Clive Holtham is Professor of Information Management at Cass Business School, City, University of London. He was made a UK National Teaching Fellow in 2003.

He is Director of the Cass Learning Laboratory which has led many initiatives in higher education innovation, including reflective journaling for leadership, learning by wandering around (the dérive), the design of innovation spaces, and online roleplay simulations.  

He is co-founder of the Centre for Creativity for Professional Practice at City, which created the unique multi-disciplinary Masters in Innovation, Creativity and Leadership. The creation of a pioneering MBA elective in the Art of Management in 2005 has led to the introduction and embedding of art-based learning approaches within MBA, MSc, BSc and executive education programmes.

He was co-founder and a board member of the innovative informal third sector learning network knowhownonprofit.org. He is author of a large number of publications, and lectures, broadcasts and consults in the UK and internationally.