François Austin

François is a Founding Director of Corven, accountable for delivering major consultancy assignments with FTSE 100 clients.

With fifteen years consultancy experience, François has focused on translating business strategies and ideas into demonstrable results. He specialises in the areas of business strategy, post merger integration and driving performance within existing business units.

François has led a number of change improvement programmes working at board level within the Oil & Gas, Utility and Financial Services industries.

François has lived in London, Paris, Rotterdam and the US, equipping him with a deep understanding of, and varied perspective on, the challenges that face global organisations.

François has contributed to various management books, including The Discipline of Market Leaders (Michael Treacy & Fred Wiersema) and Surfing on the Edge of Chaos (Richard Pascale, Mark Millemann & Linda Gioja) and is a frequent conference speaker and commentator in the press.

Prior to Corven, François was at CSC Index focussing on large change programmes and was a faculty member of CSC Index's Research and Advisory Services. His consulting career started with Cleveland Consulting Associates, a supply chain-consulting firm based in Cleveland, Ohio.

François holds a double honours degree in economics and economic history.

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