Global Restaurant Investment Forum

Speaker Profile

David Mattin

Global Head of Trends & Insights, TrendWatching

David Mattin is Global Head of Trends & Insights at TrendWatching, the world's leading independent consumer trends firm.

In 2018 David was appointed to the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Consumption. The Councils bring together experts from industry, academia and the public sector to promote innovative thinking on key shared challenges in the 21st-century.

David is an in-demand keynote speaker known for high-energy and inspiring sessions on emerging trends in innovation, business and consumerism. He appears regularly at leading conferences, including The Next Web, the NEXT Conference and 15 Seconds, as well at closed events for a wide array of brands, including Audi, American Express, Marriott, Virgin, Vodafone, and Condé Nast International.

David is also a widely-published writer. His business, innovation and trends journalism has appeared everywhere from Quartz to Fast Company, the Guardian to Google Think Quarterly. David was named a LinkedIn Top Voice of 2017 for his writing on technology and business.