Patrick Dixon
British futurist
Patrick Dixon MBE (born 1957) is an author and business consultant, often described as a futurist, and chairman of the trends forecasting company Global Change Ltd. He has been ranked as one of the world’s 20 most influential management thinkers alive today. (Thinkers50 2005). He is also founder of the AIDS charity ACET.
Dixon was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2024 Birthday Honours for services to HIV and AIDS Care.
Education and career
Patrick Dixon studied Medical Sciences at King's College, Cambridge and continued medical training at Charing Cross Hospital, London. In 1978, while a medical student, he founded the IT startup Medicom, selling medical software solutions in the UK and the Middle East, based on early personal computers.
After qualifying as a physician, he worked for cancer patient at St Joseph's Hospice in London and then as part of the Community Care Team based at University College Hospital while also continuing IT consulting part-time.
In 1988 he launched the Church-based AIDS charity ACET, following the publication of his first book The Truth about AIDS, which warned of an unfolding catastrophe that has since hit many nations in sub-Saharan Africa. ACET grew rapidly, providing home care services across London and other parts of the UK, and a national sex/lifeskills education programme in schools which has reached more than 450,000 students and is now a network of Independent national programmes providing lifeskills education in schools, health education relating to HIV prevention, and care for those affected by HIV / AIDS, active in 13 countries in Europe, Africa, and Asia.
He was included in the Independent on Sunday's 2010 "Happy List", regarding ACET and his other work tackling the stigma of AIDS.
Dixon has held several non-executive and leadership roles in various organizations.
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