David Rowan is Editor-in-Chief of WIRED magazine’s UK edition, Condé Nast's award-winning technology-and-innovations magazine that stays ahead of the trends transforming our world.
Rowan has travelled the world investigating the companies and entrepreneurs changing our world, spending time with the founders of WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Google, Spotify, Nest, Xiaomi and many other disruptive start-ups from Tel Aviv to Shenzhen.
Rowan has interviewed influencers ranging from will.i.am to James Murdoch, Zaha Hadid to David Cameron. He has keynoted on technology, business and innovation themes from Melbourne to Monaco, and has chaired and moderated high-profile events for the UK and French governments, for Google Zeitgeist and TED Global, and for international banks and Fortune 100 businesses.
Rowan has addressed a vast range of sectors on the effects of technological disruptions such and how they can stay ahead of it with smart innovation.
Rowan has written columns in GQ, Condé Nast Traveller, Campaign, The Times and The Guardian. He also has wide experience as a newspaper editor, including editing The Jewish Chronicle and The Guardian's websites and Comment pages. He has made TV films for Channel 4 News; and has written long features for The Telegraph Magazine, Sunday Times Magazine and Observer.
He is currently writing a book about the innovation models that smart companies are using.
