John Fielden has practised as a management consultant in higher education policy and management since 1969. He now runs CHEMS Consulting as an independent consultancy and has carried out over 250 higher education projects in over 42 countries including Australia, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Mozambique, Nigeria, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sweden and Tanzania. He specialises in HE policy studies for agencies and governments, internationalisation and governance issues. International clients have included the World Bank, International Finance Corporation (IFC), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), British Council and many education ministries and universities throughout the world.

John Fielden is participating in the Leading tertiary education into a global future session.