Leon Gauhman is the co-founder and chief product strategy officer of Elsewhen, a London-based consultancy that builds holistic and custom AI systems for large enterprises. Notable clients include Spotify, Google, Microsoft and Mastercard. As an enterprise and agentic AI keynote speaker, Leon shares valuable insights on AI, the future of work, governance and AI in finance and the public sector. Ideal for conferences, summits and workshops, Leon is a fantastic addition to any event.
Leon's early career saw him serve as a New Media Technical Trainer at the University of Westminster and a Senior Software Engineer at Tangent Communications PLC. Following these positions, he founded Elsewhen and additionally became their Chief Product and Strategy Officer. In 2012, Leon also co-founded Snug, a real estate app that filters properties to show renters the best matches to their criteria. Alongside these business ventures, he was also an investor in multiple organisations, including Kindeo, Quit Genius, Seedcamp, SPIXII, HS and RideTo. In 2023, he was invited to join the Bank of England's Decision Maker Panel, where he provides insights into business expectations and economic uncertainty.
As a leading authority in AI, Leon writes on AI and strategy for a variety of publications including VentureBeat, Sifted, City AM and Fintech Futures, while also providing commentary for Finextra, techUK, Compare the Cloud and The European Financial Review. As a speaker, Leon is well-known for his AI Summit London keynote 'Inside the Agentic Enterprise', delivered on the flagship stage of the sector's largest event. Since then, he has returned to the Summit across successive editions to unpack how AI agents are reshaping enterprise operations, and has also spoken at Chief Disruptor LIVE and the Digital Transformation Conference London.
Leon brings a rare combination of creative, product and engineering thinking to how AI reshapes business, and channels the same conviction into early-stage investing, backing founders he believes in. Known for cutting through the hype around agentic AI, Leon helps the executives running large organisations understand what the technology actually means for how they operate. To hire Leon for your next event, contact Champions Speakers today!
Leon Gauhman's official speaking topics are listed below:
Agentic AI and the future of work
How autonomous AI agents are moving from novelty to core infrastructure, and what it means for how organisations operate.
Enterprise AI strategy
What AI actually means for large organisations, and the decisions leaders need to get right to move beyond experimentation.
From pilots to production
Why so much enterprise AI stalls, and what separates the organisations that ship from the ones that stay stuck.
The AI native organisation
Rebuilding the operating model around AI rather than bolting it on to what already exists.
Trust, governance and control in AI
Keeping AI systems accountable as they take on real decisions and real work.
AI in financial services
Where AI is reshaping the sector, informed by Leon's Bank of England Decision Maker Panel seat and his fintech writing.
AI in government and the public sector
Turning public sector AI ambition into delivery.
- 2023 - Holds a seat on the Decision Maker Panel for the Bank of England
- 2023 - Fellow at ZINC
- 2021 - Angel Investor at To Another Point In Time
- 2017 - Membership Committee member of The Supper Club
- 2017 - Advisor for RideTo
- 2017 - Mentor at HS
- 2017 - Mentor at SPIXII
- 2017 - Mentor at Seedcamp
- 2016 - Investor with Quit Genius
- 2015 - Investor with Kindeo
- 2015 - Member of The Supper Club
- 2012 - Co-Founder of Snug
- 2011 - Founder and Chief Product and Strategy Officer of Elsewhen
- 2009 - Senior Software Engineer at Tangent Communications PLC
- 2008 - New Media Technical Trainer at the University of Westminster
How to hire Leon Gauhman
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