 Bourn is currently senior advisor to the Foundation for Governance Research and Education, where he specialises in corporate governance arrangements and improvements in the public and private sectors, particularly in banks.Among other non-executive appointments he is also a Companion of the Institute of Management and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.Bourn has been a part-time teacher at the London School of Economics since he was a graduate student, serving as a visiting professor from 1983 to 2013.