John talks leadership re-invented with futurists Bronwyn Williams, Economist, Trend Analyst, Futurist and Partner of Flux Trends, along with Futurist Rohit Talwar, CEO of Fast future. The discussion will be focused on Business practice Insights, future trends and drivers. Join this webinar to learn how to be a leader of the future.
Speakers
Bronwyn Williams
Bronwyn Williams is a futurist, economist and business trend analyst. She is a partner at Flux Trends where she helps business leaders to use foresight to design the future they want to live and work in. Her research focuses on how macro socio-economic trends and emerging technologies will impact businesses, industries, and nations. Bronwyn’s particular areas of expertise include fintech trends, alternative economic models and sustainable future design.
Bronwyn has over a decade’s experience in strategic management, trend research and foresight, consulting to clients in the public and private sector across the African continent. Her clients include Top 40 JSE listed companies, The South African Reserve Bank, African government departments and global business leaders.
She is a guest lecturer at leading business schools, including Duke, GIBS, UCT and the University of Johannesburg. She is also a writer and a media commentator on future trends and economic trajectories.
John Mark Williams
Chief Executive Officer
John Mark Williams was appointed CEO of The Institute of Leadership in September 2020, having previously held a number of CEO and Director positions in the UK, Middle East and Far East.
John is a Global Advisory Board member for the Commonwealth Enterprise & Investment Council, and has been a consultant to the UN International Trade Centre.
He has been a Diversity Champion for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and an adviser to the Cabinet Office on strategy and leadership. He collected an Association Leadership Award in the UK’s Association Excellence Awards 2023.
John is a member of the Business Advisory Board at Newcastle Business School, and has chaired SME Symposia at successive Commonwealth Trade & Investment Summits.
John has been a guest lecturer on Strategy and International Business at universities in the UK and Europe for many years, has written chapters for business books, and occasionally writes about business for online publications. In 2024 John was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Civil Law from Northumbria University, in recognition of his services to international business.
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