Host: Kath Easthope, CEO and Co-Founder, Boardwave

Speaker: Benjamin Forlani, Founder and CEO, Dedale

Sponsor: H.I. Executive Consulting

Join us for breakfast with Benjamin Forlani, Founder and CEO of Dedale, a fast-scaling strategic intelligence firm supporting leading investors and technology companies across Europe, North America, and Asia.

Before founding Dedale, Benjamin spent over a decade working across strategic due diligence, technology-driven transformation, and investment roles at BCG and Astorg Partners. During this time, he identified a persistent structural challenge: CEOs and investors were making critical decisions in fast-moving tech markets without access to the precise, granular, and timely intelligence they needed. Existing research was too generic; consulting was too slow and too expensive.

Today, Benjamin leads a 150-strong global team covering dozens of software segments and operating seamlessly across Europe and beyond. Dedale’s rapid growth over the past 18 months, including doubling in size, offers a powerful real-world case study in scaling a business at pace.

In this session, Benjamin will share practical lessons from Dedale’s journey: how to build momentum early, maintain alignment during hypergrowth, and scale internationally while preserving quality. He’ll also touch on the market signals Dedale sees across thousands of companies, offering CEOs a rare data-led window into what’s coming next in software, investment cycles, and AI adoption. At the breakfast, we will discuss;

Scaling Smarter - Recognise early where growth challenges will emerge and turn them into strategic advantages rather than points of friction.

Product GTM Alignment - Ensure your roadmap, positioning, and sales motions reinforce each other and understand the pitfalls that stall alignment in scaling companies.

Building for Sustainable Growth - Structure teams, culture, and operational processes to support scale, including the realities of international expansion and maintaining quality under pressure.

This breakfast is a unique opportunity to hear from a leader who has scaled a global business in a turbulent market, and to connect with fellow leaders navigating similar growth opportunities.