Rasmus Ankersen Keynote Speaker

CEO of Sport Republic.
Author of 'The Gold Mine Effect' and 'Hunger In Paradise'
Acclaimed leadership and high performance expert

Rasmus Ankersen's Biography

Rasmus Ankersen is a bestselling author, entrepreneur, speaker on performance development and a trusted advisor to businesses and athletes around the world.

He describes himself as a ‘high performance anthropologist.’ For his book ‘The Gold Mine Effect’, he explored Brazil’s ability to mass produce football superstars, and why so many champion runners hail from one Ethiopian village. In 2016, Rasmus published ‘Hunger in Paradise’, a book about how successful organisations can remain successful by eliminating complacency.

Rasmus is a football executive he was the chairman of the Superliga club, FC Midtjylland, his childhood football club in Denmark, and Director of Football at the English club Brentford FC. Both are known as some of the world’s most innovative football clubs, especially recognised for their use of big data to drive decision making. He is now CEO of Sport Republic.

Over the past few years, Rasmus has been hired to share his research on high-performance cultures by global brands like LEGO, Google, Boston Consulting Group, IKEA, Facebook, Hitachi, Roche, Ernst & Young and many more. Rasmus has been featured on Sky News Business, CBC, The Morning Show and Fox Sports. He is also a regular columnist in several business magazines.

He combines frontline leadership experience as Chairman of FC Midtjylland, Director of Football at Brentford FC and CEO of Sport Republic with deep research into high performance cultures to give leaders practical insight into how sustained success is built and protected.
He translates lessons from elite sport, data driven decision making and organisational psychology into clear frameworks that help boards and executive teams eliminate complacency and embed a culture of continuous improvement.
He draws on global research behind The Gold Mine Effect and Hunger in Paradise to challenge conventional thinking about talent, motivation and competitive advantage in mature organisations.
He equips organisations to stress test their performance culture, sharpen accountability and make better long term decisions in fast moving and data rich environments.
He brings the credibility of a bestselling author and trusted advisor to brands including LEGO, Google and Boston Consulting Group to deliver keynotes that are rigorous, provocative and immediately actionable for senior audiences.

Videos of Rasmus Ankersen

How to Outthink Your Competition -- with a Lesson from Sports | TED

What Football Analytics can Teach Successful Organisations | TEDxManchester

Articles, Media & Podcasts

5 questions for Rasmus Ankersen, performance specialist

Books by Rasmus Ankersen

The Gold Mine Effect - Crack the Secrets of High Performance

Hunger in Paradise: How to Save Success from Failure

Comments & Testimonials

Rasmus is someone who has walked the walk having travelled the world living with and studying high performing athletes, players and teams. The fact that he combines that knowledge with exceptional delivery and unique insight makes him one of the best corporate speakers in the world on what it takes to perform at the top