Richard Bevan is a consultant and educator who has been working in organizational communication, leader development and the management of change for 30 years. His experience is international, including periods based in Europe and Australia as well as the US. He has worked with organizations of every size and in a wide range of industries, as well as government and non-profits.

He has been a frequent speaker for forums such as The Conference Board and the International Association of Business Communicators. His publications include articles in the Journal of Change Management and Harvard Business Review, a chapter in the Handbook of Public Relations and Communications, and his recent book Changemaking: tactics and guidance for managing organizational change.

Richard is a graduate of Oxford University and Manchester Business School. His early experience was in manufacturing management with Lever Brothers - an instructive lesson in how organizational performance depends on the way that people are respected, engaged, led and rewarded. Later in his career, leading Towers Perrin's global communication practice through a period of major change was another experience that influenced his approach to managing change.

He started his own firm in 1995. For several years he was also an external faculty member at the University of Washington where he developed and taught a course on managing change for the Executive MBA program.

In 2007 he launched ChangeStart, an on-line service providing resources for managers addressing change. The tools and approaches that he has built during his teaching and consulting career have contributed to the content of Changemaking.