Mr. Wade heads Wade & Co., a management consultancy focused on business foresight. He frequently speaks on the topic of future trends.

With an MBA from Harvard Business School, he has more than thirty years of business experience, specifically in international marketing and strategy development. He has worked for two Swiss private banks, served as a member of the executive board of the Geneva-based World Economic Forum, and was the marketing director of the world-renowned Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne.