Brett King

CEO

Dubai, United Arab Emirates29 yrs 3 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Top-ranked global futurist and fintech influencer
  • Advised multiple governments on fintech policy
  • Founder of the world's first mobile challenger bank
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and Healthcare expert with a strong focus on AI-driven solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

FuturismPublic SpeakingHealthcareStrategic ForecastingBankingFinancial ServicesBusiness StrategyData ScienceFintech

Other Skills

Public PolicyPodcastingAgentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)AuthorThought LeadershipOrganizational DesignWalletsBoard of DirectorsLongevityDigital twinNetwork EngineeringAnalyticsStrategic PlanningEntrepreneurship

About

Brett King is a Top-7 Ranked Global Futurist (source: Global Gurus), #1 Ranked Global Fintech Influencer (Source: Fintech Magazine) an International Bestselling Author, a world-renowned futurist and media personality. President Xi Jinping cited his book Augmented in respect to Artificial Intelligence. He has given keynotes at the World Government Summit, Web Summit, TED, Wired, Techsauce, Singularity University, DreamForce, Money2020, The Economist, Consensus, CES, SIBOS and many more. He has appeared on CNBC, BBC, ABC, FOX, and Bloomberg. He advised the Obama administration on Fintech policy and was inducted into the Fintech Hall of Fame in 2020. He has advised regulators and governments across 18 countries, and currently advises the UAE Central Bank (Nebras Open Banking), the UAE Prime Minister’s office as a futurist, and is Futurist-in-Residence for Mastercard's AI Center of Excellence across the EEMEA Region. King hosts two #1 globally ranked podcasts Breaking Banks (180 countries, 12 million downloads) and The Futurists. The Futurists Network launched the FuturistsXSummit in Dubai in Sep 2025, with 35 of the world's top Futurists in attendance, and more than 1,000 attendees from 44 countries. In 2010 King founded Moven, a globally recognized mobile start-up, which launched the very first in-app mobile bank account offered anywhere in the world. He is co-founder of LumaBrush AI, a privately-funded AI-Healthcare startup for improving global dental accessibility and democratizing oral health care with AI-based oral disease detection at home. Banking Exchange magazine named him "King of the Disruptors", American Banker crowned him Innovator of the Year, The Australian labeled him "The Godfather of Fintech", he was voted the world's #1 Fintech Influencer by Fintech Magazine and The Financial Brand, and listed by Bank Innovation as one of the top 10 "coolest brands in Banking". King was recognized by Advance Global Australian of the Year as being one of the most influential Australians offshore. His book Augmented: Life in the Smart Lane, was a top-10 non-fiction book in North America (Cited by President Xi). Bank 4.0 was awarded Best Foreign Book for Russia for 2019. Branch Tomorrow (his 8th book) was released in 2025 and he is working on a couple of new book releases for 2026-27 including Bank 5.0.

Experience

29 yrs 3 mos
Total Experience
9 yrs
Average Tenure
24 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Mastercard

Futurist-in-Residence AI Center of Excellence

Jan 2026Present · 3 mos · EEMEA Head Office, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Hybrid

  • Futurist-in-Residence advisory role for Mastercard EEMEA's AI and Cyber Center of Excellence based in Dubai, UAE. My role is to provide future-proof strategies for the AI CoE and bring global expert-level competency from the global network of futurists and leaders to the EEMEA region to bolster Mastercard's rapidly growing AI capabilities. Along with providing improved global and GCC-wide visibility on the CoE, building actionable frameworks that Mastercard can use to Improve strategic positioning with clients, generate services revenue, provide thought leadership that is consistent and on-brand for Mastercard, strengthen and support the relationship with the UAE Government (specifically the AI Ministry and Central Bank) along with attaining recognition as a true regional/global Center of Excellence broadly for AI beyond just agentic payments and cyber-security.
AuthorThought LeadershipStrategic ForecastingOrganizational DesignAgentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)

Cxingularity ai

Board Advisor

Jan 2026Present · 3 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Hybrid

  • CXingularity AI uses AI for credit risk modeling and risk assessment in ways that banks have simply not been able to do before. Enabling much lower NPL ratios and contextualized credit offerings for embedded finance.
  • I’m advising their team at the board level on company, experience layer and GTM strategy.
Financial ServicesStrategic ForecastingBoard of DirectorsAgentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business Strategy

Luma brush

Co-Founder/CTO

Jan 2025Present · 1 yr 3 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Hybrid

  • A consumer-focused AI company for at-home diagnostic of the most common dental and oral health issues. Making dental care accessible for the 3.5 billion people who today do not have access to dental care. 70% of patients visiting dentists today already have damage to their teeth due to late diagnosis. Check out our LumaBrush.ai prototype now available.
Agentic AIHealthcare

Central bank of the uae

Advisor - Open Banking & Future Resilience

Jan 2025Present · 1 yr 3 mos · United Arab Emirates · Hybrid

  • Board Advisor to the Nebras Open Banking team within the CB UAE Open Banking Initiative. Most recently I worked with the Central Bank on their launch of their new Innovation Hub. My job is to inject future proofing thinking into strategy, and bring my experience from global markets into strategy and policy
FuturismAgentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business Strategy

Longevity alpha

Founder

Mar 2024Present · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bangkok, Bangkok City, Thailand · Hybrid

  • Working on a longevity project to produce a workable AI-based digital twin to help manage healthspan
Data ScienceLongevityDigital twinNetwork EngineeringFuturismAgentic AI+2

Barq

Member Board of Directors

Aug 2022Present · 3 yrs 8 mos · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · Hybrid

  • The Limitless App
  • We are gearing up to transform your daily life through a boundless platform experience. A super wallet ecosystem born out of the digital sands of Saudi, backed by the most extraordinary team of #Fintech and technology players in the region.
WalletsFuturismBankingBoard of DirectorsAgentic AIFinTech+1

Drumwave

Board Advisor

May 2022Present · 3 yrs 11 mos · California, United States

  • Advisor to Drumwave on articulation of dWallet and data residency and regulatory frameworks.
FuturismAgentic AIHealthcareFinTechArtificial Intelligence (AI)

Settle

Board Member

Apr 2021Dec 2024 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Virtual · Remote

  • I acted as a board member and advisor for Settle over the last few years with Daniel and the team, until the successful acquisition of the business by Sokin out of the UK
Public PolicyFuturismAgentic AIFinTechArtificial Intelligence (AI)Public Speaking

The futurists network

CEO/Founder

Apr 2020Present · 6 yrs · United States

  • We founded The Futurists as a vehicle for the world’s preeminent thinkers in respect to the future of humanity, our planet and the global economy. We are creating a conference series, TV series and podcast focused on solving the biggest problems humanity faces by peering into future and evaluating the best courses of action. As we like to say on the podcast, “We’ll see you in the future”
Public PolicyPodcastingFuturismAgentic AIFinTechArtificial Intelligence (AI)+1

Provoke management

Founder

Oct 2016Present · 9 yrs 6 mos · www.provokemanagement.com

  • Provoke Management is a global elite boutique management agency, representing speakers who speak on the Future of Digital, Fintech, Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality sectors. Our talent consists of CEO’s and founders of business who focus on disrupting their industries. Provoke Management provides Full-Service assistance to speakers and event planners delivering dynamic, thought-provoking and unique content that will make your conference unforgettable.
Public PolicyPodcastingFuturismAgentic AIFinTechArtificial Intelligence (AI)+1

Financial health network

Member of the Board

Feb 2015Dec 2021 · 6 yrs 10 mos · Greater New York City Area

  • The Financial Health Network (previously Centre for Financial Services Innovation) is the authority on consumer financial health, leading a network of committed financial services innovators to build better consumer products and practices.
  • The Financial Health Network's mission is to improve the financial health of Americans, especially the underserved, by shaping a robust and innovative financial services marketplace with increased access to higher quality products and practices. We believe finance can be a force for good in people’s lives, and that serving the needs of consumers responsibly is ultimately more profitable for the financial services industry. Our vision is of a financially-healthy America where people’s day-to-day financial system functions well and increases the likelihood of long-term resilience and opportunity.
  • My role at Financial Health Network is to bring Tech to the problem of the underserved and the increasing De-Banked community who are using Alternative Financial Services to manage their daily financial lives. Like Bill Gates, I believe that the smartphone will revolutionize banking for the unbanked and change the way we think about banking moving forward.

Moven

Founder, Board Advisor

Jul 2010Present · 15 yrs 9 mos · New York, NY

  • A revolutionary banking platform that helps consumers spend, save and live smarter. Moven was founded in the US in 2010 as the world’s first mobile challenger bank, but today we are now a BAAS software company that helps banks impact the lives of their customers in ways never previously possible. At the heart of Moven is a smart bank account which trains customers over time to save more money backed by the world’s very first financial wellness patent
  • Check us out at http://www.moven.com
FuturismFinTechArtificial Intelligence (AI)

Provoke.fm media

Author/Radio Show Host

Oct 2009Present · 16 yrs 6 mos · Greater New York City Area

  • Bestselling author with Wiley & Sons, Marshall Cavendish, and WH Smith - books translated into a dozen languages in over 18 countries. Amazon Bestselling Author in the categories of Business, Finance and Banking in United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, Germany, China, France and Italy.
  • Breaking Banks is also a weekly Radio Show on WVNJ 1160 (AM Band servicing NY, NJ, CT) and Voice America Talk Radio with an audience of over 6.5 million listeners from 177 countries live and via iTunes and Podcast download. Breaking Banks is the #1 FinTech Radio show in the world today with AM Terrestrial syndication across the United States, the #1 Business Show on Voice America, and consistently ranking in the Top 5 US & UK Business News Podcasts on iTunes.
Public PolicyFuturismAgentic AIFinTechArtificial Intelligence (AI)Public Speaking

User strategy

Keynote Speaker, CEO

Jan 2002Present · 24 yrs 3 mos · www.brettking.com

  • User Strategy is the Private Equity Holding Company for Brett King's investments in FinTech and Technology around the world, and historically his company for strategic advisory and consulting services. It is currently the largest shareholder in his start-up Moven and owns all IP around his books and Radio Show. It is also the vehicle for promoting Brett's speaker appearances on a global basis

Modem media

Regional Managing Director

Jan 2000Jan 2002 · 2 yrs

  • Complete P&L responsibilities for the Asia division of this US listed company. Area coverage included offices and key accounts in Japan, Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong and China. Revenues in excess of US$10m per year and management of staff in the range of 100-150 persons.
Public PolicyFinTechArtificial Intelligence (AI)

Deloitte consulting

Director E-Business

Jan 1997Jan 2000 · 3 yrs

  • Service line responsibilities in the e-Business and Technology Integration arena across the Asia region, particularly within the Financial Services practice.

Education

AGSM @ UNSW Business School

MBA — Adjunct Professor

Jan 1999Jan 2004

City University of Hong Kong

Business Administration — Adjunct Professor

Jan 2003Jan 2004

Monash University

B.Comm — MIS

Jan 1988Jan 1992

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