Sophie Hackford
Sophie Hackford is a futurist, business builder, and speaker, synthesising explosive and interconnected technology and science breakthroughs from around the world. From satellite swarms to AI demonstrating intuition, we are becoming entangled with machines and will be surprised by the consequences. Sophie’s talks are designed to create enthusiasm and...
Jamie Woodruff
Jamie Woodruff is a highly respected figure in the world of hacking and cybersecurity. He started his journey into hacking at the age of 9, and his unique skills were first recognised when he uncovered a security flaw in a major social media platform during a student competition at...
Shaukat Aziz
Shaukat Aziz was Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2004-07. He presided over a period of impressive domestic economic growth and successfully tackled many of the challenges presented by the global economy. In 1999 Mr. Aziz was appointed Pakistan’s Minister of Finance with responsibility for Finance, Economic Affairs, Statistics, Planning and...
Rory Sutherland
Rory Sutherland is the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy, an attractively vague job title which has allowed him to co-found a behavioral science practice within the agency. Sutherland works with a consulting practice of psychology graduates who look for ‘unseen opportunities’ in consumer behaviour – these are the often small...
Rene Carayol
René Carayol is a leading business guru specialising in leadership, culture and transformation, drawing from his own unique experiences on the boards of some of the biggest international organisations; from Marks & Spencer and Pepsi to The World Bank and the Inland Revenue. He is the author of the...
Patrick Bergel
Patrick Bergel is a technology entrepreneur and digital strategy consultant. He was previously Founder and CEO of London’s first mobile search startup, Cluster, and most recently launched mobile data-sharing platform Chirp as CEO and Founder. Chirp was the #1 download on iOS in six countries including the UK and...
Louisa Heinrich
Louisa is a design, strategy and innovation leader. Over the past 20 years, she has been part of the development of many technologies that are now considered commonplace. As design director during the first dotcom boom, Louisa led the design of some of the first digital consumer projects for...
George Mitchell
George John Mitchell is an American lawyer, businessman and politician, best known internationally for several high profile roles he has undertaken on behalf of the US government. Mitchell served as US Special Envoy for Middle East Peace from 2009 to 2011. The appointment enabled the incoming Obama Administration to...
Gurcharan Das
Gurcharan Das is a CEO, author, journalist and public intellectual. Das is the author of the international bestseller, India Unbound, which has been published in 17 languages and filmed by the BBC. He writes a regular column on Sundays for the Times of India and periodic guest columns for...
Dan Cobley
Dan Cobley is an entrepreneur and investor in innovative tech startup businesses, focusing on financial services. He is CEO of Brightbridge Ventures, a FinTech-focused venture builder which is part of Blenheim Chalcot. Through this role he has co-founded and now chairs three fast-growth FinTech companies; SalaryFinance, BusinessFinanceCompared and ClearScore,...
