Business After Dinner
Vital for the success of the evening the business after dinner speaker must be entertaining, successful, amusing and informative so whether it be a famous Dragon or Jeweller, Football Club MD or Apprentice come to us for your recommendations
Hilary Devey
Award winning Entrepreneur and Business Speaker Hilary Devey the inspirational Founder, Chief Executive and Chairman of The Pall-Ex Group is a hugely inspirational figure who has overcome huge hurdles in both her personal and business life.
Deirdre Bounds
From bedsit to big time; from standing start to leading light; from ‘can do’ to ‘already done’, business speaker, former comedienne and founder of i-to-i travel, Deirdre Bounds never fails to enthuse and inspire with the infectious secret of her business and personal success.
Duncan Bannatyne OBE
Tremendous entrepreneurial instincts, brilliant commercial nous and phenomenal business success confirms that Duncan is proof that rags to riches does exist and he is a completely self-made man in the truest sense of the word.
Lord Digby Jones
Digby Jones was born into business. Some of his earliest memories are of life in a busy corner shop where he lived with his mother and father and older sister. The shop was, he says, within a spanner throw of the Austin in Alvechurch just outside Birmingham. He remembers fondly pressing his nose against the shop window watching the new Minis leave the factory destined for showrooms across the UK and the world. It was here he learnt the first rudiments of business – important values that were never to leave him.
Margaret Doyle
After beginning her career as a management consultant, Margaret has gone on to cover business and finance for The Economist and The Daily Telegraph as well as being internationally known as an expert on macroeconomics, corporate strategy and business leadership.
Frances Edmonds
Frances Edmonds has been rated Britain’s most entertaining female speaker by The Times. A best-selling author, her non-fiction covers sport, politics, motivation, self-help and personal success. She produces humorous and motivational presentations, and she is a gifted and multi-lingual communicator.
Robert Peston
Robert Peston is the BBCs award winning Business Editor. He has been on our TV screens almost daily in 2008 as the credit crunch became one of the biggest economic stories of our time.
Fraser Doherty
The first ever winner of Global Student Entrepreneur of the Year from outside North America, Fraser Doherty has been selling his Superjam at farmers markets and delicatessens since he was a youngster. Now 20 he has won contracts with almost all of the major UK supermarkets and is selling over 750,000 jars a year. He also runs a hugely successful project that provides tea parties for lonely elderly people all over the UK.
Gerald Ratner
One of Britains best known businessmen, Gerald is famous for being the head of the major 1980s jewellery businesss Ratners. Its sudden and dramatic decline following his own tongue-in-cheek criticism is now legendary.
Guy Ruddle
Speaker and presenter Guy Ruddle is The Daily Telegraphs Podcast Editor - believed to be the first to fill such a role at a major newspaper anywhere in the world.
Alvin Hall
Alvin D. Hall is a financial adviser, author and presenter of the BBC television programme Your Money or Your Life.
Jacqueline Gold
Jacqueline, Chief Executive of Ann Summers and Knickerbox, is one of Britains most successful businesswomen and an inspiration to thousands of women. She heads an empire that is run by women, for women.
James Brown
James Brown founded LOADED, and in one stroke completely revolutionised mens magazines. It has since sold well over 30 million copies. He speaks about the publishing industry and culture in the UK both keenly and authoritatively.
James Caan
Former Dragon’s Den star and leading entrepreneur, James Caan is an expert in business leadership and innovation. Aided by his experience in recruitment he has successfully restructured and transformed businesses for over the past 20 years.
James Max
James Max is an accomplished Radio and TV presenter with an expertise in business and finance with a flair for debates on current affairs. He presents Saturday Breakfast and The Sunday Afternoon Show on Londons Biggest Conversation, the talk radio station, LBC 97.3.
Jamie Robertson
Jamie Robertson is a highly experienced presenter of business programmes for the BBC, specialising in international finance, business and economics.
Jeff Randall
Daily Telegraph columnist and Sky News journalist Jeff Randall is a highly astute reporter recognised for his powerful business influence. His professional yet calm approach has proven his undoubted ability as a superb facilitator.
Carl Hopkins
Serial entrepreneur Carl is an inspirational example of how to go from Secretly Mediocre to Secret Millionaire. This would-be artist only ever had one job and rose from dogs-body to group Chairman before selling up and appearing on TV as one of C4s Secret Philanthropists. He continues to run a number of businesses including Parties Around the World with fellow entrepreneur Deirdre Bounds.
Jo Fairley
Co-founder of the organic chocolate company Green & Black’s, journalist and business speaker Jo Fairley is also the co-author of the bestselling Beauty Bible series of books.
Karren Brady
Business Speaker and Former Managing Director of Birmingham City FC and now Deputy Managing Director of West Ham Karren Brady is also Lord Sugars right hand woman in the Apprentice. She is a world class Business and inspirational speaker, covering subjects such as Motivation, Goal Achieving, Leading a Team, Delivering Change, Marketing, Business, Entrepreneurship, Management Skills, Women in Business, Team Building as well as after dinner speaking.
Katie Hopkins
Business speaker and event host, Katie Hopkins is a branding and employability expert as well as a highly entertaining after dinner speaker.
Kimberly Davis
From singing at Carnegie Hall, teaching at a US university at age 22 to 9/11 and The Apprentice 2009, marketing expert Kimberlys life has been filled with colourful stories that have brought her success and a portfolio of experience like no other.
Leo Johnson
Co-founder of Sustainable Finance, Leo worked alongside the Financial Times and IFC in establishing the Financial Times Sustainable Banking Awards, which now consists of over 180 entries. His expertise in sustainability and future trends provides highly intriguing and inspirational speeches.
Liam Halligan
Liam is Chief Economist at Prosperity Capital Management - one of the worlds leading asset-management firms, with investments worth more than $5bn across Russia and the Former Soviet Union.
Margaret Heffernan
A member of the boards of several companies and author of The Naked Truth Margaret is an outstanding speaker and a staunch supporter of women in business. She is an expert advisor to businesses on how to build sustainable cultures.
Michelle Mone OBE
Michelle, inventor of the lingerie brand Ultimo, is one of the most famous female entrepreneurs in the UK. She has won numerous awards and commendations for her outstanding achievements.
Mo Shapiro
With a talent for really making a difference this hugely inspirational speaker delivers her impressive presentations with real pazazz and motivates her audiences to shift their thinking.......
Charles Kennedy MP
Charles Kennedy, the youngest MP of his generation at the time of his election is the former Liberal Democrat leader and is a high profile speaker on UK politics.
Clare Rayner
Speaker, business mentor and retail consultant Clare Rayner is known as The Retail Champion because of her drive, passion and commitment to helping retailers optimise their business performance.
Clive Coleman
Clive is the BBC’s Legal Correspondent, a role he arrived at via a career as a barrister, Principal Lecturer in Law, and then one of the country’s leading comedy writers.
Dale Williams
Dale Williams runs an innovative consultancy practice specialising in lean sales and process management in all types of organizations. His speeches include growing the business without growing the sales resource.
David Bryon
The former Managing Director of bmibaby, one of Europe’s largest low cost airlines, David is an outstanding business speaker who provides both a valuable and a highly amusing business insight into a side of the aviation industry the passenger rarely sees.
David Bull
A successful, pioneering and high profile leader in the charity world, David has been a CEO for 27 years, working in the fields of development, human rights, education and environment.
David Domoney
TV presenter, motivational speaker and event host David Domoney is an ex blue chip multiple retailer turned Television Presenter who specializes in bringing show business panache to today’s business world giants.
David Mellor
Experienced broadcaster, journalist and former MP David Mellor is a highly regarded after dinner speaker due to his wealth of knowledge regarding business, politics and sport.
Paul Bennett
Serial Adventurer & Client Director at Henley Management College Paul is an entertaining, engaging and very knowledgeable speaker.
Paul Mason
Newsnights Economics Editor Paul is a renowned speaker on current economic trends and the world of business and industry. He is also a published author and an excellent host/facilitator.
Alain de Botton
Alain de Botton is a Swiss writer, television presenter and entrepreneur whose books and articles have made literature, philosophy and art more accessible to a wider audience
Tony Banks
A former Para who served in the Falklands and now Honorary Colonel of 71 Engineer Regiment, Tony is a highly successful entrepreneur, philanthropist, an impressive keynote speaker and author. An award winning businessman, he is Founder and Chairman of Scotland’s fastest growing residential care home provider Balhousie Care Group and passionately supports issues such as long term care of the elderly and mental health issues of war veterans.
Rachel Bridge
Rachel Bridge is the former Enterprise Editor for the Sunday Times where she writes extensively about entrepreneurs and offers advice on the issues facing them as they start up and grow their businesses.
Lucy P Marcus
Lucy P. Marcus is a regular speaker on global economic trends and best practices for corporate governance, private equity, venture capital, entrepreneurship, investment, biotech, cleantech, and women in business. She was recently given the Rising Star of Corporate Governance award by Yale University and the winner of the Futures50 Future Thinker Award.
Margaret Parkin
Best-selling author and international speaker, Margaret Parkin motivates and mobilises, challenges and inspires individuals, teams and organisations through her unique use of stories and metaphors.
Adam Shaw
Adam Shaw is an award winning financial reporter and presenter. He is one of the best known financial faces on television.
Kirsty Henshaw
Kirsty Henshaw delivered one of the best pitches ever seen on Dragons Den when she appeared on the programme in July 2010. A 24 year old, single mother born and bred in Preston, she electrified the Den with her passion, commitment and gritty determination to succeed. Kirsty became one of the youngest entrepreneurs to receive investment on the show when she secured a £65,000 investment from Dragons, Peter Jones and Duncan Bannatyne, in return for a 30% stake in Worthenshaws, her frozen dessert business.
Guy Browning
The cult columnist and author of Office Politics provides practical techniques to refresh creative thinking. Avoiding fancy academic theories and mind-numbing jargon, Guy blows fresh air into the dustiest corners - turning any group into a vibrant creative department. The application goes beyond marketing; it helps tackle virtually any core business issue.
Madi Sharma
Entrepreneur, Speaker and member of the Employers Group of The European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels, a European Consultative Institution for civil society Madi Sharma is an expert on import/export.
Stella English
Creator of the Backing British Business Campaign and the winner of the 2010 Apprentice Stella is also a highly skilled business woman who will be launching her new business fashion range in May 2012. A popular speaker she shares how she overcame a dysfunctional childhood to create her own very successful destiny.
