Colin Price is an executive vice president and the global managing partner of the Leadership Consulting Practice at Heidrick & Struggles. He has advised many of the world’s largest corporations, several national governments, and a number of charitable institutions. His books include Accelerating Performance (with Sharon Toye of Heidrick & Struggles), Beyond Performance (with Scott Keller of McKinsey & Company), Mergers (with David Fubini of McKinsey & Company and Maurizio Zollo of INSEAD), Vertical Take-Off (with Sir Richard Evans, former chairman of British Aerospace) and Straight from the CEO (with G William Dauphinais). He holds degrees in economics, industrial relations and psychology, and organizational behavior. He has presented at many prestigious conferences, including the World Economic Forum and the Harvard Roundtable series. He is an associate fellow of Saïd Business School at Oxford University and a visiting professor at Imperial College London.