Dan Ilett is chair of the City CIO Club and advises fast-growth technology firms and consultancies on strategic narratives, go-to-market and exits. He writes The Executive Summary, a weekly read for CEOs of fast-growth companies and PE investors. His work with The Proposition has helped Fortune leadership teams use behavioural levers with their clients, resulting in more than $1bn in closed deals.
As a behavioural futurist he writes and speaks on how AI is reshaping demand, and what makes people act, buy and change.
He was formerly an award-winning business journalist, writing for the Financial Times, the Economist Group, The Daily Telegraph, The New York Times and various technology publications. He has advised IBM, Google, Microsoft, Cisco, Cognizant, Equinix, UK Government and SEB on AI, customer relevancy, dealmaking, communication and organisational change. Dan was founding editor and investor of CoinDesk, which went from zero to one million users a day in six months.
Where Dan can help you
- The equity story and go to market that make the company the obvious acquisition or preferred choice.
- Blunt feedback on how the business reads to acquirers or clients and where the value gap sits.
- Board and organisational readiness.
- Sales and marketing performance that stands up to diligence.
- AI fluency for leadership relevance.
