Gareth Tennant

Gareth Tennant is a former head of operational intelligence for the Royal Marines, specializing in Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance operations. With extensive experience in challenging environments like Afghanistan and Somalia, he has become a global leader in "Information Exploitation." Gareth now supports business leaders, governments, and security services in decision-making in complex environments, particularly in cybersecurity and the use of social media as an intelligence tool. He has a knack for integrating new ideas into established institutions and coaches senior executives on adapting their leadership styles for better results from information and data. Gareth has delivered speeches, workshops, and lectures at prestigious universities, think tanks, and conferences, using thought-provoking connections between global security challenges and business challenges in a decentralized, complex, and interconnected world. He captivates audiences with visceral examples from human conflict and espionage, grounding abstract ideas in a practical context. His message is both fascinating and inspiring, offering practical solutions. Gareth's speaking topics include sensemaking in volatile environments, linking long-term vision to daily activities, debunking the idea of data as the new oil, exploiting data technologies, the ethics of surveillance, the future of information technology, leadership in uncertainty, and lessons in behavioural change from military PsyOps.