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Elliott Gotkine is an award-winning foreign correspondent, presenter and master of ceremonies. An expert on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Elliott has spent the past decade covering events in the Middle East, including the war in Gaza, primarily for CNN. As a former Europe Business Editor for Bloomberg TV, and ex BBC South America Correspondent, Elliott is bursting with knowledge, insights and stories from a career that has taken him from the coca-growing fields of Peru to the tech hubs of San...
Elin has built bridges between data-fuelled technologies and business value for more than 20 years. Through her collaborations with business leaders and tech entrepreneurs, she has developed an exceptional ability to connect business strategy with the application of data-driven technologies, including artificial intelligence. She brings novel perspectives to familiar challenges, persistently demystifying jargon and buzzwords, and consistently remains ahead of the curve with her insights into societal implications, sustainability, regulation, security, and geopolitics. Elin approaches AI with a humorous, down-to-earth, and...
Tim Bradshaw is a former Intelligence Officer and graduate of Sandhurst. His work as a Covert Human Intelligence Officer saw him recruit, run and build relationships with foreign agents worldwide. Often creating influence and effecting the outcome of extremely sensitive and dangerous situations. Tim founded, and is a director of Sandstone Communications, an international leadership and team building consultancy. He is Chief Executive Officer of the Sandstone Foundation delivering resilience workshops to schools and young people. Tim’s experience and understanding...
An entrepreneur in every sense of the word, Daymond John has come a long way from taking out a $100,000 mortgage on his mother’s house and moving his business operation into its basement. John is CEO and Founder of FUBU, a much-celebrated global lifestyle brand, and a pioneer in the fashion industry with billions in product sales world-wide. Former President Barack Obama appointed Daymond John a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship (PAGE) to harness his energy, ideas, and experience to...
Dr. Anna Gurun is speaker and consultant on the future of work, with experience speaking at in-company events and international conferences. Anna directs the world’s leading Future of Work by HSM, which has brought more than 100 multinationals together over 13 years to explore what work will look like in the years ahead, and what individuals, organisations and institutions must do now to prepare. Anna’s academic background focused on social movements, exploring how people use social networks and connections to instigate change....
Asif is the Chief Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer at Warner Bros. Discovery. He was previously the Global Head of Diversity, Inclusion and Social Impact at adidas and has a long and rich career in the diversity and inclusion space with senior executive roles at The Telegraph Media Group, EY Financial Services and the City of London Police. He is a board member for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and a member of the board of...
Andrea is one of the most requested keynote speakers about Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation, Leadership and Customer-centricity globally, and he shares his thoughts and ideas at the intersection of business, technology, philosophy and neuroscience in his more than 100 keynotes per year to many Fortune 500 companies such as Abbott, Bayer, Cargill, Dow, IBM, Roche, Syngenta, Tetrapak and more. He is a columnist at the MIT Technology Review Brazil, the official host of NVIDIA’s podcast in Brazil, counts with more than...
Matthew Luhn is an accomplished storyteller, instructor, motivational keynote speaker, and story consultant, with over 20 years’ experience creating stories and characters at Pixar Animation Studios. Alongside his story work in Hollywood, Matthew works with Fortune 500 companies, entrepreneurs, and other professionals how to craft and tell stories that bridge the gap between business and heart to build stronger brands and business communication. Matthew’s most recent clients include Adidas, Target, Coke, Procter and Gamble, Facebook, Warner Brothers, Sony, and Google. Matthew’s story...
Dane Jensen is the CEO of Third Factor, an acclaimed speaker, an instructor at Queen’s University and the University of North Carolina, a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review, and the author of The Power of Pressure (HarperCollins). Dane oversees Third Factor’s delivery of leadership development programs to leading firms across North America including SAP, RBC, Uber, Twitter, the USGA, and others. He teaches in the Full-Time and Executive MBAs at Queen’s Smith School of Business in Canada and is Affiliate Faculty...
Anna Whitehouse is a journalist, editor, Heart radio presenter and mother, turned Flexible Working Campaigner. The trailblazing, straight-talking best-selling author, presenter and campaigner, Anna Whitehouse is best known for her Flex Appeal movement that shone a blinding light on the need to implement flexible working for all across the UK, which was finally achieved this year. Having been included in The Independent’s ‘Most Influential Women’ list of 2023, Anna actively uses her platform as a positive force for good, to...
Alexis Conran, TV Presenter, Times Radio Presenter and Actor (LAMDA trained) is best known as the man who identifies, uncovers and helps us to protect our businesses and ourselves against scams. As writer and presenter of the highly acclaimed BBC TV show, The Real Hustle, he is in the rare position of being able to advise and educate even the most-foolhardy on issues surrounding security and risk (in the real and virtual world), and identify the human behaviour, communication skills...
Natasha Grano is a global influencer crowned “The world’s number 1 female mindset coach” by Huffpost and Yahoo’s “number 1 motivational speaker in the world under 40”. Her insights on building a social media network and becoming a digital leader resulted in Natasha being named in the world’s top ten keynote speakers by LA weekly, alongside the likes of Michelle Obama and John Assaraf. Natasha has ten million followers on instagram and hundreds of millions of people have viewed her online...
Michael Pawlyn is an architect, writer, and public speaker who was appointed as a Design Council expert. He has been described as an expert in regenerative design and biomimicry. He established his firm Exploration Architecture in 2007 to focus on high performance buildings and solutions for the circular economy. The company has developed a ground-breaking office project, an ultra-low energy data centre, a zero waste textiles factory and progressive solutions for green cities. Michael Pawlyn jointly initiated the widely acclaimed...
Jake Graf is an award-winning director, writer and actor based in London, known for his work on films including The Danish Girl, Colette, Headspace, Dawn and Dusk. Through film and storytelling, Jake is passionate about creating positive social change, giving visibility to underrepresented communities and exploring stories that promote understanding, inclusion and acceptance. His films have screened at festivals worldwide and are regularly used as educational resources in universities, schools, prisons and media events internationally. Jake’s first feature film Lavender is...
Hannah is a Captain in the British Army. She commissioned in 2010 and since that time has commanded soldiers across the world including in Germany, Canada, Kenya and Afghanistan. Hannah is also a transgender woman and her personal story of transition captured the imagination of the nation in 2015. A true advocate for equality, she used her public profile to promote a realistic portrayal of transgender individuals in the UK, becoming an inspiration to many. Outside the Army she acts as...
Desmond Clark has built a strong reputation as a former NFL player with the Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins, and Chicago Bears. Desmond has taken his leadership skills from on the field to off the field as a speaker, coach and author Desmond authored and published his first book, the Principles of Winning: 5 Keys to Create a Standard of Excellence. With "Standards over Feelings" as his mantra, Desmond's goal is to lead his audience through real-life personal and professional experiences to...