Fons Trompenaars is a well-known organisational theorist, management consultant, and author in the field of cross-cultural communication. He co-developed the Trompenaars' model of national culture differences, a framework for cross-cultural communication applied to general business and management. As co-founder and director of Trompenaars Hampden-Turner, an intercultural management firm, Trompenaars has spent more than 25 years helping Fortune 500 leaders manage and solve their business and cultural dilemmas to increase global effectiveness and performance, particularly in the areas of globalisation, mergers and acquisition, HR and leadership development.