Douglas Bernhardt

Douglas Bernhardt teaches the subject of Competitive Intelligence as part of the MBA programmes at Wits Business School, the University of Stellenbosch Business School, and the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Business School, South Africa. He also teaches an online course on Competitive Intelligence for the Mercyhurst University Department of Intelligence Studies, Erie, Pennsylvania. Previously, Douglas served as an adjunct professor of Business Intelligence & Corporate Security at the European campus of the Thunderbird School of Global Management, and as a visiting lecturer at the Rotterdam School of Management.

He is the author of three books, including "Competitive Intelligence: Acquiring and using corporate intelligence and counterintelligence", published in 2003 by Financial Times Prentice-Hall, and "Perfectly Legal Competitor Intelligence", published in 1993 by FT Pitman Publishing. He has written numerous articles for journals such as 'Competitive Intelligence Review', 'Competitive Intelligence Magazine', 'Long Range Planning', 'Wits Business School Journal' and 'The Strategist.

From 1993-2001 Douglas served as Managing Director for one of Europe's leading competitive intelligence consultancies, Business Research Group SA, Geneva, where he worked closely with major firms in industries such as pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, and FMCGs. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) from 1996-1999. His previous professional experience includes the defence industry and foreign trade.