Kate is the CEO and founder of business futurist consultancy GDR. For 25 years she has been the innovation partner to more than 30 of the world’s largest brands: P&G, Tesco, Target, Sephora, Microsoft, Google, Samsung, Moet Hennessy, Costa Coffee, The BBC, and Lego among them.
Her visually spectacular multi-media presentations draw from many industry sectors and all physical and digital channels, with a 3-5 year future time- frame. Every presentation is created specifically for your audience, with never-seen-before innovations that demonstrate successful adaptation to changing consumer behaviour.
Kate’s insights have often been road-tested at board level, and every presentation benefits from the input of GDR’s researchers and strategists.
Kate is a tech optimist, known for making complex global shifts in technology, geopolitics, demographics, economics and consumer behaviour relatable to anyone in business who needs to understand and adapt to today’s faster-than-ever changing commercial landscape.