Expert marketing speakers bring valuable insights, strategies, and motivational energy that can significantly enhance your event. By tailoring their message to your specific needs, they can help your team better understand market trends, sales tactics, and customer relationships. Whether you’re looking for inspiration, practical sales tools, or an innovative perspective on leadership, a professional speaker will leave a lasting impact, equipping your team with the knowledge and drive to elevate their performance.
At Great Business Speakers, we specialise in curating personalised shortlists to ensure the perfect match for your event. With access to a diverse range of top-tier speakers, we can help you select someone whose expertise aligns with your business goals and event objectives. Whether you want to motivate your sales team or refine key skills, our tailored approach guarantees that your keynote speaker will resonate with your audience and elevate the overall experience. Let us help you create a memorable, impactful event that drives results.
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Over the past two decades, Pete Durant has been at the forefront of the digital and social revolution, creating and telling brands’ stories.
He is a marketing director, brand leader, business and commercial consultant, and creative director, and has worked with both sides of the divide at agency groups Omnicom, IPG Mediabrands, and WPP.
He has worked on programmes including Big Brother, Hunted, Interior Design Masters, Masterchef, Peaky Blinders, and Your Home Made Perfect, and has worked with clients such as Waitrose, Renault Dacia, Specsavers, and entertainment platform Habbo Hotel.
He is also a dedicated values and CSR Consultant, helping businesses to find their purpose and help them to deliver on their promises. He has a particular interest in animal advocacy, sustainability, and positive mental health.
Paul Spiers is a highly-skilled, strategic brand, communications and leadership consultant, keynote speaker and facilitator with over 20 years creative industry experience.
A respected thought leader and advocate for a ‘New P&L’ for Business – based on Principles & Leadership not just Profit & Loss, Paul is on a global mission to rid businesses of their ‘vinyl values’ – empty slogans, propositions and statements, replacing them with a commitment to authentic and principled leadership and purpose-led business.
Paul Spiers is a highly engaging, thoughtful and inspiring keynote speaker, panel moderator and roundtable facilitator.
Speaking and facilitating at conferences in the UK and internationally, Paul provides insightful and thought-provoking observations and practical examples of how to apply the power of purpose, creativity and Principles and Leadership in business. Audiences come away inspired, with new ways of looking at leadership and their roles at leaders.
Paul Craven is a London-based specialist in the area of Behavioural Economics and the Psychology of Investment. The founder of Paul Craven Partners Ltd, he is dedicated to helping his clients enhance their business communications, decision-making and sales skills.
Paul is also an independent adviser on the Akzo Nobel (CPS) Pension Fund and the British Steel Pension Fund.
With over 30 years of investment experience, with Schroders (1986-2003), PIMCO (2003-2007) and Goldman Sachs (2007-2013), he is the perfect speaker to help motivate your employees, incorporating his business knowledge into insightful masterclasses which are suitable for teams of all sizes, however large or small.
Oisin Lunny is a dynamic and globally experienced event and webinar MC, moderator and speaker.
Host of two podcasts for Fortune 500 companies Siemens Advanta and HARMAN International. Freelance journalist, presenter and consultant.
Oisin Lunny is a globally recognised speaker Emcee, host and tech moderator at events such as Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Nick Saunders is a motivational keynote speaker and training consultant with a 25 year track record of experience. He’s been lucky enough to have a career doing what he loves – helping many, many people enjoy what they do a little more by giving them the tools to make their working lives (and home lives) more productive and gratifying.
This includes helping improve relationships in all sorts of organisations, in all sorts of industries, in all sorts of countries – including the corporate/business sector, many charities and not-for profit organisations and in education (from numerous primary schools to Oxford University).
Nick Lyth is the Founder and President of Green Angel Syndicate, the only angel investment syndicate in the UK specialising in the fight against climate change. He works with entrepreneurs, companies and investors who want to do more about the issues relating to climate change.
In 2013 Nick Lyth set up the Green Angel Syndicate as an experiment to fight climate change and global warming. From its inception with just ten members, and two company investments it has since grown and now has more than 300 members, 44 companies in its portfolio.
Under Nick’s presidency, Green Angel Syndicate has also launched its first EIS Climate Change Fund, attracting a £10 million commitment from BBI’s Regional Angel Programme, and was UK Angel Syndicate of the Year in 2019.
Nick Lyth has been asked to speak at numerous conferences around the UK and Europe on matters concerning sustainable resources, and has been invited to assess innovation competitions in the UK run by the Technology Strategy Board (now Innovate UK) and Scottish Government.
Nevil Tynemouth is a successful author, international speaker, and executive coach.
The founder of New Results, the professional development company focussed on supporting you and your teams’ development journey. He has a 30 year career with global brands and professionals, helping them all achieve their own “new results”. In his corporate career, Nevil was involved in launching two of the UK’s most familiar brands in BlackBerry and Dyson. His blend of real world examples and well researched tools help professionals achieve their goals.
Nevil is also the author of Sales Success on LinkedIn, and is recognised as an excellent speaker and facilitator, bringing new ideas, methods and approaches to life for those he works with. Inspiring business owners, directors and their teams with the real world practical tools while getting individuals and businesses fired up, focussed and understanding the behavioural shifts to achieve success.
He helps you identify and overcome the things that you are avoiding. You know, those little things that hold you back from achieving your true potential.
Nathalie Nahai’s expertise in human behaviour, web design, and the arts provides a distinctive perspective for analysing the intricate contemporary challenges.
Her highly successful publication, Webs Of Influence: The Psychology of Online Persuasion, has become the authoritative guide for both corporate leaders and educational institutions. Her latest work, Business Unusual: Values, Uncertainty, and the Psychology of Brand Resilience, has been hailed as a fundamental text in the field of business.
Serving as a behavioural science advisor and the host of The Hive Podcast, Nathalie assists notable clients such as Google, Accenture, Unilever, and Harvard Business Review in conscientiously employing behavioral science principles to amplify their business strategies.
Matthew Scott is a digital media entrepreneur, executive producer, digital futurist, mentor and an international keynote speaker.
With over 20 years experience in media, marketing and technology, Matthew is a multi-award winning digital media entrepreneur with exceptional creative talent.
Matthew has worked with top global brands such as Sky, Google, Ford, Amazon, Sony Pictures, Lego, Nike and Proctor & Gamble, as well as a number of local and central Governments around the world.
A regular media commentator and expert in the media, he has featured on the BBC and the Discovery Channel series and published in The Guardian, The Independent and the Daily Telegraph.
Matthew Blakemore is an award-winning tech visionary, entrepreneur, and strategist in Artificial Intelligence (AI), acclaimed for his expertise in digital transformation and AI strategy.
He has over a decade of experience in propelling products from ideation to delivery and commercialisation. Highly regarded for his thought-leadership and dynamic public speaking, he consistently sheds light on the expansive realm of AI and digital transformation.
He is the CEO of AI Caramba! – an AI strategy and governance consultancy – which was named AI Solutions Provider of the Year 2025. He is the co-editor of ISO/IEC 8183, the international standard for the AI data life cycle, a contributor to the EU AI Office’s GPAI Code of Practice, and a member of Innovate UK’s BridgeAI Advisory Committee.
Matthew advises boards and leadership teams across banking, energy, retail, broadcasting, and development finance, and has delivered more than 250 keynotes across over 20 countries.
Matthew is also an award-winning AI filmmaker and songwriter. He has more than 20 IMDB-certified credits using AI as a production craft, proving the tools can serve the story rather than replace the storyteller. His work has won him over a dozen festival awards, including Best Original Score/Sound Design and the Best Music Video at Cannes World Film Festival.
Prior to becoming a Futurist, Matt O’Neill spent over 15 years developing marketing and communications businesses. They include an innovative events company, cutting edge video marketing products and a marketing communications agency. He has worked at the cutting edge of media throughout.
Most speakers believe their job is delivering content. To Matt O’Neill, that’s selling short. He judges success by enabling actionable, fresh realisation on the world around us. His job is only complete if your audience leaves feeling inspired to do something different tomorrow than they did today.
His real interest lies at the intersection between technology and humanity. His positive outlook means he’s always looking for ways to fuse the best of what technology has to offer and how we humans flourish alongside.
Lisa Baskott is the award-winning founder and CEO of 2nd Line of Defence, a private security recruitment agency that focuses on filling roles with a new, diverse and inclusive workforce. The business was an Enterprise Vision Awards winner in 2023 in the New Business category.
As part of her commitment to serving the community, Lisa Baskott has been a Magistrate for 11 years, sitting as a Presiding Justice in both the Adult and Youth Courts in Sussex. In 2021, Lisa was one of seven newly-appointed regional Inclusion and Diversity Magistrates (IDM).
Lisa became a qualified Security Industry Authority (SIA) licensed door supervisor in 2021. She is celebrated for her commitment to advancing diversity and inclusivity within the private security industry and is especially focused on getting more women into the frontline security sector.
She has written numerous articles on the subject, has appeared on national television and radio, as well as being interviewed on many podcasts.
James Peach is a leader, brand director, adventurer and keynote speaker, specialising in inspiring your employees, leaders, students and communities to be the best version of themselves.
Over the past 15 years James has built some of the most successful brands in the tech and consumer goods industries, from Innocent Drinks, to Uber and Vinted. He’s also supported start-ups from seed to sale, and mentored young leaders in honing and developing their skills.
James will soon launch his first book Mattering To People: How to Build an Interesting Business and a Powerful Brand.
Grant Leboff is one of the UK’s leading sales and marketing experts. He has written several books on the industry and still works as a practitioner in the field. It is this combination that enabled Grant to bring a mix of thought leadership and genuine real-life examples into his talks.
Grant Leboff’s main focus is to address the changes that are taking place in a world that is constantly being changed by new technologies. He ensures his audiences get the latest thinking, and more importantly, makes it clear what the implications – positive and negative – are for their business.
Renowned as ‘the Billy Connolly of marketing’ Geoff Ramm is the creator of Celebrity Service and OMG Marketing. He is an expert on customer attraction, marketing and sales techniques that help generate profit and secure repeat business.
Working with clients such as Balfour Beatty, The Co-operative Travel, Crowne Place and Mumsnet, Geoff can adapt the way he works to suit a range of consumers.
He is an interactive and inspirational keynote speaker, having helped large corporate clients as well as small entrepreneurial audiences across six continents achieve their potential and outperform their competitors. He is an expert on everything to do with customer service, customer experience and business marketing, advising companies on the best practices to ensure that their business thrives.
Claire Harper is an expert in retail, marketing, change management, branding and enterprise. Having worked for prominent UK brands including Argos, Ocado, Sainsbury’s and Mamas and Papas, and run her own award-winning best of British kids’ clothing brand IndiaCoco, Claire is one of the UK’s most formidable business leaders.
Claire Harper’s journey from senior corporate leader to business entrepreneur and sought-after consultant is inspirational and full of messages gleaned from working at the very heart of business.
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.
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.
Entrepreneurial Inspiration: Emily Newstead proves every day that nothing should hold you back from success!
Emily Newstead boasts a wealth of experience, proudly working across a wide range of business sectors and within various professional environments; Emily is a leading Yorkshire Woman Entrepreneur and Influencer with many accolades and achievements, including ‘Entrepreneur of the Year Award’ & Finalists for ‘Ethical – Green Business of the Year Award’.
Through her dynamic storytelling and practical wisdom, Emily not only shares her journey but also empowers others to overcome obstacles and pursue their own paths to success with confidence.
Not only the CEO & Founder of her own company, new podcast, Mindset program, and property business; Emily also champions years of experience within multiple industries, business development, and leadership.
Chloe Combi is an ex-teacher, educator, researcher, brand consultant, political consultant, broadcaster, podcast host, film director, bestselling author, and international speaker.
Using a data-driven approach, based on over 30,000 interviews, she works with global companies, governments, institutions, and schools to give them an insight into the future and help them prepare for what the future brings.
Chloe coined the term ‘Generation Z’ – people born between 1997 and 2012 – when she wrote the first bestselling book on the topic, way before the rest of the world became fascinated with them. In her book Generation Z: Their Voices, Their Lives (2015), she interviewed over 3,000 people, and has since added over 20,000 more for her next book about Generation A.
Her unprecedented research into generational shifts makes her one of the world’s leading experts on the matter, and she has become a popular keynote speaker, appearing at events including Edinburgh Book Festival, the London Festival of Education, and Latitude Festival.
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.
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.
Lady Michelle Mone, Baroness of Mayfair OBE, is one of the most sought-after inspirational speakers of our time. Recently voted the UK’s Number 1 Woman speaker, she is best renowned as one of Britain’s most influential ladies; both an entrepreneur and an advocate for equality for women in business.
Founder of Ultimo Brands International, the UK’s leading lingerie brand for the last two decades, she set out with a vision of helping women look and feel they’re very best. It was upon that simple concept Baroness Mone built her career and influence, being honoured with a Life Peerage to the House of Lords by the Prime Minister and an OBE from Her Majesty the Queen for her outstanding contributions to the business.
Baroness Mone grew up in the impoverished East End of Glasgow when, at the age of fifteen, her father fell ill and was subsequently declared paraplegic and wheelchair-bound for life. This forced Michelle to leave school without any qualifications in search of full-time employment, sparking her instinct for entrepreneurship. At the age of just 22, she excelled herself to Head of Sales and Marketing in Scotland for the Glasgow-based Labatt’s Brewers, however, was made redundant after two short years.
Turnaround expert Kevin Gaskell fixes and builds companies. Recognised as one of the world’s foremost leadership and business revitalisation experts, Kevin is a sought after keynote speaker who shares his practical methods and solutions of how to lead through adversity and make the complex simple, inspire action and achieve commercial success.
A former MD of Porsche (GB) and BMW (GB), Kevin is now a leading entrepreneur and investor.
His earliest challenges were to rebuild a broken Porsche brand and then to inspire the team at BMW GB to achieve a 500% improvement in profit while transforming the service levels of an industry.
He is actively involved in many of the worldwide businesses he has built (and in some cases rebuilt) in sectors including: technology, data, manufacturing, professional services and consumer brands. Winning numerous awards for excellence along the way, his companies and teams have created £3 billion of shareholder value.
