Professor Karl George is a high profile, multi-award winning business man, accomplished professional speaker and author specialising in governance, strategy and leadership. He trained as an accountant and formed his first business at the tender age of 23. Out of more than 110,000 Chartered Certified Accountants in 170 countries around the world, Karl George is recognised in the centenary 100 high profile members He has worked with a wide range of enterprises spanning the private, public and voluntary sectors. As an entrepreneur himself, he has launched and run many successful enterprises. For his outstanding service to the social and business communities he was awarded an MBE in 2004.

Karl is also the founder of the Governance Forum, a group of specialist organisations working together to deliver exceptional standards in the whole area of governance and the creator of the Governance Assessment Process (GAP) a cross sector standard that has been delivered to over 70 third sector organisations and endorsed by Sir Adrian Cadbury.

Karl has challenged and inspired hundreds of current and potential business leaders through his presentations, lectures and one to one coaching. He is now one of the country’s leading speakers and business consultants in the field of governance.

Among his many achievements, Karl was the founding President of the first International Chapter of 100 Black Men of America, Voted in the Power 50 most influential people in the West Midlands and was chosen as one of the 20 national role models by the Department for Communities and Local Government as part of the REACH campaign. He regularly gives back to the community through contributing in his role as a member of many boards that are both local and national.