PR
Public relations is at the heart of business and even more at the centre of our celebrity crazed culture. Learn about the role of PR and it's global impact from PR gurus and media consultants.
Jean Smith
Jean Smith is a social anthropologist currently researching a book on flirting in five different cultures. She interviewed singletons in London, Dublin, Stockholm, Paris, Chicago and New York studying how different cultures use attraction.
Kanya King
CEO and founder of MOBO Kanya King MBE is an internationally recognized entrepreneur and innovator in the British music industry. She is the dynamic force behind the MOBO Awards and has played an instrumental role in elevating black music and culture to mainstream popular status in the U.K.
Jessica Huie
Despite falling pregnant at 17 and with just 4 GCSEs to her name, the birth of Jessica’s beautiful daughter Monet inspired her to change her life and ultimately her destiny. Hugely successful in the field of international PR Jessica is also the successful entrepreneur behind Colourblind Cards.
Dickie Arbiter LVO
The most famous former Buckingham Palace press secretary to HM The Queen, Dickie is still the man the media turn to for comment on the Royal Family and is in huge demand as speaker. He has over thirty five years experience covering royalty.
Eugenie Harvey
The author of Change the world for a fiver and contributor to the Im not a plastic bag project with Anya Hindmarch, Eugenie has increased awareness about how everyone can change the world in a small way.
Amanda Platell
Former Head of Media for The Conservative Party under William Hague, Amanda is a regular TV presenter, corporate host and entertaining speaker.
Preethi Nair
Successful author Preethi tells an amazing inspirational story about realising her dream against all odds. Rejected by a number of publishers Preethi resorted to setting up her own publishing company and posed as her own publicist in order to sell her book. Winning a three book deal with Harper Collins Preethi won the Asian Woman of Achievement award and incidentally her fictional publicist Pru was shortlisted as Publicist of the Year at the PPC awards that same year.
Phil Hall
Award winning newspaper editor turned top PR man, Phil Hall edited both the News Of The World and Hello! magazine before starting his own PR agency PHA Media 4 years ago. He is an outstanding speaker who entertains his audiences with tasty morsels about life as a tabloid editor interlinked with the trials and tribulations of a PR guru.
Kevin Steele
Kevin Steele is a social and environmental campaigner whose track record includes the biggest ever lobby of parliament, a £2 trillion investment group for action on climate change, the largest coalition on family issues in the UK and Global Entrepreneurship Week, which involves 25,000 events in 77 countries. He has generated 4,000 pieces of media coverage for his campaigns and is a member of the Council on Social Action chaired by the Prime Minister. He speaks on bringing about change - through coalition-building, innovation and mobilising people to act.
Claire Powell
An inspiring speaker and astute business woman Claire is one of the few women leading the way in the world Celebrity PR. Highly respected for her strong, hard working and no nonsense personality many people instantly recognise her as Peter Andre’s manager.
Baroness Heyhoe Flint MBE DL
Rachael Heyhoe-Flint is best known as England Womens Cricket Captain who was undefeated in her 11 year reign. She was champion of the cause of women’s cricket; she first played for England in 1960; captained the side from 1966-77 and ended her international career in 1983 after making a record 51 appearances for her country.
Sue Llewellyn
Speaker and event host Sue is a former BBC Breakfast reporter, writer, broadcaster and media consultant with a wide range of professional experience in both small start-ups and a massive international corporation. She is also an expert in social media.
