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patrick dixon

patrick dixon 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 '' -lrb- a private survey printed in `` the times '' -rrb- .
dixon was also included in the `` independent on sunday '' 's 2010 `` happy list '' , with reference to acet and his other work tackling the stigma of aids .
