James Caan
James is best known for joining the panel of the hit BBC2 TV show, Dragons’ Den where he invested in 14 companies and committed over £1m of investment, over 4 series’. Caan is one of the UK’s most successful and dynamic entrepreneurs. He made his fortune in the recruitment...
Chris Gardner
“The London Speaker Bureau has taken me ALL over the WORLD – truly a global speaker bureau” Chris Gardner is an entrepreneur, author, philanthropist, and single parent whose work has been recognized by many esteemed organizations. Gardner is the author of the 2006 autobiography, The Pursuit of Happyness, a...
Mark Spitz
Mark Spitz is one of the greatest living sports legends and most remembered by his astonishing win of seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. Until the 2008 Games, Spitz held the record for the most Olympic Gold medals during one Olympics by a single Olympiad....
Peggy Bouchet
Peggy was born in Evian (France). Though a native of the mountains, Peggy Bouchet has a passion for an equally demanding environment: – The Sea. Practicing sports such as Judo and Skiing has given her a stubborn and competitive character. After studying maritime logistics (Master’s Degree in shipping at...
Mark Thompson
Mark C. Thompson is CEO and co-founder of Virgin Unite Mentors, Sir Richard Branson’s network for executive coaching and entrepreneurial innovation. He is Charles Schwab’s former Chief of Staff, Chief Customer Experience Officer, Chief Communications Officer and cofounder of the Schwab Foundation. He also served as Executive Producer of...
Jeroen Van Der Veer
Jeroen Van der Veer is the former Chief Executive (2004-09) of Royal Dutch Shell. He remained a non-executive Director at Shell until 2013. He is a leading authority on energy, leadership and management, and his advice is widely sought by a range of industries. He held various positions during...
Shahena Ali
Shahena Ali is a British Bangladeshi Nutritionist, TV Cook and Food Writer. Providing a new approach to the worlds of traditional Indian, Bengali and Middle-Eastern Cookery, Shanena transforms basic ingredients into healthy dishes, taking the myth out of what are generally perceived to be complex cuisines and taking us...
Jimmy Choo
British shoemaker Jimmy Choo lent his name to the line of elegant women’s footwear that quickly developed a cult following in the 1990s, despite their exorbitant prices. But there are actually two designer-shoe companies that bear his name— his own custom atelier in London, and the wholesale business with...
Bruno Bonnell
Bonnell has pioneered the introduction to the European market of service robotics. He is Chairman of Syrobo, the French robotics organization, as well as founder and co-organizer of the Innorobo summit. A chemical engineer by training, Bonnell holds an economics degree from the Université de Paris IX. He began...
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...
