Patrick M. Georges is a professor in management. He teaches at some of Europe's leading business schools including HEC Paris, Collège des Ingénieurs and The University of Brussels. He is a serial entrepreneur and has been successfully created and sold several businesses.

Patrick M. Georges is the creator of the Management Cockpit, the most widely-used performance management and decision support system globally, and used in SAP software. Professor Georges is the author of several previous books such as Increase your Effectiveness and The Management Cockpit: Essential Scoreboards. As a medical doctor and brain surgeon, he is also the former head of the neurosurgery department at the University Medical Center Vesale in Belgium.