Executing Strategy for Results

Academic Focus

Dominic teaches strategy, values and corporate transformation. He combines his teaching work with independent consultancy assignments and board appointments.

Experience

Previously, Dominic was group strategy director at Blue Circle Industries. He was responsible for managing the group’s business planning systems, leading merger and acquisition programmes, and coaching executives in the development and implementation of corporate strategy. Dominic’s books include Strategy: How to Shape the Future of the Business and Mindfulness and Money. He has also been published in Sloan Management Review and Harvard Business Review.

Academic Focus

David teaches leadership and strategy execution. He integrates theory and practice based on his business experience as a consultancy and his ongoing research into adaptive leadership.

Recent Clients

David’s work as an independent consultant includes: the Prudential, Menzies, Colart, Clariant, Ingersol Rand, Kaspersky, Oxford University Press and ABN AMRO.

Experience

Previously David was the Head of Xansa consulting in the UK, managing £1bn plus of client investment in strategic programmes. He built the business by integrating three acquired companies and delivering a tenfold growth in five years. David’s publications include, ‘Why Leaders Should Focus on Quality of Interaction When Formulating and Executing Strategy’, Val Hammond Research competition, and ‘Teams Solve Problems Faster When They Are More Cognitively Diverse’, Harvard Business Review.

Academic Focus

As a researcher, instructor, and programme director, Stefano has gleaned significant insights on strategy execution — which has become a critical component of the Executing Strategy for Results programme.

Recent Clients

In the last few years Stefano has consulted for a number of companies worldwide including Deutsche Bank, Coller Capital, Exterran, Ferrari, Hess Oil, Kyowa Hakko Kirin, Luxottica, Oman Fiber Optic Company, Purdys, Thomson Reuters and VicSuper.

Experience

Stefano is the co-founder of Charles Thames Strategy Partners, a boutique advisory firm assisting CEOs and top teams in formulating and executing strategy. He has worked closely with a multitude of C-suite executives, leading company-wide interventions to remove strategic bottlenecks—all with documented results and far-reaching impact. Stefano holds an MSc in General Management (with distinction) from London Business School and an MSc in Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, and has studied participant-centered learning methods at Harvard Business School. He has published a number of papers, case studies and articles.

Academic Focus

Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship; Chair, Strategy and Entrepreneurship Faculty

Experience

Freek’s work has appeared in highly prestigious academic journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, and the Strategic Management Journal.

Freek is an active case writer and keynote speaker at industry and company conferences. He is the winner of several teaching awards, including the first ever winner of London Business School’s Excellence in Teaching Award, and has received several prizes for his research, including the prestigious Academy of Management Journal Best Paper Award.