These expert speakers help companies navigate potential risks and opportunities. Therefore, businesses can make informed decisions, adapt strategies, and anticipate market shifts, ultimately improving their competitiveness and resilience as global companies.
At Great Business Speakers, our Political, Current Affairs, and Geopolitical experts can help organisations understand how global events may influence their workforce, supply chains, and regulatory frameworks. By keeping executives, employees, and stakeholders well-informed, businesses can mitigate risks, avoid surprises, and position themselves as proactive and adaptable in an ever-changing world. Their insights can be critical for strategic planning, forecasting, and maintaining long-term sustainability in finance, technology, and international trade.
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Sir Trevor Phillips is an award-winning broadcaster, writer and former politician, currently a non-executive director of Mind Gym.
He was awarded an OBE for services to television in 1999, followed by a Knighthood in 2022 for his services to equality and human rights. He was also awarded the French order of the Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur in 2006 for his work on integration and community cohesion.
He has been involved in some of the most talked-about programmes on television, including Has Political Correctness Gone Mad? (2017) and Things We Won’t Say About Race That Are True (2015). He also regularly writes for the UK’s biggest newspapers, including The Times, The Daily Mail, The Sun and The Sunday Times, and has written about race, diversity, politics, mental illness and grief – Trevor lost his daughter in 2021 aged 36 from anorexia.
He is also a regular panellist for Sky’s The Pledge (2016-), its flagship debate show as well as appearing on political programmes including Question Time (1980-) and Radio 4’s Today programme.
Sir Nick Clegg served as Deputy Prime Minister in Britain’s first post-war coalition government from 2010 to 2015. He was leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2007 to 2015, and was a Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hallam for 12 years before the 2017 general election in which he lost his seat and subsequently resigned.
In 2018 he was appointed Facebook Head of Global Affairs and Communications, and presently resides in California with his wife and children.
His experience both as an MP and MEP sees him well equipped to deal with an industry that is increasingly under the regulators’ microscope, especially in Europe.
In 2018, he received a Knighthood in honour of his political and public service.
Simon Jack is an English business journalist and news correspondent, who has been the BBC Business Editor since early 2016. He has also presented BBC Breakfast, and BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
Female Broadcast Journalist Shiulie Ghosh is an award-winning journalist with a career spanning more than 20 years.
She has worked for some of the best known television news broadcasters in the world, including the BBC, ITV News, Aljazeera and TRT World.
Shiulie is an experienced host and moderator who has worked with high-profile clients and industry leaders around the globe.
Lord Digby Jones is a crossbench Peer in the UK House of Lords, international businessman, media commentator, TV presenter, author & public speaker.
A lawyer by profession, he was Director General of the Confederation of British Industry (2000-06) and Minister of State for UK Trade & Investment (2007-08).
He has published two books, Fixing Britain – the business of re-shaping our nation (2011) and Fixing Business – making profitable business work for the good of all (2017).
Digby, a renowned business advocate, speaks around the world on all aspects of global trade including the wider political and societal scene.
Sally Bundock is a globally recognised news presenter, known best for being on BBC 1, BBC News Channel, and BBC World News.
Covering news, business, finance, and current affairs, Sally’s programmes are watched by a daily audience of more than 100 million around the world.
Sally has presented The Briefing, Business Today, and BBC’s flagship business programme Work Life, where she covers key business stories and interviews some of the world’s leading CEOs.
Lord Chris Holmes is a member of the House of Lords, an ex-Paralympic swimmer, and a proficient keynote speaker.
Awarded an MBE at age 20 for his services to swimming for disabled people, Chris was one of the UK’s most successful Paralympians, winning an astonishing 15 medals.
As well as his swimming awards, he has been named the Midlands Today Sports Personality of the Year, and Bass Midlander of the Year in 1992, was presented the SAF Paul Zetter Award in 1996, and was named Sports Personality of the Year Variety Club of GB in 1997.
A politician with more than a bit of varied life experience, Lord Chris Holmes has knowledge of elite sport, inclusion, wellbeing and the workplace, technology, and politics, and can offer an informative but entertaining keynote speech for all clients.
Presenter, Speaker, Former CNN and Bloomberg World Journalist, Russia & US Expert, Ryan Chilcote has two decades of journalism under his belt; an eyewitness to many of the biggest stories of our time.
Thanks to his unique background spanning general and financial news, Ryan is as at home interviewing world leaders and politicians at the World Economic Forum in Davos as he is reporting from the world’s front lines.
Rory Cellan-Jones worked for the BBC for over forty years, firstly as a business correspondent and then as a technology correspondent. He has covered stories including the rise and fall of internet businesses, the financial difficulties of business institutions such as Marks & Spencer, and the impact of technology.
In 2022, Rory was made an Honorary Fellow of The National Museum of Computing, recognising his impact on the public understanding of technology, the internet, culture, history and science.
An expert in his field, Rory is often booked as a keynote speaker on a range of topics, bringing his knowledge and friendly nature to stages, big and small.
Rick Kelsey is a presenter for Times Radio, BBC Business and Spotify, focussing on sport, finance and energy. He has also covered breaking stories including UK and US elections, Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Throughout the pandemic, Rick was involved in editing the BBC’s podcast Newscast and increased its audience by over 30%.
With a professional working proficiency in French, Rick is a popular keynote speaker and event moderator on an international level.
An experienced British TV/Radio Presenter, Polly Middlehurst is best recognised as a familiar face on the leading rolling news channel Sky News, where she anchored live news from London for 20 years, covering major breaking news events from royal weddings and the deaths of Hollywood stars to political uprisings and the latest international business/market news.
Now Polly divides her time between being an Event Moderator, Chair and Media Resilience Coach while still working as a TV Presenter.
Pip Tomson is an award-winning, highly-experienced and versatile live TV presenter, correspondent, journalist, and event host, with over 20 years experience in live television.
Most recently, Pip has been a presenter on Good Morning Britain and GB News. She has worked alongside the likes of Eamonn Holmes, Michael Portillo and Richard Madeley or fronted shows solo.
Pip has twice received a Best Presenter award from the Royal Television Society for outstanding live outside broadcasts and studio presenting. She has interviewed some of the world’s biggest stars including George Clooney and Hugh Jackman and is known for not being afraid to ask the tough questions of politicians.
She is an accomplished host of corporate and charity events where clients have included MasterCard, You Magazine, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and Power of One animal welfare charity.
Nadira Tudor is a newsreader, reporter, commercial business journalist, producer, executive coach, keynote speaker and events host.
She began her career at the BBC as a producer and a presenter, and has worked across the network on channels including BBC Radio 4, BBC Wales, BBC Radio 1, BBC 5 Live, BBC Drama, BBC Three, BBC News, BBC Business and BBC Asian Network.
She is now Euronews’ Baku Bureau Chief. As well as being a successful presenter, Nadira works as an MC, host, and moderator, chairing conferences, conducting interviews, facilitating company meetings, moderating political and topical debates, and she hosts award ceremonies.
In 2015, she won the highly prestigious Asian Professional Award for Media, and previously won the Innovation Award for the BBC and a nomination for the Mental Health awards whilst working for BBC Radio 1Xtra.
Her life in front of the camera has allowed her work alongside the world’s military and interview numerous celebrities and prominent figures, as well as a myriad of fascinating people not in the public eye.
Misha Glenny is an award-winning journalist who made a name for himself as the BBC’s Central Europe Correspondent covering the 1989 revolutions and the wars in the former Yugoslavia. He has a Sony Gold Award for Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting and is also a winner of BT’s Information Security Journalist of The Year.
His book McMafia: Seriously Organised Crime and DarkMarket: How Hackers Became the New Mafia were shortlisted for several prizes, and McMafia has been adapted in a joint production between AMC (in the US) and the BBC into a major television series that has recently been commissioned for a second season.
Michael Wilson is television’s longest-serving business and economics editor. He was Business Editor for SkyNews for 20 years and is now Director of Business and Global Economics Editor for Arise Networks. Michael also presents Business Breakfast on JazzFM every week.
As one of the world’s most recognised broadcasters, Michael has hosted and facilitated national and international conferences from Telecoms and New Media to Nuclear, Energy and Automotive sectors.
Matt Frei is a presenter at Channel 4 News and the current Europe Editor.
He is also part of the wider presenting team across the channel’s news programmes and their current affairs portfolio, including the award-winning Dispatches programme.
He is the winner of two Emmy awards, the first in 2017 for his Syria coverage, and again in 2020 for the team’s coverage of the unrest in Hong Kong.
Helena Humphrey is a freelance correspondent and news presenter for clients including ITN. Previously she served as Global Correspondent for NBC News covering major stories including the COVID pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Previously she was a regular face at Deutsche Welle, Germany’s international broadcaster, where she anchored around the clock coverage, was deployed to cover protest movements and terror attacks, and ultimately served as Washington Correspondent during the Trump administration. She also has a sound knowledge of economic issues, reporting every year from the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Helena is a superb moderator and host on a wide range of subjects including International Relations, Human Rights, Development, Europe, Climate Change and Culture.
In addition to English, she is fluent in French and German.
Hagai M Segal is one of the world’s leading authorities on geopolitical and strategic issues and counter-terrorism.
For over 15 years he has advised, consulted and briefed a vast array of key institutions and companies including the US Federal Reserve, the Metropolitan Police, Deutsche Bank, Macquarie Bank and Securities, KPMG, Marriott Hotels and Qantas. He has also participated in Middle East peace negotiations.
His work enables businesses and organisations to easily understand, interpret and anticipate the complex risks and crises impacting on our increasingly globalised world and helps them to ensure they are best placed to mitigate their harm, and in some instances, profit from them.
Gavin Esler is an award-winning television and radio presenter, writer and journalist, and a popular events host, moderator and all round speaker for corporate events.
Gavin Esler’s diverse knowledge of British and American politics to business communications and the future of the media had led him to front talks for businesses worldwide.
Clive Myrie is one of the main presenters and roving reporters for BBC One. He has anchored on location for several key stories including the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka and New Zealand, the wildfires in Australia, Donald Trump’s state visit to London, the resignation of Prime Minister Theresa May and Boris Johnson’s first day in office.
His work in 2018 covering Mexico’s drug cartels received universal acclaim and was nominated for no less than eight international awards. Since 2021 he has been the main presenter for Mastermind and Celebrity Mastermind, taking over from John Humphreys.
Clive is an accomplished and talented conference facilitator, panel host, business speaker and humorous after-dinner speaker. He is available for a range of corporate events, sharing his experiences as a journalist and presenter and his views on business, diversity, politics and education. Most recently Clive has reported live from Kyiv covering the unfolding war in Ukraine.
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 Skinner is an award-winning speaker and one of the most influential people in technology, as well as a best-selling author. He is an independent commentator on the financial markets and fintech through his blog, the Finanser.com, which is updated daily.
He helped to found one of the first mobile banks in the world and has advised CEOs and leaders from every continent of the world including the United Nations, the White House, the World Bank and the World Economic Forum.
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.
Emily Maitlis is a celebrated British journalist, author, and podcast host, renowned for her uncompromising interviews and sharp political insight.
Best known for her long tenure as the lead presenter of BBC Two’s Newsnight, Emily has reported from the front lines of major political events, including multiple UK general elections, US presidential campaigns, and significant global summits. Her interviews span an extraordinary range of figures, from world leaders such as Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, and Henry Kissinger, to cultural icons including David Beckham, Hugh Grant, Usain Bolt, and Emma Thompson.
A defining moment in her career came in 2019 with her landmark interview of Prince Andrew regarding his association with Jeffrey Epstein. This exchange, hailed as a masterclass in broadcast journalism, made headlines around the world and contributed to the Duke of York stepping back from public duties.
Today, Emily co-hosts the hit Global podcast The News Agents, continuing to provide thought-provoking political analysis and agenda-setting interviews. With her unique ability to challenge, probe, and clarify, she remains one of the UK’s most influential and recognisable voices in the media.
