Gerard Fairtlough

Gerard Fairtlough CBE (5 September 1930 – 15 December 2007) was an English author, speaker and management thinker.

Born on Hayling Island, Hampshire, Fairtlough trained initially as a biochemist at Cambridge University.

He subsequently founded [1] the publishing company Triarchy Press and was involved in the formation of a number of high-tech businesses.

He also wrote extensively on the theory and practice of organization design and management and of innovation.

In 1954, Fairtlough married Lisa Betambeau (they had two sons and two daughters); he died in Ryall, Dorset on 15 December 2007.