An inspirational female speaker can motivate your team, drive innovation, and highlight the benefits of a diverse workforce. Female business leaders, particularly those in less-female-oriented roles (such as STEM fields), serve as invaluable role models, showcasing the impact of diversity and the importance of representation within the workplace and society.
Furthermore, female speakers are not just for female audiences; they offer valuable insights that can inspire all genders. By sharing their experiences and perspectives, female speakers discuss a myriad of topics, including challenges women face in the workplace and society. They can guide organisations to support gender equality, respect women’s voices, better understand women’s health and promote diversity in leadership roles.
Through their stories and expertise, female speakers encourage personal and professional growth, fostering an environment of mutual respect and collaboration. Their presence challenges outdated norms, opening minds to the importance of inclusivity and empowering everyone to thrive together.
Female speakers also play a significant role in events like International Women’s Day (8th March), which celebrates women’s achievements and advocates for gender equality in the workplace and women’s health.
At Great Business Speakers, we specialise in connecting you with the perfect female speaker for your event, whether virtual or in-person. Our selection of experienced and influential speakers will inspire, engage, and drive meaningful conversations, helping your business embrace diversity and empower women in leadership.
Discover our leading Female Business Speakers below, or contact the team at Great Business Speakers to enquire or book. +44 1753 439 289
“The people who’ll thrive in the age of AI are those who understand themselves the most. The clearer you are on your own mind, the more precise you can be at directing a machine.”
Georgia Lewis Anderson is an award-winning AI implementation expert with a track record encompassing groundbreaking work for Google, Meta, and Microsoft.
Working in AI since 2016, George now speaks, consults, and builds at the intersection of human intelligence and machine behaviour, teaching us how to use this technology whilst exploring what I can teach us about ourselves.
Georgia is a sought-after keynote speaker, workshop creator and consultant, as well as podcast host and highly accomplished event host and moderator.
LJ Rich is a world-renowned AI Music Artist and TV Broadcaster. She co-curates the Unites Nations AI for Good Global Summit each year and has presented on the international technology show BBC Click for over a decade. Recognised as a though leader in AI and machine learning, LJ incorporates these technologies into her musical compositions, using music to explain technology, and delivering performances that showcase the fusion of art and technology.
From voice cloning to cross-genre AI music generation, LJ was among the first to work creatively with Gen AI and is considered a thought leader on how machine learning and creativity are evolving. She was one of the earliest users of style transfer (making the Beatles sing Call Me Maybe in 2020, using GPT-2 to generate synthetic paragraphs) and believes AI/Machine Learning can be a companion to creativity.
With a global presence, she has delivered AI-enhanced musical keynotes and live performances and emceed and hosted high-profile events across more than 50 countries, captivating audiences of thousands.
Zannah Ryabchuk is a sought-after keynote speaker, CEO of Breakthrough Global, and a 2023 winner of the 35 Women in Leadership Under 35 award. She is known for energising business audiences with interactive talks on culture, transformation, and navigating uncertainty in a VUCA world, blending personal stories with simple, powerful ideas that are practical and actionable.
Zannah has worked with global organisations including Commercial Metals Company, Coty, Ferrero, JDE Peet’s, Kellanova, and Ricoh. She is the host of the 3 Lessons From Breakthrough Leaders podcast and is currently co-authoring a book on energy-driven transformation, due for publication in late 2026.
Based in London, Zannah works internationally and brings a passion for health and wellbeing, history, relationships, nature, and feminism into her perspective on culture, leadership, and human performance.
Clare Bailey is one of the UK’s leading retail strategists, helping businesses navigate change, improve performance, and build customer loyalty in an increasingly competitive market.
With more than 25 years’ experience working across retails, ecommerce, and consumer behaviour, Clare has advised everyone from independent retailers to national brands, shopping destinations, and local authorities. As founder of The Retail Champion, she is known for translating complex commercial challenges into practical and actionable strategies that businesses can implement immediately.
A respected keynote speaker, moderator, and facilitator, Clare regularly shares her expertise at trade shows, conferences, and industry events. She is also a trusted media commentator, appearing across the BBC, Sky News, Bloomberg and national newspapers to discuss retail trends, consumer spending, and the future of the high street. Whether she’s delivering a keynote, hosting a panel or interviewing industry leaders, Clare combines commercial insight, humour and real-world experience to create engaging sessions that leave audiences informed, inspired and ready to take action.
Ashley Armstrong is one of the UK’s most respected business journalists. She is currently the only reporter to move directly from The Sun to the Financial Times, underlining both her credibility and influence across the media landscape.
The Chief UK Business Correspondent at the Financial Times, Ashley has also been Retail and M&A Editor at The Times, Retail Editor at The Telegraph, and Business Editor at The Sun.
A highly accomplished event host and moderator, Ashley specialises in facilitating engaging and enlightening discussions across every aspect of the financial agenda. She is also an insightful keynote speaker on markets, M&A, consumer affairs, and personal finance, combining journalistic rigour with clarity and commercial relevance.
Alexandra Forsyth is a Creative and Technology Founder, TEDx speaker, British Podcast Awards Judge, and host of the transatlantic podcast Take a Chance On You.
Blending lived experience with strategic insight, Alexandra developed the H.U.M.A.N. ROI Matrix, a human performance framework designed to help organisation’s identify hidden friction points. Her work sits at the intersection of human-centered leadership and the future of work, particularly as organisations navigate AI transformation, rapid growth, and evolving workplace cultures.
Beckie Taylor is an entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and creator of The Sound Barrier documentary. After building and exiting the award-winning technology business Tech Returners, she now helps organisations unlock the human advantage in the age of AI.
Through powerful storytelling, business experience, and practical insight, Beckie speaks on AI and the future of work, leadership, confidence, workplace culture, and finding your voice. She challenges organisations to look beyond technology, showing why trust, human connection, and confident leadership will define the most successful businesses of the future.
Recognised as one of the UK’s Most Influential People in Technology, Beckie delivers inspiring, thought-provoking keynotes that leave audiences ready to lead with confidence in a rapidly changing world.
Afua Hagan is a journalist, broadcaster, TV and radio presenter, TEDx speaker, event host, moderator, and royal commentator. Opinionated, charismatic, and thought-provoking, Afua is one of Britain’s leading voices on inclusion, diversity, and social mobility.
A familiar face across British and international media, Afua regularly appears on ITV’s This Morning and Good Morning Britain, Channel 5’s Vanessa, on the BBC, Sky News, NBC, CNN, CTV News, News Central Africa, and LBC. She has also presented for TalkTv, appearing on The Talk and hosting The Royal Tea, and is widely recognised as an authoritative commentator on the British Royal Family.
Afua has delivered keynote speeches, moderated panels and hosted events for organisations including Retail Week, the NHS, HSBC, Compare the Market, Inmarsat and Cambridgeshire Police, earning a reputation for combining insight, authenticity and humour with compelling storytelling.
Recognised for her contributions to broadcasting, Afua has received honours from the Black Women in Business Awards and the Women4Africa Awards.
Jo Salter MBE BEng (Hons), MBA, DA is a pioneering leader whose career spans aviation, business, and transformative leadership.
She is best known as Britain’s first female fast jet pilot; her journey from the cockpit of a Tornado GR1 to global boardrooms has inspired generations. Her story is one of inclusion, resilience, and navigating change. Today, she shares that lived experience with audiences around the world as a highly sought-after advisor, coach, and speaker.
Since leaving the RAF, Jo Salter has built a varied business career, holding multiple senior leadership roles at PwC, including Director of Global Transformative Leadership, and Global Advisory Lead for GenAI. She also played a key role in PwC Australia’s 2023 transformation response. Her work has influenced the way many businesses approach leadership, innovation, risk, and the human side of transformation.
In 2002, Jo Salter set up her own consultancy – Saltin Ltd – delivering high-performance coaching, thought leadership, and programme management. A former Lecturer at the Open University Business School, Jo is as comfortable in a boardroom as she is on stage.
Kirsty Hulse is an award-winning keynote speaker, bestselling author, and confidence expert who helps organisations transform how their people communicate, influence, and lead. Having delivered over 2,000 keynotes and workshops globally with 100% positive audience feedback, she has trained more than 150,000 professionals across companies, including Amazon, LinkedIn, and Spotify.
She is the creator of Confidence Live, a 1,300-delegate conference bringing together world-class speakers, comics, and wellbeing experts. Founder of a marketing agency serving clients such as IBM and Virgin Atlantic, Kirsty built a million-dollar business by the age of 26.
A former stand-up comic who has performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and The Comedy Store, Kirsty blends research-backed insight with sharp humour to make complex ideas stick. Her practical frameworks help organisations boost engagement, strengthen leadership presence, and build resilience during periods of change, leaving audiences with tools they can apply immediately.
Dr Angela Sharma is a passionate advocate for empowering women and their supporters with the information necessary to navigate menopause successfully.
With over 23 years of experience as a GP, accreditation as a Menopause Specialist by the BMS, and the establishment of her private online menopause clinic, Spiced Pear Health, Dr Angela is exceptionally well-equipped for this task.
Mary Portas is one of the most influential voices shaping the future of retail, branding, and customer experience. Known for her bold thinking, deep commercial insight, and passion for transforming businesses, Mary Portas is a highly sought-after keynote speaker for conferences, leadership events, and corporate gatherings worldwide.
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With more than three decades of experience advising global brands and helping organisations navigate changing consumer behaviour, Mary delivers keynote presentations that challenge audiences to rethink how businesses operate in a rapidly evolving marketplace.
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As a broadcaster, bestselling author, and founder of the consultancy Portas Agency, she combines strategic business insight with an inspiring belief that companies must reconnect with customers, communities, and purpose.
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Event organisers looking to book Mary Portas as a keynote speaker can expect a presentation that is energetic, thought-provoking, and packed with practical insights for modern organisations.
Jenny Millar: Pricing expert, author and CEO of Untapped Pricing
Renowned for revealing the human psychology that sits behind every price tag, Jenny Millar is a pricing expert, author and CEO of Untapped Pricing. She brings audiences into the quirks of human behaviour from our obsession with “free” to the surprising premiums people will pay when emotion takes over. Jenny has led major pricing transformations at eBay, teaches at the London School of Economics and Warwick Business School, and advises global corporates, private equity firms and high-growth businesses. Co-author of The Pricing Sprint (Bloomsbury, 2026), Jenny is a dynamic keynote speaker who combines behavioural science and commercial strategy to demonstrate to leaders how pricing can become their most powerful lever for growth.
Audiences describe Jenny as “high-energy, relatable and razor-sharp” — a speaker who turns the often-intimidating world of pricing into an inspiring, human, and practical conversation about value, growth and confidence.
Rachel Botsman is a lecturer, designer, artist, and author renowned for her work on trust and societal change. A leading expert, she has been recognised as one of the world’s top 30 most influential management thinkers, and was once honoured as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.
She has written two bestselling books – What’s Mine is Yours (2010), and Who Can You Trust (2017) – that have been translated into 14 languages.
As a former Trust Fellow at Oxford University, she teaches entrepreneurs and leaders how to navigate trust in technology, society, and work culture. She has produced several TED talks that have been viewed over five million times.
Her expertise is in high demand, and she regularly appears in the media, contributing to The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, WIRED, and The Financial Times.
Gifty Enright is a globally recognised author, coach, and keynote speaker on workplace wellbeing, inclusive cultures, next-gen leadership, and addressing the real challenges of modern organisations.
With over 30 years of corporate experience, Gifty has spoken for multination’s such as Citibank, government organisations including The Home Office, and prestigious institutions like Oxford University.
She is a regular TV and newspaper contributor, and is the author of Octopus on a Treadmill.
Gifty blends Eastern philosophy, Western science, and African wisdom to deliver talks that inspire transformation, an equip leaders and teams with strategies for inclusivity, resilience, and sustainable performance.
Sally is a journalist and broadcaster, is the anchor of the State of the World Podcast on YouTube, and spent eight years as an international correspondent for Sky News.
She is a seasoned journalist with years of experience on the frontlines of global events, in the studio and from the field. Sally has covered some of the biggest breaking news stories in recent history, including the war in Ukraine, the chaotic evacuation of Afghanistan, the tumultuous US elections, the Israel-Gaza war, and the early days of the pandemic.
Laura Greenwood is a multi-award-winning psychotherapist, founder of Laura Greenwood Therapy, clinical lead, passionate speaker specialising in parental emotional wellbeing, and fierce advocate for mental and emotional wellbeing in parenthood.
With over 18 years of clinical experience and her own powerful personal journey, Laura brings both professional expertise and heartfelt authenticity to every stage she steps on. If you’re looking for a speaker who brings depth, empowerment, and genuine transformation to your event, Laura is the one to watch.
Lyse Doucet is the BBC’s Chief International Correspondent, reporting on global events with a focus on Asia and the Middle East. As one of the channel’s senior presenters, Lyse anchors programmes from the studio and the field for BBC World and the World Service.
She began her journalism career after studying international relations in her native Canada. She initially worked in Africa before joining the BBC, where her first assignment took her back to Africa. She has since been posted to Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan.
Renowned as one of the channel’s most knowledgeable and respected commentators, Lyse has an extensive understanding of the politics, culture, and commerce of the Middle East. She also offers insights into the broader geopolitical landscape. Fluent in English and French, she is also conversational in Dari and Arabic.
“Stick to your beliefs, ensure everything is consistent with the brand and create an environment of trust.” – Tamara
Tamara Lohan is a co-founder and CEO of Mr & Mrs Smith, the boutique hotel booking specialists.
An entrepreneur with a background in marketing and technology, Tamara and her husband founded the company in 2002, and have been responsible for evolving the company’s digital infrastructure ever since.
From working in sales to marketing to business consultancy, Tamara has worked as the CTO, COO, and CEO of Mr & Mrs Smith. As CTO, she oversaw the development of their in-house booking engine and proprietary availability-management systems, apps, and Alexa voice skill.
The brand was acquired by Hyatt in 2023, and it now has offers all over the world and represents over 1,000 of the world’s best boutique hotels.
Tamara and her husband were both awarded MBEs in 2014 for their services to the British travel industry.
Standing at just 5’2″, Danni Brooke is not only a petite beauty but also a commended Police Officer. This fierce and courageous ex-copper prides herself on being one of the most experienced female undercover investigators in the UK.
Joining the force at the young age of 18 years old, her natural aptitude quickly shone through and she was recruited to work in the notoriously demanding Undercover Officer Unit at New Scotland Yard.
Danni has made a name for herself in the global security arena, gaining her experience through an extensive career with the UK’s Metropolitan Police, where she served as a highly respected undercover officer. Today, she is the co-founder and co-owner of The OSINT Group, a world-leading cyber security company specialising in open-source intelligence and human-led threat awareness.
After a number of years on TV Danni now runs a cybersecurity company and talks about staying safe and her life as an undercover cop.
With a unique ability to bridge the gap between the technical and the human, Danni delivers high-impact talks and training sessions to audiences across sectors – from corporate and academic institutions to law enforcement and intelligence agencies. She is known for making digital safety and investigations relatable, engaging, and actionable.
Fearless, frank, funny, and friendly, Beverley Turner is a GB News presenter with more than 20 years’ experience in broadcast journalism.
She has also worked for ITV, BBC Radio 5, and TBC Radio.
She currently co-hosts Britain’s Newsroom, the UK’s most popular and fastest growing mid-morning TV news show, covering major stories and interviewing politicians and members of the British public.
She is a Patron for the Family Planning Association (FPA).
Whether booked as a women’s health speaker or a recognisable host, Beverley Turner is entertaining and truly insightful. Her ability to engage an audience leaves a lasting impression, positively influencing ever area of their lives.
“AI is not just a technological leap; it’s a catalyst for reshaping humanity’s story, blurring the lines between the possible and the unimaginable.” – Nina Schick
Nina Schick is a globally recognised expert on AI, geopolitics, and power. She has been at the forefront of how AI is reshaping global dominance, not just in business, but in military strategy, economic infrastructure, and state power.
She was among the first to predict the societal impact of AI-generated content (Deepfakes, 2020) and now leads the conversation on Industrial Intelligence – the idea that AI is not just software revolution, but a physical, geopolitical, and industrial transformation.
She has advised and worked with global leaders including NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and President Joe Biden. Nina helped shape EU policy for nearly a decade. Now she is a trusted advisor to frontier AI firms and tech firms, including Synthesia, Qlik and Truepic.
Nina is a sought-after speaker at Davos, CES, WebSummit, CogX, TEDx, and regularly appears in MIT Tech Review, WIRED, TIME, and Bloomberg.
