Ben E. Dowell
2006 Leading Edge Consortium Practice Chair
 Ben Dowell recently retired from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company where he was Vice President Talent Management. His areas of expertise and interest include executive succession management; the identification, selection, development and coaching of senior leaders; and the development of processes and systems to identify and develop high potential talent. He was with Bristol-Myers Squibb from 1989 to 2006 in a variety of human resource generalist and human resource development roles. Prior to
Bristol -Myers Squibb Ben held a number of management development and human resource generalist positions in various divisions of Pepsico including Frito-Lay, Pepsico Foods International and Pizza Hut. Prior to Pepsico he was Assistant Professor of Administrative Sciences in the Graduate School of Business, Kent State University and managing partner of The Kent Group, a consulting firm he co-founded. Ben received his Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the
University of
Minnesota and his BA in Psychology from the
University of
Texas .
His writing and speaking engagements have focused on talent management processes for senior leaders, integrated leadership development systems, succession planning, high potential development, performance management, integration of new executives, executive coaching, and ethical decision making.
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