Phil Ruthven

Futurist, Founder & Chairman, IBISWorld

Phil Ruthven is one of Australia's most highly respected social and economic commentators and futurists. He is also the founder and non-executive chairman of IBISWorld, Australia's premier provider of online information and forecasting, covering industries, enterprises and the business environment. IBISWorld also provides strategic planning, top level management consulting and advice on takeover and merger projects to clients who include some of the nation's top 500 corporations and government authorities.

IBISWorld has earned the reputation as an astute forecasting and advisory corporation. Its foresight and insight of business trends is outstanding, with the most envious record of accuracy amongst its peers in the nation.

Phil Ruthven's reputation in Australia's business community as a strategic thinker is second to none. He contributes regularly to radio, TV, newspapers, magazines and documentaries on business, economic and social issues. He is one of the most in-demand media commentators and is arguably Australia's most respected futurist.

Phil Ruthven travels Australia and the world sharing his insights into Australia's growth potential and future directions. An eloquent speaker, he is convincing, persuasive, and certain of his facts. Delivering his sometimes startling predictions without hype, Phil chooses humour to underscore a point and ensures the audience receive more pertinent information in one hour than they would normally receive in one week.

Phil holds a number other positions including: Chairman, Open Family Australia; Director, Institute of Applied Economics & Social Research (Melbourne University); Director, CEDA; Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors and  Fellow, Australian Marketing Institute.

Phil Ruthven talks about:

Leadership and Success in The Infotronics Age - the characteristics of the Infotronics Age and the strategies, structure, modus operandi and leadership styles required of CEOs for success in this exciting - but little understood - new age.

If You're Not Schizophrenic These Days, You're Not Thinking Clearly - After a decade of boom-bust economic cycles, Phil Ruthven walks the audience through national and international economies, outlining responses in order to survive and thrive in the 21st Century.