Gerald Ashley has over 35 years of experience in international business and finance, having worked in England, Hong Kong, and Switzerland.

GERALD ASHLEY | IN THE MEDIA

Gerald is a co-host of the Equitile Conversations podcast about global markets and geopolitics. He has made appearances on the Simplifying Complexity podcast, where he discussed the difference between risk and uncertainty, and how to manage them in the financial world, and on the Money podcast, where he talked about how politics can effect the financial market.

He has made regular media appearances on BBC World Service Radio, Sky News TV, Jazz FM, US and Canadian Radio, BBC TV, and Danish TV, on topical business, risk, and financial issues.

GERALD ASHLEY | BOOKS

Gerald has published three bestselling books on the business and finance worlds, including:

– Two Speed World: The Impact of Explosive and Gradual Change – Its Effect On You and Everything Else (2010): we live in a world of change, which splits naturally into steady progress punctuated by sudden disruptions. Examining leading ideas and historical examples, this book gets to the heart of the dilemma, looking at how we can recognise the importance of the changes that we face, what pitfalls we need t avoid, and what tools are available to help us.

– Financial Speculation: Trading Financial Biases and Behaviour (2010): This book looks into the world of finance, and helps readers to understand the behaviour and biases of the people involved in that world.

– The Tangled World: Understanding Human Connections, Networks, and Complexity (2011): Gerald draws on multiple sources to uncover the answers to the big questions about group behaviour, connections, and the complex relationships that drive our world.

GERALD ASHLEY | CORPORATE WORK

Gerald is now a highly sought-after speaker and advisor on change, risk, and decision making. He has a number of powerful insights and tools to help people understand the biases and seemingly irrational behaviour of the world around us.

GERALD ASHLEY | SPEAKING TOPICS

– Risk Analysis

– Finance

– Strategy

– Behavioural Economics

– Change Management

GERALD ASHLEY | KEYNOTE TALKS

– The demographic time bomb – crisis or a creative opportunity

– Uncertainty, risk and strategic business decision making

– Creating value and growth – the key factors

– Messes, problems and puzzles – decision tools for tackling an uncertain future

– Innovation – the growth opportunities in uncertainty

GERALD ASHLEY | OTHER KEYNOTE TITLES

– Systems thinking – the critical element in making sense in a complex world

– The Ludic Fallacy – the fatal dangers in seeing business as a game

– Emergence – the importance of understanding complexity and why ‘unreliability’ is a common state of affairs

– Why we make poor decisions, and how we can improve

– How to think about risk and decision making

– Behavioural finance and irrational financial markets

– How human behaviour often repeats the same mistakes

– What can we do about it

GERALD ASHLEY | PAST SPEAKING EVENTS

– Google, Warsaw

– Standard Bank African Central Banks Conference, Johannesburg

– Nudgestock 3 Behavioural Science Festival, Folkestone

– Scotia Bank Central Bankers Seminar, Miami

– Infosys Technologies IT of the Future Event, Barcelona

– Danske Bank Conferences, Copenhagen

– Royal Bank of Canada Events, Dubai and New York

– British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Assoc Conference, Gaydon

– South African Chamber of Commerce, London

– Incisive Media Risk Seminar, Cambridge

– Wolters Kluwer Client Conference, London

– Irish Association of Pension Funds Annual Conference, Dublin

– St Mary le Bow Church Public Lecture, London

– Royal Bank of Scotland Client Events, Edinburgh, London, and Rome

– Insurance and Reinsurance Legacy Association Congress, Brighton

– Renaissance Capital, Moscow

– UBS Client Conference, Zurich

– CFA Denmark Conference, Copenhagen

– Gartner Strategy Conference, London

– London Bullion Market Association Conference, Lisbon

– The Daily Telegraph Wealth Management Awards, London

He has also worked as a chairman and moderator for the Royal Institution, London Stock Exchange, Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, City Book Fair, Goodacre, Global Markets Media, and a range of award events. Gerald has provided after-dinner speeches for the Trustees of ICI Pension Fund, Willis Insurance, Link Management Group, Systems in the City, and The Executive Network.

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