Kate Ancketill

CEO & Founder, GDR Creative Intelligence

As the CEO and founder of GDR, Kate has more than 20 years of experience in trends affecting business sectors and consumer behaviour, sharing her visionary insights around the world. She is the innovation partner to around 30 of the world’s largest consumer brands, supplying market leading consultancy and professional speaking to P & G, Tesco, Waitrose, Target, Sephora, Microsoft, Google, and Lego. As a business futurist, Kate delivers compelling big-picture narratives. Kate makes complex societal shifts and emerging technologies relatable for any audience. She advises on the future of customer experience, how marketing is evolving, and how the best of the best are using tech to adapt to changing demographics, environmental realities and cultural change.

  • Kate Ancketill Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

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  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Kate Ancketill Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    Please Inquire

  • Languages Spoken

    English

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About Keynote Speaker Kate Ancketill

Global thought-leader in business futurism. Renowned for making complex societal shifts and emerging technologies relatable for any audience.

  • CEO and founder of business futurist consultancy GDR. 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, Lego.
  • Cross-sector, global view of consumer-facing innovation across all physical and digital channels.
  • 5 year future time-frame.
  • Every presentation bespoke to the audience with never-seen-before content.
  • Full time professional conference speaker, available for TV, radio, podcasts, panels, board advisory, client presentations, and print.

Testimonials

Kate gets among the highest feedback for speakers at the NRF Big Show every year – that’s why we’ve invited her to give the trends keynote for nine years running.

Martine R.

CMO and EVP of Content and Retail Strategy at NRF

I must say, once again, an outstanding speech at NRF! Congrats! Your idea of the “end of the abundance” is the best synthesis of everything we saw and heard at NRF. Everyone in Brazil is spreading your words about it!

Caio C.

Co-founder, VarejoCast

A lot of highly relevant insights and examples. And you are professional in how you present it. We just received feedback that this had the best engagement at Elkjøp so far.

Hans

Format Director, Elkjop Nordic AS (Currys)

I think it’s fair to say that your delivery at the KBSA conference was breathtaking. You could have heard a pin drop at any stage! So thank you; you reignited my imagination and confirmed my desire for change and excitement for the future! I look forward to learning more through your posts and hope our paths cross again at some point!

Ian S.

Chairman, Four Seasons Kitchens

A Meeting of Minds conference: How is AI changing the world? Feedback: Fascinating and scary 9.25/10 (highest of all speakers).

James G.

Owen James Events

One word kept coming up and up again when attendees were commenting on your session – ‘WOW’.

Claire K.

Conference Director, The Retail Bulletin Conference 2022

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