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Rüdiger von Fritsch was Germany's ambassador in Moscow. For five years he was the highest representative of Germany and also represented German interests towards Russia's President Putin. The exceptional diplomat retired in the summer of 2019. After studying History and German philology in Erlangen and Bonn, Rüdiger von Fritsch joined the Foreign Service in 1984. After various positions as a secretary in the German embassies of Warsaw, Nairobi and the Permanent Representation to the EU in Brussels, he became head of...
Dame Inga Beale took over the helm of the 330-year-old City financial institution Lloyd’s of London in 2014, after working in senior leadership roles in some of the world’s largest insurance companies. With over three decades of global business experience she was awarded her Damehood in 2017 for services to the UK economy. Before joining Lloyd’s, Inga was Group CEO of Canopius with its principal operations at Lloyd's. Prior to that she was on the Global Management Board of Zurich Insurance...
Dr. Marie-Helene Pelletier is an award-winning workplace mental health expert, psychologist, advisor and speaker. Fluently bilingual in English and French, she’s one of only a handful of work psychologists holding both a PHD and MBA. Marie-Helene brings a signature mix of business and clinical expertise to the groups she works with. She translates psychology research (about health, resiliency, and overcoming challenges) into strategies professionals, business leaders and their teams need to thrive. 1. Provides expertise for boosting performance. Marie-Helene shares what psychologists...
An award-winning entrepreneur and author, Kendal Netmaker is a master storyteller who uses his natural gift to help people shift their mindset and find the success they seek. He speaks professionally to thousands of people worldwide on resilience, leadership, and the power of telling your story, weaving his real-life experiences into motivating lessons that empower and build more resilient leaders and organizations. From Sweetgrass First Nation, Netmaker and his siblings were raised by their single mother. Life wasn’t easy growing up...
Gerard Grech is a technology innovation specialist and futurist, working at the cutting-edge of tech start-ups in London, Paris and New York over 20 years. A pioneer in digital, Gerard has consistently been at the forefront of the latest consumer and business innovation. He was one of the first tech leaders in the audio, video and apps on mobile wave as well as in helping put London and the UK at the global forefront of technological innovation. As founding CEO of Tech...
Vilborg Arna is a record holding adventurer by being the only woman who has completed a solo expedition to a Pole and 8000 m peak. By the time she reached the South Pole she became the youngest woman in the world to complete a solo polar journey. Her other accomplishments include climbing the seven summits and a number of other polar and mountaineering expeditions. Vilborg speaks about how she became an adventurer after being kicked out of school three times as...
Aaron Phipps, MBE, is a Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby athlete and gold medal winning Paralympian. At 15 Aaron had both of his legs and most of his fingers amputated due to blood poisoning from meningitis. After a 10km fundraising wheelchair race for the Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF), Aaron's sporting journey began. Starting with wheelchair racing Aaron competed in two London Marathons, including 2009 where he came fourth, finishing in under two hours. Aaron joined the GB Wheelchair Rugby squad and...
Divyanshu Ganatra, Limca record holder, is one of the world's leading speakers on leadership, inclusion and innovation. Sought after motivational speaker for hundreds of Fortune 500 companies and CXO forums. From waking up blind at an early age of 19 to being told what he can and cannot do, on April 29th 2014, he became the first blind Indian to take his first solo flight, and realized his childhood dream of becoming a pilot. In 2016 he was the first Blind...
Steffi Bednarek is an internationally recognised thought leader and consultant on climate psychology and systems thinking, working on the intersection between the human psyche and systems change. She helps organisations to prepare for the mental health impact of living in a world where change is inevitable and where a metaphorical death of much that has been familiar is already on the doorstep. The psychological aspects of climate change are not an additional extra but a central part of our ‘response-ability’ in a...
Charlie Fink writes the weekly Forbes column "This Week in XR" and its companion podcast. He is the author of the upcoming "The New Metaverse Book" (Fall 2022), "Remote Collaboration, Virtual Conferences and the Future of Work" (2020), and the critically acclaimed AR-enabled books "Charlie Fink’s Metaverse" (2017), and "Convergence, How The World Will Be Painted With Data" (2019). He teaches XR at Chapman University Film School in Orange, CA. Fink's forty year career at the convergence of popular culture and...
Pascal Bornet is a recognized global expert in Artificial Intelligence and Automation. He is the author of the best-seller book "Intelligent Automation". He has received multiple awards, and he is regularly ranked as one of the top 10 global experts in the fields of Artificial Intelligence and Automation. Bornet has published articles in Forbes, Bloomberg, McKinsey Quarterly, The Times, and many other renowned publications. He is a keynote speaker, a lecturer, and a tech influencer with more than 700,000 followers on...
Jack Stratten is an experienced trends speaker, writer and researcher who's worked with Insider Trends since its inception. His specialist topics cover all aspects of retail, from stores and supply chains to commerce and sustainability. He’s continually been monitoring best practice in global retail at Insider Trends and his expertise lies in omnichannel strategy and innovation. Jack has delivered presentations, retail safaris and workshops to blue-chip brands including Nike, Johnson & Johnson, BNP Paribas, EE, Ikea, Shell, Aggregate Industries, Galeries Lafayette,...
Rachel Botsman is a leading trust expert, author, and a lecturer at Oxford University. She is passionate about teaching people how to think differently about trust and humility in the modern world. She has been recognized as one of the world’s 30 most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50, one of the Top 10 most influential voices in the UK on LinkedIn, and honoured as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Her TED talks have been viewed more than...
You can never speak about Tom Sligting without mentioning words like memorable, energetic, humorous, and insightful. Tom Sligting, one of the first comedians in the Netherlands, has been a Comedian and Keynote Speaker since 1994. What if you can measure your Adaptability, providing insights and tools to help individuals, teams, and organizations adapt quickly to our everchanging world of work. This energetic, humorous speech gives you all the insights and content you need to know to take the next step. Why a...
It's been quite a year for Mark so far... Starting with The Guardian awarding him the accolade of "Star of Tech City" describing him as "one of the people who are changing our world and helping to boost economic growth." He went on to be named in the "Silicon 60 Global Tech Entrepreneurs," "The Most Influential Londoners" "The Sunday Times Top people in Britain," "The Drum's Digerati List," "The Debrett's Top 10 Digital List," and was invited to do a...
Robert Hardman is one of Britain’s most accomplished journalists and a leading writer on the British Royal Family. He is a documentary filmmaker and best-selling author, whose rare insights into royalty are sought-after. As a newspaper journalist and columnist, first with the Daily Telegraph and now with the Daily Mail, he has been covering British and international affairs at every level for many years. Hardman is the author of Our Queen, a bestselling book that went on to become ITV’s most-watched...
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