About Kate Ancketill

The global thought-leader in business futurism. Kate is renowned for making complex societal shifts and emerging technologies relatable for any audience.

• CEO and founder of business futurist consultancy GDR, with 25 years in consumer trends.
• Innovation partner to more than 30 of the world’s largest brands: P&G, Tesco, Target, Sephora, Microsoft, Google, Samsung, Moet Hennessy, Danone, The BBC and Lego.
• Cross-sector, global views of consumer-facing innovation across all physical and digital channels.
• Every presentation bespoke to the audience with never-seen-before content

You can expect a charismatic performance, whether on a large stage, at a corporate event, in the boardroom, or as a panellist.

Every presentation Kate gives has the WOW factor and will contain tailored research and analysis, Kate is renowned for inspirational WOW factor talks that are customised to each audience with bleeding edge innovation sourced by GDR’s research and strategy teams. Much of the thinking will have been road-tested with the world’s largest consumer-facing corporations, often at board level.

Kate has been invited to speak on future trends for the last 9 years by the National Retail Federation.