Kate Ancketill Keynote Speaker, Virtual Event Speaker

Kate’s 25 years running GDR gave her an extraordinary vantage point across global business. Rather than looking at industries in isolation, she has continually connected the dots between retail, hospitality, finance, technology, beauty, luxury, automotive and consumer brands to uncover emerging patterns and opportunities. Having now closed GDR consulting, Kate is bringing this accumulated experience directly to audiences as a full-time business futurist and Speaker.

Her signature keynote, Why Everyone Should Become a Futurist, has become her most requested talk. It provides a practical toolkit for thinking three to five years ahead, based on decades of observing markets rather than abstract theory. Kate shows audiences how to spot early signals, understand which trends are likely to endure and turn uncertainty into better strategic decisions.

Her wider expertise encompasses AI and its impact on consumers and businesses, emerging technology, future consumer behaviour, Gen Z and Gen Alpha, retail, customer experience, innovation and disruptive business models. As a Speaker, Kate is particularly effective at making complex future trends accessible, commercially relevant and actionable. Her presentations are built specifically for each audience rather than relying on recycled content, with global case studies providing tangible examples of what the future could mean for business today.