Amer Iqbal | Source | Founder & CEO at 5 Ways to Innovate

Amer Iqbal is an innovation consultant who has guided dozens of Fortune 500 companies to build the business of tomorrow. The Founder and CEO of 5 Ways to Innovate, he helps organizations think, act, and behave more like a startup in order to reimagine their future in a digital economy. He is co-author of the upcoming book The 5 Ways to Innovate and hosts the Riding the Wave of Innovation podcast.

Amer has spent the last 20 years leading innovation at some of the world’s top companies including Meta (Facebook) and Deloitte Digital. Amer, who splits his time between New York, Thailand, and his native Australia, was formerly the APAC Head of Digital Transformation at Meta (formerly Facebook) and General Manager and Head of Strategy at Deepend, a multi-award-winning Australian advertising agency.

He has been interviewed as an expert on CNBC, his face has appeared on the Nasdaq billboard in Times Square, and he was a finalist for 2011 Young Executive of the Year. As a keynote speaker, Amer has presented to over 20,000 people on some of the world’s largest conference stages. He has been featured in Australian Financial Review, Economic Times, AdNews, HRM Asia and WARC.