Professor Mike Bourne

Professor Mike Bourne
Professor of Business Performance
Cranfield University School of Management

Mike is Professor of Business Performance at the Centre for Business Performance, Cranfield School of Management.

Before his academic career, Mike spent 15 years in industry. He gained his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2001, researching the design and implementation of balanced performance measurement systems.

He has spent the last fifteen years working with organisations supporting senior management teams through the process of designing, implementing and using their balanced scorecards and related performance management techniques. 

He has over 100 publications to his name and is co-author of several books including Balanced Scorecard Instant Manager, Getting the Measure of Your Business and Change Management in a Week.

Mike is also the editor of the Gee Handbook of Performance Measurement and was the editor of the journal Measuring Business Excellence. Mike is also a chartered engineer and a chartered management accountant.