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Keynote SpeakerPiers Linney

British entrapreneur and former 'Dragon' on the BBC Two business series Dragons' Den

Piers Linney is an entrepreneur, investor, and former Dragon on the prime-time BBC show Dragons’ Den (Shark Tank in the USA). With a background in venture capital law and M&A investment banking at Credit Suisse, Piers has established himself as a leading figure in the UK business world, particularly in... Read more

Popular Talks

  • Personal journey to the City and entrepreneurship
  • Scaling up your business
  • Technology and the Future
  • Diversity and inclusion
  • Innovation and Information Technology
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Biography

Piers Linney is an entrepreneur, investor, and former Dragon on the prime-time BBC show Dragons’ Den (Shark Tank in the USA). With a background in venture capital law and M&A investment banking at Credit Suisse, Piers has established himself as a leading figure in the UK business world, particularly in the technology sector.

Piers is a Co-founder of Implement AI, a leading provider of digital worker solutions to organisations of all sizes. He was a pioneer in the UK cloud computing sector and sat on the boards of the UK Cloud Industry Forum and TechUK.

He has sat on the board of Nesta, the UK’s largest innovation foundation (£600m), and British Business Bank during the roll-out of £90bn of Covid support. Piers is also an advocate for diversity in business and sits on Sky’s Diversity Advisory Council.

Piers is Chairman and a co-founder of Atherton Bikes, a world leading manufacturer of additive manufactured mountain bikes which won 1st and 2nd in the World Championship in 2023.

"We invited Piers to talk to our colleagues about diversity and its importance in business at our first ever digital internal conference. We’re at the start of our journey when it comes to talking about race and ethnic diversity in the workplace and Piers pitched his session perfectly for our colleagues. His session was informative, insightful and inspiring and garnered fantastic engagement and feedback from colleagues, with several describing it as the best presentation they’ve seen during their time with the business. We’d have Piers back again in a heartbeat, on any one of the wide variety of subjects on which he’s an expert!" Lauren, The Very Group
“Piers was keynote speaker and customer panel host at our Small Business Live event at Cisco Live Barcelona 2019. His presentation and panel resonated extremely well with our audience and were top-rated sessions from the event programme by attendees. Piers is an insightful, energetic and entertaining speaker, with thought-provoking ideas and insights based upon his extensive business experience. His vibrance and enthusiasm during his presentation kept the audience engaged from start to end. Not only was he well received by the audience, he was easy and personable to work with, spending extra time listening to the other speakers and interacting with our team and delegates.” Wheller, Director, Segment, Brand & Advocacy Marketing, Cisco EMEAR
"Piers has had the biggest impact of any speaker that we have hosted in the 3 years since we have been running events...Super-efficient and easy to work with in organising, I wouldn't hesitate in working with Piers again." Virgin StartUp
"A quick note to say thank you for speaking at our event this week. The customer feedback has been fantastic and your 'in conversation' session with Michael was excellent. Really insightful, thought provoking and injected a real buzz into the room!" Neil, NatWest
"An amazing person and speaker. So popular that we ran out of headphones and space on our exhibition stand! It was an incredible sight." Sage (UK) Ltd

Popular Talks by Piers Linney

  • Personal journey to the City and entrepreneurship

    From a Lancashire mill town and failing his 11+ to law and investment banking at the highest level in the City and BBC Dragons’ Den.

  • Scaling up your business

    Business change, growth, scaling up your business and its impact. See Piers’s five factors for growth below.

  • Technology and the Future

    The future of business, employment, the economy and skills based on his experience in technology and as a trustee of the UK’s largest innovation agency, Nesta.

  • Diversity and inclusion

    Personal experience and impact on business, society and social mobility built on his work as a charitable founder and with Sky.

  • Innovation and Information Technology
  • Cloud-based Technology and IT business
  • Technology
  • Media and Telecommunications
  • Advising on Small and Medium Business Issues
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Business: Startups and Scale-ups
  • Financing Business

  • Future of Work and Employment

  • Impact of technology