Senior Partners
David Forbes
President
Dr. Forbes holds a Ph.D. in Clinical and Cognitive Psychology from Clark University. Since 1982, Dr. Forbes has built the Forbes Consulting Group into a major resource for psychological consumer insight and strategic business planning that serves scores of major corporations domestically and internationally. As president and lead consultant at the Forbes Group, Dr. Forbes directs major market analysis initiatives through all phases from research through business implementation. His extensive experience in clinical qualitative research as well as quantitative methods provides strategic continuity for Forbes' clients as they move from learning to opportunity. Dr. Forbes' services as a consultant to senior executives are especially valued by a score of key clients ranging across a dozen industry sectors. Consultation to the advertising industry – leveraging twenty years of Forbes Group experience – is another focus of his practice.
James Bowman
Senior Partner
Dr. Bowman holds a doctoral degree in Counseling and Consulting Psychology from Harvard University. Dr. Bowman has spent fifteen years in clinical psychology and organizational development. His credentials include academic appointments at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Bowman has been with the Forbes Consulting Group since 1987. He specializes in concept and product development for financial, technology, and packaged goods industries.
Barry Paul
Senior Partner
Mr. Paul completed his undergraduate and graduate work in
the fields
of social and developmental psychology at Boston University and Brandeis University, respectively. He has been with the Forbes Group since its inception in 1985. He has provided clients with the highest level of market research and consulting services including focus group moderation, concept and positioning development, and quantitative research design. Mr. Paul's experience over the past 20+ years has focused most strongly in the packaged goods and financial services industries.