Paul Gibbons

Paul founded Future Considerations in 2001 with the intention of creating a world-class consultancy firm that effected transformational change through working with people and culture. The ethos of the firm is ethical management consulting; the firm cares as much about corporations doing good as generating excellent financial returns.

Paul now divides his time between consulting and coaching, academic studies (he is a doctoral student in Philosophy), and writing.  In his consulting and coaching work, Paul coaches a small number of C-level executives, and facilitates workshops and learning events for top teams. His clients have included Barclays, UBS, PwC, KPMG, Shell, Cadbury Schweppes, British Airways, Royal Sun Alliance, and IBM.

Paul’s publications include "Making the Leap", an article that clarifies the confusion around leadership and management; “Spirituality at Work”, an authoritative critique of an interesting new area in business leadership; "The Body of Leadership, a holistic examination of leadership and personal development; and "Sustainable Change", an analysis of the implementation gap in business sustainability.

His keynote and motivational talks include “Leading sustainable businesses”, “Who is afraid of business ethics?”, “Is leadership development a waste of money?”, “Leading with values”, “Is spirituality at work hogwash?”, “Philosophy and business”, “Can the best be improved?”, and “The future of people development”.

Before consulting, Paul was an investment banker, specialising in derivatives trading for Salomon Brothers, CSFB and Morgan Stanley.  At 23, he was head of sales and trading for Sanwa bank in London (then the third largest bank in the world) and a pioneer of the Eurobond ‘repo’ market. 

His academic background is in Finance, Psychology, Molecular Biology and Philosophy and he has been honoured by visiting scholar positions at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Surrey.  He was a Council Member at the Academy of Management and President of the Philosophy Society. 

Paul lives in London with his wife Cari and toddler son Conor. He holds national championships in Bridge and has represented England on several occasions, as well as winning international backgammon and poker tournaments. He reads philosophy, contemporary science, economics, politics and science fiction and likes golf, tennis and travel.