Sir Wilfred Brown D.Laws (Hon.) headed Glacier Metal Company (1939-1965),
was a minister in the UK Board of Trade (1965-1970) and pro-chancellor of
Brunel University (1966-1980). Brown initiated the Glacier Project in 1948 and
was an active partner with Jaques in developing a manager’s perspective of the
theory. He was committed to a constitutional approach to enterprise governance
that ensured employee participation, fairness and due process. He wrote four
books, co-wrote two others and published many articles on the theory.