John Egan

John Egan is an economist, award-winning entrepreneur and renowned thought leader focused on foresight and innovation, particularly in retail banking.

John has a track record of successful turnarounds, investments and exits in the finance and engineering sectors. John has worked in investment banking in the US and Europe and has spent much of the last 4 years working with the world's largest banks on their innovation strategies. He has authored or contributed to a number of reports and books on the future of retail banking including Innovation in Banking: The Future of Retail Banking in a Digital Age, The New Normal — The Future of Banking, Next Generation Finance (Harriman House) and New Ideas, New Ireland (Gill & McMillan).

He is the founder and benefactor of award-winning European social enterprise Archipelago. He sits on University College Dublin's Innovation Academy board of studies and is faculty at the Retail Banking Academy.