A skilled communication speaker helps businesses by improving internal communication, enhancing leadership skills, and fostering stronger client relationships. They provide valuable insights into effective messaging, conflict resolution, and building strong teams, all of which contribute to a more productive, cohesive work environment. By mastering communication, businesses can navigate challenges, improve decision-making, and boost employee and customer satisfaction.
At Great Business Speakers, we can help by connecting you with top communication speakers who specialise in transforming organisational communication strategies, empowering leaders, and providing actionable tools to enhance workplace interactions. Whether through workshops, keynotes, or tailored consulting, our speakers equip your team with the skills necessary for long-term business success.
Discover our Communication Speakers below, or contact the team at Great Business Speakers to enquire or book. +44 1753 439 289
Christine Armstrong is a researcher, author and vlogger on the future of work, and founder of Armstrong & Partners.
By exploring current working trends, workplace culture, workplace communication, work/life balance, remote working and all the data that comes with it, she examines the challenges present in using old business practices. These include being overloaded with communication, the challenges between professional/personal boundaries and burnout. She also explores how these working practices can impact different groups such as carers and parents.
Christine is a much sought-after keynote speaker on the future of work and has worked for companies including the BBC and NHS to help them use more up-to-date working trends to ensure employee health, happiness and productivity.
Christian Howes is a digital, social media, and big data expert, TV presenter, and keynote speaker.
He is a leading expert with over 30 years’ experience driving digital transformation, powering digital marketing, and delivering actionable insights for global brands such as Accenture, HSBC, and Sony PlayStation. His pioneering work in merging digital data with transactional insights has revolutionised customer service and empowered companies to make data-driven decisions.
Christian rose to prominence by analysing reality TV social media trends on Big Brother, and has since become a sought-after presenter, appearing on This Morning, Good Morning Britain, and a range of BT Sport shows.
In the corporate world, he has build innovative analytics platforms and creative testing solutions – including leveraging paid social advertising to accelerate product innovation – for brands including ASOS, Barclays, Lloyds, and The Telegraph.
A dynamic keynote speaker and conference host, Christian captivates audiences with clear, practical insights and engaging storytelling, inspiring leaders to reimagine how they harness data for growth.
Christian Fraser is the presenter of The Context and former co-anchor of the BBC programme Beyond 100 Days in which he hosted alongside fellow presenter, Katty Kay for the BBC News Channel, BBC World News, BBC Four and PBS.
Beyond 100 Days is an acclaimed nightly public affairs show, reaching a global audience and providing expert insight on international news from around the world.
Christian also presents BBC1 News, BBC Breakfast and Radio 4’s PM Programme and has specialised in programmes on the Trump Presidency and Brexit. He began his career as a trainee reporter with the UK’s Mirror Group, later becoming a staff reporter with the Daily Mirror.
Chris Sanderson is the CEO and co-founder of The Future Laboratory, where he is responsible for delivering the company’s extensive global roster of conferences, media events, in-house briefings, consumer insight, trend forecasting and brand strategy.
Clients include Louis Vuitton, Design Hotels, the Ministry for Tourism, Australia, and Women’s Wear Daily’s CEO Summits.
Chris Roebuck has a unique experience and approach that helps leaders, teams, and organisations understand how they can reach their full potential and be successful in just a few steps.
His innovative and inspiring manner shows everyone that they already know what delivers success, but just don’t recognise it. Once they do, they can quickly transform their performance by using a few simple actions. This adds investor value, serves customers better, builds the brands, boosts the bottom line by 10% at no additional cost, and supports effective risk management and cost-efficiency.
For over 30 years he has led global teams growing C Suite and other leaders as high-performance human leaders to accelerate success by meeting their key objectives and beating challenges. Chris Roebuck has delivered award-winning major transformations and culture change, grown new talent to build entrepreneurial future focussed organisations, and shown how people power can boost profits. His experience, supported by over 250 real-life studies, has helped him develop his successful approach, focussing predominantly on:
Corporate Leadership: How to develop leadership in major global corporations and SMEs to enable both personal and organisational success.
Governmental Leader: Talks around his own experience working with the UK Government and public sectors on major change and leadership projects.
Chris Hirst is an innovative and inspirational leader, keynote speaker, and award-winning author with an impressive track record of successful business transformation.
With over a decade of experience as a global CEO, he is now known for his no-nonsense approach to business transformation and his focus on wiping away the bullsh*t to bring clarity and insight to modern leadership.
Through his experience as a successful CEO, Chris shares his first-hand experience leading organisational change to deliver record growth and cultures of lasting success. In 2022, Chris was shortlisted by Campaign Magazine as global CEO of the year.
Chris Hines MBE has spent over 30 years campaigning for the environment and inspiring positive change.
He was the co-founder and director of Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) from 1990 to 2000. Regarded as “some of the Government’s most sophisticated environmental critics” by the BBC and “Britain’s coolest pressure group” by The Independent, SAS helped deliver massive environmental improvements. He then became the sustainability director for the Eden Project for five years, which involved him conceiving and delivering ‘Waste Neutral’, an early version of the circular economy.
He is now the owner of A Grain of Sand, a company dedicated to saving the environment. Shortlisted for the 1999 Green Politics Award and having provided evidence to Commons and Lords Committees, Chris is now booked as a highly-popular sustainability and environment speaker.
Described by The Guardian as a long-haired, twinkly eyed cross between Richard Branson and a wizard, Chris Baréz-Brown’s natural ability to uncover everyone’s inner genius helps people to get their energy right every day, so they can achieve more through their own talents and be extraordinary, all whilst driving bottom-line results.
He is a transformational speaker inspiring everyone from corporate to TEDx audiences worldwide.
Chloe Tilley is a two-time Sony award-winning presenter, with over 15 years of experience presenting live news programmes for BBC Television and Radio. Chloe has a track record of delivering dynamic and innovative shows across the BBC News Channel, BBC World News, Radio 5 Live and the World Service.
From 2016 Chloe regularly hosted the BAFTA award-winning Victoria Derbyshire programme on BBC 2 and the BBC News Channel. At the same time, she has been a regular presenter at 5 Live on Drive and the Emma Barnett Show. Since its creation in 2015, Chloe has also hosted OS, a news and discussion programme on the BBC World Service.
Chanelle Lady McCoy is one of Ireland’s most successful businesswomen, winning the All-Ireland Business Champion Award and recently ranked no 23 in the ‘50 incredible people shaping modern Ireland.
Having previously been a co-founder of Ireland’s largest indigenous pharmaceutical company and more recently Chanelle McCoy Health, a research and development-led pharmaceutical company, Chanelle is a very motivating speaker on business and leadership.
Chanelle was previously one of the dragons on Ireland’s Dragons’ Den where she enjoyed sharing her experience of growing successful businesses and supporting entrepreneurs on their journey to business growth. She is also a huge supporter of women in business and mentoring young entrepreneurs.
Caspar Berry is a professional motivational and keynote speaker who started his career as the lead in the first series of Byker Grove (1989-1997) on BBC One alongside Ant and Dec. He went on to read Economics and Anthropology at Cambridge and, after aiming to become a professional film writer, he had his first screenplay produced by Film Four in his final year. By the age of 23 he was writing for companies Columbia TriStar and Miramax.
Just two years later, he decided he needed a change in his life, which led him to Las Vegas where he became a professional poker player. He spent three years playing professionally and using his wits against some of the world’s best-known players.
After his time in Vegas, he moved back to the UK in 2002. Here he co-founded Twenty-First Century Media and built it into the fastest-growing audio-visual media company in the North East of England. Whilst here, he began his career as a speaker and catalyst for new thinking within business about risk-taking and decision-making. In 2008, he sold the company to Bob Geldof’s media giant, Ten Alps.
Caspar Berry’s eye-opening comparisons between playing poker and running a business incorporate risk-taking, innovating and communicating. His keynote speeches deliver a unique, insightful and refreshing take on business.
After being the head of brand planning at Google Zoo, and with more than 20 years of strategic marketing experience, Lazar Dzamic is one of the leading brand and marketing strategists in Europe.
From the stage and the classroom, he shares his experience and know-how with the world’s largest companies to help them develop and curate authentic attention and brand relevance.
Lazar Dzamic speaks with authority on why resonant marketing content is crucial for driving deep customer engagement that leads to commercial success.
His content and digital marketing strategies aligned with creative brand storytelling that enable more meaningful business communication and transformation.
Bridgid Nzekwu has spent over 20 years at the top of British television news. She has been part of the Channel 4 and ITV News teams, presenting national bulletins as well as London programmes.
After battling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and Breast Cancer – resulting in a double mastectomy – years of hormone treatment and a 10 hour open heart operation, Bridgid Nzekwu is an advocate for physical and mental health and wellbeing and is well-placed to work as a keynote and motivational speaker on resilience. Entering a predominately white, male and Oxbridge-dominated industry such as the media newsroom could have been a barrier to her, but she forged on, becoming the UK’s first female mixed-race newsreader.
Bridgid Nzekwu is now a sought-after presenter, corporate host, panel chair, speaker and award-winning media trainer. She has worked with large corporations, SMEs, public sector bodies and industry groups. Bridgid completes detailed research on the client and the subject, before giving advice on content, as well as hosting virtual and live award ceremonies and interviews.
Brett StClair is a business rebel technologist, digital pioneer, entrepreneur, lecturer, and keynote speaker.
After spending a decade in England, Brett returned to his hometown of Johannesburg in South Africa to launch his own digital marketing and media company. He has worked for some of the world’s leading digital businesses, including Admob, Google, and Barclays Africa.
As well as his own work plus his speaking duties, Brett has served as the co-chair of the South Africa Mobile Marketing association with the aim of establishing mobile marketing as a separate industry.
His expertise, knowledge and passion for the field have impacted thousands of audience members from around the globe.
Brendan Hall is a renowned figure in the fields of speaking, coaching, and consulting, with a focus on fostering high-performance cultures within teams and organisations. His expertise lies in unlocking the untapped potential of teams, cultivating resilience, fostering connections, promoting collaboration, and enhancing leadership qualities.
As a sought-after speaker, Brendan has earned recognition for his ability to inspire audiences and deliver tangible outcomes.
He has been trusted by esteemed organisations such as PwC, Toyota, GSK, Nestle, Financial Times, Tesco, and Lloyds Banking Group.
He also holds positions as an adjunct lecturer at Ashridge Executive Education and Cranfield Business Schools, where he imparts his knowledge and experience to aspiring leaders.
Ed Vaizey, is a prominent British peer, former minister, and influential voice across politics, media, and the creative industries. A member of the House of Lords and the Privy Council, he brings deep insight to matters of technology, cultural policy, and the digital economy.
From 2005 to 2019, Ed represented Wantage as a Member of Parliament and was appointed Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries in 2010. Serving for six years, he became the longest-serving Culture Minister in British history, playing a pivotal role in shaping policies that drove unprecedented growth in the UK’s creative and tech sectors – including introducing tax reliefs, expanding broadband infrastructure, and championing the arts.
His ministerial legacy was publicly recognised by more than 150 leading figures from the arts and media, who signed an open letter thanking him for his dedication and impact. Today, Ed continues to influence public discourse as a media commentator, columnist, podcast host, and broadcaster, while also holding advisory positions with leading organisations in technology and communications.
A trained barrister, he speaks with authority and authenticity on the intersection of innovation, creativity, policy, and culture – making him a highly sought-after speaker for events around the world.
Lars Tvede is a professional investor, serial entrepreneur and author who over the last 30 years has founded a string of companies within telecommunication, software development, property and finance.
His work has won him numerous international awards, including the Wall Street Journal Europe Innovation Award, Red Herring Global 100 Award, and Swiss IMD Startup Award.
Blaire Palmer is the authority on disrupting the future of leadership, and wants to provoke senior leaders to think more critically about the idea of work and leadership itself.
After starting her career as producer of the BBC’s Today programme, she took the leap from this safe and respected job to train as one of Europe’s first corporate coaches and start her own company. Since then, she has worked with many multinational corporations and organisations such as Mattel, Airbus, Roche Pharmaceuticals and the FA.
Blaire can help make sense of the perfect organisational storm of generative AI, hybrid working and the long tail of the pandemic, growing understanding of mental health, the rising cost of living and cost of supply, and global unrest.
Lara Morgan is CEO/MD of consumer services businesses with global experience and a track record of delivering accelerated and exceptional growth. She is an inspirational leader with a legacy of building world-class teams and aligning organisations with a clear strategy.
Having started as a salesperson Lara Morgan continues to practice daily the art of selling and creating win-win customer partnerships. Relentlessly learning Lara has specific expertise in strategy, customer insight and brand development, multichannel and multisite management and organic or M&A and partnership driven expansion.
As Head of Innovation & Creativity at Disney, Duncan Wardle helped teams at Disney Parks, Lucasfilm, Marvel, Pixar, Imagineering and Animation to innovate, creating magical new storylines and amazing experiences for consumers around the globe.
He now brings his Disney experience to audiences around the world, delivering a series of keynotes, masterclasses, and ideation forums, that help people capture unlikely connections, leading to both disruptive thinking and revolutionary ideas.
He is a multiple TEDx speaker and has been featured in many publications including Fast Company, Forbes, INC., and more. He teaches Innovation and Creativity Masterclasses at Harvard, Yale and Edinburgh Universities. Duncan Wardle also holds the American Citizen Award presented at the White House, an Hons. MBA and Hons. Doctorate from Edinburgh University and the Duke of Edinburgh Award, presented by Her late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.
Bianca Miller-Cole is an award-winning entrepreneur, personal brand strategist, executive mentor, Sunday Times bestselling author and internationally renowned keynote speaker. She initially came to prominence appearing on BBC’s The Apprentice (2014) where she pitched her idea to redefine nude hosiery. It was this commitment to e-commerce that saw her being named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 List.
With a career spanning entrepreneurship, personal branding, leadership, business growth and financial empowerment, Bianca is passionate about helping individuals and organisations turn potential into influence, opportunity and sustainable success. Bianca founded the ‘go to’ personal branding company, helping to harness workforce potential. The business has an impressive list of clients including Accenture, AMEX, Barclays, BT, CMS LLP, EY, Google, HSBC, KPMG, LSE, PWC, and UAL.
Bianca’s business influence has also resulted in her being awarded a Top 10 ‘Power Profile Leader’ via LinkedIn out of 20 million members, alongside Richard Branson. She appears in the Top 50 Future Leaders lists for the Financial Times HERoes (women only) and EMpower (ethnic minority) lists for her success in business.
Benita Matofska is a world-renowned keynote speaker, award-winning social entrepreneur, and future-change consultant, helping businesses and leaders thrive amid disruption. She delivers bold, actionable insights on leadership, innovation, AI, automation, smart cities, and business transformation—always grounded in people, purpose, and measurable impact.
Author of Generation Share—named by Forbes as a top read for building a positive future—Benita translates complex global trends into clear, practical strategies for resilience, sustainability, and growth. Her mission is simple yet powerful: to future-proof organisations while creating lasting social, economic, and environmental value.
With over a decade of research and innovation experience, Benita has inspired global audiences at leading events. She has also appeared on major international platforms, including TEDx, BBC World, Channel 4 News, UNESCO, Discovery Channel, CNN, and Number 10 Downing Street.
Benita’s work has been recognised with multiple accolades, including Ogunte Best Social Business Leader (UK & World), NatWest Venus Entrepreneur of the Year, Inspirational Woman of the Year, and the Cabinet Office/Nesta Innovation in Giving Award.
An RSA Fellow and influential media commentator, Benita is known for delivering more than talks—she creates unforgettable experiences that spark real change and leave audiences ready to transform their businesses and the world.
Ben Hanlin is one of the UK’s most successful magicians. The Brummie is co-writer and start of ITV’s primetime hidden camera show Tricked (2013-17), where he has captured audiences with his, occasionally shocking, magic, and boy-next-door character. Tricked won Best Entertainment Programme at the renowned Broadcast Digital Awards in 2014, and the show won the rating wars for two seasons running.
Known for his unique pranks, Ben Hanlin’s mischievous magic has persuaded famous personalities to believe he had invented the time machine, has convinced an actress to believe she had seen a ghost, and prompted a UK boyband to watch as one of their members fall off a cliff top from a moving trailer.
With a background in opera, Beatrice Freeman’s presence on stage is unique.
In 2008, Beatrice Freeman decided it was time to move away from Opera and retrain. As a result of the British recession at the time, Beatrice focused her attention on marketing and started working in cybersecurity. In the process, she established herself as a top networking strategist and was interviewed in the national press. It resulted in workshop requests and this is how her company ‘Personal Connection’ was born.
She published her top tips on building a sustainable network in the book Introverts Make Better Networkers: How Anyone Can Succeed at Networking.
