Richard Rawlinson is Co-Chair of the ABS Task Force on The Role of UK Business Schools in Driving Innovation and Growth in the Domestic Economy. He is a partner of Booz & Company, the international management consulting firm.

For thirty years, he has consulted in strategy, leadership and organization, particularly for consumer intensive businesses in the UK, Asia and the United States. He has published in Harvard Business Review and Strategy+Business on subjects varying from tailored logistics systems to marketing career patterns and was formerly a member of the Competition Commission. He graduated from Oxford University and Harvard Business School.