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Former footballer Clarke Carlisle is noted as one of the most eloquent, insightful voices in the modern game. He gained a great deal of acclaim and recognition in his time and his work speaking up against racism, homophobia and other excesses of the game on and off the pitch. Starting his career at Blackpool FC Clarke proved himself a capable central defender and scored in just his second professional appearance. He went on to play for QPR, Leeds United, Watford, and...
BJ Cunningham is the brand consultant and consumer trends expert leading the way in innovative, if not controversial marketing. So much was his desire to disrupt the status quo that BJ took on the might of the European Court of Justice with the launch of DEATH Cigarettes, with its tagline, “the honest smoke”. Before DEATH Cigarettes, BJ built a classic car and Harley Davidson import business. During the height of the financial crisis, he was left with debt from...
Peter Fader is the Frances and Pei-Yuan Chia Professor of Marketing at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. His expertise centers around the analysis of behavioral data to understand and forecast customer shopping/purchasing activities. He works with firms from a wide range of industries, such as telecommunications, financial services, gaming/entertainment, retailing, and pharmaceuticals. Managerial applications focus on topics such as customer relationship management, lifetime value of the customer, and sales forecasting for new products. Much of his research...
Nicola Sturgeon was Scotland’s longest-serving First Minister, holding office for almost nine years, and the first woman ever to do so. Leading Scotland through Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic, she worked with five UK Prime Ministers and became one of the most prominent and influential political figures in the United Kingdom. Nicola Sturgeon joined the Scottish National Party (SNP) as a teenager. She studied law at the University of Glasgow and worked as a solicitor before entering frontline politics. Elected as...
Pascal Coppens is a leading China expert, trend watcher, and authority on innovation, technology, and emerging business trends. Since 1996, he has spent two decades in China and Silicon Valley, building high-tech ventures and working alongside hundreds of Chinese engineers and innovators. Combining the perspective of a sinologist with hands-on entrepreneurial experience, he is today a sought-after keynote speaker and the author of three books on China's innovation and global impact. He delivers close to 100 keynote speeches per year,...
Lillian Gjerulf Kretz is a respected Danish journalist and news correspondent, well-known for her expertise in American politics and society. She is currently anchoring the evening news at Danish Broadcasting. With a robust career in journalism, Lillian has served as the United States correspondent for DR (Danmarks Radio), the Danish Broadcasting Corporation. In her role, she has covered significant political events, elections, and social issues, providing insightful analysis and on-the-ground reports. Her work not only brings critical perspectives on U.S. affairs...
One of the most recognisable and charismatic personalities in world rugby, Joe Marler is a two-time Premiership champion with over 75 England caps. Having spent his entire club career at Harlequins, winning two Premiership titles, the European Challenge Cup and making 204 appearances – Joe announced his retirement from professional rugby in November 2024. Since stepping away from the sport, Joe has become a standout figure in entertainment. In Autumn 2025, Joe starred in The Celebrity Traitors, where he quickly became...
Andreas Dombret is an economist and banking expert who was formerly a member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank. Having worked as an investment banker, central banker, banking supervisor and advisor to leading financial institutions and corporations, he knows the international financial system from almost every angle. He now supports international organisations and companies with strategic issues and has been Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the neo-bank N26 since 2025. After training as a banker at Dresdner Bank,...
Mike Ciannilli is a professional speaker, on-air media commentary and consultant to both governmental and commercial organizations. After completing a 30-year career in a wide variety of key leadership positions in America's space program, Mike now passionately shares NASA's most invaluable and powerful lessons learned to companies and organizations across the United States and countries throughout the world. As a professional speaker, Ciannilli has delivered numerous impactful keynote speeches, presentations, and engagements on a wide variety of insightful, invaluable, and...
Dr Laura Gilbert CBE is one of the UK's leading authorities on the practical application of artificial intelligence, having founded the UK Government's Incubator for AI and advised governments around the world on AI strategy and implementation. Laura serves as Senior Director of AI and Head of the AI for Government programme at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, where she advises governments around the world on AI strategy, policy and implementation. Leading the AI Innovation Lab, she helps develop...
Lucy Fisher is an award-winning political journalist, broadcaster and author. She is Whitehall Editor at the Financial Times where she focuses on UK politics, defence and foreign policy. She is also host of the FT’s weekly podcast Political Fix. It was named both ‘podcast of the year’ and ‘political podcast of the year’ at the 2025 Publisher Awards, and Fisher won ‘story of the year’ for the Afghan Files at the Political Podcast Awards 2026. Based in Westminster day to day, she has...
John retired as a B777 Training Captain with British Airways in December 2022 having started his aviation career over 46 years earlier, straight from school as a junior clerk. After several ground based positions, he gained his commercial pilot's licence in 1987 and went to fly for a charter airline, Dan Air. Two years later John returned to BA and flew the original B747 'Classic' for nine years. Concorde was John's ultimate ambition and that dream eventually came true in 1998,...
Sir Jeremy Hunt is an authoritative speaker on the economy, geopolitics and healthcare. He speaks with enormous experience as one of the most high profile and successful politicians in recent British history, having served in senior Ministerial roles since 2010, under four Prime Ministers. As Chancellor of the Exchequer until July 2024, Jeremy is exceptionally well placed to comment on the UK and global economic outlook and the likely scenarios under the Labour and Trump Governments. As the UK’s former representative...
AI is raising the floor. Good enough has never been easier, or less impressive. The advantage now lives beyond faster, and most organizations are prompting right past it. Julie Holmes helps leaders and teams use AI to stand out, not just keep up. Julie speaks from the field, not the sidelines. A tech founder, inventor, and AI strategist with more than 20 years in technology, she has shaped software at Oracle and PeopleSoft, built products used in more than 50 countries,...
Sam Dalrymple is the internationally bestselling author of Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia, a Finalist for the 2026 Orwell Prize for Political Writing. The book was named a Best Book of 2025 by the Financial Times, NPR, The Spectator, BBC History Magazine, The Week, History Today, Waterstones and Daunt Books, and is being translated into five languages. It has been shortlisted for the Eastern Eye Award for History, the Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman and the...
How would you like to obtain the scenarios others have not imagined, so your decisions hold under any condition? Olivier Guitta is the person that can deliver that to you, day in and day out. He is a geopolitical strategist, keynote speaker and Managing Director of GlobalStrat, an international security and risk consultancy with deep regional expertise across Europe, the United States, the Middle East and Africa. With over three decades at the intersection of geopolitics, security and markets, Olivier helps...