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Gerard Fairtlough
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<p>Gerard Fairtlough <a href="/facts/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire/HlY9buuN">CBE</a> (5 September 1930 – 15 December 2007) was an English author, speaker and management thinker. </p><p>Born on <a href="/facts/Hayling_Island/quATY4Xz">Hayling Island</a>, <a href="/facts/Hampshire/omDltCzr">Hampshire</a>, Fairtlough trained initially as a biochemist at <a href="/facts/Cambridge_University/0la7aX9o">Cambridge University</a>. He worked for 25 years in the <a href="/facts/Royal_Dutch_Shell/2etvCXCf">Royal Dutch Shell</a> group, where he spent the last 5 years as <a href="/facts/Chief_Executive/mg4A8y5M">Chief Executive</a> of <a href="/facts/Shell_Chemicals/ra1pxvsU">Shell Chemicals</a> UK. </p><p>In 1980, he founded the <a href="/facts/Biopharmaceutical/FHk7EwkH">biopharmaceuticals</a> firm <a href="/facts/Celltech/JqW73PkQ">Celltech</a> and remained its chief executive until 1990. He subsequently founded the publishing company Triarchy Press and was involved in the formation of a number of high-tech businesses. </p><p>Fairtlough served as an advisor to several UK government and academic institutions. He was Specialist Advisor to the <a href="/facts/British_House_of_Commons/IyyztqLo">British House of Commons</a> <a href="/facts/Select_committee_(United_Kingdom)/dkk5CT2Q">Select committee</a> on Science and Technology, Chair of the Advisory Panel on <a href="/facts/Science_Policy_Research_Unit/lLy94amg">Science Policy Research Unit</a> at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Sussex/A1DtRNal">University of Sussex</a>, and a member of the UK Science and Engineering Council. </p><p>Gerard Fairtlough developed and elaborated his theory of triarchy and was the author of <i>The Three Ways of Getting Things Done: Hierarchy, Heterarchy & Responsible Autonomy in Organisations</i>, <i>Creative Compartments: A Design for Future Organisation</i>, and co-author with Julie Allan and Barbara Heinzen of <i>The Power of the Tale: Using Narratives for Organisational Success</i>. He also wrote extensively on the theory and practice of organization design and management and of innovation. </p><p>In 1954, Fairtlough married Lisa Betambeau (they had two sons and two daughters); he died in <a href="/facts/Ryall,_Dorset/rxc6BDmY">Ryall, Dorset</a> on 15 December 2007. </p><p>He also has six grandchildren: Zoe, Tanya, Aurora, Zachery, Sorrel, Bidwell. </p> <ul><li><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/gerard-fairtlough-entrepreneur-in-biotechnology-780242.html"><i>Independent</i> obituary</a></li></ul>