Eamonn Kelly

Eamonn Kelly is the CEO of Global Business Network (GBN), the renowned scenario and strategy consultancy and futures network, and a partner of the Monitor Group. For over a decade, Kelly has been at the forefront of exploring the emergence of a new economic, social, and geopolitical order and its far-reaching consequences for organizations and individuals. He has developed insights, tools, and methodologies for mastering risk and uncertainty and has consulted at senior levels to dozens of the world’s leading corporations, governmental agencies, and major philanthropic organizations. Before joining GBN, Kelly directed strategy at Scottish Enterprise, the national economic development organization. A graduate of the universities of Glasgow (economics and drama) and Strathclyde (MBA), Kelly also co-authored What’s Next: Exploring the New Terrain for Business (2002) and The Future of the Knowledge Economy (1999).

GBN Global Business Network

Global Business Network, a member of the Monitor Group, is a unique membership organization of strategic thinkers from global companies and governments; visionaries from science, the arts and academia; and leading practitioners of scenario and strategy development. Founded in 1987, GBN is internationally acclaimed for its leadership role in the evolution and application of scenario thinking and strategic conversation to master risk and uncertainty. Scenarios—coherent stories about divergent, yet plausible, futures—are powerful planning and learning tools precisely because the future is unpredictable, requiring companies to continually adapt and innovate. GBN's primary services include: scenario and strategy consulting to help organizations explore and act on emerging trends, risks, and opportunities; scenario training and executive development to build the thinking and leadership skills necessary for the future; and WorldView membership, an annual subscription program that uses collaborative learning experiences and original content to illuminate the forces driving change and their implications for business and society.

Monitor Group

The Monitor Group is a family of professional service firms linked by shared ownership, management philosophy and assets. Each group company is dedicated to providing products and services which fundamentally enhance the competitiveness of our clients. The Monitor Group can bring to bear not only customized knowledge, analytic ability, and craft in structuring interventions, but also expertise in designing and executing many different types of strategic transactions, along with the capital to make them possible. For our clients, we use the varied assets of the Monitor Group to create customized solutions. For our employees, the varied assets of the Monitor Group offer a wide variety of learning experiences and career options.