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Karun Chandhok is one of only two Indian drivers to compete in Formula 1 and one of the most respected broadcasters in the sport today. Born into a family which was steeped in motor sport history, Karun rose through the ranks of junior formulae racing to become test driver for the Red Bull Racing Formula 1 team in 2007/8. He competed in the Formula 1 World Championship for Hispania Racing Team and Team Lotus in 2010 and 2011. Today he is...
For the last 30 years, long before sustainability was a common business strategy, Pia has worked across different companies to embed sustainability strategies into concrete actions. With 30+ years in sustainability, Pia has worked across business sectors and geographies, both inside corporates and as advisor and non-executive director to support organisations create value and transform though ambitious sustainability strategies and roadmaps. Her work focuses on enabling organisations to move beyond compliance and risk minimisation to discover real business opportunities strengthening corporate...
George Howell is best known to audiences around the world for his contributions as host of the news program "CNN Newsroom with George Howell," which was simulcast LIVE, weekly on both CNN International and CNN USA. A journalist of more than 20 years, he has had a front row seat to history. As a National Correspondent for CNN, he covered a number of notable stories from the trial of George Zimmerman for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, to unrest in...
Gitika Gorthi is the Founder and CEO of IgnitedThinkers, a non-profit organization she founded in the 8th-grade to spread space education and her love for aerospace to students across the world. She is an incoming freshman at Columbia University in their College of Engineering and Applied Science as a Davis Scholar. Gitika is an aspiring aerospace physician, medical researcher, and astronaut. Through IgnitedThinkers, Gitika is working towards breaking the glass ceiling for minorities in the aerospace industry, incorporating more hands-on research...
Lucy Shepherd is at the forefront of modern exploration with adventures taking her from mountain ranges and tropical rainforests to the Arctic tundra. In 2024, Lucy gained global broadcasting recognition with her 2 part series on Channel 4 ‘Secret Amazon: Into the Wild’ . It tells the story of her and her team as they journey on foot through inhospitable and unexplored Amazon rainforest. Thrilling but heartwarming, it focuses on the friendships herself and her Amerindian team make with one...
Debbie Wosskow OBE is one of the most prominent entrepreneurs in the UK, known for successfully launching and scaling businesses focused on digital disruption and advancing economic opportunities for women. Debbie is the co-founder of WJV LLP, an investment firm, and Co-Chair of The Better Menopause, a company focused on equipping women through midlife with science-led products. She also sits on the Invest in Women Taskforce, which has raised over £250 million to support female-led businesses. Debbie’s other achievements...
Ronan is a world leading authority on resilient, high-performance. His Resilient Performance Method is used by leading organisations including Deloitte, EY, PwC, KPMG, L’Oréal, the UK Treasury, and Oxford University. Celebrated as a win–win for productivity and wellbeing, it’s ideal for fast‑moving companies who want to drive higher standards of excellence whilst caring for their people. As a Futurist to the UK Foreign Office, Ronan accurately predicted many of the disruptions that define today’s permacrisis. He now couples his foresight expertise...
General Richard Nugee was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1986, after reading Anthropology at Durham University. He served with a number of Gunner Regiments between 1986 and 2005, deploying to Northern Ireland (completing 4 tours in the infantry role), Bosnia and Kosovo, Iraq in 2003 responsible for all territory south of Basra and then Cyprus with the UN. In 2006 he deployed as a Brigadier to Afghanistan where part of his role was acting as the ISAF media spokesman and...
If you or your client is looking for an interactive Business Executive Speaker to empower and motivate the audience, Marcus Lemonis has been professionally inspiring crowds through keynote addresses and fireside chats for almost a decade! Millions tuned in for Lemonis' business advice featured on the hit CNBC reality shows, The Profit and The Partner, where he stepped in to save struggling businesses and entrepreneurs while investing his own money in the process. Marcus Lemonis is more than a TV personality, he...
Elizabeth Solaru is an author, an international keynote speaker and award-winning entrepreneur. Formerly a Scientist and Headhunter, she has honed her expertise in understanding luxury clients having successfully set up and run the world-renowned and multi-award-winning atelier Elizabeth's Cake Emporium and the Luxury Business Emporium. Author of the best-selling book, OPULENCIA, Elizabeth is the co-host of the Luxury Business Podcast and Luxury News Weekly Podcast, a humorous and informative news commentary podcast focusing on luxury news and the business of luxury....
Rosie Wilby is an award-winning UK-based comedian, author and broadcaster and the creator of global hit podcast and book The Breakup Monologues. Rosie has appeared many times on BBC Radio 4 programmes including Woman's Hour, Saturday Live and Four Thought, TV programmes including Good Morning Britain and at major festivals around the world. Her first book Is Monogamy Dead? was longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize and followed a trilogy of live solo shows investigating the psychology of love and...
Klisman Murati is a geoeconomic strategist, global forecaster and keynote speaker whose work sits at the intersection of geoeconomics, data, finance and nation building. Policy makers, investors and corporate leaders, turn to him when they need a sharp, data backed and business first take on global affairs and can identify what the consensus is missing, and why. His method is first-principles reasoning: stripping inherited assumptions from a problem and rebuilding the analysis from the ground up, using data and structural...
Mohammed Ashour is a visionary entrepreneur and global business leader dedicated to transforming industries through innovation, impact, and growth. As the Co-Founder and CEO of Visionary Group, he spearheads the development of businesses in emerging economies that operate at the nexus of technology and innovation, delivering outsized financial, social and environmental impact. Previously, Mohammed served as the CEO of Aspire, an early leader and innovator in sustainable insect agriculture and technology. Mohammed co-founded the company in 2013 after leading his team...
All three leading trade publications (Investment Advisor, RIABiz and InvestmentNews) say Ric Edelman is one of the most influential people in the financial planning and investment management profession. He’s in both Research magazine’s Financial Advisor Hall of Fame and Barron’s Hall of Fame, and was ranked three times as the nation’s #1 Independent Financial Advisor by Barron’s. Ric is the recipient of the IARFC’s Lifetime Achievement Award and he holds two patents for financial product innovation. Ric is a leading financial...
Amber is President of AmberMac Media, Inc., an award-winning content development agency. She is also the host of the weekly technology and business show #TheFeed on SiriusXM. In 2021, Amber was named one of the Bay Street Bull Women of the Year for her leadership in the technology sector. In 2018, she was named one of DMZ’s 30 inspirational women making a difference in tech. Amber has keynoted more than 500 events around the world and has moderated sessions with: Canadian Prime...
Kim Davis is a leading media broadcaster and marketing expert who is known for her innovative methods that fuse business with The Arts. For over 20 years, Kim has worked with A-list celebrities, such as Beyoncé, Andre Agassi, and Marc Jacobs, and contributed to major media outlets, such as The BBC and Telegraph. Most recently she produced and presented a piece for The Travel Show that aired to 71 million people worldwide. She also delivered an inspirational TED talk on “How...