Global Conference 2024
Dr Keith Suter is the Managing Director of the Global Directions think tank. He is an economic and social commentator, strategic planner, author and broadcaster.
As a broadcaster, he appears on Australian radio an average of once a day. He is Channel Seven’s “Sunrise” foreign affairs editor and also a foreign policy analyst for Sky TV Australia.
Keith’s first degree was in international relations, economics and international law. His first PhD was on the international law of guerrilla warfare; his second PhD was on the international political economy of the arms race and his third PhD on scenario planning.
He teaches political science on the Sydney international campus of Boston University, USA and is the Director of Studies of the Australian Branch of the international Law Association, and NSW Chair of the International Commission of Jurists.
Keith has also been a member of the prestigious Club of Rome since 1993. The Club is “an informal association of independent leading personalities from politics, business and science, men and women who are long-term thinkers interested in contributing in a systemic interdisciplinary and holistic manner to a better world. The Club of Rome members share a common concern for the future of humanity and the planet.” The club has only 100 members, with Mikhail Gorbachev amongst them.
He is a highly experienced, professional and awarded presenter of ideas, with topics including ethics, world affairs, globalisation, mining, global warming, leadership, the future, and corporate governance.
In 2019 Keith was proudly appointed as a Member (AM) of the Order of Australia (General Division), for significant service to international relations, and to the Uniting Church in Australia.
Has disruption – from COVID-19, employee burnout, global uncertainty, AI, and more – shaken up your world? Are your people looking for clear leadership in this time of massive change? Do you want to be more confident in chaos and uncertainty?
Gihan Perera is a business futurist, conference speaker, AI researcher, and author who shows you how to be fit for the future in a fast-changing world. For more than 25 years, he has worked with organisations and leaders throughout Australia, as well as in New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, and North America - helping them to lead in uncertainty, act with clarity and confidence, and thrive in a fast-changing world. He is the author of Disruption By Design, Disrupted, The Future of Leadership, and ten other books.Forbes magazine rated him the #5 social media influencer in the world (and #1 in Australia) in his area of expertise.
Jonathan Pain is a Director of JP Consulting and has 39 years of international investment experience having led investment teams in London, Bahrain and Australia.
Jonathan holds a joint honours degree in Economics and Politics from Keele University and a master’s degree in finance from Exeter University.
He is the author and publisher of a widely read investment newsletter, The Weekly Pain Report and is a regular guest on CNBC TV.
In one of his most contrarian calls he predicted Donald Trump would win the 2016 US election.
On Monday 24 February 2020, in a CNBC TV interview, he warned of an imminent 20-25% crash in global equity markets saying the financial markets were far too complacent about the COVID outbreak. He was wrong they fell 35%.
Through 2021 he warned that central banks had kept interest rates too low for too long and had lost control of inflation. In November 2021 he issued a stark warning that interest rates would have to rise sharply and called for a major decline in equity markets.
Jonathan sees the world as a giant jigsaw puzzle, with new pieces arriving every day. Each piece contains a clue and a hint of what the future might look like.
Having been born in South Africa and lived in Lesotho, Swaziland, England and Bahrain, Jonathan now calls Australia home.
