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Keil Hubert is a leadership, cybersecurity, and organisational culture writer in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A. Keil is currently the head of Security Training and Awareness for the Options Clearing Corporation, the world’s largest equity derivatives clearing organization, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to joining OCC, Keil was a U.S. Army combat medic in high school and a medical IT officer following university graduation. He later served as a U.S. Air Force Public Affairs Officer during 9/11 and later as a Cyberspace...
Businesses are rising and falling faster than ever before, and crisis is the new normal. Sophie Sabbage is a Sunday Times bestselling author who has worked in the fields of human psychology and corporate change for nearly thirty years. She has equipped hundreds of thousands of individuals as well as leading brands to unlock opportunities for growth that they didn’t think possible. Personally, she has turned a six month ‘terminal’ cancer prognosis into the most creative six years of her life...
Previously, Roula Khalaf was Foreign Editor and Assistant Editor, Financial Times (2013-present) was the Middle East Editor (2000-13) where she had responsibility for Middle East coverage across the region and in the FT’s Middle East edition. Roula Khalaf joined the FT in 1995 as North Africa correspondent and before that she was a staff writer for Forbes magazine in New York. Her specialist areas are Iraq, where she has travelled extensively, the Gulf, North Africa and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. In November 2013,...
Trend watcher, futurist and international keynote speaker Richard van Hooijdonk takes you to an inspiring future that will dramatically change the way we live, work and do business. Richards investigates, with his international research, team trends like robotics, drone technology, autonomous transport systems, Internet of Things, virtual reality, biotech, nanotech, neurotech, blockchain, 3D and 4D printing and of course augmented and virtual reality and their impact on various industries. Findings are published weekly in the form of compelling articles, e-books and...
Derek Brower is the US Energy Editor of the Financial Times. He has more than 20 years experience covering global energy and politics. He began his career on the energy desk at Bridge News (now Reuters), and has served as editor of Petroleum Economist, in addition to being a regular contributor to the Economist, Prospect magazine and several newspapers. Most recently he was a director of RS Energy Group, advising clients on geopolitics and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries....
The Reverend Richard Coles is a Church of England priest in the quintessentially English village of Finedon, Northamptonshire, where two of his ancestors were Vicars in the seventeenth century. However, in complete contrast, more than a quarter of a century ago Richard was the instrumentalist half of pop band The Communards, together with Jimmy Somerville. During the 1980s The Communards had three UK Top 10 hits, including Never Can Say Goodbye and the biggest-selling single of 1986, Don't Leave Me This...
Intelligence poacher-turned-gamekeeper Shawnee Delaney is a decorated Intelligence Officer and licensed Private Investigator who has conducted thousands of public and private investigations. She is an Insider Threat expert who deploys war stories, humour and charm to bring unrivalled insight into the nexus of espionage and the corporate world. A certified Case Officer and alumni of “The Farm”, the CIA’s iconic training facility; Shawnee spent nearly a decade with the Defence Intelligence Agency conducting clandestine Human Intelligence (HUMINT) operations all over the...
Nicolas Hamilton was told as a child that he would never walk due to his cerebral palsy and would spend his life reliant on a wheelchair. Not one to be told he cannot do things, with determination and gruelling training he not only walked unaided, but he started to realise his dream: to be a racing driver. Now a regular in the British Touring Car Championship (the pinnacle of British motorsport) his story and ‘anything is possible’ attitude inspires anyone and...
Graham Jolley is one of the UK’s most talented and versatile magical performers, entertaining audiences with his unique style and amazing mind reading capabilities. Having performed at a huge number of corporate events, private dinners, conferences and on national television, his most recent being The One Show, Graham’s act adapts perfectly to any environment. A psychological entertainer, Graham Jolley is able to perform any number of astonishing feats, baffling and thrilling his audience in equal measure. His work has seen him...
Dietmar Dahmen is a top business expert on innovation, disruption, trends and technologies of the future. He is an energetic speaker on the upcoming demands and the business opportunities created by new trends and technologies. He explains the complex in simple ways, and gets his audience - from expert to novice - to feel the need to change now. Dietmar’s keynotes cover a broad range of topics, including: disruptive trends and upcoming technologies; transformation; the future of success; fear and opportunities of...
Owen O’Kane is a psychotherapist and author of the globally acclaimed book, ‘Ten To Zen’, along with the follow up ‘Ten Times Happier’. Owen grew up in Northern Ireland during ‘The Troubles,’ which was the perfect training ground for understanding the anxious mind due to the conflict and fear that existed in the region. As a former palliative care nurse, Owen O’Kane heard first-hand the biggest regrets people have on their death beds and as a result, learnt about the stresses and...
Cally Beaton is a comedian, writer, speaker and business mentor. Of the rising stars on the circuit today, few can boast the journey into comedy that Cally Beaton can. Cally is a natural storyteller full of intelligent, distinctive and punchline-rich material and her star is fast on the rise. She has held senior management positions at some of the biggest media companies in the world including MTV, UKTV and Viacom. Early in her career she headed an independent television production company that...
Robin Teigland is Professor of Business Administration, especially Strategic Information Systems at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), and Co-director of the Center for Strategy & Competitiveness. Robin’s research interests reside at the intersection of strategy, technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship and focus on how the convergence of emerging technologies such as 3D printing, artificial intelligence, IoT, and smart robotics, enable communities to create value outside of a firm’s traditional boundaries as well as challenge long-standing institutional structures in society. Leading Swedish...
Alison Burns LL.B Dip LP NP FRSA - who started her career as an engineer, lawyer, and jazz singer - is now an in-demand futurist keynote speaker on ethical futurism and business ethics. For over 30 years, she has been a trailblazer in the fields of engineering, entertainment, technology and the law. Today as an Ethical Futurist™ she helps organisations and individuals think and act more ethically through her entertaining and inspiring keynote speeches on ethical leadership, future trends, sustainability,...
Sophie Bennett is a best-selling author who has researched motivations and what drives people for the last 20 years and in that time has written several books. Bennett's most recent book seeks to explore the five motivational triggers. The 'five flames of motivation' are already being taught at Cranfield University as part of the leadership program. The book draws on the findings from interviews with over 35 world class performers from business to arts. Bennett has a background within the technology sector...
Erica Sosna is an inspirational female entrepreneur and thought leader who developed the Career Equation® to equip professionals around the world to find their ideal work. Her tools and programmes have enabled companies to retain and engage their key talent in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. A former Government policy adviser and leadership consultant, Erica‘s methods form an integral part of the talent philosophy at AXA, Capital One, Bristol Myers Squibb, Dassault Systemes and The Open University. Erica Sosna is an original thinker...