Patrick Dixon (born 1957) is an author and business consultant, often described as a futurist, and chairman of the trends forecasting company Global Change Ltd. He is also founder of the international AIDS agency ACET and Chairman of the ACET International Alliance. In 2005, he was ranked as one of the 20 most influential business thinkers alive according to the Thinkers 50 (a private survey printed in 'The Times'). Dixon was also included in the Independent on Sunday's 2010 "Happy List", regarding ACET and his other work tackling the stigma of AIDS. Source: Wikipedia (en)