Speaking & Executive Briefings

Four voices the room remembers.

Brett King, Jim Marous, Michael Clark and Ross Dawson on the forces reshaping banking, AI and the future of work — for conference stages, board rooms and leadership teams that need clarity, not noise.

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Brett King
Jim Marous
Michael Clark
Ross Dawson

Keynotes, board rooms and broadcasts worldwide

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World Government Summit
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MasterCard
Huawei
OpenText
Alkami
APIS
Q2

We don't sell stage time. We put the sharpest minds in your industry in the room — and make sure it changes what your people do next.

The speakers

Signature talks.

  • 01

    Agentic Banking and the Five-Year Rebuild

    Why a control model built for automation fails when the agent is the customer.

  • 02

    Branch Tomorrow: Banking After the Smartphone

    From Bank 4.0 to agent-mediated finance.

  • 03

    The Future of Money, Identity & Technosocialism

    Digital assets, stablecoins and the shifts AI forces.

Top-7 global futuristFounder of Moven#1 fintech podcast — Breaking Banks6 bestselling books
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  • 01

    Closing the Execution Gap

    Why only ~7% of banks achieve their intended digital outcomes — and what the rest get wrong.

  • 02

    Agentic AI and the Future of Retail Banking

    Contextual personalisation, cognitive banking and the death of incrementalism.

  • 03

    The 2026 Retail Banking Trends & Priorities

    The clarity leaders have, and the execution they don't.

Co-publisher, The Financial Brand#1 banking podcast — Banking TransformedTop-5 most influential in banking
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  • 01

    Becoming Too Artificial

    Protecting human originality and judgment as AI scales.

  • 02

    Data as a Strategic Asset

    Why the real question was never who owns data, but who gets access, when and on what terms.

  • 03

    AI as Amplification, Not Replacement

    The leadership choices behind the intelligence economy, from Our Moment.

Author of Our MomentFormer Mastercard VPFTSE 100 advisor
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  • 01

    Humans + AI: Why the Future of Work Isn't Shrinking

    The augmentation thesis as a yield argument, not a values statement.

  • 02

    Designing the Humans + AI Operating Model

    The core patterns for organisation design in an agentic world.

  • 03

    Thriving on Overload

    Making better decisions amid unprecedented information flow.

#9 — 50 Best AI & Future-of-Work Speakers 2026Founder, Advanced Human TechnologiesAuthor of Thriving on Overload
View Ross's full profile

Formats & investment

Clear formats. Transparent investment.

No mystery rate cards. Every engagement is one named advisor and a signature talk customised to your audience.

Most booked

Keynote or Executive Briefing

60–90 minutes · Virtual or in-person

Conference organisers, executive offsites, leadership all-hands and customer events.

  • One named advisor
  • Signature talk customised to your audience
  • Q&A and post-event resource pack

Investment

from €25,000 + travel

Board Briefing

~2 hours · Virtual or in-person

FTSE 100 / Fortune 500 boards, non-executive directors, audit and risk committees.

  • One named advisor
  • Pre-read board pack tailored to your context
  • Structured discussion and post-session memo

Investment

from €35,000 + travel

Half- or Full-Day Leadership Workshop

4 or 8 hours · Virtual or on-site

Leadership teams, transformation steering committees, innovation councils.

  • One named advisor
  • Custom workshop design and pre-work
  • Frameworks, exercises and post-session debrief

Investment

from €40,000 + travel

Need a 90-day sprint or an annual retainer instead? See the full engagement model.

From enquiry to stage in three steps.

01

Tell us your audience

Your event, the room, and the outcome you want them to leave with.

02

We match advisor & format

The right voice and the right format — keynote, board briefing or workshop.

03

Confirmed in 48 hours

Advisor, date and a signature talk customised to your audience.

Book a speaker or briefing.

Tell us your audience and the outcome you want. We confirm the right advisor, format and date within 48 hours.