Ruby Wax
After arriving in Britain from the United States in 1977 and training as an actress, Ruby Wax began her career with the Royal Shakespeare Company before developing her own brand of highly amusing ‘attitude TV’. In addition to performing and presenting, she has contributed to, written and edited numerous...
Ariane de Bonvoisin
Ariane de Bonvoisin is the Founder, CEO and Chief Change Optimist of First30Days, a New York City-based media company focused on guiding people through all types of changes, both personal and professional and social or global. The company, www.first30days.com currently features 60 life change subjects. With a degree in...
Mohammed Johmani
Mohammed Johmani is the founder of the award winning O2 Network. Mohammed is multi-talented, ambitious and passionate about business. He has managed four different agencies in the O2 Network that has billed over US$40 million in less than 6 years, while planning for regional expansion and global reach initiatives....
Michael Woodford
Michael Woodford worked for Olympus for 30 years, initially for the UK subsidiary, Olympus KeyMed, as a Surgical Salesman, progressing to Sales Manager and Sales Director before being appointed its Managing Director in 1990 at the age of 29. Following a period of dramatic growth for the UK company,...
Ho Kwon Ping
Ho Kwon Ping is Executive Chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings, which owns both listed and private companies engaged in the development, ownership and operation of hotels, resorts, spas, residential homes, retail galleries and other lifestyle activities around the world. Born in 1952, Ho Kwon Ping was educated in Tunghai...
Anil Gupta
Dr Anil K. Gupta is widely recognised as one of the world’s leading experts on strategy and globalisation. He is the Michael D. Dingman Chair in Strategy & Entrepreneurship at the Smith School of Business, The University of Maryland and a Visiting Professor of Strategy at INSEAD, where he...
Jackie Fast
Jackie Fast is the Founder of Slingshot Sponsorship – an innovative strategic sponsorship sales agency based in Central London with offices worldwide. Jackie Fast started Slingshot from her home in 2010, growing the company to provide services for major brands. The company was recently nominated for 4 ESA Excellence...
David Clutterbuck
Professor David Clutterbuck is one of Europe’s most respected writers and thinkers on leadership, coaching and mentoring. He has written nearly 50 books and hundreds of articles on cutting edge management themes. He is co-founder of The European Mentoring and Coaching Council, and founder of the thriving international consultancy,...
Gideon Lask
Gideon Lask has been working in E-commerce for almost 20 years. He has built and sold E-commerce businesses for the likes of Universal, HMV and LetsBuyIt.com, but he is currently busy helping other brands and retailers acquire new customers in an altogether smarter way. He’s the Founder and CEO...
Terry Leahy
A good company should make sure employees really can work their way up through the organization, according to Sir Terry Leahy. Chief executive of Tesco between 1997 and 2011, Leahy is his own best example, having first stirred his passion for the retailer while stacking shelves during school holidays...
