Management Century, Gravy Training, Generation Entrepreneur and What we mean when we talk about leadership.

Stuart was editor of the award winning Business Strategy Review for 15 years. Personnel Today called him one of the most influential people in British people management.