Management team

Chris Brady

Dean, BPP Business School

Professor Chris Brady is the dean of BPP Business School. Prior to joining BPP, he was dean of Bournemouth Business School and head of external relations and business development at the Cass Business School in the City.  

He has had a varied working life ranging from a line-worker at Chrysler in Detroit to managing a bookmaker's shop, from a land surveyor to a semi-professional footballer. Professor Brady also served in the Royal Navy for 16 years including appointments in the joint HQ intelligence cells during the first Gulf War and the Balkans crises.

He is the author of books on subjects as varied as US foreign policy, British cabinet government and, of course, business. He has produced books on management issues for the FT/Pearson imprint. These include Rules of the Game, End of the Road, and the best-selling The 90 Minute Manager. His two latest books, both published in the last 12 months, are The Extra Mile, which deals with employee engagement, and Intelligent M&A, an analysis of the intelligence function within the M&A process.