Patrick Dunne is an experienced chair, serial social entrepreneur, author of the award-winning book Boards, and a leading expert and advisor on boards and governance. His executive experience was with Air Products and the FTSE 100 private equity business 3i Group plc, where he held a variety of senior roles including communications director and a member of its operating committee. He is chair of the charities The Royal Voluntary Service and ESSA-Education Sub Saharan Africa, a visiting professor at Cranfield University, and an associate fellow at Warwick Business School.