Bernard Salt is a columnist, speaker, business advisor and social commentator who is best known to the wider community for defining and describing unique demographic trends such as the “Seachange Shift”, the “Man Drought” and the “Goats Cheese Curtain”.

He was also responsible for popularising the phrase ‘smashed avocados’... globally!

Bernard has talked about demographics via his books, columns and media appearances for more than 25 years.

His body of work is encapsulated in a series of best-selling books starting with “The Big Shift” published in 2001.

He built a career providing demographics advice to business as a Partner in a global advisory firm. In 2017 he founded The Demographics Group . He has held a number of board positions in the education, arts and cultural fields.