Phil Ruthven is the founder and Chair of IBISWorld, an international corporation providing online business information, forecasting, and strategic services. He is also a director of several companies, advisory boards and charitable organisations. IBISWorld now operates in Australia, the USA, China, the UK and Indonesia. Its website is rated as one of the most sophisticated and powerful industry & marketing websites in the world today.

Phil contributes regularly to radio, TV, newspapers, magazines and documentaries on business, economic and social issues. He continues to be one of Australia's most frequent and prolific commentators in demand by the media, and is widely considered the nation's most respected strategist and futurist on business, social and economic matters.