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Chris Bones
Chris Bones
Henley Management College
Principal
Cadbury Schweppes
Former Group Organization Effectiveness and Development
Director
Supervisory Group member of AIESEC International
Chris Bones was appointed Principal of Henley Management College on
1
st January 2005. Chris was previously Group Organisation Effectiveness and
Development Director for Cadbury Schweppes, who he joined in 1999, taking responsibility for
Executive Education and Development Culture, Communications, Change, Knowledge Management and
Capability Development. In his 22 years in business Chris has worked for Shell, Diageo (both in
GrandMet and Guinness) and Cadbury Schweppes. He started in industrial relations, working on
the UK’s largest oil refinery and progressing through management teams in brewing, retailing and
property to Board roles covering Europe, Africa and Asia Pacific. He has significant
international business experience and a reputation as a leading practitioner in executive education
and development, change and HR strategy. Chris writes a regular column for HR magazine and is
a highly regarded speaker at international conferences on change, HR strategy and employment
branding. He is a Board member of the Skills for Government, the sector skills council for the
Civil Service and an Independent Non Executive Director of the Agricultural and Horticultural Levy
Board.