Richard HAMES

Composer and best-selling author, a doctor of medicine with a Ph.D in computer science, Richard Hames is Australia's pre-eminent corporate philosopher and a world leading futurist. Educated in Europe, Richard has been honoured with numerous awards including a French Government Scholarship, a Leverhulme European Fellowship, the Mondadori Professorial Fellowship at the University of Bologna and the inaugural Lord Attlee Fellowship at London University. In 1994 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He also represents Australia on International Synergy in New York.

As President of The Hames Group, Richard works throughout the world with a broad range of industry and government clients, building their strategic capability to remain viable in a connected economy. He is mentor to several high profile leaders, business strategist to some of the world's most innovative corporations and an adviser to governments.

A celebrated public speaker and writer, Richard is author of the best-selling book, The Management Myth: Exploring the Essence of Future Organizations. His second book, Burying the 20th Century -- New Paths to New Futures, was published in 1997 and he is a key contributor to Rewiring Organizations for the New Economy published in March 2002 in the US. Richard is represented globally by Saxton Speakers Bureau.

March 2003