Ross Dawson – Chairman
Ross Dawson is globally recognized as a leading futurist, entrepreneur, business strategist, keynote speaker, and bestselling author.
He is Founding Chairman of four companies: international consulting and ventures firm Advanced Human Technologies, futures think-tank Future Exploration Network, leading events firm The Insight Exchange, and influence ratings start-up Repyoot.
Ross is author of the Amazon.com bestseller Developing Knowledge-Based Client Relationships, now out in its second edition, the acclaimed book Living Networks, which foresaw the social networking revolution, and the highly successful Implementing Enterprise 2.0. He also writes the influential Trends in the Living Networks blog, which is ranked as one of the top business blogs worldwide, has written White Papers for organizations including SAP and Microsoft, and has published over 100 articles in leading publications, including BOSS Magazine, California Management Review, Company Director, Executive Excellence, Journal of Knowledge Management, People and Strategy Journal, and Professional Marketing.
Strong demand for Ross’s expertise has seen him deliver keynote speeches across six continents and consult to leading organizations worldwide. Ross has run executive education programs and lectured at numerous academic institutions around the world, including University of Virginia, Australian Graduate School of Management, and Singapore Institute of Management.
His frequent media appearances include CNN, Bloomberg TV, SkyNews, European Business Network, Channel News Asia, ABC TV, Today and Sunrise shows, Washington Post, New York Times, The Guardian, and many others.
Previously Ross worked in senior positions in London, Tokyo and Sydney with organizations including Merrill Lynch, NCR and most recently Thomson Financial as Global Director – Capital Markets. He holds a B.Sc (Hons) from Bristol University and a Grad.Dip in Applied Finance from Macquarie University, and is certified as a Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). He has extensive international business experience, and speaks five languages.
