Henry Oliver
Henry Oliver studied English at the University of Oxford, Law at BPP College, and Biography at the University of Buckingham. After a period as a Parliamentary researcher, he spent a decade as a global brand researcher and consultant in talent attraction. He consulted widely with all kinds of organisations, from tech start-ups and specialist auditors to FTSE 100 retailers and Fortune 500 banks. His clients were senior executives in HR, talent attraction, and marketing.
In 2022 he was awarded an Emergent Ventures grant by the prominent economist and thinker Tyler Cowen to fund a book about late bloomers and talent. His blog, 'The Common Reader', has five thousand subscribers and was named by Helen Lewis as one of her favourite Substacks.
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