David Murrin

Since then he has spent the past 25 years in the world of financial markets. From 1986 to 1993 he worked as a trader with JP Morgan. From the outset he noticed many similarities between the collective behaviour of the tribespeople of Papua New Guinea and the traders at JP Morgan.

In 1993 David founded Apollo Asset Management, and in 1997 he co-founded Emergent Asset Management as Chief Investment Officer until 2011. He co-founded Emvest, Emergent’s African land fund in 2008 and acted as its Chairman until its sale from the group in 2011. He took full control of Emergent in 2011, combining his management of the Geomacro fund with the role of Chief Executive Officer. He is also an investor in renewable technology and the agritech sector.

David has been described as a polymath and his career of more than three decades has been focussed on finding and understanding collective human behavioural patterns and then using them to project futures in today’s turbulent times. He has a remarkable track record, which has led to his success as a future trends speaker. He follows Winston Churchill’s maxim “The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.”

David has combined his fascination with military history, geopolitics and finance into a unified geopolitical model, published in “Breaking the Code of History” in 2011. This book highlights the key factors in today’s changing world, as power shifts from the West to the East.  His central idea is the Five Phase Life Cycle of Empire, which analyses and “decodes” the rise and fall of empires throughout history, from the Roman Empire right through to the rise of China today.  He also points out the many factors that influence the rise and fall of regions and countries, including demographics, climate change and its impact on scarce resources, and technology.

David’s analysis of these external influences that affect regions and countries is also valid at a company level. The Five Phase Life Cycle applies to the individual, to teams and to companies. Is a company showing the energy, ambition and confidence of the growth phase, is it showing the maturity and stability of the third stage, or is it in decline? What can we do about this?

As well as a future trends speakers, David’s work naturally leads to a study of leadership and how change is created. He promotes the concept of Leadership as Service. “One of the key roles of leadership is to provide the vision for the future to move the group or nation from one place to another of safety that enhances collective wellbeing.”

Speech Topics:-

Geopolitics and Economics

• The Future of the Global Economy
• The Future of Britian Post Brexit
• The Rise of China and the Asian Economies
• The New Arms Race
• The American Empire in the 21^stCentury
• The Future for Britain and the European Union
• Demography and Climate Change

Business and Leadership

• Left Brain Right Brain companies – which are more agile and responsive to change?
• The Life Cycle of a Business
• Technology and the Rise of the Machines
• Iconic leadership – The Nature of Effective Leadership