People & Purpose

Tech Thought Leader/CEO
profile development

Date: 2024 - 2025 Duration: Ongoing campaign

Organisation: Confidential Leading Tech Thought Leader

Impact Narratives: Leadership in Action, Shaping the Future

Overview:

Engineered a bespoke leadership-profile programme for a leading UK tech founder seeking to cement his voice in the US policy and business arenas. The initiative combined deep narrative work, targeted media outreach, and high-impact convenings—both on and off the official circuit—to position the founder as a go-to authority on technology, innovation policy, and ethical AI across North America.

Focus Areas

  • Narrative Architecture & Brand Framework

  • US Media Engagement & Placement Strategy

  • Premier Speaking & Panel Placements (Think Tanks, Conferences)

  • High-Level Bilateral Roundtables (Policy & Investment)

  • Invitation-Only Networking Dinners & Salons

  • Post-Event Follow-Through & Partnership Activation

The Challenge

To translate established UK credibility into genuine US influence, overcoming entrenched local networks and securing scarce platforms in New York and Silicon Valley—while maintaining momentum across a compressed programme of visits.

The Solution

  • Narrative Alignment: Developed a multi-tiered story arc that linked the founder’s personal and company mission to current US policy priorities—data privacy reform, AI governance, and digital competitiveness.

  • Media Strategy: Secured in-depth interviews with top US outlets, arranged bylined op-eds in leading national publications, and orchestrated rapid-response commentary opportunities during key tech-policy debates.

  • Thought-Leadership Placements: Programmed keynote sessions and moderated panels at flagship forums (e.g., prominent think tanks, major tech summits) to maximize visibility among decision-makers.

  • Bilateral Engagements: Curated intimate roundtables in Washington DC with congressional staffers, regulators, and foundation executives; organized investor breakfasts in Silicon Valley that paired the founder with leading venture partners.

  • High-Trust Salons: Hosted closed-door dinners in private residences, blending policy experts, corporate C-suite figures, and media leaders—designed to catalyze long-term advisory relationships.

  • Follow-Through Cadence: Delivered bespoke briefing decks, press-clipping digests, and meticulously curated introductions post-visit, ensuring initial connections matured into formal advisory roles and collaborative projects.

The Outcome

Thought-Leadership Elevation: 250% increase in US-based speaking invitations and panel invitations at major policy forums.

  • Media Impact: Featured commentary and bylined articles in top-tier US outlets, establishing the founder as a trusted voice on technology and regulation.

  • Strategic Alliances: Seeded three pilot initiatives with US policy institutes and think tanks, and received multiple offers to join advisory councils.

  • Partnership Activation: Sparked follow-on collaborations with leading US firms and funders, laying the groundwork for transatlantic policy partnerships and joint innovation programmes.

This transatlantic programme not only amplified the founder’s US presence but also forged durable networks and catalyzed advisory roles that will drive his ongoing influence in North American tech and policy circles.