Primary Job Title President Primary Organization Digital Skills Authority
Location Paris, Ile-de-France, France Regions European Union (EU), Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Also Known As Futurist Leader
Website www.futuristleader.com Facebook View on Facebook LinkedIn View on LinkedIn X (Twitter) View on X
Deborah Collier is an influential strategic & Futurist Leader® with 30-years’ experience working across digital, technology, marketing and business. A digital, media and technology entrepreneur, described as a ‘global economic force’ as founder and president of industry's global awarding body Digital Skills Authority. She is also a media
CEO, and former non-executive director, who organically built a successful global multi-million publishing business and implemented its sophisticated e-learning and certification platform. An internationally recognised leader in digital, she developed the first ever global digital governance framework and strategic planning methodologies in 2008 continually evolving and delivered by trainers through Digital Skills Authority since 2016.
With 20-years' senior executive and company director experience in the US and UK, in her earlier career she trained and advised leaders of some of the world’s best-known brands and government organisations internationally, including PwC, Procter & Gamble, Oman Ministry of Information and Technology, South African Post Office, Seagate, Mars, SABIC, Three, Schneider Electric and EY. Her training, thought-leadership and influence have helped millions of individuals and organisations around the globe.
A Top 10 Global Thought Leader in Business Strategy, Legal & IP according to Thinkers360 and Top 50 in Leadership and Emerging Technology, she was also listed in Richtopia's ‘Top 100 Most Influential Chief Marketing Officers in the World’ (2016).
Deborah is a member of the FastCompany Executive Board, and was interviewed for Success+ magazine (featuring renowned celebrities, CEOs, and iconic entrepreneurs and their growth mindsets that fuelled their success).
