David Furlonger is a Distinguished VP and Gartner Fellow in the Global Enterprise Executive Research Group. He provides research and advice about CEO priorities and growth strategies, helping executive leaders understand the impacts of business, societal and technology disruptions. His specific focus is to co-lead Gartner's annual CEO survey and the Executive Leader survey about Growth initiatives, the use of technology in environmental sustainability and biodiversity strategy, blockchain, digital money, AIs role in autonomous businesses and the growth of the programmable economy. He co-authored: "The Real Business of Blockchain: How Leaders Can Create Value in a New Digital Age." [Harvard Business Press, 2019]

He is an accomplished and frequent keynote speaker and interviewer with extensive international experience.

Before joining Gartner, Mr. Furlonger held various roles in the banking industry, was a corporate treasurer at a chemicals and metals company, and launched and led a FinTech.