The Global Speaker Network

Business & Management Speakers

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
Jo Malone Founder of the Jo Malone fragrance brand and Jo Loves
Bob Borchers Former Senior Director of Worldwide Product Marketing at Apple, responsible for the iPhone
Ram Charan Coach to some of the world's most successful CEOs
Joe DiVanna Author and international speaker on finance, strategy and technology
Greg Dyke Former Director General of the BBC
Anil Gupta Author of "Getting China and India Right".
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
Rosabeth Moss Kanter Internationally known business leader, best-selling author, and advocate for change in business and government
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
Richard Pascale World Authority on Organisational Behaviour & Best-Selling Author
John Pearson Virgin Values learned from working with Sir Richard Branson
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"
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
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
Helen Alexander Former President of the CBI and former Chief Executive of the Economist
Sinclair Beecham Co-founder of Pret A Manger
Karan Bilimoria Founder of Cobra Beer
Alexander Blass Entrepreneur and Top Innovator of the Year
James Caan One of the "Dragon's" from BBC TV's "Dragon's Den"
Howard Davies Director of the London School of Economics and former Chairman of the Financial Services Authority
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
Rolf Eckrodt Turnround specialist, former President and CEO at Mitsubishi Motors
Josephine Fairley Co-founder of Green & Black's chocolate company
Tony Fernandes Founder of Air Asia
Clyde Fessler Played an integral part in the dramatic turnround at Harley Davidson
Stephane Garelli World authority on the international competitiveness of enterprises
R Gopalakrishnan Executive Director of Tata, the largest private corporate group in India
Gary Hamel "The most influential thinker on strategy in the western world"
Mike Harris Founding CEO of First Direct and Egg.com, former Chairman of Group Innovation at RBS
Lorraine Heggessey The first female Controller of BBC1
Wayne Hemingway Founder of HemingwayDesign and Red or Dead
Jonny Hewlett UK Managing Director of Diesel, the Italian fashion giant
Jurgen Heyman Corporate Vice President of Sales Performance International (SPI)
Kasper Holten Director of the Royal Opera House in London
Rene Jaeggi Former CEO of Adidas and chairman of FC Kaiserslautern, German football club
Jason Jennings Business and Leadership author and researcher
Mohammed Johmani Founder of O2 Network
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
Tarun Khanna Professor of Strategy, author of "Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India are Reshaping Their Futures and Yours"
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
Concetta Lanciaux Senior Advisor to Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH
Jean Claude Larréché INSEAD professor of strategic marketing
Maurice Levy CEO of Publicis, French global communications group
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
Nicholas Montagu Lead a transformational change of the Inland Revenue
Richard Needham Deputy Chairman of Dyson Ltd and former DTI Minister
Kjell Nordstrom Co-author of Karaoke Capitalism and Funky Business
Joan Oliver Former CEO of Barcelona Football Club
David Pearl Helps businesses and those who lead them be more inspired and inspiring
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".
Richard Reeves Thought leader on Innovation, Technology, Leadership and the Future of Work
Stuart Rose Former Chief Executive of the leading British retailer Marks & Spencer
Sonu Shivdasani Founder and Chief Executive of Six Senses Resorts & Spas
Alan Sugar Entrepreneur and host of BBC TV's The Apprentice
Joanna Tong Winner of the North West Women Achievements Award
Fons Trompenaars One of the world's most influential, living, management thinkers
Robert B. Tucker Leading Innovator, President of The Innovation Resource (TIR)
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"
Peter York Authority on marketing, style and social change: co-author of "The Sloane Ranger Handbook"
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)
James Alexander Co-founder of Egg and Zopa - Customer Service, Technology and Innovation
Ian Anthony Scott Business strategist, economist and management lecturer
Adrian Atkinson Leadership, entrepreneurship, innovation and culture
Brian Bacon Expert on corporate leadership and strategy
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"
Michael Benoliel Expert on Negotiation
Michael Bergdahl Author of The 10 Rules of Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart
Roger Blackwell Professor of Marketing and world authorty on Customer Behaviour