Contact Professor Michael Bourne

Background

Mike spent 15 years in business, spanning the valve, paper & board, building materials, machine tool and airline catering industries. He held a number of positions, with roles in production management, strategy and acquisitions, IT, HR, commercial and general management, including directorship positions in subsidiary companies. He gained his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2001, researching the design and implementation of balanced performance measurement systems. He has spent the last fifteen years working with companies supporting senior management teams through the process of clarifying and executing their strategy. His approach is to take a stakeholder approach to clarifying strategy and enabling implementation through alignment of activity to the goals of the organisation.

Current activities

Mike is a Chartered Management Accountant and a Chartered Engineer. He has authored over 100 publications including The Handbook of Corporate Performance Management, Balanced Scorecard, Instant Manager and Successful Change Management in a Week. His research is at the interface of performance measurement with strategic management and control systems.

Clients

  • Accenture
  • Amadeus IT Group SA
  • BAE Systems PLC
  • BP PLC
  • Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
  • DB Schenker
  • European Central Bank
  • Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
  • Lloyds Banking Group PLC
  • Argo Tractors SpA (McCormick)
  • A.P. Moller - Maersk
  • National House Building Council
  • OKI Europe Ltd
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC)

Publications

Articles In Journals