Kate Ancketill

CEO & Founder of GDR, Futurist and Keynote Speaker

Business Leader •
Futurist

Kate Ancketill is the leading authority in global retail & Business Futurism

Kate Ancketill's Videos

https://youtu.be/NAjyuZS3OCI?si=QJsd_iFZjS7QMUAO

What Kate Ancketill's Clients Say

Here is some of the feedback from audiences and clients who have worked with Kate.

"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 Reardon,

Chief Marketing Officer and EVP Content and Strategy,

National Retail Federation

"Everybody loves to listen to and learn with Kate. She is one of the Best speakers at NRF. We ask to put her on the main stage as a Keynote speaker. Hope that this happens for next year."

Lu Carmo,

CEO,

"Fascinating and scary 9.25/10"

Owen James,

A Meeting of Minds’ Conference

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

Claire Knott,

Director,

The Retail Bulletin Conference

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Kate’s Speaking Topics

Languages:

English ,
German ,
Russian

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Kate Ancketill's 2025 Biography

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.