David Pendleton | Communication and Consultation

Pendleton’s Rules, Primary Colours, and Bringing Joy to WorkDavid Pendleton is a psychologist, organisation and management development consultant, author and professor. He completed a DPhil at Oxford on Doctor-Patient Communication in General Practice, was Stuart Fellow at the RCGP, consultant to their membership exam and was a Trustee of the College for 6 years. In the corporate field, he was Director of People and Organisation Development from 2001-3 at Innogy (now npower) a FTSE100 company, and an in-house consultant at Cathay Pacific Airways from 1993-5 based in Hong Kong. He co-founded the Edgecumbe Consulting Group with his wife Dr Jenny King and they co-led the company from 1995-2015. In the academic field, he was an Associate Fellow at the Said Business School at Oxford from 2005-2022 and has been an Associate Fellow at Green Templeton College Oxford since 2007. He has been Professor in Leadership at Henley Business School since 2017 and has been appointed Advisor in Leadership at the FMLM in 2025.