Martin McCourt
Martin McCourt has spent over 40 years working at the heart of British-based manufacturing, design and marketing for quality brands such as Dyson, Mars, Duracell, Toshiba and Pelikan.McCourt was the CEO of Dyson for 15 years. As CEO, he devised and implemented a strategy that transformed the company from...
Mark Thompson
Mark C. Thompson is CEO and co-founder of Virgin Unite Mentors, Sir Richard Branson’s network for executive coaching and entrepreneurial innovation. He is Charles Schwab’s former Chief of Staff, Chief Customer Experience Officer, Chief Communications Officer and cofounder of the Schwab Foundation. He also served as Executive Producer of...
Brad Jakeman
Brad Jakeman was President, PepsiCo’s Global Beverage Group, and led global category strategy, brand building, design, advertising, marketing, innovation and branded content for PepsiCo’s. Brad Jakeman has a passion for developing category-disruptive innovation ideas and marketing programmes that challenge the status-quo and build famous, world-class brands. As a Senior...
Karen Moloney
Dr Karen Moloney is a corporate educator and facilitator, writer and speaker on leadership topics. She turns good professionals into outstanding leaders, specialising in helping them prepare for the future, lead in challenging business environments and work across inter-disciplinary, remote and diverse cultural teams. Karen graduated from Trinity College...
Jon Matonis
Jon Matonis was Executive Director of the Bitcoin Foundation until December 2014 and served as a board director for the group from its 2012 inception to the time he assumed the executive director position in 2013. He is considered the foremost authority on virtual currencies, private currencies, and burgeoning...
Jeroen Van Der Veer
Jeroen Van der Veer is the former Chief Executive (2004-09) of Royal Dutch Shell. He remained a non-executive Director at Shell until 2013. He is a leading authority on energy, leadership and management, and his advice is widely sought by a range of industries. He held various positions during...
Gerd Leonhard
Gerd Leonhard is a well-known Futurist and Author of 5 books, a highly influential Keynote Speaker, Think-Tank Leader & Advisor, and – since late 2011 – the Founder of GreenFuturists.com. Gerd also serves as Visiting Professor at the Fundação Dom Cabral (São Paulo, Brazil). He is well-known as the...
Sahar Hashemi
Sahar Hashemi founded Coffee Republic, the UK’s first US style coffee bar chain with her brother and built it into one of the UK’s most recognised high street brands with a turnover of £30m. Giving up her career as a lawyer in London, she staked everything on a dream...
Greg Dyke
Greg Dyke, the former BBC Director General is now Chairman of the FA (Football Association), Ambassador Theatres Group and of the BFI (British Film Institute). Greg previously chaired GMTV and served on the board of BSkyB, Pearson, Channel 4 and ITN. Greg also guided the creation of Channel 5,...
James Kerr
James Kerr is a superb presenter and a natural storyteller who speaks on a mixture of topics including sports psychology, leadership practice and organisational science, with a compelling narrative. Kerr is the author behind the global best-seller Legacy, revealing the simple secrets of success behind some of the world’s...
