Gurcharan Das
Gurcharan Das is a CEO, author, journalist and public intellectual. Das is the author of the international bestseller, India Unbound, which has been published in 17 languages and filmed by the BBC. He writes a regular column on Sundays for the Times of India and periodic guest columns for...
Jochen Zeitz
Jochen Zeitz is Director of Kering and Chairman of the Kering board’s sustainable development committee. When appointed Chairman and CEO of PUMA in 1993 at the age of 30, he was the youngest Chairman in German history to head a public company. Zeitz attended the European Business School rather...
Lorraine Heggessey
Lorraine Heggessey is a renowned media figure with vast experience of broadcasting and production in both the private and public sectors where she has taken on some of the most challenging roles in the industry. Lorraine was appointed as the first female Controller of BBC1 in 2000 and became...
Philip Hesketh
Philip Hesketh is a multiple award winning professional speaker on the psychology of persuasion and influence. He helps people improve their relationships, increase their sales and hold higher prices. Guaranteed. Philip’s two books on persuasion and influence; ‘How to Persuade and Influence People’ and ‘Persuade’ are both Amazon number...
Peter Cross
Recognised as one of the UK’s leading brand strategists, Peter Cross, business partner of Mary Portas and Managing Partner of Yellowdoor, is a regular commentator on TV Radio and the national press on the subjects of retail, branding and consumer trends. Peter has worked in marketing communications for over...
Ken Segall
Ken Segall is the design and creativity guru who named the i-Mac and initiated the “i-frenzy”. He is author of New York Times Best Seller Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple’s Success. Having worked for iconic brands including IBM, BMW, Intel and Dell, he developed a strong working...
Doug Keeley
Doug Keeley, CEO and Chief Storyteller of The Mark of a Leader, is a globally recognised communicator, a serial entrepreneur, and a self-professed “leadership junkie”. Doug started the first of several communications businesses in 1978, and quickly became a pioneer in the marketing and communications industry, travelling the globe...
Richard Reed
Richard Reed is the co-founder of innocent, the No.1 smoothie brand in Europe. The business was started in May 1999 by Richard and two friends and has grown in less than 10 years to a turnover of over £100m. Innocent now has 80% market share in the UK and...
Sahar Hashemi
Sahar Hashemi founded Coffee Republic, the UK’s first US style coffee bar chain with her brother and built it into one of the UK’s most recognised high street brands with a turnover of £30m. Giving up her career as a lawyer in London, she staked everything on a dream...
David Magliano
David Magliano is Managing Director of Membership for the Guardian, responsible for the newly launched Guardian Live event programme, and a dedicated members building opening in 2016. David previously played a lead role in two high-profile campaigns: as Marketing Director of London’s Olympic bid, and England’s World Cup bid....
