Dominic Colenso is a motivational sales and leadership speaker, actor, director, storyteller, communication coach, and author.
By the time he was 26, Dominic had flown a spaceship, lost a million dollars, and been fired by Simon Cowell. A former Hollywood actor turned communication expert, Dominic has spent the last decade helping leaders, teams, and sales professionals unlock their performance and communicate with confidence under pressure.
Drawing on his varied professions, Dominic reveals the secret tools used by the world’s best performers to engage, inspire, and influence.
Dominic is an author of two best selling books, IMPACT and Cut-Through, offering practical frameworks for storytelling, message distillation and confident delivery.
Maeve Campbell is one of the UK’s most coveted climate journalists, bringing a deep level of expertise in sustainability and wider environmental issues.
A presenter and producer for Channel 4 News, Maeve already has an impressive track record hosting and moderating at the prestigious Blue Earth Summit, and Channel 4’s first ever Climate Summit.
Maeve is also a columnist for Forbes, a media advisor for the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, a moderator, MC, and keynote speaker, covering topics such as sustainability, climate change, green innovation, and the environment.
Romilly Weeks is a news broadcaster who has covered events from all over the globe for ITV News.
She has covered royalty – from the sad days of royal deaths to the happier occasions of weddings; politics, from the positivity of election days to the votes of no confidence, and warfare as far and wide as Iraq and Ukraine.
Sasha Qadri is an engaging TV News Presenter, with a CV that includes Sky News, Channel 4, CNBC, and Reuters.
For many years, she has been a popular corporate events moderator, hosing business events, panels and roundtable discussions, as well as interviewing high-profile figures. She also works regularly for Bloomberg, where she shapes editorial content for events and moderates business conversations for Bloomberg Live. Sasha hosts international events, interviewing government ministers and CEOs on topics ranging from humanising AI to fintech disruption
Sasha’s genuine warmth and compassion, her journalistic background, and her ease presenting means Sasha is the perfect professional addition to any live or virtual event.
Victoria Scholar is one of UK TV’s foremost financial commentators, enjoying a rare combination of banking, television and journalistic experience.
A hugely popular broadcaster and expert on business, finance and economics, Victoria is the Head of Investment at Interactive Investor – the UK’s second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform. She has a wide-ranging broadcast remit discussing the daily business news agenda, investment strategy and asset allocation, collective investments and direct shares, as well as macro-economics and markets.
Sean Fletcher is a much-loved presenter, touching on subjects including sport, wildlife, immigration, parenthood, trafficking, identity, diversity, prostitution, ethnicity and knife crime.
He has fronted a range of programmes including Countryfile (2016-2019), Good Morning Britain (2014-2021), Songs of Praise (2017-) and Sunday Morning Live (2017-2020).
After marrying his Welsh wife and moving to the country, Sean decided to learn Welsh alongside his sons and is now proud to say he is bi-lingual, which opens him up a wider audience.
An intelligent, interesting, personable and entertaining presenter, Sean is the ideal choice for an after-dinner speaker, award ceremony host and event compere.
Named by The Observer as “one of the world’s leading thinkers”, and by Vogue as “one of the world’s most inspiring women”, economist Professor Noreena Hertz is a board member, senior advisor, bestselling author, and keynote speaker.
Noreena, a global economist whose work intersects the nexus of economics, politics, society, and technology, is a pioneering and renowned thinker on AI, community building, decision-making, and the post-millennial generation. She is also an advisor to some of the world’s largest organisations on strategy and transformation.
She sits on the boards of Nasdaq-listed companies Mattel and Warner Music Group and also the board of the HR Tech Company, Workhuman. She has served on Citigroup’s Politics and Economics Global Advisory Board, the Inclusive Capitalism Taskforce’s Advisory Group, and RWE’s Digital Transformation Board. Her thinking served as the inspiration for Bono’s Product (Red).
Gordon Glenister is a highly experienced marketing and sales professional, who has worked with a number of recognised businesses over the years. His main focus is on influencer marketing, membership, and promotional merchandise.
His journey started when he was just 15 years old. Always the entrepreneurial type, he made his first £1,000 selling plants and serving gardens in Essex. A few years later, Gordon was thrust into the world of business, working for companies including Bryant and May.
He then moved on to a bigger role, working for Grants of James, where he consistently beat his sales incentives and was one of the top salesmen in the team. From there, he moved to HP Bulmer as one of the youngest ever regional sales managers, and by the time he was 26, he was managing a £21 million Whitbread account.
Gordon Glenister has also made over 160 episodes of the Influence Global Podcast interviewing all sorts of well-known individuals. As an international speaker and moderator of over 300 events, Gordon specialises in helping audiences unlock their influence and build a strong personal brand. As a professional journalist, Gordon is able to moderate on panel discussions getting the very best from his guests.
He also presented the BPMA awards for over 10 years with an audience in excess of 900. Gordon also sits on various boards including a metaverse company.
Gordon is also the director of the development board of the Arcola Theatre, is a board member for VERCHOOL HOLDINGS, and is a brand ambassador for Home Grown Club, and 1 Club.
Sarah Backhouse is a global business and communications leader, broadcast anchor, journalist, and speaker.
Her expertise spans across critical topics such as geopolitics and macroeconomics, climate and sustainability, technology and AI, and leadership. Her work has seen her travel from the U.S to Europe and Asia Pacific.
Sarah specialises in corporate events as a speaker, moderator, emcee, and on-camera host, delivering a polished and engaging experience. With the ability to navigate diverse topics, Sarah helps business leaders broaden their perspective beyond their own industry.
Ian Hawkins is an author and business journalist who has worked for CBS, Reuters, and BBC World.
Business journalism has taken Ian from pharmaceutical labs in Gothenburg to water purification in Nicaragua, filming from a helicopter over an active volcano and dodging muggers in Panama City.
He is currently Head of Content at CVTV and Swoop, and is also a News and Investigations Editor for Swoop, covering topics that affect the health of SMEs.
Ian has recently been named Netflix’s official Speaking and Storytelling Coach.
He is now a popular keynote speaker, event host, and moderator. He has hosted events across Europe, Australia, and the United States, and coached cabinet ministers, CEOs, and Olympians.
As one of the UK’s leading sports presenters and commentators, Jacqui Oatley MBE is a respected and popular reporter and broadcaster journalist who made history in 2007 as the first female commentator on Match of the Day and has been racking up the “firsts” ever since.
In 2015, Jacqui was named in The Independent as the 8th most influential woman in sport.
Jacqui Oatley is currently the lead commentator on Sky Sports, covering the FA Women’s Super League and presents EFL on Quest as well as darts events for ITV Sport.
Jamil Qureshi is one of today’s foremost practitioners of performance-enhancing psychology, and is an expert in high-performing teams.
He has enjoyed working with a rich diversity of the most talented business and sports people and teams in the world, helping six individuals reach World Number 1 in their chosen industry.
He has worked with golfers, footballers, Formula 1 drivers, and cricketers, as well as businesses in over 24 countries worldwide.
Ranked among the most influential figures in British sport in 2009 by GQ Magazine, Jamil was voted in the top 100 coaches in the world by The Daily Mirror in 2023.
Jamil is also a globally recognised speaker on all aspects of the psychology of performance, psychology of leadership, leadership attitudes, improving people, cultural change techniques, and team performance.
With over a decade of experience at the intersection of entrepreneurship, fashion, and sustainability, Zoe Bayliss Wong is a strategic force behind some of the most recognisable names in purpose-led consumer business.
Now working as a freelance CFO and COO, Zoe partners with leaders to bring high-growth expertise to businesses creating positive change for people and the planet.
As a SME advisor, board director, and strategist, Zoe speaks around two key themes: sustainable fashion and the future of retail, and women in business and driving diversity in senior leadership.
Tony Morris is an award-winning sales expert, global communication and motivational speaker, founder of a Global Sales Training company, and bestselling author. His high-energy messages lead individuals and organisations to incredible success.
Tony Morris won’t just help your sales team to win new clients; he will help them win raving fans who will keep on buying for years to come. He and his team can help your business grow, become more profitable, and achieve all the goals you set out when you started your business.
Sales Leader Tony Morris consistently delivers over 100 talks a year in his unique, energetic style to corporations and events globally; he has spoken in over 30 countries. He has helped a host of well-known brands, including IHG, Oakley Sunglasses, Thomas Cook, and Villeroy & Boch.
Hannah MacInnes is a broadcaster, journalist, and podcast host. She is frequently heard on Times Radio, and also hosts the How To Academy’s live programmes and podcast. Hannah is proficient interviewer, having sat down with the likes of Bill Clinton, Melinda Gates, and Dame Jane Goodall.
She is a sought-after speaker and presenter, and has hosted the Nibbies British Book Awards Podcast, the Klosters Forum Podcast, and presents at major literary events and climate summits.
Charlie Whyman knows that facing redundancy, navigating career changes, and starting new ventures can be daunting, but she also knows they can be opportunities for growth. As the Manging Director of TGIS Aviation, Charlies specialises in solving complex, time-critical challenges. She is passionate about helping others to take control of their careers and to build the courage to take action, no matter the obstacles.
With a background in engineering, marketing, and business, Charlie has built her career across male-dominated industries, including automotive, aviation, mining, and shipping. In 2006, Charlie founded and award-winning Sardinian Olive Oil business Palmavera, and after facing redundancy twice, she launched her own consultancy business in 2017.
As a university dropout with no formal qualifications, Charlie is open and honest about the twists and turns in her career, and uses her story to show that fear doesn’t need to hold you back. Through her experiences as a speaker, business leader, entrepreneur, and parent, she demonstrates that with the right support and courage, it’s possible to take control and create your own path to success.
Jim Steele is the founder of Holistic Performance Lab. A disruptor, thought leader, and catalyst for transformational behavioural change, Jim’s expertise is highly sought after by global organisations.
Jim’s focus and expertise lies in the interaction between productivity and sustainability, for business leaders, executives, and next-generation teams. Through highly engaging talks and events, he helps individuals and organisations to cultivate thriving, resilient workforces.
His approach is based on achieving three things: make you and your teams better, smarter, and stronger together.
Brand specialist Sarah Brason invites audiences to do the one thing most people avoid: turn and face it. Whether it’s challenge, change, fear, or truth, her keynote of the same name is a rallying cry for courage over comfort.
Known for her quiet strength and piercing clarity, Sarah doesn’t offer hype or surface-level motivation. She offers something deeper – a moment of shift. With emotional precision, warmth, and wit, she helps audiences see what’s really holding them back and what’s possible when they stop running and start facing forward.
She brings a fresh voice to the stage, unafraid to sit with discomfort, and skills at guiding others through it. Her talks stay with you long after the applause, sparking reflection, realignment, and bold new steps.
Mark Pollock is an explorer, researcher, and prominent keynote speaker. Everything he does is about inspiring leaders and their teams to build resilience, optimise performance, and collaborate with others so they can achieve more than they ever thought possible.
Not letting his blindness get in the way, Mark became an adventure athlete competing in ultra-endurance races across deserts, mountains, and the polar ice caps – in fact, he became the first blind person to race to the South Pole. He also won silver and bronze medals for rowing at the Commonwealth Games.
In 2010, a fall from a second story window nearly killed him. Breaking his back, and damaging his spinal cord to the extent that he became paralysed, Mark is now on a new expedition, this time exploring the intersection where humans and technology collide to cure paralysis in our lifetime.
Jo Fairley is a serial entrepreneur, best known for co-founding the luxury chocolate brand Green & Black’s. Leaving school with just six O Levels, Jo became the UK’s youngest-ever magazine editor at Look Now.
Today, Jo continues to make influential contributions to Green & Black’s, as well as to the wider industry. She has founded several businesses across industries, but always themed around the senses.
Jo is a highly sought-after speaker, sharing her experiences, invaluable expertise, and advice for fellow entrepreneurs. Jo was once awarded the World Aware Award for her influential entrepreneurship, a testament to her dedication to ensuring all she works on is environmentally friendly.
Robert Hannigan CMG is a leading authority on cybersecurity, cyber conflict, and the application of technology in national security. He is a popular international speaker and author on cybersecurity topics.
Robert is the Chairman of BlueVoyant, a global cybersecurity services firm. He is also Senior Fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Centre, and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. He has also worked as an advisor for McKinsey & Co, and as Director of GCHQ.
Susie Wolff MBE is a former motorsport driver, Managing Director of the F1 Academy, and a motivational keynote speaker.
She began her competitive motorsport career over 20 years ago, starting out on the karting track. After cutting her teeth in karting, Formula Renault, and DTM for Mercedes-Benz, she made history at the 2014 British Grand Prix by becoming the first woman to take part in a Formula 1 race weekend in 22 years.
After retiring from driving in 2015, and as part of her commitment to fostering positive change within the sport, she launched Dare To Be Different, an initiative aimed at driving female talent by inspiring the next generation and increasing female participation in all aspects of motorsport.
Her hard work was awarded in 2017 with an MBE for her services and contribution to women in sport.
Debra Searle MVO, MBE, is a unique and inspiring individual. A businesswoman, professional adventurer, and motivational speaker, Debra is convinced that learning to choose the right attitude, can transform our personal and professional lives.
Debra has launched five companies, presented over 40 programmes for the BBC, won Gold World Championship medals for Team GB, was the youngest ever trustee of the Duke of Edinburgh Award, and successfully rowed solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Once voted World #1 Female Motivational Speaker in the Global Gurus ranking, Debra has been honoured twice by the late Queen, an MBE in 2002 and an MVO in 2014.
She is a successful author, and has spoken at over 1,300 events across 40 countries about her incredible achievements. In fact, the movie of her solo Atlantic row is currently in development in Hollywood!
Bruce Daisley is a keynote speaker and bestselling writer about workplace culture, working with leadership teams and organisations to help create and sustain a positive, high-performance work culture.
His previous business career saw him spend over a decade as one of the best known technology experts in the world, first working for YouTube and then Twitter across Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.
He is regarded as one of the most respected thought leaders on the subject, and was once named by LinkedIn as one of the world’s top 10 voices on the topic. He was also named in a survey of industry leaders as the ‘fantasy hire that most of them would like to make’. Even more impressively is that he beat Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to the award.
