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IMpower Incorporating FundForum
25 - 26 June 2024
The Grimaldi ForumMonte Carlo, Monaco

Brian Byrne
Professional Business War Game Designer and Partner at Assembler Growth Capital

Profile

Brian Byrne is a strategist and business war gamer who advises global corporations in Financial Services, FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) and Technology. His team analyzes mega-trends, geopolitical themes and capital flows to generate future scenarios so that clients can determine WHERE TO PLAY and HOW TO WIN. Much of the work is anchored with story-telling about culture, innovation, risk and strategy. Brian is also an expert at cultural and sales-marketing transformation at the company level.

He founded his advisory firm in 2001. Prior to that, he held senior industry roles at MetLife Insurance Company, where, as a senior Sales and Marketing officer, he supported the firm’s transformation from a mutual structure to publicly-listed via an Initial Public Offering in 1999. In 1996, Brian reported to the CFO of Citibank prior to leading North American and Europe Retail Banking Strategy in 1997 as a Vice President in the New York City world headquarters. Brian also held prior executive roles at Kraft and Philip Morris Companies in Marketing, Business Development and Merger & Acquisitions functions.

As a Wall Street advisor he served on industry panels with respect to Financial Services Reform and conducted Wealth Management and Sales-Marketing Transformation engagements for Morgan Stanley, Citibank Private Bank, US Trust/Bank of America, Banker’s Life and American Express.

In his current work, Brian has led over 100 business scenario planning sessions in over 60 countries and it is with this cross-cultural and diverse business sector perspective that he detects future alignments and risk/ opportunity scenario out of seemingly chaotic trends and patterns in the present. Client companies translate these scenarios into game-changer strategies and cultural agility in order to disrupt competitors. Generate sustainable advantage and ignite organic growth.

Agenda Sessions

  • Investment Manager Leaders Business War Game: Is your Global Financial Institution prepared for unpredicted AI scenarios?

    16:25
  • . Business War Game: Is your Global Financial Institution prepared for unpredicted AI scenarios? Who will thrive, survive or die?

    16:30