Hosts & Keynote Speakers

Adrian Webster Author of 'Polar Bear Pirates And Their Quest To Reach Fat City', Adrian is probably the most thought provoking and entertaining motivational speaker in the UK today. He knows how to inspire people into making a very real difference in the workplace.

Anita Roddick Frustrated that she couldn't buy small sizes of every day cosmetics, Anita started her own small cosmetics company, using natural products, sold in inexpensive plastic bottles. 28 years on The Body Shop is a multi local business with 1,980 stores serving over 77 million customers in 50 different markets in 25 different languages and across 12 time zones.

Barry Gibbons In 1989 Barry was appointed as Chairman/CEO of Burger King. Within a year he achieved a phenomenal turn-around in company fortunes, ultimately resulting in two new restaurants opening every day somewhere in the world. His keynote speeches are high impact, insightful and tailored to the needs of the occasion, the client, the industry and the audience.

Bear Grylls At only twenty-three years, Bear Grylls became the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest. This was even more remarkable as only two years before he had broken his back during a parachute jump. Through sheer commitment and persistence, training and planning, Bear entered The Guinness Book of Records and joined only thirty British climbers to have successfully climbed Everest.

BJ Cunningham BJ uses the DEATH cigarette brand to illustrate the power of provocation and how to flip a conservative market. In typically entertaining fashion, he also demonstrates that authentic and powerful branding demands the truth. The future is about market depth and involvement, not just awareness.

Ceril Campbell Celebrity stylist and image consultant Ceril has worked with many famous people advising for photo shoots, special events and premieres. Her client list includes stars such as Anna Kournikova, Ringo Starr, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, Zara Phillips and Cat Deeley. She is an animated speaker, helping people to look at themselves in different ways, make the most of their appearance and create new found confidence and self esteem.

Chris Ryan A former member of the SAS unit, Chris escaped from Iraq in January 1991 and was awarded the Military Medal. He left the SAS in 1994 and his current work in security takes him around the world.

Clive Anderson Although a professional barrister, Clive Anderson discovered a taste for comedy while studying at Cambridge University, where he was president of Cambridge Footlights for a year.

Conrad Humphries In June 2001, 28-year-old Conrad Humphreys became the youngest skipper to win the BT Global Challenge 2000/2001. His success is down to preparation, professionalism and positive leadership. An energetic presenter, he shares his ideas about the value of adventure in inspiring leadership and creating high performance teams.

Digby Jones As Director-General of the CBI, the UK's "Voice of Business", he regularly and repeatedly visits businesses around the UK, and the CBI offices in Brussels and Washington DC. He takes their views back to the rule makers within the UK businesses which operate throughout the world.

Duncan Goodhew Well-known and very successful swimmer who won many medals and events, Duncan also represented Britain in the bobsleigh team. A confident, extrovert personality, Duncan is an excellent motivational speaker and is in constant demand at conferences.

Ellis Watson Managing Director of Mirror Group Newspapers, Ellis is a truly captivating speaker, specialising in cultural change and inspiring organisations. Before accepting the challenge of turning round five national newspapers titles, Ellis was MD of Celador International, where he sold Who Wants to be a Millionaire? to over 100 countries.

Frank Dick OBE Frank Dick is the former British Athletics Federation Director of Coaching. Under his leadership, Britain enjoyed a period of unprecedented international success. Frank concentrates on performance management, and preparation and conditioning programmes, both in sport and in business. His new presentation focuses on 'flicking the switch' and managing your belief systems.

Ian Angell One of Europe's leading futurologist, Ian Angell is also the UK's leading IT, Internet and 'E-vil' guru. He is Professor of Information Systems at the London School of Economics, arguably the most prestigious Information Systems Chair in the United Kingdom. He has very radical but constructive views on his subject, and his highly articulate presentations mean he is in great demand as a speaker on the international lecture circuit.

James Cracknell Double Olympic Gold oarsman James has been receiving recent media attention after winning a charity transatlantic rowing race with TV presenter Ben Fogle. James' outstanding sporting achievements, intelligence and good sense of humour have also made him a popular choice of Corporate Speaker.

John Adair Internationally known as an author and management consultant, John Adair has twice been listed among the 40 people who have made the greatest contributions to management thought. Over two million individuals world-wide have participated in the Action-Centred Leadership training approach he pioneered.

John Peters Shot down over Iraqi territory, John Peter's disfigured image became a potent symbol of Saddam Hussein's ruthless aggression in the Gulf War. A best-selling author and prize-winning documentary maker, John is a leading motivational speaker.

Lawrence Leyton An expert in the field of Innovation, Communication, and Human Behaviour, Lawrence believes strongly that if you are going to talk on a subject like innovation then you have to be innovative and his unique presentation certainly is. His approach is unconventional, will amaze you and make you think differently.

Lenny Henry One of the UK's top comedians, Lenny Henry has appeared in a number of television shows and films. A popular and entertaining speaker, he is also renowned for being one of the founding figures of Comic Relief.

Luke Cunliffe Luke has developed his expertise through combining his unique experience as an extreme runner with being a highly successful business person. He manages his own fitness training consultancy and competes regularly in ultra distance marathons in the Amazon Jungle and the Arctic.

Matthew Pinsent One of only five athletes to win four consecutive Olympic Gold Medals, Matthew is an extremely authoritative and accomplished motivational and after dinner speaker.

Monty Halls Monty Halls is an explorer, writer, film maker and tv presenter. The winner of TV's "Superhumans", he has led teams in in every environment imaginable, and recently presented the ten part series "Great Ocean Adventures" for Channel 5.

Paul (PJ) Stephens Specialising in soft skills training, facilitation and team bonding, Paul is a refreshing, direct and enthusiastic presenter. Alongside his corporate work in business performance, PJ also works with professional sports people helping them with motivation, thought processes, outstanding behaviour and goal achievement.

Penny Hughes Penny was only in her 30's when she became President of Coca-Cola in Great Britain and Ireland and Vice-President of the International company. Under her leadership, Coca-Cola became the number one brand of Cola drinks.

Peter Scott The former Customer Services Director of T-Mobile, Peter led the service organisation in the growth from 1.5m to 15m customers in under six years. With the gift of passion and strength of communication he will inspire an audience to reach new heights.

Roger Black One of the country's most successful athletes, who represented Great Britain for 14 years at the highest level. Roger is now a television presenter and an accomplished motivational speaker and conference host, able to inspire, motivate and create an individual's awareness of self-achievement.

Rory Bremner Beginning his career in radio satire and on the cabaret circuit in London and Edinburgh, Rory is widely regarded as Britain's sharpest impressionist - a one-man opposition party - with his weekly Channel Four show "Bremner, Bird & Fortune".

Sean Brickell Sean has been a presenter, reporter and producer on network and regional television and radio. He is also a writer and reporter for national and international print media. Sean utilises his skills as a speaker, facilitator, presenter & compere, and executive trainer to motivate and inspire his audience.

Sir Bernard Ingham Sir Bernard Ingham is a journalist, broadcaster and public affairs consultant and former Chief Press Secretary to former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Lady Thatcher called him "the best press secretary in the world". He is now a columnist for The Express, PR Week and the Hebden Bridge Times.

Sir John Harvey-Jones One of Europe's most respected and internationally recognised business leaders, Sir John has the rare ability to make complex business and management issues understandable to a wide range of differing, and multi-cultural audiences.

Tim Waygood Tim Waygood, founder of The MotivAction Group plc, is an alumnus of the Windsor Leadership Trust and the Harvard OPM Programme. Fascinated with motivation, he is interested in the research and principles behind motivation and their effect in organisations.

William Hague Leader of the Opposition from 1997-2001, William Hague is perhaps best known for his skill in parliamentary debate, particularly in some 200 exchanges and debates with Tony Blair. Channel 4 viewers voted him 'Politician of the Year' in 2001 and he was the Spectator's 'Parliamentarian of the Year' in 1998.