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Thomas Anglero
Thomas Anglero helps leaders understand what happens when AI reshapes business, leadership, and decision-making.
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Why you should book Thomas Anglero for your next event
- Strategic AI Advisor to executive leaders and boards, who also runs a company whose engineering team is AI agents rather than people. That is where his material comes from: what AI actually costs, what breaks, and what it demands of the person responsible for it.
- Founded the IBM Watson AI Lab for Cancer at the Oslo Cancer Cluster, one of the first AI cancer laboratories on a European cancer campus, and led AI strategy as Nordic Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at Cognizant, closing over USD 500 million in enterprise transformation deals.
- Delivered 450+ keynotes across 30+ countries for organisations including IBM, the WHO, the World Government Summits, and the European Commission.
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Strategic AI advisor, former Nordic CTO, and global keynote speaker on AI transformation
Thomas Anglero speaks about the moment AI stops being an experiment and starts reshaping how organizations think, lead, and operate. Drawing on his work at the center of large-scale AI transformation, he gives executives and leadership teams practical clarity on one of the most important shifts in modern business. From founding one of the first AI cancer laboratories on a European cancer campus, the IBM Watson AI Lab for Cancer, to leading AI strategy as Nordic CTO at Cognizant, Thomas combines deep technological expertise with a human perspective on leadership, innovation, and change.
Book Thomas Anglero for your event
Thomas Anglero is a Strategic AI Advisor to executive leaders and boards, and the author of Intro to Artificial Intelligence. He advises boards on AI while running a company whose engineering team is AI agents rather than people. That is where his material comes from: what AI actually costs, what breaks, and what it demands of the person responsible for it.
Before founding MerkabaPhi AS in Oslo, he was Nordic Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at Cognizant, where he led AI and enterprise transformation strategy across the Nordic region and closed over USD 500 million in deals. At IBM he was Nordic Director of Innovation and global spokesperson for IBM Watson. He founded the IBM Watson AI Lab for Cancer at the Oslo Cancer Cluster, one of the first AI cancer laboratories on a European cancer campus, and led innovation inside the Norwegian Tax Administration.
He has delivered over 450 keynotes across 30 countries for organisations including IBM, the WHO, the World Government Summits and the European Commission, and writes the weekly newsletter Clarity at the Top on AI strategy, governance and the decisions leadership teams avoid.
AI beyond technology
Thomas Anglero approaches AI differently from many technology speakers. His talks are not centered around hype, tools, or abstract future predictions. Instead, he focuses on the deeper transformation taking place inside organizations and leadership teams.
He helps audiences understand:
- How AI changes decision-making structures
- Why leadership models must evolve alongside technology
- What separates AI experimentation from true transformation
- How organizations can build clarity during uncertainty
- Why human judgment becomes more important in an AI-driven world
His presentations combine strategic insight with practical experience from enterprise transformation, healthcare innovation, public sector modernization, and global advisory work.
Global experience & executive perspective
Thomas has delivered more than 450 keynotes across 30+ countries, speaking at international conferences, executive summits, boardroom sessions, and leadership events for both public and private organizations. His clients and audiences have included organizations such as IBM, WHO, the World Governments Summit in Dubai, and the European Commission in Brussels.
Audiences value his ability to explain complex technological and organizational shifts in a way that feels relevant, clear, and actionable. His style is reflective, thought-provoking, and grounded in real leadership experience.
Having worked directly within large-scale transformation initiatives, Thomas understands the pressures executives face when balancing innovation, risk, speed, and long-term strategy.
Leadership in the age of AI
A central theme in Thomas Anglero’s work is the connection between technology and human leadership. He explores how AI challenges not only systems and workflows, but also identity, trust, culture, and leadership behavior.
His current work includes the weekly Clarity at the Top newsletter and podcast, created for executive leaders navigating AI transformation. Here, he shares insights on strategy, organizational change, and leadership in times of uncertainty.
This combination of strategic depth and human insight makes Thomas a strong fit for leadership conferences, executive retreats, innovation events, AI summits, and board-level discussions.
Author & trusted advisor
Thomas is also the author of Intro to Artificial Intelligence published on Amazon. Through his advisory work, speaking engagements, and content platforms, he continues to help organizations and leaders make sense of rapid technological change without losing sight of the human side of transformation.
Booking Thomas Anglero gives audiences access to a speaker who has worked at the highest levels of AI innovation while remaining focused on what matters most: clarity, leadership, and the ability to navigate change with confidence.
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"Thomas Anglero is an incredibly passionate, knowledgeable, and visionary person. His ability to communicate relevant examples of innovation that have already occurred makes his audiences open up their minds and reflect on both the present and the future. Highly recommended as a speaker, either in a strategy workshop for a leadership team or in a multi-national customer event."
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Keynotes
Keynote by Thomas Anglero:
The AI Experiment Is Over and the Results Have Not Arrived
What happens now that the budget has been spent, the returns are being questioned, and someone has to decide what continues and what does not. For executive teams and leadership conferences.
Audiences leave able to diagnose where their AI investments actually stand, decide what to commercialise, stop, or keep funding deliberately, and defend that call to their board with data.
Keynote by Thomas Anglero:
Why AI Drains the Moat From the Inside: The Warning Signs Leaders Miss
A moat is only a moat from the inside. Your competitor sees a stream. For executive teams and boards, on who wins and who disappears in an AI economy.
Audiences leave able to name the internal warning signs eroding their advantage, and to strengthen or shut down the AI work that matters before a competitor closes the gap.
Keynote by Thomas Anglero:
How to Make AI Stick and Change How Work Gets Done
From experimentation to adoption, and the change nobody has asked for yet. For leadership teams who have the technology in place and cannot get the organisation to work differently.
Audiences leave able to decide who owns AI in their organisation, what to change first, and how to say it to their own people on Monday.
Don’t fear technology, fear yourself | Thomas F. Anglero | TEDxArendal
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Books by Thomas Anglero
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Intro to Artificial Intelligence and How to Benefit from ItHow to Benefit from Artificial Intelligence (AI) at Work and Home, Increase your income and Future OpportunitiesBy Thomas Anglero
