We set up The Oxford Group 25 years ago to make a difference to the lives of people at work – both leaders and the people in their teams – by promoting excellence in leadership and management practice The Oxford Group was founded in 1987 by Nigel Purse, Sheena Porter and Ian Ritchie who shared one vision The Oxford Group Consulting & Training We continued to grow through the 1990s by focusing even harder on the quality of our solutions and our people, and opening a European Head Office in Paris to service the needs of our increasingly international clients As a result we believed our clients would achieve measurable improvements in their business performance