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Pelle Tornberg
Former CEO of Metro
Rafidah Aziz
Malaysia's longest serving Minister of International Trade and Industry, having been in the position for 21 years from 1987 - 2008, she is regarded as an authority on trade and industry.
Raja Teh Maimunah
Global Head, Islamic Markets, Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
Robyn Meredith
Asia-Pacific Business and Finance Correspondent
Charles Leadbeater
Author of the best-selling "We-Think", the "Wizard of the Web"
Sir Richard Branson
Founder of the Virgin Group
Sir Christopher Bland
Former Chairman of BT and the BBC Board of Governors
David Miliband
Former UK Foreign Secretary
Jeremy Paxman
Linda Yueh
Global authority on the Chinese economy
Muhammad Yunus
Founder of Grameen Bank, Nobel Peace Prize winner
Ranulph Fiennes
One of the country's most famous polar explorers and motivational speakers
Bernard Kouchner
Former French Minister of Foreign & European Affairs
John Kufuor
Former President of Ghana from 2001 to 2009
Jo Malone
Founder of the Jo Malone fragrance brand and Jo Loves
Rajendra Pachauri
Chairman of the IPCC, joint winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize
Crispin Tickell
The world's foremost authority on Climate Change
Martti Ahtisaari
President of Finland 1994-2000; winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008
Tom Avery
Record-breaking polar explorer and mountaineer
Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Inventor of the World Wide Web. The future of the internet.
Bob Borchers
Former Senior Director of Worldwide Product Marketing at Apple, responsible for the iPhone
Michel Camdessus
Former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
Alastair Campbell
Former Head of Communications for Tony Blair
Ha-Joon Chang
Author of "23 Things They Don't Tell About Capitalism"
Ram Charan
Coach to some of the world's most successful CEOs
Subir Chowdhury
‘The Quality Prophet’ - Chairman and CEO of ASI Consulting Group, LLC
Augusto Lopez Claros
Former Director of the Global Competitveness Report at the World Economic Forum
David Clutterbuck
Named by Human Resources Magazine as one of the "25 Most Influential Thinkers" on Leadership
Peter Cochrane
Former Head of Research at BT: authority on future change in corporations
David Coulthard
Former Formula One racing driver
Rodrigo de Rato
Former Managing Director of the Internatinol Monetary Fund
Hernando de Soto
One of Time magazines "Leaders for the New Millenium"; Expert on CSR
Dominique de Villepin
Former Prime Minister of France
Joe DiVanna
Author and international speaker on finance, strategy and technology
Greg Dyke
Former Director General of the BBC
Jan Eliasson
Former Swedish Foreign Minister
Roger Fisk
Former National Director of Special Events for Barack Obama's presidential campaign
Mark Gallagher
Grand Prix Motor Racing Boss. Speaker on motivation, leadership and technology
Mikhail Gorbachev
Former President of the Soviet Union
David Grier
Extreme athlete who ran along The Great Wall of China
Anil Gupta
Author of "Getting China and India Right".
Molly Harvey
Inspirational business thinker, author and speaker.
Sahar Hashemi
Co-Founder of Coffee Republic, author of Switched On
Chris Hughes
Co-Founder of Facebook and Founder of My.barackobama.com
John Humphrys
Parag Khanna
Author of The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order
Larry King
Ralph Krueger
Former coach to the Swiss national ice-hockey team
Norman Lamont
Former Cabinet Minister in Margaret Thatcher's government
Martha Lane Fox
Co-founder of lastminute.com, non-executive Director of Marks & Spencer
Joan Laporta
Former President of Barcelona Football Club, MP in the Parliament of Catalonia
Allan Leighton
Chairman of Bhs, The Post Office, non-executive Chairman of lastminute.com
Ken Livingstone
Former Mayor of London; speaker on London in the global economy
Stanley McChrystal
Former commander of U.S. and Allied forces in Afghanistan
Hamish McRae
Europe's foremost future speaker, author of What Works
Ulf Merbold
The first German astronaut to take part in the American Space Mission
George Mitchell
Chaired the peace negotiations in Northern Ireland; Listed by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world
Mike Moore
Former New Zealand Prime Minister and Director General of the World Trade Organisation
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Internationally known business leader, best-selling author, and advocate for change in business and government
Mohan Munasinghe
Vice-Chairman of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Naranya Murthy
Co-founder and Chairman of Infosys, former "World Entrepreneur of the Year"
Andrew Neil
Former editor of the Sunday Times and presenter of This Week and the Politics Show on BBC1
Archie Norman
non-executive Chairman of ITV, former Chief Executive of Asda
Chris Parry
Former head of future scenario planning and forecasting at the Royal Navy
Bruce Parry
Explorer and inspiring speaker
Richard Pascale
World Authority on Organisational Behaviour & Best-Selling Author
Chris Patten
Former Governor of Hong Kong and European Commissioner
John Pearson
Virgin Values learned from working with Sir Richard Branson
Bertrand Piccard
Led the first ever circumnavigation of the globe in a balloon (the Breitling Orbiter)
Matthew Pinsent
Winner of Four Olympic Gold medals Motivational speakers
Christopher Pissarides
Winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize for Economics
Steve Redgrave
Winner of five Olympic Gold medals
Sir David Reid
Chairman of Intertek Group plc, former Chairman of Tesco and KwikFit
Jonas Ridderstrale
Co-author of Karaoke Capitalism and Funky Business
Sir Gerry Robinson
Former CEO, presenter of TV series "Gerry's Big Decision"
Chris Roebuck
Visiting Professor of Transformational Leadership; commentator on BBC TV
Kell Ryan
Member of the founding team of Ryanair, Europe's largest budget airline
Maurice Saatchi
Co-founder of Saatchi & Saatchi and M&C Saatchi, co-chairman of the Conservative Party
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Former Governor of California
Peer Steinbrueck
Former Finance Minister of Germany
Joseph Stiglitz
Former Chairman of President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisors
Robert Swan
One of the world's great polar explorers and a remarkable motivational speaker.
Hamish Taylor
As CEO achieved major turnrounds at Eurostar and Sainsbury's Bank
Donald Trump
Famous American entrepreneur
Jeroen van der Veer
Former Chief Executive of Shell, Vice Chairman of Unilever
Ruby Wax
Former entertainer, now an expert on psychology, human behaviour and communication
Axel Weber
Former President of the Bundestag, the German central bank
David A. Smith
Chief Executive of Global Futures and Foresight
David Aaronovitch
Challenging political commentator
Ben Ainslie
Three times World Sailor of the Year
Nabil Al Busaidi
Voted one of "Top 100 Influential Arabs", Arabian Business and Middle East magazine
Helen Alexander
Former President of the CBI and former Chief Executive of the Economist
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Authority on the relationship between the West and Islam
Dominic Alldis
Leadership through music
Mike Andrew
Senior Group Director for Executive & Leadership Development for Emirates Telecommunications Corporation
Neil Armstrong
"First Man on the Moon" One of the world's great motivational speakers
Phil Ashby
Forner Royal Marines officer, author of Unscathed
Felicity Aston
Leader of the Commonwealth Women’s Antarctic Expedition
Adjiedj Bakas
Inspiring and visionary speaker on future trends
Roger Ballentine
Served President Bill Clinton as Chairman of the White House Climate Change Task Force
Duncan Bannatyne
One of the "Dragon's" from BBC TV's Dragon's Den
Peter Bazalgette
Leading UK TV producer, responsible for programmes such as "Big Brother" and "Deal of No Deal"
Timothy Beardson
Founded and ran Crosby, the largest independent investment bank in Asia
David Beckham
One of the most famous footballers in the world
Sinclair Beecham
Co-founder of Pret A Manger
Martin Bell
Former BBC journalist and Independent MP
Steve Benbow
The first Urban Beekeeper and Director of the London Honey Company
Carl Bernstein
One of the "Watergate" investigative journalists
Karan Bilimoria
Founder of Cobra Beer
Mahathir Bin Mohamad
Former Prime Minister of Malaysia
David Blanchflower
Former member of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee
Alexander Blass
Entrepreneur and Top Innovator of the Year
Chris Boardman
Cycling champion and Olympic Gold medallist
Jeremy Bowen
BBC's Middle East Editor
Zbigniew Brzenzinski
Former national security advisor to the President of the United States
Todd Buchholz
Former Director of Economic Policy to the US President: Hedge Fund Manager
Tim Butcher
Journalist and adventurer, speaker on Africa
James Caan
One of the "Dragon's" from BBC TV's "Dragon's Den"
James Cameron
Executive Vice Chairman of Climate Change Capital
John Campbell
Specialist in personal development and spiritual healing
Fritjof Capra
Author of The Tao of Physics
Hugo Chittenden
"The Volunteer"
Greg Clark
Expert on cities, former advisor to the Mayor of London
Dan Cobley
Managing Director of Google in the UK & Ireland
Sebastian Coe
Inspirational World record holder and Olympic champion
Pete Cohen
Life Coach, expert in Human Behaviour, TV presenter,Business Coach
Emma Crosby
Dan Cruickshank
Independent historic building consultant, celebrated author and TV presenter
Howard Davies
Director of the London School of Economics and former Chairman of the Financial Services Authority
Louis De Bernieres
Best-selling novelist, his 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' was made into a Hollywood film
Edward de Bono
Regarded as the leading authority in the world in the field of creative thinking
Mixael de Kock
Chairman of The MAVERICK Group
David de Rothschild
National Geographic Emerging Explorer, Clean up the World Ambassador and UNEP Climate Hero
Howard Dean
Second longest serving Governor in Vermont
Marcel Desailly
World Cup Winning Footballer with France
Michael Douglas
Hollywood actor and producer, UN Messenger of Peace
Frederick Dubee
Senior Advisor of Global Compact in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations
Rolf Eckrodt
Turnround specialist, former President and CEO at Mitsubishi Motors
Larry Elliot
The Guardian’s economics editor
Jean-Louis Etienne
French International explorer, first solo expedition to the North Pole
Josephine Fairley
Co-founder of Green & Black's chocolate company
Charles Falconer
Former Lord Chancellor in Tony Blair's government
Sebastian Faulks
Author of 'Birdsong', one of Britain's best loved novels. Speaker on creativity.
James Fergusson
Journalist and author, expert on Islam and the Taliban
Adam Fergusson
Author of "When Money Dies"
Tony Fernandes
Founder of Air Asia
Clyde Fessler
Played an integral part in the dramatic turnround at Harley Davidson
Joschka Fischer
Former Foreign Minister of Germany
Anna Ford
Adrian Furnham
Professor of Psychology at University College London
Jo Gambi
Fastest woman in the world to climb the Seven Summits
Stephane Garelli
World authority on the international competitiveness of enterprises
Kevin Gaskell
Led three of the world’s iconic brands to new levels of success: Porsche, BMW, CarsDirect.com
Cesar Gaviria
Former President of Colombia
Soiya Gecaga
Founder and Executive Director of “We the Change” Foundation
John Gieve
Former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England
Ian Goldin
Director of the 21st Century School at the University of Oxford
Leah McGrath Goodman
Exposed the decades-long corruption between Wall Street & Washington that destabilised the global energy marketplace
Scott Goodstein
Developed the social networking platforms for the Obama presidential campaign
R Gopalakrishnan
Executive Director of Tata, the largest private corporate group in India
Pete Goss
Award-winning yachtsman
Alain Goudsmet
Belgian Sports and business coach
Andy Green
"The Fastest Man On Earth", holder of the World Land Speed Record
Bear Grylls
The youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest. An outstanding motivational speaker
Sally Gunnell
The most popular and successful female sportswomen of our time
Peter Hain
Former British Cabinet Minister and government minister
Geri Halliwell
Shot to fame in the Spice Girls, and UN Goodwill Ambassador
Gary Hamel
"The most influential thinker on strategy in the western world"
Ken Hames
Presenter of "Beyond Boundaries" and "Mission Africa" on BBC TV
Nadine Hani
Alan Hansen
Former captain of Liverpool FC, Scotland international, and Match of the Day pundit
Tim Harford
Author of "The Undercover Economist"
Mike Harris
Founding CEO of First Direct and Egg.com, former Chairman of Group Innovation at RBS
Gerald Haug
One of Germany's most eminent climate change scientists
Lorraine Heggessey
The first female Controller of BBC1
Wayne Hemingway
Founder of HemingwayDesign and Red or Dead
Hans-Dieter Hermann
Former sports psychologist to the German national football team
Jonny Hewlett
UK Managing Director of Diesel, the Italian fashion giant
Alex Hibbert
Record-breaking Expedition Leader and Photographer
Olly Hicks
Rowed single-handedly across the Atlantic
Anthony Hilton
Business and economics commentator for the London Evening Standard
Miles Hilton-Barber
Overcame blindness to achieve astonishing personal feats
David Holland
Founder and CEO of ‘Results RULES OK’, business coach
Kasper Holten
Director of the Royal Opera House in London
Chris Hoy
Record Olympic gold medalist
Ben Hunt-Davis
Olympic Gold Medallist and consultant for the British Olympic Association
Will Hutton
Journalist, broadcaster and commentator
Otmar Issing
Former Chief Economist and member of the Executive Board at the European Central Bank
Colin Jackson
World record-breaking athlete
Rene Jaeggi
Former CEO of Adidas and chairman of FC Kaiserslautern, German football club
Bianca Jagger
Human rights advocate and campaigner
Jason Jennings
Business and Leadership author and researcher
Mohammed Johmani
Founder of O2 Network
Martin Johnson
Manager of England, Captain of England, winners of the 2003 rugby World Cup
Ayo Johnson
Expert on African affairs, human rights and justice
Michael Johnson
One of the greatest athletes in Olympic history
Digby Jones
Lord Jones of Birmingham, former government minister
Mishal Kanoo
Deputy Chairman of The Kanoo Group, one of the largest independent, family owned, group of companies in the Gulf region
Annabel Karmel
Bestselling author and leading expert on children's nutrition
Garry Kasparov
Former World Chess Champion
John Kay
One of the Uk's leading management thinkers; columnist for the Financial Times
Paul Keating
Former Prime Minister of Australia
Tarun Khanna
Professor of Strategy, author of "Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India are Reshaping Their Futures and Yours"
Ayesha Khanna
Technology & innovation strategy expert & founder of Hybrid Reality Institute
Vaclav Klaus
President of the Czech Republic
Helmut Kohl
Former Chancellor of Germany
Rem Koolhaas
One of the world's leading architects
Philip Kotler
One of the World's leading authorities on Marketing
John Kotter
Business Week magazine's "Leadership Guru"
Remi Krug
Former President of the House of Krug
Vratislav Kulhanek
Former Chairman of Skoda, oversaw the transformation within the Volkswagen group
Ray Kurzweil
One of the leading inventors of our time, the "Ultimate Thinking Machine"
Lee Kwan Yew
Former Prime Minister of Singapore
Concetta Lanciaux
Senior Advisor to Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH
Jean Claude Larréché
INSEAD professor of strategic marketing
Jim Lawless
The "Money Where His Mouth Is" motivational speaker who became a jockey
Ben Legg
Former COO of Google Europe
Jeremy Leggett
Described by the Observer as “Britain’s most respected green energy boss.”
Donna Leon
American author of an international bestselling crime series set in Venice
Maurice Levy
CEO of Publicis, French global communications group
Denise Lewis
Winner of an Olympic Gold medal in Sydney
Cunxin Li
"Mao's Last Dancer"; the ballet dancer brought up under the Chinese communist regime
Magnus Lindkvist
Futurologist, speaker on future trends, lecturer at Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship
Greg Lindsay
Expert on globalisation, innovation and urbanisation
John D. Liu
Environmental Educator based in Beijing
Joerg Loehr
Motivational speaker and coach, former German Handball international
Bjorn Lomborg
The Sceptical Environmentalist
George Lossius
CEO of Publishing Technology plc
Beau Lotto
Neuro-scientist, specialist in perception research
Gerard Lyons
Chief Economist and Group Head of Global Research at Standard Chartered Bank
Richard Mabey
UK’s most celebrated nature writer and a major voice in promoting environmental issues
Ellen MacArthur
Record-breaking yachtswoman and inspirational speaker
Kelvin MacKenzie
Former editor of "The Sun"
Alex MacPhail
Compelling motivational speaker, delivers attitude and behavioural training
Elle MacPherson
Supermodel turned fashion entrepreneur
George Magnus
Senior economic adviser, author of "The Age of Aging"
Penny Mallory
Former National Ladies Rally Driving Champion & presenter of Channel 4 Driven
Lord Mandelson
Former EU Commissioner for Trade and was the UK's Deputy Prime Minister
Costas Markides
Professor of Strategic and International Management
Renée Mauborgne
INSEAD Professor of Strategy; co-author of Blue Ocean Strategy
Roger Mavity
CEO of the Conran Group, he co-authored Life's a Pitch, a bestselling guide to presentation skills
Ian Maxwell
The world's foremost animal tracker
Sir Trevor McDonald
Urs Meier
Swiss former international referee
Mike Melvill
The first civilian to fly an aircraft into space and the first private pilot to earn astronaut wings
Markus Merk
Former German international referee
Reinhold Messner
One of the greatest climbers in the world
Jake Meyer
World record-breaking moutaineer
Chilean Miners
Survived being trapped for 69 days 2,000 feet below the ground
Sugata Mitra
Professor of Educational Technology
Nicholas Montagu
Lead a transformational change of the Inland Revenue
Dambisa Moyo
Author of "Dead Aid", expert on international development and micro-finance
Robert Mundell
Nobel Laureate in Economics
Chandran Nair
Founder of the Global Institute for Tomorrow
Martina Navratilova
The greatest player in the history of women's tennis
Richard Needham
Deputy Chairman of Dyson Ltd and former DTI Minister
Annie Nightingale
BBC Radio 1’s longest serving broadcaster
Kjell Nordstrom
Co-author of Karaoke Capitalism and Funky Business
Christine Ockrent
Joan Oliver
Former CEO of Barcelona Football Club
Brian Paddick
Liberal Democrat candidate for mayor of London and former Assistant Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police
Armen Papazian
World Authority on Islamic Finance, Former Head of Islamic Finance at UBS
Fred Pearce
Award-winning journalist, reported on global environmental issues and popular science from over the past 20 years
David Pearl
Helps businesses and those who lead them be more inspired and inspiring
Loick Peyron
One of the most brilliant French sailors
Edmund Phelps
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics 2006
Jonathan Powell
Tony Blair's former Chief of Staff
Michel Prada
Chairman of the International Valuation Standards Council.
Hamish Pringle
Former Chairman of the IPA; expert on brandsand branding
Raghuram Rajan
Author of "Fault Lines: How Hidden Cracks Still Threaten The World Economy".
Gordon Ramsay
Award-winning chef
Ralf Rangnick
Manager of German Bundesliga team TSG Hoffenheim
Richard Reeves
Thought leader on Innovation, Technology, Leadership and the Future of Work
Garry Richardson
Alain Robert
The world's leading free climber; the "Urban Climber" who ascended over 70 skyscrapers without ropes
Lord Robertson
Former Secretary-General of NATO
Stuart Rose
Former Chief Executive of the leading British retailer Marks & Spencer
James Rubin
Executive Editor of the Bloomberg View
Paul Rusesabagina
Humanitarian who inspired the story of "Hotel Rwanda"
Bert Rutan
"The man responsible for more innovations in modern aviation than any living engineer"
Johnny Ryan
Digital thought leader
Soraya Salti
Regional Director of INJAZ al Arab
Ben Saunders
"The new Sir Ranulph Fiennes" Inspirational young polar explorer
Roland Schoeman
'Athlete of the Decade' - The Times
Tim Sebastian
Founder and chairman of The Doha Debates - the hard talking interviewer
Ingrid Seward
Editor of Majesty magazine, Commentator on the Royal Family for CBS
John Sfakianakis
Chief Economist of the the Gulf Research Center in Geneva and Dubai
Elif Shafak
The most widely read woman writer in Turkey
Sonu Shivdasani
Founder and Chief Executive of Six Senses Resorts & Spas
Thabang Skwambane
Co-founder and executive director of Kaelo Consulting
Josh Spear
One of the youngest and most influential marketing strategists in the world
Jim Steele
One of the most charismatic motivational speakers in the business world
Jayne Storey
Mental game coach to Olympic, Masters and other elite athletes
Maurice Strong
Deputy Director General of the United Nations and Advisor to the President of the World Bank
Mike Stroud
record-breaking explorer with Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Alan Sugar
Entrepreneur and host of BBC TV's The Apprentice
Rohit Talwar
Award winning futurist speaker, entrepreneur, specialist advisor and strategic change agent
Lucian Tarnowski
Honoured as Europe’s youngest Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum
David Taylor
Author of The Naked Leader
Joanna Tong
Winner of the North West Women Achievements Award
David Trimble
Winner of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize
Fons Trompenaars
One of the world's most influential, living, management thinkers
Robert B. Tucker
Leading Innovator, President of The Innovation Resource (TIR)
Bill Turnbull
Adair Turner
Chairman of the UK Government's Climate Change Committee
Desmond Tutu
Human Rights Activist, Nobel Laureate
Nontombi Tutu
Third child of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, speaker on Human Rights Issues
Georges Ugeux
Former Vice President of the New York Stock Exchange
Jeremy Vine
Theo Waigel
Former German Finance Minister
Gabrielle Walker
International expert on climate change and business energy strategy
Haiyan Wang
Authority on developing business in China
Kirsty Wark
Derek Watts
Chris Weafer
Chief Strategist with UralSib Financial Corporation in Moscow
Sigourney Weaver
Renowned actress, environment speaker
Irvine Welsh
Author of "Trainspotting", adapted into one of the best British films of all time
Nick Wheeler
Founder and Managing Director of Charles Tyrwhitt Shirts
Mark Wilcox
Former Director of People and Organisational Development, Sony Europe
Sarah Willingham
Customer Service Expert on BBC TV's "The Restaurant"
Floyd Woodrow
MD of Chrysalis Worldwide, the world’s leading values-based performance optimisation organisation
Clive Woodward
Director of Elite Performance at the British Olympic Association
Steve Wozniak
Co-founder of Apple Computers
Andy Xie
Renowned Economist who accurately predicted the South East Asian Financial Crisis and the US Subprime Financial Crisis
Peter York
Authority on marketing, style and social change: co-author of "The Sloane Ranger Handbook"
Pele .
The greatest footballer of all time
Nima Abu-Wardeh
Bilingual English Arabic broadcast journalist specialising in Arab issues
Kate Adie
Darryll Adler
An expert in marketing, the business of sport and media
Isabel Aguilera
One of the 50 most influential businesswomen in the world (Forbes magazine)
Kriss Akabusi
Former World Champion, Olympic silver medalist and motivational speaker
George Alagiah
James Alexander
Co-founder of Egg and Zopa - Customer Service, Technology and Innovation
Benedict Allen
Famous Explorer
Kirstie Allsop
Presenter of Location, Location, Location on Channel 4
Clive Anderson
TV presenter and entertainer
Simon Anholt
Independent policy advisor to over forty governments, their Presidents, Prime Ministers and Monarchs
Ian Anthony Scott
Business strategist, economist and management lecturer
Keith Antoine
Olympic coach with a business background in the computer industry
Stephen Archer
Business and Economic Analyst
Lance Armstrong
Winner of six Tours de France and cancer survivor
Nikesh Arora
President, EMEA Operations & Vice President, Google UK
Patrick Artus
One of the leading economists in France; speaker on the French economy
Reg Athwal
Dubai, UAE-based entrepreneur, TV show host, business speaker and moderator
Adrian Atkinson
Leadership, entrepreneurship, innovation and culture
Jacques Attali
First President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Stephen Attenborough
Leads the commercial team at Virgin Galactic
Brian Bacon
Expert on corporate leadership and strategy
Ruth Badger
Contestant on BBC TV's The Apprentice
Neville Bain
Chairman of the Institute of Directors, former Chairman, Hogg Robinson
Katharina Balazs
Business professor and international authority on leadership
Kinvara Balfour
Trends consultant
John Banham
One of the country's outstanding industrialists
Michael Basch
Part of the team that founded FedEx. Author of "How FedEx and other Great Companies Put the Customer First Every Day"
Camila Batmanghelidjh
Founder and CEO of Kids Company
Mark Beaumont
Broke the World Record for cycling around the world
Graham Bell
Presenter on BBC TV’s Ski Sunday, International Performance Director for The Ski and Snowboard Federation
James Bellini
First British member of US futurology think-tank The Hudson Institute
Michael Benoliel
Expert on Negotiation
Michael Bergdahl
Author of The 10 Rules of Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart
Jean Paul Betbeze
Chief Economist at Credit Agricole and a member of the French Prime Minister's Economic Analysis Council
Jagdish Bhagwati
Professor of Economics
Carl Bildt
Foreign Secretary of Sweden
Roger Black
Former World Champion and Olympic silver medalist Motivational speakers
Roger Blackwell
Professor of Marketing and world authorty on Customer Behaviour
Ken Blanchard
Author of "The One Minute Manager"
David Blunkett
Former minister in Tony Blair's cabinet
Roger Bootle
Former Group Chief Economist at HSBC, Specialist Adviser to the House of Commons Treasury , columnist for The Times
Martin Boroson
One-Moment Meditation
Olga Botero
Internationally acclaimed expert on Customer Satisfaction and Customer Loyalty
Richard Boyatzis
Authority on Leadership and Emotional Intelligence
Karren Brady
Vice Chairman of West Ham United FC
Rachel Bridge
Enterprise Editor of The Sunday Times
Wayne Brockbank
International authority on HR strategy and leadership
Leonard Brody
Digital Media Entrepreneur
John Bruton
Former Prime Minister of Ireland, EU ambassador to the US
Marcus Buckingham
Author of The One Thing You Need To Know
Michael Buerk
Mary Buffett
Author of The Buffettology Workbook, daughter-in-law of Warren Buffett
Geoff Burch
The funniest business speaker in the world
Ed Butler
Former Brigadier in the Army, now advises companies on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Tony Buzan
The inventor of Mind-Mapping
Dee Caffari
Record-breaking round the world yachtswoman
Frances Cairncross
President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Julian Caldecott
Ecologist and conservationist
Nicky Campbell
Rene Carayol
Author of Corporate Voodoo, e-Business Advisor and regular contributor to Sky TV and BBC radio
Barbara Cassani
Founder of Go! and former Chairman of the London Olympic bid
Jung Chang
Author of "Wild Swans" and "Mao"
Debashis Chatterjee
Described as one of the “thought leaders” of the world by John Kotter for his contribution to the practice of leadership.
Adrian Chiles
Nicos Christodoulakis
Former Greek Economics and Finance Minister
Henning Christophersen
As Vice-President of the European Commission started the strategic planning for the Single Currency
Kenneth Clarke
Former Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer
John Cleese
Writer, actor, former member of Monty Python's Flying Circus
Ray Clemence
Member of the England coaching team
Max Clifford
PR guru
Rita Clifton
Chairman of Interbrand
Paul Coia
Pierluigi Collina
The world's most famous referee
Tim Collins
Colonel who gave the famous eve-of-battle speech before the Gulf War
Tim Congdon
One of the UK's leading economists
Ed Coode
Olympic Gold medal winner with Matthew Pinsent in Athens
Mark Cook
Founder of "Hope and Homes for Children"
Patrick Cordingley
Led the "Desert Rats" which overran the Iraqi lines during Gulf War I
Robert Cottrell
Deputy Editor of Economist.com
Jean-Michel Cousteau
Explorer, environmentalist, educator, film producer
Diane Coyle
Former economics editor of The Independent, author of "Sex, Drugs and Economics"
James Cracknell
Double Olympic gold medallist
Steve Cram
World Champion athlete and BBC commentator
Johan Cruyff
One of the greatest footballers in history
Lawrence Dallaglio
Inspirational former captain of the England Rugby Team
Peter Davies
CEO of Air Malta
Sharron Davies
One of the UK's best-known sportswomen
Ged Davis
Head of the Centre for Strategic Insight at the World Economic Forum
Christian de Boissieu
President of the Economic Advisory Council for the French Prime Minister
Michael de Kare-Silver
FTSE 100 Board Director and author on e-business
FW de Klerk
As President of South Africa led the peaceful handover of power to Nelson Mandela
Jacques Delors
Former President of the European Commission
Katie Derham
Beatrice Weder di Mauro
Adviser to the German government on economic policy
Frank Dick
Former head coach of the GB Olympics team
Matt Dickinson
Adventure and expedition film-maker: Successfully climbed Mt. Everest
Andrew Dilnot
Former Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, the UK's leading independent economics research unit
Tim Drake
Author of You Can Be As Young As You Think
Peter Draper
Former Director of Marketing at Manchester United FC
Jason Drew
International businessman and serial entrepreneur
Charles Dunstone
Founder and Managing Director of the Carphone Warehouse
Richard Dunwoody
The most successful jockey in English National Hunt racing
Francis Eames
Former global brand director for Guinness
Michael Earl
The intersection of information management and business strategy
Frances Edmonds
Tracy Edwards
Skippered the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race
Mona Eltahawy
Expert on the Muslim world
Sven-Goran Eriksson
Former Manager of the England football team
Vince Everts
Dutch internet and technology guru
Marianne Faithful
one of the most original female singersongwriters
Tom Farmer
Founder and Former Chairman of Kwik-Fit
Tim Fearon
Author of ‘How To Talk To Everyone With Confidence’
Niall Ferguson
Oxford University Professor of History
Christopher Flavin
President of the Worldwatch Institute
Roger Flynn
Customer Service, Strategy and Change for the BBC, Virgin and British Airways
Lynne Franks
Author, Entrepreneur and PR Guru
Sir David Frost
Presenter and Interviewer
Stephen Fry
Actor, writer, presenter
Jonathan Gabay
Speaker on Marketing and Branding
Jay Galbraith
Leading Authority on Organisational Design, Change and Development
Christopher Garnett
Former CEO of GNER, one of the outstanding figures in the transport industry
Bob Geldof
Founder of Live Aid and Live8
PY Gerbeau
Took over the running of the Millennium Dome
Isaac Getz
One of Europe's leading professors of management
Carlos Ghosn
President and Chief Executive Officer of Renault and Nissan
Ed Gibson
Astronaut, held the American record for time spent in space
Rowan Gibson
Expert on innovation, strategy and change
Jacqueline Gold
Chief Executive of Ann Summers and Knickerbox
Graham Gooch
Former England captain; the highest run scorer in first-class cricket
Val Gooding
Chief Executive of BUPA
Lewis Gordon Pugh
The first swimmer in history to complete a long distance swim in all 5 oceans of the world
Lynda Gratton
Global authority on HR, author of "Hot Spots"
Kevin Green
Self-made multi-millionaire and social entrepreneur
Susan Greenfield
One of the UK's leading experts on the Human Mind
Roy Greenslade
Former editor of the Daily Mirror: speaker on the future of Digital Media
Tanni Grey-Thompson
Britain's best-known Paralympic athlete
Jeff Grout
Leadership and high performance teams
Krishnan Gurumurthy
Pen Hadow
Founder of the Polar Travel Company
Dr Carl Hahn
Former Chairman Volkswagen & Continental. One of Euorpe's premier industrialists
Michael Hammer
The driving force behind Business Process Reengineering
Guto Harri
Jim Harris
One of North America's top management speakers, author of `Blindsided!'
Patrick Harris
Delivered strategy and creativity for Hans Snook at Orange
Adrian Hayes
Dubai-based record-breaking adventurer, corporate coach and speaker
Mariel Hemingway
Actress and model, granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway
Noreena Hertz
"One of the world's leading young thinkers"
Roman Herzog
Former President of Germany
Philip Hesketh
Humorous, inspiring sales motivational speaker
Brent Hoberman
Co-founder of lastminute.com
Larry Hochman
Customer service expert
Carl Honore
Author of In Praise of Slow
Nicola Horlick
One of London's leading fund managers
Emma Howard
Yasheng Huang
MIT Professor and author of Selling China
Penny Hughes
President of CocaCola UK at 33, non-executive director of Reuters and Gap
Richard Huntingford
Former CEO of Chrysalis plc and executive chairman of Virgin Radio
Anwar Ibrahim
Malaysian Politician
Liz Jackson
Inspirational Founder of Great Guns Marketing
Tim Jackson
Founder of QXL and one of the 100 "Global Leaders of Tomorrow"
Farhang Jahapour
Authority on Middle East politics
Tori James
The youngest British female to climb Mount Everest
Bill Jamieson
Editor of The Scotsman
Simon Jenkins
Former editor of The Times of London
Hugh Johnson
Renowned international wine expert
Don Johnson
Actor, star of "Miami Vice"
Gareth Jones
Former Director of Human Resources and Internal Communications at the BBC
Barbara Judge
Former Chairman of the UK Atomic Energy, Deputy Chairman of Friends Provident plc
DeAnne Julius
Non-executive director of the Court (Board of Governors) of the Bank of England
Michio Kaku
Physicist and authority on the environment
Anatole Kaletsky
Principal Economics Commentator of The Times
Natasha Kaplinsky
Fergal Keane
Kevin Keegan
A captivating speaker on motivation & teamworking; skills that brought him success both as a player and as a manager
Andrew Keen
Author of “The Cult of the Amateur"
Geoffrey Kent
Founder of Abercrombie & Kent, the world's leading premium travel company
Manfred Kets de Vries
INSEAD Business Professor, Psycho-analyst, Management Author
Rami Khouri
Editor-at-Large of the Beirut-based Daily Star
Chan Kim
INSEAD Professor of Strategy, co-author of Blue Ocean Strategy
Anne Lise Kjaer
Future Trends Speaker "Creator of Inspirational Futures" - The Times
Anders Knutsen
Former President, Bang & Olufsen
Niki Lauda
Former Formula One champion and founder of Lauda Air
Jayne Lawton
Inventor of the Grobox
Graeme Leach
Chief Economist at the Institute of Directors
Richard Leakey
Africa's leading conservationist
Gerd Leipold
Former Executive Director of Greenpeace International
Gerd Leonhard
Digital Content, Media and the Future
Gerald Levin
Former Chairman and CEO, AOL Time Warner
Jordan Lewis
World authority on Alliances
David Lewis
Resident psychologist on GMTV, author of The Secret Language of Success and The Soul of the New Consumer
Norman Lewis
Former Director of Technolgy Research at Orange
Lawrence Leyton
Innovation, Communication, Motivation and Leadership
Ebba Lindso
CEO The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
Martin Lindstrom
One of the world's leading marketing and branding speakers
Karin Lissakers
Chief Economic Advisor to George Soros
David Lloyd
Founder of the David Lloyd Tennis Centres
Gabby Logan
Tasmin Lucia Khan
Joanna Lumley
Leading comedy actress
Trish Lynch
David Magliano
Former Marketing Director of the London 2012 Olympic bid team
Christian Majgaard
Creativty and branding guru, former member of the LEGO Global Senior Management Team
Thierry Malleret
Former Head of the Global Risk Network at the World Economic Forum
Ernst Malmsten
Founders of Boo.com - the real story of the infamous New Economy company
Jonathan Margolis
FT columnist, humorous speaker on technnolgy and predicting future trends
Andrew Marr
Presenter of BBC's Sunday AM
Inma Martinez
One of the world's leading digital media strategists
Jim Maxim
Management author and former CEO of Volvo UK and Laura Ashley plc
Perry McCarthy
Former;y "The Stig" from BBC TV's "Top Gear"
Paul McKenna
Presents 'The Hypnotic World Of McKenna' , speaker on life enhancement, stress control & personal power
Jim McNeill
Polar explorer "The Ice Warior"
Douglas McWilliams
One of Europe's top economic gurus
Sir Christopher Meyer
Former British ambassador to the United States
Julie Meyer
Technology Investment expert, founder of "First Tuesday"
Heather Mills McCartney
Former model and charity campaigner
Brian Milton
The first man to pilot a microlight around the world
Liza Minnelli
Actress and singer
Akio Miyabayashi
Special Advisor to Minolta and ex-Chairman of Minolta Europe
Mark Mobius
One of the "Top Ten Money Managers of the 20th Century"
Michelle Mone
"Young Business Achiever of the World"
Kevin Money
The Psychology of Leadership and Customer Service
Sarah Montague
Chris Moon
Overcame severe disability after being seriously injured by a mine
Simon Moores
Technology commentator and e-advisor to the Conservative Party
Juliet Morris
Geoff Mulgan
Founder of Demos; Former Director of the UK Government Strategy Unit
Dermot Murnaghan
Sue Nelson
BBC Science and Environment correspondent
Petra Nemcova
Supermodel, Philanthropist, survivor of the Tsunami
William Nicholson
Academy Award Nominated Screenwriter, Playwright and Best Selling Novelist
Watt Nicoll
Motivational speaker who has worked with the England Football Team
Mary Nightingale
Richard Noble
Lead the team which broke the World Land Speed record
Claire Nouvian
Film-maker and Environmentalist
Jean-Christophe Novelli
"The UK's favourite French chef"
Dara O'Briain
Comedian and host of "Mock The Week"
Cathy O'Dowd
First woman to climb Mount Everest from the North and South sides
Azran Osman-Rani
Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia X
Michael O'Sullivan
Global economist, author of Ireland and the Global Question
Nicholas Owen
Nenad Pacek
Expert on global emerging markets
Supachai Panitchpakdi
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand and Director General of the WTO
Nando Parrado
Survivor of the Andes air disaster
David Pascall
Former MD of Terra Firma Capital Partners
Alan Patching
Chief Executive of the Sydney Olympic Stadium project
Allan Pease
Communication speakers and author of "Why Men Lie and Women Cry
Don Peppers
World authority on One to One marketing and customer service
Göran Persson
Former Prime Minister of Sweden
John Peters
RAF pilot captured by the Iraqis during Gulf War I
Alex Phillips
Skippered the yacht “Quadstone” in the 2000 BT Global Challenge, known as “The World’s Toughest Yacht Race”,
John Plender
Finance commentator and journalist, expert on corporate governance
Jonathon Porritt
Founder Director of Forum for the Future
Michael Portillo
Former Conservative Minister
Heather Rabbatts
Former Executive Deputy Chairman, Millwall FC and former Governor of the BBC
Bill Rancic
Winner of the US T V series "The Apprentice"
Jeff Randall
Former BBC Business Editor
Gerald Ratner
Famous entrepreneur, founder of "Gerald Online"
Sophie Raworth
Doug Richard
One of the "Dragons" from BBC TV's "Dragon's Den"
Frank-Jürgen Richter
Former World Economic Forum director of Asian affairs
Jeremy Rifkin
Author of the international best-seller, "The End of Work"
Anthony Robbins
One of the world's best-known motivational speakers
David Robertson
Professor of IT at IMD in Switzerland
Mary Robinson
Former President of Ireland, United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights
Martin Roll
Author of Asian Brand Strategy
Jim Rosenthal
Hans Rosling
Professor of International Health
Nick Ross
Jonathan Ross
Sir Salman Rushdie
World famous novelist
Jeffrey Sachs
Special Adviser to Kofi Annan
Jo Salter
Britain's first female fighter pilot
Richard Samans
Former Special Assistant to President Clinton for International Economic Policy
Koni Schafroth
Swiss inventor of Smartfish
Frank Schirrmacher
Author of The Methuselah Plot. Future demographic trends
Helmut Schlesinger
Former President of the Bundesbank
Helmut Schmidt
Former Chancellor of West Germany
Andre Schneider
CEO of André Schneider Global Advisory and expert in IT
Helmut Schutte
Former Dean of the INSEAD campus in Singapore
Stefan Schwarz
Former Global Head of CRM at Vodafone
Bob Scott
Chairman of the successful 2002 Commwealth Games bid Committee
David Scott
Former astronaut who lead the Apollo 15 mission to the moon
Debra Searle
Determined Atlantic rower and entrepreneur
Hagai Segal
Expert on Terrorism and The Middle East
Peter Senge
Author of The Fifth Discipline one of the "seminal management books of the past 75 years".
Juan Senor
Richard Seymour
Europe’s best known product design duo
Robin Sharma
Author of 10 best-selling books on leadership and personal development
Colin Shaw
"Creating Customer Experience"
Michael Shrimpton
Expert in National Security, Intelligence and Terrorism
Robin Sieger
Humorous business motivational speaker
Kate Silverton
Lord Simon
Former Chairman and Chief Executive of BP
Joe Simpson
Author of "Touching the Void"
John Simpson
Peter Sissons
Stan Slap
Explosive growth strategies
Tim Smit
Founder of the Eden Project
David Smith
Economics Editor of the Sunday Times
Steve Smith
Britain's most succesful high-jumper
Peter Snow
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
Senior Associate Dean at Yale University School of Management
Kevin Spacey
Hollywood actor and Artistic Director of the Old Vic
Earl Spencer
Brother of Diana, Princess of Wales. Broadcaster, journalist
Julian Stainton
Chief Executive of WPA, passionate customer service advocate
Rosie Stancer
Polar explorer currently trekking solo to the North Pole
Nicholas Stern
Author of the Stern Review on climate change
Sir Jackie Stewart
Former Formula One World Champion, founder of Jaguar F1 Racing team
Alastair Stewart
Mike Street
Former Director of Customer Service and Operations at British Airways
Moira Stuart
David Svendsen
Former Chairman, Microsoft Uk
Khoo Swee Chiow
First South East Asian to climb the Seven Summits
William Taylor
Co-founder of Fast Company, co-author of Mavericks At WorK
Professor Laurie Taylor
Visiting Professor in the Dept. of Politics and Sociology at the University of London, BBC radio presenter
Jamling Tenzing Norgay
Son of Sherpa Tenzing, who climbed with Sir Edmund Hilary on the first ascent of Everest
Carol Thatcher
Daughter of Margaret Thatcher, journalist
Gordon Thomas
World authority on Counter-Intelligence and Terrorism
Owen Thomas
Peter Thomson
Director of The Future Work Forum at Henley Management College
Alex Thomson
Lester Thurow
MIT Professor of Economics and Management
Sandi Toksvig
Comedienne, author and radio presenter
Tony Travers
Expert on regional and local government and public service reform
Peter Truscott
former UK Energy Minister and is an expert on contemporary Russia, and the former Soviet Union
Mark Tungate
Author and lecturer in marketing and branding
Dave Ulrich
One of world's leading authorities on Human Resource Management
Oscar van Weerdenburg
Authority on international cross-cultural management
David Varney
Lead the merger of the Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise
Michael Vatis
Expert on security in the Information Age
Guy Verhofstadt
Former Belgian Prime Minister
Victor Vermeulen
The Victor Within
Norbert Walter
Chief Economist at Deutsche Bank, Germany's most prominent economist
Humphrey Walters
Leadership and High Performance Teams
Sundeep Waslekar
Strategic thinker on geopolitical futures
Russell Watson
International singer
Adrian Webster
Entertaining business motivational speaker
Peter Weill
IT expert, co-author of "Leveraging the New Infrastructure."
Richard von Weizsäcker
Former President of Germany
Alan West
Former First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy and adviser to the UK government on counter-terrorism and cyber security
Patricia Wheatley Burt
The Competent Organisation, People Management, Time Management
Alan Whitaker
Future trend analyst and strategic change facilitator
Graham Whitehead
BT's Principal Consultant looking at the future of telecoms and IT
Laurence Winmill
Dynamic sales motivational speaker
Robert Winston
Scientist and television presenter
Nicholas Witchell
simon woodroffe
Founder of Yo! Sushi
James Woudhuysen
Professor of Forecasting and Innovation
Simon Yates
Climbed with Joe Simpson - "Touching the Void"
Kirsty Young
Danah Zohar
Author of Spritual Capital and SQ:The Ultimate Intelligence
Marvin Zonis
World authority on the intersection of e-commerce, globalisation and leadership
Shoshana Zuboff
former Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Vijay Amritaj
Indian tennis star and entrepreneur
Gyles Brandreth
Former MP, TV presenter and raconteur
Rory Bremner
The Uk's leading impressionist
George Bush
Former President of the United States
Naomi Campbell
International supermodel
Priyanka Chopra
Former Miss World
David Dimbleby
William Hague
Former leader of the Conservative Party
Richard Hammond
Presenter of BBC TV's "Top Gear"
Phil Hammond
GP and comedian
Sir Tim Rice
Lyricist for Andrew Lloyd-Webber on some of the world's most famous musicals
Jane Seymour
Actress, author and philanthropist
Terry Waite
Former envoy, held hostage in the Lebanon for four years
Ola Ahlvarsson
Named in "Top ten leading European internet entrepreneurs 1999" by Wall Street Journal, Business Week & Financial Times