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Ron Young

Ron Young is the founder of Knowledge Associates International group of companies, who
are international management consultants with HQ in Cambridge, U.K. He is
acknowledged as a leading international expert in knowledge and innovation management.
He specializes in knowledge driven results for organizations. He contributed to the
production of the UK Government White Paper ‘UK Competitiveness in the Knowledge
Driven Economy’.

He regularly provides keynote presentations and master classes at leading international

conferences around the world. He chaired the BSI Knowledge Management Standards
Committee, and he is a member of the ISO Standards workgroups for Knowledge
Management, Asset Management, Quality and Innovation Management. He lecturers on the
Global Knowledge Economy and he teaches the Knowledge Asset Management
Methodology at leading Universities. He consults with the United Nations, World Bank,
European Commission, and the inter-governmental Asian Productivity Organization (APO)

He specializes in developing knowledge strategies, policies, governance models, standards,

knowledge systems and knowledge driven platforms. He works with major multi-national
corporations, international and national organisations. He was a lead consultant for the
European Commission 3 Million euro ‘Know-Net’ and ‘LEVER’ collaborative research
projects. He is joint author of several books on Knowledge and Innovation.

Knowledge Associates Cambridge Ltd, St John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road Cambridge,
CB4 0WS, UK, tel. +44 (0) 1223 421290, email. info@knowledge-associates.com
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