Eamonn Kelly

Eamonn Kelly is a managing director at Deloitte Consulting LLP and chief strategy officer of its consulting practice. He has consulted at senior executive levels to dozens of the world’s leading corporations, key global and national public agencies, and major philanthropic foundations, advising them on world shaping trends and dynamics and helping them evolve robust and “future-proofed” strategies. Kelly has addressed hundreds of conferences, client leadership retreats, industry groups and professional associations.

Prior to Deloitte, Eamonn was a Monitor Group partner and member of its Global Executive Team. He also served for ten years as CEO of Global Business Network (GBN), pioneering scenario planning consultancy and futures think-tank. Before joining GBN, Kelly directed strategy at Scottish Enterprise, one of the world's most respected development agencies, where he led the creation of effective strategies for economic and social development in a new era.

Kelly has authored many publications, including two of Deloitte’s Business Trends Reports, and three books: Powerful Times: Rising to the Challenge of Our Uncertain World, What’s Next: Exploring the New Terrain for Business and The Future of the Knowledge Economy. Throughout his books, Kelly weaves together seven powerful "dynamic tensions" that will fundamentally reshape human life in the coming decades. He offers breakthrough insights into how these tensions will conflict and interact to create huge waves of change beyond anything society has experienced previously.