Business Futurist, Trend Forecaster & Board Advisor to Global Brands for over 25 Years
Kate Ancketill
Business Futurist, Trend Forecaster & Board Advisor to Global Brands for over 25 Years
Why book Kate Ancketill?
- Kate Ancketill has been the innovation partner to over 30 of the world’s largest brands , including Google, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, and Lego
- She is a globally recognised business futurist , specialising in near-term innovation and commercial strategy
- Kate is known for delivering keynote presentations at the NRF Big Show , the world’s largest retail tech event
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Biography
Kate Ancketill is a globally recognised business futurist and motivational speaker, specialising in near-term (3–5 year) commercial innovation.
For over 25 years, she has partnered with more than 30 of the world’s leading brands.
Her clients include industry giants like Procter & Gamble , Tesco , Sephora , Microsoft , Google , Samsung , Costa Coffee , Coca-Cola , LEGO , and BBC .
Kate Ancketill is known for her compelling storytelling and clear, actionable insight.
She translates emerging technologies and societal trends into relatable strategies for business leaders and teams.
Using future thinking and real-world case studies, she delivers practical, pro-active advice.
Her sessions focus on driving growth and inspiring innovation through clear, tangible recommendations.
In 2024, BizTech Magazine named her one of the Top 30 IT Influencers in the United States.
Kate has also headlined the Keynote Trends Presentation at the NRF Big Show , the world’s largest retail tech conference, for ten consecutive years.
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Customer Experience / UX
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“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 10 years running”
Martin Reardon, CMO and EVP of Content and Retail Strategy, NRF (former CMO, Macys)
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Kate Ancketill
Business Futurist, Trend Forecaster & Board Advisor to Global Brands for over 25 Years
why book kate?
- Kate Ancketill has been the innovation partner to over 30 of the world’s largest brands, including Google, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, and Lego
- She is a globally recognised business futurist, specialising in near-term innovation and commercial strategy
- Kate is known for delivering keynote presentations at the NRF Big Show, the world’s largest retail tech event
“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 10 years running”
Martin Reardon, CMO and EVP of Content and Retail Strategy, NRF (former CMO, Macys)
Biography
Kate Ancketill is a globally recognised business futurist and motivational speaker, specialising in near-term (3–5 year) commercial innovation.
For over 25 years, she has partnered with more than 30 of the world’s leading brands.
Her clients include industry giants like Procter & Gamble, Tesco, Sephora, Microsoft, Google, Samsung, Costa Coffee, Coca-Cola, LEGO, and BBC.
Kate Ancketill is known for her compelling storytelling and clear, actionable insight.
She translates emerging technologies and societal trends into relatable strategies for business leaders and teams.
Using future thinking and real-world case studies, she delivers practical, pro-active advice.
Her sessions focus on driving growth and inspiring innovation through clear, tangible recommendations.
In 2024, BizTech Magazine named her one of the Top 30 IT Influencers in the United States.
Kate has also headlined the Keynote Trends Presentation at the NRF Big Show, the world’s largest retail tech conference, for ten consecutive years.
Topics
AI for Business and Retail & AI Innovation
Retail Analysis & Insights and Consumer Trends
Disruptive Business Models
Business Futurism & Consumer Trends
Customer Experience / UX
Kate Ancketill
“Kate is fantastic, brilliant, exceptional! A great speaker, who researches trends with unique depth and is always concerned with bringing the best and richest content, customized to each target audience”
Romano Pansera, APAS
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 10 years running”
Martin Reardon, CMO and EVP of Content and Retail Strategy, NRF (former CMO, Macys)
“I am from Brazil, the leader of one of the delegations, we are the biggest international delegation in NRF and 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 the next year.”
Lu Carmo
“A lot of highly relevant insights and examples. Feedback suggests this is the best engagement at Elkjøp so far.”
Elkjøp
“Kate you were a pure joy to hear from thank you so much for spending the day with us”
Julia Darvill, MD, Puratos
“One word kept coming up again and again when attendees were commenting on your session – WOW!”
Claire Knott, Conference Director, The Retail Bulletin Conference
“Kate is fantastic, brilliant, exceptional! A great speaker, who researches trends with unique depth and is always concerned with bringing the best and richest content, customized to each target audience”
Romano Pansera, APAS
“Several of our delegates told us that you were the best keynote they have ever seen in their career.”
Liz Smith, Senior Director at Verifone
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