Tony graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1964, with Combined Honours in Psychology, English, Mathematics and the General Sciences.  He lectured in Creative Thinking and Psychology at university before taking a Special Teacher post with the Inner London Education Authority, where he specialised in teaching children labelled as 'suffering from learning disabilities', ‘delinquent’ and 'gifted'.

Tony Buzan, world leading author and lecturer on the brain, learning and thinking skills, is an adviser to governments, business and the professions.  He has authored and co-authored 92 books to date; his books have achieved massive success in more than 100 countries having been translated into 30 languages.  ‘Use Your Head’ was voted by booksellers as one of the top 1,000 books of the millennium.  Tony Buzan was voted by business in America as one of the top five international lecturers.  He is the originator of MindMaps® and Radiant Thinking® and for a time was editor of the International Journal of Mensa.  He is a prizewinning poet, an adviser to Olympic coaches and to the British Olympic Rowing Squad, he himself being a prizewinning athlete.  Much of his work in education is devoted to helping those with disabilities.

He is a consultant and adviser to governments and government organisations including: England, Singapore, Mexico, Australia, the Gulf States and Liechtenstein.