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Attributed with blending the technical art of the possible with business context, Adrian Joseph is one of the UK’s leading applied data and AI focussed technologists. His expertise lies in merging the world of technology with customer needs, to rapidly accelerate businesses value delivery, and positive societal change. Adrian has over 20 years’ experience in AI, big data, analytics, and digital strategy. He was recently the Chief Data and AI Officer at BT, where he led 1,600 experts in advancing...
Vikki is a thought leader in the Time & Productivity space, top 1% podcast host and public speaker that is dismantling outdated time management practices and offering tools with a fast and high ROI on time invested. Her podcast “Hack Your Time” gained over 700,000 downloads, organically, as people are hungry for practical tools that actually work. Her work goes deeper than time management tactics and solves for why we don't just follow a calendar, why we keep putting off certain...
Sima Kotecha is the UK Editor on the BBC’s television flagship current affairs programme, Newsnight, as well as presenter on the programme. She specialises in original journalism and exposing the truth through winning the trust of her contributors and holding those in power to account. She is a versatile presenter able to turn her hand to different types of presentation, chairing discussions and tackling a range of issues from the most serious to lighter topics. She often presents the BBC’s Newscast...
Chris Larmour founded Orbex, the UK-based orbital space rocket company, and was CEO between 2016-2023. The company is approaching its first launch from the UK in the coming months, which will make it front page news in the near future. During his eight years at Orbex, Chris raised more than $100 million in venture capital and public funding, and won numerous development contracts from space agencies such as ESA and the UK Space Agency. In 2022, he closed a $50 million...
Bonita Norris was the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest and the North Pole. She has undertaken record-breaking expeditions to the world’s highest mountains, often becoming the youngest Brit to reach the tops of the world’s highest peaks. As a woman, she understands what it feels like to be an outsider in a male-dominated world. Through her journey from beginner climber to high altitude mountaineer Bonita learnt the importance of 'success by smallness’- that if you want...
Lord Kim Darroch is a retired UK civil servant and life peer in the House of Lords. His diplomatic career spanned over 40 years, primarily focusing on national security issues and European policy. Most recently, Lord Darroch served as the British Ambassador to the United States (2016-2019). Prior to Washington, he was National Security Adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron (2012-2015), and in that role, oversaw issues such as the rise of Daesh in Iraq and Syria, Russian aggression in Ukraine,...
Daniel Brook is the acclaimed author of books on urban history including A History of Future Cities, The Accident of Color, and The Einstein of Sex (forthcoming). His work as a journalist and book and architecture critic has appeared in publications including Harper’s, The New Yorker, Architectural Record, Foreign Policy, and The New York Times Magazine. In his writing, Brook, who has reported from five continents, uses concrete observations—of a building, a city, an institution, or a person—to ground broader...
Becky Holmes is the creator of and voice behind the popular Twitter account @deathtospinach. In 2020, having been on the receiving end of an annoying number of direct messages from online romance scammers, Becky Holmes started to enjoy wasting their time and publicly ‘outing’ their accounts. Four years later she is now a well-known expert on romance fraud, called upon by both professionals and the media. No other woman has had so many online romances – from Keanu Reeves to Brad...
As a charismatic and empathic speaker who has a strong rapport with audiences, Paralympian Peter Ryan, who is legally blind, invites people to get out of their comfort zones and make the best of their life. And his own story is proof that it is possible. Peter has a powerful personal story: a promising athlete who when he found himself losing his sight, slid into alcoholism. It was only through his family’s intervention that he ended up in recovery....
David JP Phillips is an international speaker, author, coach and a global authority on public speaking, communication and self-leadership. He was recently awarded as global communication expert No. 8 by global gurus., He is best known for his three TEDx-Talks, the first one being ”How To Avoid Death By PowerPoint”, the second ”The Magical Science of Storytelling” and the third, “THE 110STEPS of Excellent Communication” together accumulating a total of 12 million views. Upon release, his book “Six Substances Which Can...
John James Anisiobi is a talented broadcaster, host and journalist with a rich history in entertainment, current affairs and diversity. Having worked for more than two decades for the world’s biggest publications, John James Anisiobi, brings a wealth of knowledge and entertaining anecdotes from the realms of showbusiness and news. Having previously been Digital Director for the OK! Magazine group, he has also worked at the Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, Esquire ME and the London Evening Standard, and has many hilarious...
Jonny Wilkinson is a health and wellbeing ambassador, business founder, public speaker, sustainability advocate, rugby pundit, coach and philanthropist. Globally celebrated as one of the best players to have ever played rugby union, Jonny compiled an impressive 91 caps at international level for England. He featured in 2 British and Irish Lions tours and was granted the honour of being inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame. His outstanding service to the game was recognised with a CBE by HM...
Erik Vermeulen has been a business consultant and on the International Speaking circuit since 1999. He explores trends and behaviours that have shaped the business world and guides leaders to motivate and improve performance in the business world by combining insights from both corporate consulting experience and as an expedition leader guiding people to some of the highest summits. His strategies allow leaders to create more profitable behaviours by examining how their teams work and how they interact with their employees...
Since gaining his medical qualification in 1974, David Nabarro has worked tirelessly – in communities and hospitals, within governments, civil society organisations and universities, and in United Nations programmes – to galvanise action to address complex challenges facing humanity. In his early career he worked on child health and nutrition programmes in Iraq, South Asia and East Africa. He taught at the London and Liverpool Schools of Tropical Medicine and then served as Chief Health and Population Adviser to the...
Bestselling Author, ranked among the top 50 thought leaders on the Metaverse worldwide and a bestselling Author. From 2019 to 2021, LinkedIn ranked Costantino Roselli among the top 1% of marketing professionals, and his name dominates the first five pages of Google. In 2021, he introduced the Avatar Economy as the ultimate solution for building sustainable and inclusive work and lifestyle environments. Costantino Roselli is the founder and CEO of NTZNS (NeTiZeNS) Metaverse Creative Studio, where real AI Avatars are created in...
Very few golfers have achieved sustained success individually and as a team player. Current European Ryder Cup winning captain and former World Number 1, Luke Donald MBE, has bridged the two. With meticulous planning and leadership, Luke captained the European Ryder Cup team to a stunning victory in Rome in 2023 and was subsequently appointed to captain the team again in the United States in 2025, where he will seek to become only the second Ryder Cup captain to win back-to-back...