About

Founder Stephen Coulter has held senior leadership positions for over 25 years in Financial Services, Loyalty, Online, Travel and Telecommunications.  A maverick intrapreneur in large organisations, Stephen founded Emerging Thought in 2001 to create innovative and entrepreneurial opportunities for clients.

With global networks in banking, technology and telecommunications we see the future and help clients "manage backwards from the future" to create profitable and growing businesses.

Emerging Thought brings innovation and creative thinking experts together to create new possibilities and partnerships.

Emerging Thought generates new business opportunities, creates thought leadership on emerging issues and represents companies to secure strategic partnerships in the financial services, telecommunications, media, technology, retail and entertainment industries.

Emerging Thought seeds innovative business, helps businesses create new revenue streams and consults on innovation. Industries we have helped include Financial Services, Telecommunications, Real Estate, Payments, Loyalty, Travel & Entertainment.

Companies Emerging Thought has seeded include:

Controlabill - a web 2.0 tool for assisting billers, banks and consumers establish and manage their direct debit authorisations globally.

SowHi - creating ubiquitous free community wifi networks that unite and mesh disparate ISP's into one simple, powerful and free network!