Listed by Wired Magazine in 2015 as one of the top 100 most influential individuals, Gerd Leonhard’s work focusses on such topics as the future of media, technology, marketing and advertising, telecommunication, culture, tourism, banking, trade and sustainability.
During his keynotes, workshops and think tanks he also deals with highly topical subjects as digital darwinism, relationship human versus technology, automisation of the world, privacy versus publicity in the era of big data, economy of sharing, future of work, and many more. His presentations are renowned for a hard-hittingly provocative, yet inspiring and motivating style.
The futurist, author, and CEO of The Futures Agency is a much sought-after speaker, having presented at more than 1500 events in 40+ countries since 2006. His list of clients include Unilever, Lloyds Bank, WWF, YouTube, Nokia, The Guardian, Google, Sony, Telkom Indonesia, Siemens, RTL, ITV, BBC, France Telecom, Orange, Deutsche Telekom, MTN, The Financial Times, DDB, Ogilvy, Omnicom, EU-Commission, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, VISA, and many others.
Gerd Leonhard is a member of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA, London). He resides in Basel, Switzerland.