Sarah Willingham
Sarah Willingham was born on 21st December 1973. She grew up in Stoke on Trent and was fascinated by business and food from an early age. She was particularly interested in brands and recalls, ‘I was intrigued by how brands become household names, although I didn’t know it as...
Paul Keating
Paul Keating was Prime Minister of Australia from 1991-1996. Keating became Finance Minister in 1983, a position he held until 1991. This role saw Mr Keating implement economic reforms that assisted the expansion of the Australian economy which included the progressive deregulation of the financial sector, the float of the...
Michael Jordaan
Michael Jordaan, venture capitalist and wine enthusiast, stepped down as CEO of First National Bank (FNB) one of SA’s largest banks with a customer base of nearly nine million, in 2013 to pursue his passion for entrepreneurship. The former banker now heads up a private investment company, Montegray Capital...
Sonja Piontek
Sonja is a visionary, unconventional and highly inspiring executive with years of international experience in branding, marketing and strategy. She is passionate about building brands, creating unforgettable experiences and growing businesses. Sonja has vast experience in Asia as well as working and dealing with HNWI (high net worth individuals)....
Andrew Wallas
Over the past 40 years, Andrew Wallas has guided business leaders and companies, both large and small, to fulfil more of their latent potential. Andrew embodies a rare combination of highly successful businessman and intuitive corporate shaman. He is both recognised in the outer world as a respected businessman...
Robin Chase
Robin Chase is a transportation entrepreneur, internet start-up trailblazer and keynote speaker. A decade before Airbnb and Uber, Chase helped kickstart the ‘collaborative economy’ by co-founding Zipcar, which became the world’s largest carsharing service. The big idea was to enable convenient access to a valuable good (in this case,...
Ness Knight
Ness Knight is a record-breaking explorer and endurance adventurer who became the first female in history to swim the Thames River in 2013. Ness has traversed some of the most diverse terrain in all corners of the planet, overcoming huge obstacles and extreme conditions in remote environments. Ness’ career...
Mark Gallagher
“It has been an amazing journey working with The London Speaker Bureau for the past 20 years.” Mark Gallagher, has spent his career working in the global sports business of Formula 1 motor racing. This includes 15 years spent on the management boards of two well-known teams, Jordan Grand...
Ariane de Bonvoisin
Ariane speaks, writes and advises CEO’s, Founders and companies on navigating professional and personal change, inspirational and intuitive leadership, entrepreneurship, women in the workplace and the topic of wellness in business. She has spoken and coached at companies such as Google, Twitter, Morgan Stanley, Investec, The World Bank, KPMG,...
Matt Silver-Vallance
After graduating from the University of Cape Town, Silver-Vallance pursued an international career in the Medical Technologies industry. He found success in developing complex partnerships between national healthcare providers and the most advanced Med Tech companies, all in the pursuit of revolutionising global healthcare. The experiences that Silver-Vallance had...
