Chris Ford

Affiliation

Lancaster University

Biography

Chris Ford's academic work is oriented towards understanding how value is created through collaborative innovation, how this value is accounted for, and how innovative initiatives are evaluated, managed, and sustained. As well as academic research in this area, Chris advises and consults on these topics for both private sector and government organisations, and holds the following positions: Cabinet Office Policy Fellow advising the HM Government Open Innovation Team; sole academic member of the Business Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants; member of the UK Government's 'Connected Digital Twins' Governance and Trust advisory committee; Council Member of the International Management Control Association.