Tony Buzan is the originator of Mind Maps, the thinking tool popularly called the 'Swiss army knife of the brain'. He is the world's leading author, lecturer and adviser to governments, businesses, the professions, universities and schools on the brain, learning and thinking skills.

In addition, Tony Buzan is founder of the Brain Trust Charity and the Use Your Head/Brain Clubs, President of the Mind Sports Council and the Buzan organisation. He is the creator of the concepts of Radiant Thinking and Mental Literacy.

Born in 1942, Tony Buzan graduated from the University of British Colombia in 1964, achieving double honors in psychology, English, Mathematics and the General Sciences. In the late 1960s and early 1970s he worked for the Daily Telegraph in Fleet Street, and edited the International Journal of MENSA.

Among his 82 bestselling books, the classic Use Your Head and other books in the Mind Set series has catapulted him into position as one of the BBC's top-selling international authors. His books have now been published in over 100 countries and translated into 30 languages.

Tony Buzan has become an international media star featuring in, presenting and co-producing many satellite broadcasts, television, video and radio programmes, including the Use Your Head series (BBC), the Open Mind series (ITV) and the recent In Search of Genius (BBC2).

He is advisor to government departments and multinational organisations, and is a regular lecturer to leading international businesses, universities and schools.

Tony is also an advisor to the international Olympic coaches and athletes and to the British Olympic Rowing squad, as well as the British Olympic chess squads. He is himself a prize-winning athlete.

He is an elected member of the International Council of Psychologists and a Fellow of the Institute of Training and Development. He is a member of the Institute of Directors, a Freeman of the City of London and is also a Patron of the Young Entrepreneurs Societies of both Cambridge and Bristol Universities.