Meet Leo Johnson
At Oxford University’s Smith School of Enterprise & Environment, Leo lectures on Transformative Leadership for the University’s most subscribed Masters program. He leads pioneering research on the “Paradox of Intent,” a multidisciplinary project that fuses cognitive neuroscience and leadership theory to unlock the barriers to organisational transformation.
Leo’s journey spans the World Bank Group, where he was a Resource Economist, to co-founding Sustainable Finance (acquired by PwC), and chairing the PwC Advisory Council. He is the co-author of “Turnaround Challenge: Business & the City of the Future” (Oxford University Press), a regular Financial Times contributor, and a judge for the FT’s Boldness in Business Awards.
Leo’s engaging style—honed as a presenter of multiple BBC World and Radio 4 series—makes him a sought-after keynote speaker for global audiences seeking to navigate disruption and lead with vision.
Leo lives in London with his family and is the founder of Unthinkable Drinkable Brent, an urban winemaking cooperative.