Focusing on key themes such as resilience, teamwork, and mental health, these speakers help audiences develop the mindset and skills necessary to overcome challenges and achieve personal and professional success. Our Personal Development speakers empower individuals to bounce back from setbacks while promoting the importance of teamwork to drive collaboration, innovation, and collective growth. Additionally, by addressing mental health, they emphasise the significance of maintaining emotional well-being, creating a balanced approach to both personal and professional development.
Our Great Business Speakers provide actionable tools and techniques that foster a positive mindset, enhance interpersonal skills, and encourage self-care. They motivate individuals to embrace change, develop a strong sense of purpose, and work together to overcome obstacles. Our Personal Development Speakers create a transformative experience through real-life, motivational examples and engaging stories, equipping audiences with the tools to build a healthier, more productive, and successful future.
Discover our Personal Development Speakers below, or contact the team at Great Business Speakers to enquire or book. +44 1753 439 289
Jake Humphrey is a broadcaster, author, entrepreneur, and host of the popular podcast High Performance. He has spent more than 20 years working at the highest levels of elite sport and business, shaping conversations around what it truly means to perform at your best.
Jake is the bestselling author of multiple books, including the Sunday Times bestseller High Performance: Lessons From the Best on Becoming Your Best. His books explore the behaviours, character, and habits that underpin sustainable success and happiness.
Jake is one of the UK’s most trusted and respected voices on performance, leadership, resilience, and modern mindset. He is also Chair of the Norwich City Community Sports Foundation and is a Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk.
“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.
Rt Hon Humphrey Vaughan Gething is a former Welsh Labour Co-op politician who served as First Minister of Wales and leader of Welsh Labour in 2024, making him the first black leader of any European Country.
He was also the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Cardiff South and Penarth between 2011 and 2026.
He is currently the Non-Executive Director at N3XUS and Strategic Consultant with over a decade of experience in government leadership.
Gerald Ratner is one of Britain’s most recognised entrepreneurs and business speakers.
Best known for building the Ratners jewellery business into the largest jewellery retailer in the world, he has become an internationally sought-after keynote speaker whose story remains one of the most remarkable business lessons of modern times.
With honesty, humour, and invaluable insight, Gerald shares his extraordinary journey, from leading a FTSE 100 company with thousands of employees to experiencing one of the most public corporate crises in business history, and ultimately rebuilding his career as a successful entrepreneur.
Olly Bridge has dedicated his life to helping individuals and teams unleash their full potential and achieve extraordinary results. With a career founded working with elite athletes from F1 to Olympic gymnastics, Olly has harnessed the power of sustainable peak performance and honed it into a dynamic methodology that extends far beyond the sports arena.
From leading high-performing teams in prestigious organisations like BMW and Medibank, to driving smaller start-ups to successful exists, and being the COO of a joint ASX and NASDAQ listed health tech company, Olly has a deep understanding of the corporate landscape and the balance between performance and wellbeing.
Olly is a highly sought-after speaker and has appeared at numerous conferences, captivating audiences with his inspiring stories, practical strategies, and unwavering passion. Drawing on his unique background, he unveils the secrets to building high-performing teams, nurturing individual wellbeing, and fostering a culture of excellence.
Adrian Webster is widely regarded as one of the most engaging motivational speakers on organisational transformation, with a reputation built on delivering high impact keynotes that drive change.
A bestselling author and authority on change, culture, leadership, and high-performing teams, Adrian partners with some of the world’s most respected organisations to help them unlock potential and sustain competitive advantage.
With a dynamic, engaging presence, Adrian blends real-world insight and engaging storytelling to challenge conventional thinking and inspire decisive action. For organisations looking to accelerate change, build resilient, future-ready teams, and elevate performance, Adrian is a highly experienced world-class motivational speaker.
Dr James Luke is one of the UK’s most authentic voices on Artificial Intelligence and Innovation – a speaker who has actually built the systems others only talk about.
With over 35 years’ experience delivering high-integrity AI across government, defence, national security and major industry, James blends deep technical authority with humour, clarity and storytelling that lights up the room. He doesn’t do hype. Every insight, every anecdote, comes from real projects that changed the way organisations think and perform.
James’s talks have inspired audiences from the MoD to the NHS, from international conferences to TEDx. He’s described by clients as “the rare technologist who makes you laugh, think and change your mind.” His sessions combine academic rigour with real-world pragmatism, helping executives cut through confusion and discover how AI and Innovation create measurable value in a secure, ethical and profitable manner.
As founder of Doability.ai, James now helps organisations bridge the gap between what’s possible and what’s practical. He delivers keynotes, panels and workshops that leave audiences informed, entertained and equipped to act.
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.
Erik Vermeulen is a behavioural strategist, leadership consultant, keynote speaker, and adjunct faculty member in Behavioural Economics and Leadership at three business schools. For over 20 years, he has helped organisations understand how people think, decide, and behave under pressure, and how leaders can turn that insight into stronger cultures, better decisions, and more consistent performance.
An accomplished adventurer and expedition leader, Erik uses adventure not as a motivational gimmick, but as a powerful metaphor for modern business. His belief is that adventure is just uncertainty with better branding, and that the same forces that shape behaviour in extreme environment also show up in organisational cultures.
Erik’s keynotes blend behavioural science, business consulting, humour, and adventure-tested insight. He helps audiences move beyond motivation into behavioural confidence: the ability to stay calm, connected, and effective when the landscape changes. He is ideal for organisations navigating change, leadership pressure, cultural transformation, customer behaviour, team performance, and uncertainty.
Yannis Konstantinidis is a director, creative director, and co-founder of NOMINT, the Emmy-winning creative studio now celebrating its 20th year. From its beginning as an experimental architecture studio, NOMINT has evolved into one of the world’s leading names in advertising, known for its moonshot ideas.
His keynote talk – Outrageous Effort – argues that AI has made quality free, and therefore worthless as a signal, and that visible, unfakeable human effort is becoming the last real marker of value. It is a talk delivered from inside the practice rather than the sidelines, built for corporate, brand, leadership and creative audiences navigating what AI means for the worth of their work.
He was recently presented with the Art Directors Club’s Paul Manship Medal, a lifetime honour given to people whose work points the advertising and design industries forward.
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.
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.
Shazam founder Dhiraj Mukherjee is an international keynote speaker on AI, leadership, and adapting to emerging technologies.
He helped grow Shazam from the original idea to over 100 billion uses, and was also named one of Europe’s Top 50 technology entrepreneurs by The Financial Times. Since Shazma’s sale to Apple, he has invested in over 250 leading AI and technology startups, including OpenAI (creators of ChatGPT).
He has also held senior roles in financial services, technology, media, and entertainment. Dhiraj’s expertise is in helping leaders to build adaptable organisations, combining practical experiences building and iconic company with first-hand foresight of a technology-driven future.
Dhiraj has a degree in Mathematical Economics from Dartmouth College, USA and an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. He advises corporate leaders to build organisations that embrace adaptability as a core competency. He guides executives to systematically create companies that learn, evolve, and reinvent themselves, rather than reacting to disruption after it occurs.
“Transformation requires leaders skilled in operating far beyond the familiar, and an organisation that can trust, take ownership and adapt.”
Jim Lawless is a pioneering thought leader and world-class C-suite advisor on strategy execution and high-stakes transformation.
A record-breaking freediver, Jim stands as a global top 10 keynote speaker who has transformed the mindsets of over one million people in 400 countries on five continents.
Professor John Amaechi OBE is a renowned organisational psychologist, bestselling author, and Professor of Leadership at the University of Exeter Business School. He is the founder of APS Intelligence, a consultancy firm that merges behavioural science with psychological insight to help transform business cultures and develop high-performing leaders.
Beyond his academic and business career, John is a former professional basketball player. Growing up near Manchester, he made history as the first Brit to have a sustained career in the NBA. He played for seven years in the league for teams like Utah Jazz and Orlando Magic.
In 2007, four years after retiring from professional sport, he publicly came out as gay, making him the first former NBA player to do so.
Paris Norriss is not just an adventurer – he’s a living testament to the power of grit.
An extreme athlete, Dubai-based TV personality, and keynote speaker, Paris has built his career on mental resilience, relentless drive, and the ability to push beyond limits. From navigating high-risk filming environments to conquering some of the world’s toughest endurance challenges, he had mastered the art of thriving under pressure. He is best known for hosting and producing high-adrenaline adventure shows, including Guy in Dubai, and Guy in the Sky.
Paris Norriss determination knows no bounds. In a remarkable feat, he completed the Pacific Row Challenge in 39 days, firmly establishing himself as one of the select few to conquer the arduous 4,800km journey. He also ran seven marathons across seven continents in seven days, completing the World Marathon Challenge in a record-breaking five days and 22 hours.
Paris now delivers a thrilling keynote speech decoding ‘grit’, offering practical actions to develop perseverance, whilst applying proven methods to accelerate career and financial success.
“My journey as a ceramic artist and writer, and my work on television and stage converge here: to show how to leave what’s familiar and step into what’s possible.”
Jez Rose is a bestselling writer, ceramic artist, presenter, and top 10 keynote speaker leading a global movement for reinvention.
Most of us don’t need more change. But we do need the tools to meet it. That’s why Jez created RESET, a framework, philosophy, and global movement for when the old story stops serving us and when questions start to rise.
Rohit Bhargava is an expert in marketing, innovation, trends, and the future. He believes the world needs more non-obvious thinking and his mission is to help people see what others miss.
For more than a decade, Rohit has been inspiring audiences at Coca-Cola, Disney, Microsoft, NASA, Schwab, SXSW and hundreds of other clients with his signature keynote presentations. He is a master at weaving stories into his talks in a way that helps audiences better understand the world today, while also preparing for the future.
He is a three-time Wall Street Journal bestselling author of 10 books on marketing, innovation, and trends; has been invited to be a non-boring speaker to events across 32 countries; and is a frequent contributor to publications including Entrepreneur and GQ magazines.
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.
Bruce Whitfield is a business speaker, award-winning journalist, podcast host, and author who interprets the noise at the intersection of business, politics, and society. He helps leaders to look beyond the noise of the news cycle and focus on what matters to them for their long-term growth. He delivers targeted and memorable narratives to audiences who will never consume information the same way again. His talks focus on leadership and decision making, political economy, innovation and opportunity, and what really matters.
As the Creator of the Chaos Advantage framework, Bruce challenges conventional thinking and guides audiences to master decision-making, foster engagement, challenge conformity, and lead with conviction when certainty is impossible.
Whether at an in-person event or online, Bruce Whitfield is an entertaining speaker, whose presentations are drawn from his own research as an author on business, economics, and their impact on society. With over 365,000 social media followers, he is a popular voice in the industry, winning the Best Thought Leadership category at the 2025 Speaker Awards.
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.
Adam Pacifico is a leadership expert, barrister, partner at Heidrick & Struggles, and host of the award-winning podcast The Leadership Enigma. With a background that spans law, policing, and executive education, Adam helps C-suite teams solve complex challenges and lead with impact.
Adam has delivered leadership training to over 100,000 people across global companies, including Google, the International Criminal Court, Nike, and Red Bull. His bestselling book, The Leader’s Secret Code, was shortlisted for Business Book of the Year, and he is a regular columnist for CEO World.
Known for translating behavioural science into real-world strategy, Adam gives leaders tools to make better decisions under pressure, lead ethically, and build resilient, high-performing teams. His engaging, practical sessions leave audiences with frameworks they can apply immediately.
Bill Burke is the founder of The Optimism Institute and is a former Harvard Advanced Leadership Fellow. His career includes serving as CEO of The Weather Channel Companies and launching Turner Classic Movies at Time Warner.
At 29, he became president of TBS Superstation, working closely with media pioneer Ted Turner, and co-authoring the New York Times bestselling autobiography Call Me Ted. He also co-owned and chaired the Portland Sea Dogs, the Double-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, and co-created the award-winning documentary Live Another Day.
Bill is now a highly sought-after speaker, where he shows how optimism can transform leadership, teamwork, and culture. His message has been featured on NBC’s Today, and Guy Kawasaki’s Remarkable People podcast. Through The Optimism Institute and Blue Sky podcast, Bill shares insights from world-class thinkers like Daniel Pink and Amy Edmondson, inspiring audiences to adopt a more positive, forward-looking approach to leadership and life.
