Dr. Pippa Malmgren is a deep thinker who has a unique ability to cut through the noise of the 21st century and enable her audience to focus instead on the signals. Her 30 years of experience as an advisor to some of the most powerful people and institutions on the... Read more
Dr. Pippa Malmgren is a deep thinker who has a unique ability to cut through the noise of the 21st century and enable her audience to focus instead on the signals. Her 30 years of experience as an advisor to some of the most powerful people and institutions on the planet has equipped them with the knowledge to join the dots between macroeconomics, tech innovation, national security and human flourishing. Despite the growing polarisation of the commentariat, Pippa’s message is one of optimism, believing that the world’s current problems are being solved at an exponential rate. If you want an actionable, upbeat, encouraging view, and a presentation that’s visually engaging too, she’s got it.
Dr. Pippa Malmgren’s economic roles over the past two decades have taken her around the world. She served as an advisor to President George W. Bush in the White House, where she was on the National Economic Council, as well as the President’s Working Group on Corporate Governance and the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets. She has advised the British Government on Trade Policy, the Malaysian Prime Minister on Economics, and has given briefings to many world leaders. Dr. Malmgren’s earlier roles include Chief Currency Strategist for Bankers Trust, and Deputy Head of Global Strategy for UBS.
Describing herself as Sage, Caregiver, Creator and Explorer, Pippa acts as a bridge between sectors. She combines deep policy insight with venture innovation and interdisciplinary storytelling to leave audiences energised about the future. Dr. Malmgren tailors her narrative-driven sessions to meet the needs of each specific engagement, providing a coherent and optimistic narrative lens that resonates across audiences and sectoral boundaries. In addition to her work as advisor and speaker, she is an best-selling author, robotics entrepreneur, leadership guru and national security expert.
Dr. Pippa Malmgren has addressed some of the world’s most recognisable brands, including Rolls-Royce, Maclaren F1, Airbus, Deloitte, The Economist, EY, Citi Private Bank and Adobe. She currently works with financial institutions to train their rising stars in the art of leadership, as well as briefing senior management on how to improve their situational awareness during uncertain times. Dr. Malmgren is a proven communicator, delivering keynotes that are rich in videos and images and mercifully free from endless numbers and graphs. Her main aim is to enable audiences to think differently and see the world in a more optimistic light.
Pippa Malmgren is a member of defence think tank Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and has lectured at Sandhurst Military College, the Royal College for Defence Studies, INSEAD, Duke Fuqua Business School Global Executive MBA Program, UT Austin and Tsinghua University in Beijing. She is an advisor to C10 Labs, the AI Venture Builder Studio at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MiT) and is a founder member of LUNARC, a project to ensure that the first human institution on the Moon includes representation for the arts and humanities.
Dr. Malmgren’s books include Geopolitics for Investors (2015), Signals: How Everyday Signs Can Help Us Navigate The World’s Turbulent Economy (2017), The Leadership Lab: Understanding Leadership in the 21st Century (2018) and The Infinite Leader: Balancing the Demands of Modern Business Leadership (2020), which won the International Press Award of that year. Pippa is currently writing a follow-up book to Signals, which was crowdfunded, eventually becoming a four-time Amazon bestseller. She has built a successful Substack, Pippa’s Pen and Podcast, which currently has 28,000 followers.
Pippa sits on the board of Premios Verdes, which awards ‘Green Oscars’ to the best clean tech startups in emerging markets, and is CEO and founder of The Geopolitica Institute. She is a past winner of many awards for her work in the tech sector, and in 2024 she was awarded the Mission College Women in Leadership Prize.
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