An economist by background, Katie is a graduate of The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Working for ten years as a jet-setting brand consultant Katie has lived and worked across the globe in London, Tokyo and New York advising luxury brands on how to deliver exceptional business performance.
She is also is still considered to be the undisputed star of all of the BBC`s `Apprentice` series. She shot to fame as the only candidate ever to say ‘no’ to Lord Alan Sugar - making a spectacular boardroom exit witnessed by over 6m viewers.
Since her high profile walkout from Lord Alan’s boardroom she has gone on to launch her own successful consultancy firm – where she helps businesses do better. A recent project for a client yielded impressive results with a revenue uplift of 30%.
Katie is a strong woman and has been described as ‘representing a new face of feminism’. She has worked in a man’s world and she has been a consistent high achiever in it. She runs marathons, has two daughters and “a passion for beautiful shoes”.
Her quick wit and acerbic humour have made her a popular speaker on the speaking circuit. Katie has spoken to audiences as diverse as global banks and luxury brand houses.
Katie’s television credits include; 8 Out Of 10 Cats (Channel 4) and the Friday Night Project (Channel 4). She has been a regular guest on BBC Breakfast, GMTV(ITV) and Loose Women (ITV). She presented a BBC Five Live Report on modern families called The F-Word and helped save a struggling local Post Office for the BBC’s Inside Out series.
Described by one client as "a fireball of fun who brought an energy and dynamism to our company and left us all feeling like you could do with a little bit of Katie in your life every day to kick you into shape".
Here is what some of the others have had to say:
‘With many after dinner speakers you get the impression they have said it all before. Katie tailored her words for us, and said them to us, and for once, someone made us listen. Katie tells it like it is. And the reality of it is that it ‘aint always pretty.’
‘Katie is a master of intellectual gymnastics. If you believe life should be a little off piste and there is something of the maverick about you, then you need to hear this lady speak'
‘This woman is all balls and ballistics. She fires round after round on automatic and shows no mercy.’
‘Katie is a fireball of fun. She brought an energy and dynamism to our company and left us all feeling like you could do with a little bit of Katie in your life every day to kick you into shape’.
Testimonials
"Contrary to her apprentice persona Katie is a warm, engaging individual who tailored her presentation perfectly to our audience of young high flyers at their graduation ceremony. She didn’t approach the presentation from the obvious angles and this helped give our people real food for thought and insight. Katie is certainly not a run of the mill businesswoman and she gave a refreshing lesson in her common sense, grown up approach to business. We will definitely look to Katie to return in the future to speak to our up and coming talent."
Eric Gresswell - Phones 4U
She is also is still considered to be the undisputed star of all of the BBC`s `Apprentice` series. She shot to fame as the only candidate ever to say ‘no’ to Lord Alan Sugar - making a spectacular boardroom exit witnessed by over 6m viewers.
Since her high profile walkout from Lord Alan’s boardroom she has gone on to launch her own successful consultancy firm – where she helps businesses do better. A recent project for a client yielded impressive results with a revenue uplift of 30%.
Katie is a strong woman and has been described as ‘representing a new face of feminism’. She has worked in a man’s world and she has been a consistent high achiever in it. She runs marathons, has two daughters and “a passion for beautiful shoes”.
Her quick wit and acerbic humour have made her a popular speaker on the speaking circuit. Katie has spoken to audiences as diverse as global banks and luxury brand houses.
Katie’s television credits include; 8 Out Of 10 Cats (Channel 4) and the Friday Night Project (Channel 4). She has been a regular guest on BBC Breakfast, GMTV(ITV) and Loose Women (ITV). She presented a BBC Five Live Report on modern families called The F-Word and helped save a struggling local Post Office for the BBC’s Inside Out series.
Described by one client as "a fireball of fun who brought an energy and dynamism to our company and left us all feeling like you could do with a little bit of Katie in your life every day to kick you into shape".
Here is what some of the others have had to say:
‘With many after dinner speakers you get the impression they have said it all before. Katie tailored her words for us, and said them to us, and for once, someone made us listen. Katie tells it like it is. And the reality of it is that it ‘aint always pretty.’
‘Katie is a master of intellectual gymnastics. If you believe life should be a little off piste and there is something of the maverick about you, then you need to hear this lady speak'
‘This woman is all balls and ballistics. She fires round after round on automatic and shows no mercy.’
‘Katie is a fireball of fun. She brought an energy and dynamism to our company and left us all feeling like you could do with a little bit of Katie in your life every day to kick you into shape’.
Testimonials
"Contrary to her apprentice persona Katie is a warm, engaging individual who tailored her presentation perfectly to our audience of young high flyers at their graduation ceremony. She didn’t approach the presentation from the obvious angles and this helped give our people real food for thought and insight. Katie is certainly not a run of the mill businesswoman and she gave a refreshing lesson in her common sense, grown up approach to business. We will definitely look to Katie to return in the future to speak to our up and coming talent."
Eric Gresswell - Phones 4U
Business speaker and event host, Katie Hopkins is a branding and employability expert as well as a highly entertaining after dinner speaker.
Women in business
Katie is outspoken on the issues facing women in business and the strategies women need to adopt to excel as leaders in business. Operating at a senior level on both sides of the Atlantic, Katie understands the formidable pressures on businesswomen, and in particular the need to be able to coordinate parenting and working seamlessly to minimise career ‘fall out’. Engaged by a wide range of prestige institutions e.g. the Cass Business School, The BPP, The Chartered Institute of Management and Management Accountants, Katie is also a regular contributor on this subject for GMTV, Daybreak, BBC radio and Question Time on the issues facing women in business, and the challenges for business operating around maternity leave, flexible working and the costs associated with this.
Business Effectiveness – Maximising returns, Delivering Results
Katie is a formidable business woman with a reputation as a business operator capable of delivering significant results. Returning revenue uplifts of 30% against target across FTSE 250 clients, Katie is proud of her work with a strong portfolio of international of clients including Diageo, Barclays, Reuters, Squires Saunders Hammonds, LVMH and Vodafone. Working on a project basis, Katie leads teams with a unique form of leadership – ‘Mission Leadership’ engaging teams of individuals to work at exceptional levels of performance and deliver outstanding results. She believes in absolute clarity of mission – and is uncompromising in the delivery of it. Engaged as a speaker, Katie brings this Mission Leadership to life for her audience, drawing from her experiences at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, her time in the boardrooms of FTSE 250 clients and case studies from ‘stand out’ projects.
Business Entrepreneurship – Building better business
Katie is passionate about new business and the ability of the individual to fulfil their business ambitions and make those ambitions a commercial reality. Her commitment to this is exemplar: clearly she started and runs her own consultancy company, but importantly, Katie has embraced SME’s and works with an extended portfolio of these clients at reduced rates purely for the challenge of overcoming adversity and creating success. ‘I consider this a battle of wits - against tough commercial constraints, an angry economic climate and sometimes against the business owners themselves!’ Katie has saved local post offices, rescued local pubs, breathed new life into visitor attractions and helped an industrial supply company take the next difficult step towards growth. She is a regular speaker at entrepreneurial events – such as Olympia’s ’Start Up’ Exhibition, has worked with the R & D teams for Pfizer, Smirnoff, Guinness, headed up the ‘Innov8te’ program – for SABMiller, and is often asked to deliver her ‘top ten tactical steps for tomorrow’ - not to be missed!
‘Employability Economics’ is an accessible account of new face of Employability, its impact and importance in our labour market and the very human cost of a youth unemployment figure indicating one in five of our young people is out of work. Engaged to deliver the Employability Agenda for HE and FE, Katie has worked with education providers, young people and industry to create programs for growth and secure employment opportunities at scale. With youth unemployment above one million for the first time in a decade, the UK is under greater pressure than ever before to find work for its young people. Katie Hopkins is on a one woman crusade to reverse the trend and get our young people engaged with work. In her quest, she seeks out the less determined: ‘the serial educator’ ‘the negative differentiator’ ‘the passive searcher’, and takes these to task. An Economist by background, Katie is a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. She won the second highest independent vote in the last European elections, and is a regular contributor to BBC’s Question Time and engaged recently by the BBC’s ‘Up for Hire’ series advising young people on the Employability issue.
Testimonials include:
"Katie is an event manager’s dream and is outstanding value. She is fun, entertaining and knowledgeable and has a great stage presence.She engages and enthrals an audience with her spontaneous witty banter and is able to challenge both the very best of business minds and the not so economically astute. Katie is totally flexible and adaptable and has helped shaped events and seminars to suit our aims and objectives. In summary she is absolutely brilliant!”
Katie is outspoken on the issues facing women in business and the strategies women need to adopt to excel as leaders in business. Operating at a senior level on both sides of the Atlantic, Katie understands the formidable pressures on businesswomen, and in particular the need to be able to coordinate parenting and working seamlessly to minimise career ‘fall out’. Engaged by a wide range of prestige institutions e.g. the Cass Business School, The BPP, The Chartered Institute of Management and Management Accountants, Katie is also a regular contributor on this subject for GMTV, Daybreak, BBC radio and Question Time on the issues facing women in business, and the challenges for business operating around maternity leave, flexible working and the costs associated with this.
Business Effectiveness – Maximising returns, Delivering Results
Katie is a formidable business woman with a reputation as a business operator capable of delivering significant results. Returning revenue uplifts of 30% against target across FTSE 250 clients, Katie is proud of her work with a strong portfolio of international of clients including Diageo, Barclays, Reuters, Squires Saunders Hammonds, LVMH and Vodafone. Working on a project basis, Katie leads teams with a unique form of leadership – ‘Mission Leadership’ engaging teams of individuals to work at exceptional levels of performance and deliver outstanding results. She believes in absolute clarity of mission – and is uncompromising in the delivery of it. Engaged as a speaker, Katie brings this Mission Leadership to life for her audience, drawing from her experiences at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, her time in the boardrooms of FTSE 250 clients and case studies from ‘stand out’ projects.
Business Entrepreneurship – Building better business
Katie is passionate about new business and the ability of the individual to fulfil their business ambitions and make those ambitions a commercial reality. Her commitment to this is exemplar: clearly she started and runs her own consultancy company, but importantly, Katie has embraced SME’s and works with an extended portfolio of these clients at reduced rates purely for the challenge of overcoming adversity and creating success. ‘I consider this a battle of wits - against tough commercial constraints, an angry economic climate and sometimes against the business owners themselves!’ Katie has saved local post offices, rescued local pubs, breathed new life into visitor attractions and helped an industrial supply company take the next difficult step towards growth. She is a regular speaker at entrepreneurial events – such as Olympia’s ’Start Up’ Exhibition, has worked with the R & D teams for Pfizer, Smirnoff, Guinness, headed up the ‘Innov8te’ program – for SABMiller, and is often asked to deliver her ‘top ten tactical steps for tomorrow’ - not to be missed!
‘Employability Economics’ is an accessible account of new face of Employability, its impact and importance in our labour market and the very human cost of a youth unemployment figure indicating one in five of our young people is out of work. Engaged to deliver the Employability Agenda for HE and FE, Katie has worked with education providers, young people and industry to create programs for growth and secure employment opportunities at scale. With youth unemployment above one million for the first time in a decade, the UK is under greater pressure than ever before to find work for its young people. Katie Hopkins is on a one woman crusade to reverse the trend and get our young people engaged with work. In her quest, she seeks out the less determined: ‘the serial educator’ ‘the negative differentiator’ ‘the passive searcher’, and takes these to task. An Economist by background, Katie is a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. She won the second highest independent vote in the last European elections, and is a regular contributor to BBC’s Question Time and engaged recently by the BBC’s ‘Up for Hire’ series advising young people on the Employability issue.
Testimonials include:
"Katie is an event manager’s dream and is outstanding value. She is fun, entertaining and knowledgeable and has a great stage presence.She engages and enthrals an audience with her spontaneous witty banter and is able to challenge both the very best of business minds and the not so economically astute. Katie is totally flexible and adaptable and has helped shaped events and seminars to suit our aims and objectives. In summary she is absolutely brilliant!”
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