Stephen Francis Bungay (born 2 September 1954) is a British

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, who currently serves as Director of the Ashridge Strategic Management Centre at

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Biography

Bungay read Modern Languages at

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, where he received an MA with First Class Honours. He subsequently studied for a doctorate in philosophy at Oxford and the

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in Germany, where he was a Research Fellow of the Humboldt Foundation. Stephen worked in the London and Munich offices of

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for a total of seventeen years. On leaving BCG, he ran a Division of an insurance company before subsequently joining the Ashridge Strategic Management Centre. He teaches on several executive programmes at

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, and works as an independent consultant, teacher and speaker. He published his first book on military history, ''The Most Dangerous Enemy – A History of the Battle of Britain'', in 2000. A new illustrated edition appeared in 2010. His second history book, ''Alamein'', was published in 2002. Since 2004 he has also been a frequent contributor to television programmes. He featured in the Channel 4 series 'Spitfire Ace', and has appeared on individual programmes for Channel 5, BBC 2 and BBC 4, the History Channel, National Geographic and TV New Zealand.

Personal life

He married Atalanta Beaumont in 1987, the daughter of Tim Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley. They have two sons born in 1990 and 1994.

Publications

* ''Beauty and Truth: a Study of Hegel's Aesthetics'' (1984) * ''The Most Dangerous Enemy: a History of the Battle of Britain'' (2001) * ''Alamein'' (2002) * ''The Art of Action: How Leaders Close the Gaps Between Plans, Actions and Results'' (2010)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bungay, Stephen 1954 births Living people British historians British management consultants People from Edenbridge, Kent Hult International Business School faculty Historians of World War II