Paul Nanson CB CBE

A senior leader with extensive expertise based on a 34-year career in the UK Army, finishing as a Major General. A history of operational and strategic leadership including planning and successful tactical delivery of thriving in high-pressure environments requiring effective decision-making, and an ability to harness the power of teams. He now translates that into helping individuals and organisations think differently about their leadership and provides leadership consulting, coaching, mentoring, advising, and speaking services. A qualified coach, speaker and best-selling author on leadership and life-skills. Clients include Virgin Media, Deutsche Windtechnik, Network Rail, Thales, Sandals, and has given keynote addresses to many clients including: BlackRock, Amazon, Boston Consulting Group, Headteachers Conference, the National Police Federation and the National Health Service. Paul has delivered executive leadership development to the KSA MoD in partnership with the Arab British Chamber of Commerce and BAES. Prior to civilian life he held many leadership roles in the British Army, including Commandant Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Director UK Army Leadership, Head UK Army Recruiting and Training 2015 – 2020, where he was The British Army’s lead for leadership development, cohering and professionalising the study of leadership across the Service. Leader of an organisation with 5.5K people and an annual budget of £200M that attracts, recruits, selects, trains and develops all British Army officers and soldiers. He also developed an International Commercial Leadership Development Programme aimed at translating military leadership into the commercial sector and drove cultural change through the introduction of Leadership Doctrine and the establishment of the first Centre for the professional study of Army Leadership. He was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of Reading for contribution to contemporary thinking about leadership development.