SSF UK is delighted to announce Ronan Harrington, Former UK Government Futurist & Resilient Performance Expert as keynote speaker for our Future Vision: Resilience Rebooted Annual Conference 2026.
Ronan is an internationally acclaimed keynote speaker and expert on Resilient High Performance: the art of delivering results under pressure while adapting to constant change.
A former Futurist to the UK Foreign Office, Ronan advised senior government leaders on geopolitical risk and predicted many of the disruptive forces now reshaping today's corporate landscape.
He now works with industry leaders navigating AI transformation, market volatility, and organisational restructuring, helping their leaders and teams perform under pressure, adapt to rapid change, and lead with clarity through uncertainty.
Ronan is the creator of the Resilient Performance Method™, a practical model of performance under pressure, developed in collaboration with Deloitte, PwC, EY, and KPMG. Proven as a win-win for productivity and wellbeing, it offers a pathway to becoming a high performer with a low risk of burnout. The model has been delivered to leading organisations including L'Oréal, Siemens, A&O Shearman, DLA Piper, Sky, Aviva, IHG, TUI, Sage, Kellanova, Kimberly Clarke, the UK Treasury, and Oxford University.
Clients regularly commission company-wide rollouts of Ronan's keynotes and workshops to cascade a shared language of high performance across all levels of the business, from junior team members to executive leadership. This enables cultural norms to shift in a scalable, enduring way.
He is a regular guest teacher on the KPMG Executive Leadership Programme and was recently shortlisted as one of the UK's Top 5 Live Speakers and Storytellers at the Speaker Awards.
What sets Ronan apart is his rare combination of lived experience and cutting-edge insight. After crashing and burning in the limelight of national politics, he received a life-altering chronic health diagnosis. Seven years later, he continues learning resilience the hard way. When he speaks, people enter a resilience story still unfolding. It resonates because we are all in the messy middle of life challenges. In turbulent times, organisations need guides who don't just teach resilience, they live it daily. That's the difference Ronan brings.
Ronan will open Day 2 of our flagship event and his keynote promises to set the tone for a powerful second day of reflection, learning, and forward‑thinking discussion.
We look forward to welcoming him and to sharing this impactful session with all our members this November at Emirates Old Trafford.
