Keynote Speakers
Anna Hemmings
Anna Hemmings is Britain’s most successful female marathon kayaker with a staggering eleven World and European Championship medals, 9 of them gold. She is now a leading inspirational speaker on resilience and high performance. In her speeches, Anna reveals the thinking, methodology and techniques she used to become a world champion 6 times and how those strategies can be applied directly to the business world. With 18 years of experience on the speaker circuit, Anna’s speeches and masterclasses have been enjoyed and valued, in more than 25 different countries, across a variety of industries.
Caspar Berry
After starting his working life as an actor in BBC drama Byker Grove alongside Ant and Dec, Caspar studied economics at Cambridge before making the momentous decision to move to Las Vegas and become a professional poker player. Now a veteran of over 2,000 speeches in 30 countries, Caspar uses this unique experiences to deliver challenging messages about risk-taking and decision-making to maximize returns in an increasingly uncertain world.
Chris Moon
Chris Moon shares experience on the balance of life and death to give a road map for endurance and resilience in our time. He's one of the few westerners to survive as a prisoner of the Khmer Rouge negotiating his release and that of his two Cambodian colleagues. He was blown up by a landmine in a ‘safe area’, losing his right arm and leg. Surviving against all odds he taught himself to run again. Chris has considerable experience of working with diverse organisations and delivering virtual as well as live presentations.
Conrad Humphreys
Conrad is a trusted corporate speaker, leadership coach, author and after dinner speaker who draws on his remarkable career as a professional yachtsman and business owner to inspire teams around the world. Conrad is celebrated for his ability to understand business challenges and tailors his presentations to meet every client’s needs.
Debra Searle
Debra is a professional adventurer and serial entrepreneur. Her expeditions have taken her across the Atlantic, around Antarctica, up to the Arctic Circle and everywhere in between. She has also launched five companies, is a published author, has presented for the BBC and is a trusted corporate speaker. The movie of Debra’s Atlantic rowing story is currently in development in Hollywood.
Geoff Ramm
Geoff Ramm, the creator and author of Celebrity Service and Celebrity Service Superstars, knows that great customer service leads to lucrative, repeat business but a greater experience leads to global recognition. His interactive keynotes have challenged and audiences. Geoff delivers an energetic, humorous speech with original content that will challenge you to achieve greater results.
Greg Searle
Olympic Gold medallist, Greg Searle, draws upon his experience of elite performance with an incredible 20 year span, to help his audience understand how they can change their own behaviour to deliver better results. He speaks on a range of topics including Culture, Collaboration, Resilience, Dealing with change, Emotional Connection and Engagement and Teamwork.
Hayley Barnard
Hayley Barnard is a respected thought leader in organisational equity, diversity and inclusive leadership. Working with some of the best known brands in the world, she has shaped their strategic approach to diversity and inclusion and built inclusive leadership capabilities. Her aim is to support them to leverage the power that improved diversity and inclusion can have on their people (especially engagement and retention), their customers and ultimately their bottom line.
Jez Rose
In his highly engaging and fascinating presentation, Jez provides a striking insight into human behaviour and why we do what we do, positioning change as a natural opportunity to adapt and evolve. He helps individuals and teams see that nature and industry are not in opposition, and how to thrive in a post-pandemic world by drawing on lessons from nature.
Jim Lawless
Jim Lawless is one of the most popular and sought-after inspirational speakers in the world today and the only authority on business change and personal development to have put his life on the line to prove his approach delivers solid results. A strong believer in walking his talk, Jim tested his approach to bold, fast change by becoming a televised jockey in just 12 months. At the outset he was 36, unfit, overweight, couldn’t take time off work and couldn’t even ride. To test his ideas on managing the neuroscience and physiology of fear (and fundraise), he took the British freediving record in just 8 months. He is now the first Briton to dive deeper than 100m on a single breath of air.
John Hotowka
John Hotowka is a motivational speaker. He enables individuals and teams to build resilience, banish anxiety, manage high-speed change and thrive with confidence so they become even more productive and effective. How? By sharing proven practical insights and tools that can be applied immediately.
John Volanthen
John Volanthen’s story is one in a million. In his fascinating uplifting and gripping motivational / keynote speech, John takes his audience on the journey of a lifetime with the story of the Thailand cave rescue mission during the summer of 2018. With heart-pounding anecdotes, he highlights the importance of perseverance, determination, and preparation, and explains why he believes success in life is rarely due to “luck.” John communicates what it was like to be there and the joy he felt when the rescue was all over.
Mandy Hickson
Mandy Hickson is a former Royal Air Force pilot and Human Factors facilitator. She was the only female pilot on her Front Line Tornado Squadron, flying multimillion pound fast jets. Mandy has been the keynote speaker at hundreds of events. Relaying her experiences of working with an elite team of fast jet operators with command and clarity, outlining the many ways in which the same values can be applied within any environment, Mandy is truly inspirational.
Mark Beaumont
Having cycled around the World twice, Mark now holds this 18,000-mile record in 78 days & 14 hours – achieving the famous ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ for the first time by bicycle. An experienced and hugely engaging keynote and after dinner speaker, Mark’s speeches are incredibly inspirational, often humorous and very memorable.
Mark Colbourne
Mark is a former world and Paralympic gold medallist cycling champion from the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Mark overcame adversity in 2009 when he suffered a near fatal accident in a paragliding crash which left him with lower leg paralysis. Upon retirement Mark became an international speaker and coach. He has delivered inspiring and motivational presentations, both virtually and in person, to thousands of people around the world.
Matt Ellison
Matt Ellison is a highly sought-after, entertaining and thought-provoking transgender speaker. His life experience as a trans man continues to fascinate and inspire audiences of all kinds in both private and public sectors across the U.K. and internationally. His insights on transformation and change, as someone who has made such a huge and fundamental change himself, apply to everyone in all areas of professional and personal life. Matt tells his incredible story with messages around discrimination, resilience, change, LGBT, diversity and inclusion.
Nick Saunders
In an era where employee engagement is down to 15% and 4 in 10 employees report some form of interpersonal conflict at work, Nick helps individuals and teams transform the way they operate with others. He specialises in communication, collaboration and conflict resolution – enabling people and teams to work together more effectively.
Penny Mallory
As a troubled, runaway homeless teenager in London, Penny hit rock bottom. Against all odds, she turned her life around and made the impossible possible to become a Champion Rally Driver. Now, as a leading Authority on Mental Toughness, Penny delivers keynotes, webinars, workshops and coaching to help individuals, teams and organisations to develop their confidence, commitment, focus and determination.
Preethi Nair
Preethi Nair, author of Gypsy Masala, is a keynote speaker, writer and entrepreneur whose incredible story motivates audiences all over the world. Social entrepreneur Preethi pioneered a global business from her bedroom and now inspires and empowers audiences on the ability of overcoming obstacles, diversity, story telling and the art of possibility.
Shaka Hislop
Footballing legend, commentator and analyst for ESPN, Shaka Hislop is a social entrepreneur and speaker on Racism, Diversity and Inclusion. Shaka, started his professional footballing career in 1992 when he made over 466 first-team appearances over a 15-year. A graduate of Howard University, Shaka is a founding member, patron and Honorary President of anti-racism organization ‘Show Racism the Red Card’, the UK’s leading anti-racism educational charity, Shaka helped to establish the organisation 25 years ago after being the victim of racist abuse whilst out with his wife in Newcastle.
Tim Campbell
A passionate and recognised advocate of inclusion, Tim is a successful businessman and entrepreneur who was awarded an MBE in 2012 for his services to Enterprise Culture.
With a focus on, Education, Apprenticeships and Empowerment, Tim is an accomplished and professional motivational business speaker.
Tony Morris
Tony Morris helps sales teams triple their conversion rates in under 12 weeks. A conversion strategist and author of 5 books, Tony works with organisations and leaders to ask better questions and get better results. Bringing actionable, practical, real-life techniques, Tony conducts LIVE SALES CALLS on stage, to the audiences dream prospects, to demonstrate and bring to live the techniques he teaches.