Melanie Howard

Melanie co-founded Future Foundation in 1996. She was part of the team that invented Future Foundation’s nVision service and inaugurated the trends-based approach to socio-economic research with which the company builds value for clients.

Over the last twenty years, she has been a major force in the whole evolution of futures thinking and trend analysis - driving forecasting disciplines right to the heart of strategic planning. In addition to chairing Future Foundation’s Board, Melanie has been a Visiting Business Fellow at Innovation RCA at the UK’s Royal College of Art and a Visiting Professor at the Henley Business School.