Paul Phillips

Professor Paul A. Phillips served for over two decades as Professor of Strategic Management at Kent Business School, University of Kent, UK. He also served as Deputy and Director of Kent Business School and held academic appointments at Cardiff Business School and the University of Surrey, UK.

In 2001, Paul was appointed to the Charles Forte Chair of Hotel Management at the University of Surrey. His earlier business career was as a qualified accountant and a senior management consultant with Price Waterhouse. Professor Phillips holds an MBA and a PhD from Cardiff Business School and is a qualified marketer.

Paul has acted for a wide range of clients in the public and private sectors, which included providing strategic advice to organisations such as the UK Government; Deputy Prime Minister’s Office; Northern Ireland Government; Ministry of Defence (UK); China People’s Liberation Army; World Bank; China Development Bank; Caribbean Development Bank; BT; Shell; Guinness; hospitality and tourism organisations; and an increasing number of for-profit, non-profits and local, regional and global higher education institutions.