Patrick Dixon, studied Medical Sciences at King's College, Cambridge and continued medical training at Charing Cross Hospital, London. In 1978, while a medical student, he founded the IT startup Medicom, selling medical software solutions in the UK and the Middle East, based on early personal computers. After qualifying as a physician he cared for people dying of cancer at St Joseph's Hospice and then as part of the Community Care Team based at University College Hospital, London, while also continuing IT consulting part-time.

In 1988 he launched the AIDS charity ACET, following publication of his first book The Truth about AIDS, which warned of an unfolding catastrophe that has since hit many nations in sub-Saharan Africa. ACET grew rapidly, providing home care services across London and other parts of the UK, as well as a national sex education programme in schools, reaching more than 450,000 students.

Dixon no longer practices as a physician, but remains actively involved as Chairman of the ACET International Alliance. This is now a network of independent national AIDS care and prevention programmes, sharing the same name and values, active in 23 countries including the United Kingdom, Ireland, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Thailand, India, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan.

In the 1990s Dixon wrote several books covering a wide range of issues and trends including risk management, digital society, geopolitics, consumer shifts, health care, biotechnology, social issues, politics and business ethics. Futurewise, first published in 1998, uses the word FUTURE as a mnemonic standing for "Six Faces of the Future" which will impact every large business: Fast, Urban, Tribal, Universal, Radical and Ethical.

Dr Dixon is married to Sheila, with four grown up children including the pop artist Paul Dixon (David's Lyre), and lives in London where the family is active in local church and community life.

Patrick Dixon publishes video messages on his web TV site, and claims over 10 million viewers.

Books

The Thinkers 50 noted Dixon's relaxed attitude to his own intellectual capital, in that he makes much of it available without charge. Books marked * are published free online at the Global Change books page.

• The Truth about AIDS - Kingsway / ACET Int. All. 1987, 1989, 1994, new edition 2004 *
• AIDS and Young People - Kingsway 1989
• AIDS and You - Kingsway / ACET Int. All. 1990, 2004 *
• The Genetic Revolution - Kingsway 1993, 1995 *
• The Rising Price of Love - Kingsway 1994 *
• Signs of Revival - Kingsway 1994, 1995
• Out of the Ghetto - Word 1995
• The Truth about Westminster - Kingsway 1995 *
• The Truth about Drugs - Hodder 1996 *
• Cyberchurch - Kingsway 1996
• Futurewise - Harper Collins 1998, 2001, Profile Books 2003, reprinted 2004, 2005, 4th edition 2007
• Island of Bolay - Harper Collins 2000 - thriller
• Building a Better Business - Profile Books 2005
• Sustainagility - Kogan Page 2010

Articles

• Wake up to stronger tribes and a longer life - Financial Times
• Death of National Stock Exchanges
• Why market research doesn't work when predicting the future
• Lessons for corporates from non-profits
• Drug testing in the workplace
• The death of shareholder value
• The office can really get under your skin (injectable chips)
• Auditing trends
• Designer babies
• Future of human cloning