Business and Keynote Speakers

Sara is a British entrepreneur and businesswoman who developed "Buddi", a miniaturised tracking device for vulnerable people and was also the founder of "Confused.com". She was awarded an OBE for services to Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Queen’s Jubilee Birthday Honours 2012

Sara Murray

Started Glasses Direct from the living room of his parents' home in Wiltshire while studying for his University finals, and it became the largest online retailer of glasses. After a successful exit from the company he now focuses on his new role as a full-time Industry Head of Retail at Google.

Jamie Murray Wells OBE

Editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine, he has also written extensively on international politics and economics. He has been an executive director of the World Bank, is an authority on globalisation and served as Venezuela's Minister of Trade & Industry in the 1990s.

Moisés Naím

Founder and CEO of NY based strategy consulting firms BeyondGlobal. A former adviser to Nouriel Roubini and author of Superhubs: How the financial elite and their networks rule the world.

Sandra Navidi

Senior Independent Director of Dyson and former government minister.

Richard Needham

Former editor of the Sunday Times and BBC political presenter whose shows included The Daily Politics and This Week. Is often asked to chair conferences and speak, either keynote or after dinner.

Andrew Neil

Award-winning expert on Communication, Influence and Leadership. He won the Cicero Grand Jury Prize for Best International Speechwriter 2014 and is a guest lecturer at London Business School.

Richard Newman

Globally renowned speaker and one of the world's leading authorities in customer centricity and customer experience, Martin entertains, inspires and educates by delivering actionable insights for any business audience.

Martin Newman

Ed Newton-Rex is one of the world’s leading experts and speakers on Generative AI.

Ed Newton-Rex

Popular TV presenter, journalist and passionate LGBTQIA + speaker, Will has an array of skills from hosting award ceremonies to speaking about his personal recovery story

Will Njobvu

The man behind the successful 'Thrust' project, which resulted in the first supersonic world land speed record. The world record story is a bit old hat now, but he was also behind the Bloodhound project which was trying to develop the first 1000mph car with the specific aim of promoting science and engineering to children.

Richard Noble

A renowned speaker in the fields of strategic management, multinational corporations and globalisation, and author of Funky Business and Karaoke Capitalism.

Kjell Nordstrom

Made his name turning around the then struggling ASDA and selling it to Walmart. His current turnaround role is as Chairman of ITV where he has brought in Adam Crozier as CEO.

Archie Norman

Was Director of Brand, Marketing and Culture for the London Olympics 2012. He turned volunteers into Gamesmakers and coined the phrase 'Inspiring a Generation'. His fascinating presentations draw lessons from his Olympic experiences.

Greg Nugent

Chairman, Goldman Sachs Asset Management (2010-13); Head of Global Economics, Commodities and Strategy Research, Goldman Sachs (2001-2010). Creator of the BRICs acronym. Author of The Growth Map. Talks on international economics and financial topics.

Jim O'Neill