As Executive Director of Duke Corporate Education, Dr Liz Mellon works with many of the FTSE100 CEOs. Considered one of the world's foremost authorities on leadership development, she has also contributed to the development of public service leadership through her early research and teaching interests. Some notable clients include The New York Times, HSBC, Shell, The UK Foreign Office, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deutsche Bank, AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, BP, Novartis, Credit Suisse First Boston, Rio Tinto, BNP Paribas, Unilever, United Business Media, Rolls Royce, Atlas Copco and the Standard Bank Group.

Liz founded the London office for Duke in 2000, its first venture outside the US.  Duke now has offices in India and South Africa and campuses in Dubai, Shanghai and St Petersburg.  She also serves as Regional Managing Director for Duke CE India.

Her forthcoming book on CEO development, The Leadership Mindset: Five Ways to Think Like a Leader, will be published by FT Prentice Hall in April 2011.