Dr. Barrett C. Brown

Barrett C. Brown serves as Managing Director of Apheno Advisory and is a global expert on developing leaders to create exponential impact and navigate complex challenges. He has co-designed and delivered executive development, team development and/or strategic alignment programs for some of the largest companies in the world—as well as for two of the largest environmental and social non-profits. At The Sustainable Trade Initiative, he architected large-scale learning and innovation systems to support a €100M sustainable development investment in critical agri-commodity sectors. He has served on the leadership team or advisory board for 16 companies, NGOs, and foundations, has held consultancy status to the United Nations, and has delivered leadership briefings at UNDP headquarters, the US Department of State, and the Inter-American Development Bank. Barrett has lived in The Netherlands, Brazil and throughout the US, and has worked and traveled in nearly 40 countries. He holds a Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Systems from Fielding Graduate University.