Kate Ancketill

Retail Futurist, AI Strategist & Authority on Consumer Behaviour

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Kate Ancketill is one of the most compelling voices on how AI, culture and commerce collide to create the next era of consumer behaviour and retail innovation.

As founder of GDR Creative Intelligence, she has spent over two decades analysing global brands, emerging technologies and societal shifts to predict what customers will expect next. Kate specialises in turning complex trend research into practical frameworks leaders can apply immediately. She brings audiences face-to-face with the innovations redefining loyalty, brand relevance and growth in a world where expectations shift faster than strategy cycles.

Her keynote style is fast, vivid and insight-rich, revealing how AI-driven personalisation, automation, immersive commerce and behavioural science are rewriting the rules of customer experience. If you want to understand how AI is reshaping desire, loyalty and decision-making, Kate is the strategist leaders call first.

Signature Keynotes

  • How AI, machine learning and automation are reshaping personalisation, loyalty and service.

  • A global sweep through the technologies and behaviours that will redefine how people shop and buy.

  • What Gen Z, Gen Alpha and AI-native consumers expect — and why brands must evolve rapidly.

  • Breakthrough AI-driven business models, experience design and brand strategies shaping the next decade.

  • Sustainability meets technology: how values, data and transparency drive modern decision-making.

The Ancketill Effect

Kate makes the future feel immediate, actionable and commercially exciting.

Audiences leave ready to:

  • Understand how AI, automation and predictive tech are transforming CX

  • Anticipate next-gen consumer expectations across retail, luxury, hospitality and digital commerce

  • Identify global innovations that can unlock new relevance, revenue and loyalty

  • Build future-proof strategies rooted in behavioural science and data

Why Book Kate

Kate Ancketill is one of the most distinctive retail futurists working today, combining global research, AI expertise and dynamic storytelling to give leaders clarity in a rapidly shifting landscape. Her keynotes spark fresh thinking, expose hidden opportunities and equip teams to innovate with confidence.

Book Kate if you want a keynote that is inspiring, commercially sharp and rooted in the realities of AI-driven transformation.

Visionaries Shaping the Future of Artificial Intelligence

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Michio Kaku: Theoretical physicist, futurist, and global bestselling author.

Angela Oguntala: Foresight Architect and Emerging Technology Specialist

Ayesha Khanna: Global AI Strategist and Smart Cities Specialist

Hamilton Mann: Audacious digital executive driving human-centric innovation & transformation.

Peter Diamandis: Visionary entrepreneur, futurist behind the XPRIZE and Singularity University

Lea Steinacker: Resolute social scientist driving organisational transformation