Melvin Jay is a Founder and CEO of the Simplicity Partnership. He has over 25 years of commercial and consulting experience. Most recently, he was CEO and founder of the global consultancy Clear, which grew to over 100 consultants in under 6 years. Melvin's early career was spent working for blue chip companies like Danone and Novartis, where he saw and battled the reality of complexity from the management side. As a consultant, he has worked with a wide variety of the world's biggest companies, across different sectors including media, pharmaceuticals, financial services, technology and consumer goods.