Antony (Tony) Bell is a senior consultant and the managing partner of The Bell Group, where his focus is on helping leaders build and strengthen the leadership capacity of their organizations. Tony is committed to helping organizational leaders assess their strategic management practices and develop leadership strategies that enable management teams to accomplish their purpose and goals. He specializes in coaching executive teams in developing management leadership skills through a hands-on mentoring environment.

Tony speaks internationally on issues of leadership development, corporate reorganization, corporate culture renewal, coaching, and leadership change. He designs and delivers courses on leadership development and corporate reorganization, and he serves as an adjunct faculty member for the Daniel School of Management at the University of South Carolina. He writes frequently on issues of leader and organization development. His recent book, Great Leadership - What It Is and What It Takes in a Complex World (Davies-Black Publishing, 2006) is a comprehensive analysis of all aspects of leadership excellence.  The Clock Tower (The Gordian Publishing Company) is due out in late August early September.

Tony started his career in systems engineering, moving into production management as a production manager for a major UK supplier to Marks and Spencer. After completing his masters, he became sales manager for a Swiss industrial equipment distributor, and then opened and expanded the French division of a Dutch brokerage company. With a leadership background in production, sales, and start-up, he worked with a leader development organization in the nonprofit sector, becoming the assistant director of its French division. As part of their leadership development training, he designed and conducted numerous seminars and workshops on leadership development. He subsequently developed his own practice that led to engagements with clients such as Continental Grain, Hamilton Telecommunications, Fairfax Anesthesiology Associates, British Telecom, NCR, Nike South Africa, Shindaiwa USA, HC Stark, Duracell, Momentum Health, Voltex, and Carbbits.

Tony earned his Bachelors in business and economics from Loughborough University of Technology, a top-ranked British business and engineering school, and his Masters in European Community law and business institutions from the Institute of Higher European Studies at the University of Strasbourg in France.