Owen Darbishire

Owen Darbishire has been a professor at Oxford University for well over 25 years, having also worked in the United States and Germany. He has a well-founded international reputation as an insightful and practical expert on negotiations, influencing, collective bargaining and decision making where he leverages his academic expertise.

He is an outstanding and highly sought after executive education teacher and consultant to dozens of international companies. These have ranged from ThyssenKrupp and BMW to Equinor and Ikea, from Rolls Royce to the Qatar Foundation and the International Red Cross.

Owen has won multiple teaching awards, both at Oxford and St Gallen. He is the Director of the Oxford Programme on Negotiation and has served roles such as Vice-Master of Pembroke College, Oxford and Chair of Faculty of the Saïd Business School. He advises on negotiations and influencing from the simple to the complex.

Owen is also an enthusiastic player of the ancient game of ‘real tennis.’