Stephen Bourne is the Managing Director (EMEA) for PrimeMover Associates an international firm dedicated to collaboration and conflict management. This firm is a spinoff of the Harvard Negotiation Project. Stephen also is MD of 7 Elements Global Limited in the UK, also a collaboration company with special expertise around renal medicine. With over thirty years’ experience in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry, Stephen has spent the last 18 years teaching, advising and directly negotiating for high cost medicines across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. He has also taught at the Global Fund in Geneva and has also managed conflicts in diverse areas such as classical music and family settings.

Currently, Stephen’s commercial focus is on health care, and pharmaceuticals, working with organisations to collaborate with health authorities and health technology assessors on the reimbursement of high cost medicines. This involves training, coaching, mentoring and advising on specific current issues. In the public sector, Stephen is working with healthcare colleagues in Renal medicine to improve collaboration between professional bodies and maximise their revenues. Stephen also spends much time doing charitable work with 15 to 18-year olds in deprived areas of the UK, helping them to negotiate their way through life and to aspire to greater things. Stephen is also a keynote speaker at the Wycombe Management Conference.

Stephen lives just outside London and is a UK citizen. He is married with three adult children. Stephen is a science graduate from the University of London, has a postgraduate qualification in education from the University of Southampton and a diploma in marketing from Thames Valley University. In addition, Stephen has attended the London Business School business administration programme designed for 3M senior management and the Harvard Law School programme on negotiation.

Stephen has a passion for brass music, rugby, choral singing, SCUBA diving, wildlife and travelling to different cultures.