Geoff Berridge

A businessman, leader and manager with forty years commercial and public sector experience, managing his own businesses and serving as a director on the boards of public and voluntary sector organisations. He was employed by IBM in several senior roles many of which were about creating new ventures. He set up IBM UK’s Financial Services business, established IBM’s Business School, providing education and training from induction to an MBA programme and the formation of the Consultancy Practice and its offspring the Education Consultancy Business.

He was a non-executive director in the NHS. He was chair of the Community Services business in a Primary Care Trust and oversaw the merger of this unit with others into an Integrated Care Organisation. Geoff is a director of two companies working in the education, health, energy and information communication technology sectors. These businesses are involved with technology innovation, the development of software offerings, bringing them to market via business partnerships: business development and the provision of services for clients.

He coaches senior executives faced with concerns about strategy, business development and organisational change. Geoff chairs the boards of two London charities and is a trustee and treasurer of the Coram Foundation, the children’s charity. He advises several other charities regarding governance, strategies, finance and leadership.