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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 former NASA Test Director and mission leader who spent 30 years working in America’s space program. As a NASA Test Director, he led 21 Space Shuttle launch countdowns and supported 58 missions, operating in an environment where technical complexity, intense time pressure and human lives converged. Today, he translates that experience into practical lessons on preventing repeat failure, decision-making under pressure, organisational risk and leadership in high-consequence environments. As a professional speaker, media commentator and consultant, Mike...
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...
Oriana Skylar Mastro is a Center Fellow and Director of the Indo-Pacific Policy Lab at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and Courtesy Assistant Professor of Political Science at Stanford University, where her research focuses on Chinese military and security policy, Asia-Pacific security issues, war termination, and coercive diplomacy. She is also a Non-Resident Scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She also serves as a Lieutenant Colonel in the...
Jason Sosa explores how AI and emerging technologies are reshaping the way we work, lead, and compete. His talks cut through the hype to give audiences a clear-eyed view of where AI is headed and what organizations need to do to adapt and stay ahead. Jason is the Founder of Sosa Research, an agentic intelligence lab building next-generation AI infrastructure including Omega, a memory system for institutional AI reasoning, and Meridian, a forecasting engine that predicts economic, geopolitical, and technology shifts....
Giulio Toscani, PhD, is an Italian academic and AI and digital transformation expert with more than 20 years of experience in digital strategy. He earned his doctorate from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and has completed executive programmes in artificial intelligence, disruptive innovation, leadership and corporate responsibility at institutions including MIT, Kellogg, NYU Stern, the Indian School of Business, the Center for Creative Leadership and Berkeley Haas. A former Adjunct Professor at ESADE Business School in Barcelona, Giulio currently...
Anat Baron is a former CEO, tech founder, and keynote speaker who works with leaders navigating a world reshaped by AI, automation, and accelerating change. She is the creator of The Human + AI Equation, a practical decision framework that helps organizations determine what stays human-led, what should be AI-augmented, and what can be fully automated. Her perspective comes from global operating experience, not theory. Across hospitality, entertainment, consumer products, media, and technology, Anat has built businesses, led teams through disruption,...
Dr Steve Ingham is a performance scientist, keynote speaker and author who has spent more than two decades helping individuals, teams and organisations achieve sustained high performance. Best known for his work with Team GB and Paralympics GB, Steve combines scientific expertise with real-world experience to help organisations achieve outstanding performance. Steve began his career at the British Olympic Association before joining the English Institute of Sport, where he became Director of Science and Technical Development. Leading a team of more...