Ian Pollard Author

Over the past three decades Dr Ian Pollard has been chairman, director or CEO of more than thirty companies. He is an experienced executive coach with Global Coaching Partnership, and has had a wide-ranging involvments in the not-for-profit sector. He is an actuary and Rhodes Scholar, and has represented Australia in tennis. Ian also serves on the advisory councils of both JP Morgan Australia and the Faculty of Business at the University of Technology, Sydney.

Since his youth, Ian has been interested in the development of people’s capabilities and relationships, their identification of opportunities and the magnitude of what some people achieve and contribute in their lives. He especially admires those who have done this despite disadvantage and material adversity. Ian is particularly interested in the personal qualities and the events and processes which make these remarkable achievements possible. Ian has written a number of books on corporate finance. Investing in Your Life is Ian’s first book on the building of people’s capabilities.