Kate Ancketill
CEO & Founder of GDR Creative Intelligence
Kate Ancketill is a futurist with a tech, consumer, retail and brand specialisation, making complex societal shifts and emerging technologies relatable for any audience. As CEO and founder of GDR Creative Intelligence, Kate is the innovation partner to around 30 of the world's largest consumer brands.
"One of the world's top trend forecasters for retailers, retail and product brands"
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At GDR, Kate fuses big picture context with carefully curated case studies from the world's leading designers, marketeers, technologists, architects and thought leaders to illustrate how new technologies and consumer behaviours will impact physical and digital commerce. GDR is retained by clients for its personalised digital innovation platform, custom research projects, and real-world learning experiences where they can see innovation working in the field. Kate has won the Jennifer d'Abo Memorial Scholarship for female entrepreneurs in 2007 and was named as one of the UK's top 100 in the Courvoisier Future 500 in 2009.
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Kate delivers compelling big picture narratives explaining how retail, brands and experiences are changing as a result of economic and social shifts, the technology revolution and the imperative move towards sustainability. She advises on the future of customer experience, how marketing is evolving, and how the best of the best is using tech to adapt to new customer behaviours and expectations.