The Global Speaker Network

London Speakers

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
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
Parag Khanna Author of The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Joanna Lumley Leading comedy actress
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
Chris Moon Overcame severe disability after being seriously injured by a mine
Simon Moores Technology commentator and e-advisor to the Conservative Party
Geoff Mulgan Founder of Demos; Former Director of the UK Government Strategy Unit
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
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
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"
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
Hans Rosling Professor of International Health
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".
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
Lord Simon Former Chairman and Chief Executive of BP
Joe Simpson Author of "Touching the Void"
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
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
Mike Street Former Director of Customer Service and Operations at British Airways
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
Peter Thomson Director of The Future Work Forum at Henley Management College
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
simon woodroffe Founder of Yo! Sushi
James Woudhuysen Professor of Forecasting and Innovation
Simon Yates Climbed with Joe Simpson - "Touching the Void"
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
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