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Record Breaking Eleventh Everest Summiteer & One of the World’s Greatest High Altitude Guides

Kenton Cool is one of the world’s leading alpine climbers with 11 Everest Summits under his belt amongst other incredible feats of human achievement. He is Britain’s most successful Everest mountaineer and the second-most successful Western Mountaineer of all-time on Everest. In his latest expedition, May 2013 Ken has summited the three mountains of the Everest horseshoe – Everest (8,848m), Nuptse (7,861m) & Lhotse (8,516m) in one climb – completing the ultimate ‘Three Peaks’ challenge, becoming the first Mountaineer to summit the three mountains of the Western Cwm in one continuous climb. Kenton claimed an historic three peaks record for Britain in Everest’s 60th anniversary year.

“The Best Mountain Guide in the World” Sir Ranulph Fiennes Bt OBE

[expand title=”In detail”] In 2012 Kenton fulfilled the Samsung Olympic Games Pledge by taking an Olympic Gold medal awarded to the 1922 Everest Expedition at the 1924 Winter Olympics by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, to the top of Mount Everest, thus fulfilling a 90 year old Pledge to see one of the medals successfully reach the summit. In 2011 Kenton became the focus of the world’s media after proving that 3G was now accessible on the summit of Mount Everest. He then went on to enter the record books for sending the first and only Tweet from the summit and making many lists of the most epic tweets of all time.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]In his presentations Kenton explores the direct comparisons between summit expeditions and business, focusing on the themes of teambuilding, leadership, motivation and facing personal fears in adverse situations. His years in the mountains have taught him how to face and overcome challenges, whilst bringing out the best in those around him. [/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Kenton is an experienced motivational speaker who delivers popular keynote speeches about his passion for his sport. His presentations are entertaining, high energy and filled with humour, yet press some serious points. Each session is complemented with an awe-inspiring collection of photographs and video footage from his expeditions around the world.[/expand]
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Formula One Champion, Second Generation Grand Prix Legend

Jacques Villeneuve is a Canadian automobile racing driver, a former F1 pilot who currently competes in the V8 Supercar series. From the Formula One World Championship in 1997 and IndyCar Driver’s title, to winning the Indianapolis 500, Jacques is one of the most trophied and versatile figures in motorsport today. These achievements make him only the third driver to achieve such a feat.

“Jacques’ racing career has seen him achieve some of motorsport’s most coveted and prestigious accolades”

[expand title=”In detail”] Despite losing his father Gilles, who was tragically killed in 1982 at the wheel of his Formula One Ferrari, Jacques’ was determined to pursue a professional racing career in motorsport. Since 2007, Jacques has competed in NASCAR, Le Mans Series, Speedcar, TRV6, notably finished as runner-up in the 2008 Le Mans 24-Hour Race. In addition to his NASCAR commitments, 2010 saw him compete in the inaugural Gold Coast 600 V8 Supercar event in Australia, and the Andros Trophy in Europe.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Drawing upon his successful career as an acclaimed racing driver Jacques offers audiences great insights into the strengths and challenges of an F1 driver. Using parallels from his time spent on and off the track working with prestigious teams, he offers invaluable lessons in teamwork and leadership, to empower individuals achieve their goals.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]His unlimited motivation combined with a captivating leadership charisma and relentless commitment to success will doubtlessly inspire any audience.[/expand]
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Race Coach with SKY Pro-Cycling Team, Great Britain’s National Endurance Coach for the Track

Dan Hunt is an outstanding athletics coach. Throughout his 5 year coaching career he has coached athletes (both male and female), in individual and team events to Gold medals at Commonwealth Games, European Championships, Track World Cups, World Championships and most recently London 2012. Dan is ‘Senior National Endurance Coach’ directly coaching the Great Britain Men’s track endurance team and overseeing the coaching delivery and performance of the Women’s team also. In 2013 Dan was appointed by Team Sky as Sports Director.

“One of the key players behind the scenes at the now prominent sport of indoor track cycling”

[expand title=”In detail”] Having completed an MSc in Exercise Science, Dan started work at the University of Bath as an assistant sports scientist. Within two years he was appointed senior physiologist at a National Institute of Sport. In 2005 he was contacted by the Great Britain Cycling Team to transform the then failing Women’s Endurance Team. He led the transformation of a failing programme into one that produced 4 Olympic Medals in just two and a half years. Since Beijing 2008, Dan has sustained the success of the women’s programme which culminated in 2009 where the team medalled in every World Championship event including events which Great Britain hasn’t been competitive in for over 20 years and successfully defended the World Team Pursuit Title.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]His presentations draw parallels between the mindset, values and philosophies, determination and leadership necessary to win in elite sport or business. Relishing his role as a ‘Race Coach‘ with the newly formed SKY Pro-Cycling Team he believes he will succeed in the two distinct aims using enthusiasm, leadership, vision, and shared British Cycling values and philosophies, to win the Tour de France with a British rider in the next 5 years and to become the best sports team in the world.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Full of inspiration and examples of a relentless quest for quality and refusal to accept second-best, Dan Hunt is no stranger to telling it how it is. A relaxed and highly effective communicator, he expertly illustrates his winning message in a clear and concise style.[/expand]
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The World’s Greatest Female Footballer

Birgit Prinz has been elected FIFA Women’s World Football Player of the Year three times (in 2003, 2004, and 2006) and was voted Germany’s “Women’s Footballer of the Year” each year consecutively from 2001 to 2008. She scored seven goals for Germany in the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2003 as a centre forward and played for the German women’s football team at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics winning a bronze medal at each.

“A female sporting icon and German football superstar”

[expand title=”In detail”] Birgit Prinz was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and after leaving school she trained to become a physiotherapist. She has since played professional football with 1. FFC Frankfurt (1st Frankfurt Women’s Football Club) since July 1994. Her impressive international career includes being a member of the UEFA Cup winning team as well as winning the World and European championships.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Using the lessons learned on the football pitch, Birgit Prinz shows audiences around the world the characteristics and skills she has learned to become one of the most successful female footballers of all time. She shows how anybody can apply these skills to achieve their own personal goals in their private and business lives.[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]A charismatic and inspirational individual, Birgit’s presentations are filled with anecdotes and motivational messages from her professional football career perfectly crafted to suit each individual event.[/expand]
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Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nestlé

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe served as the CEO of Nestlé from 1997 to 2008 and was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2005. He began with Nestlé in 1968 and held a variety of assignments, including 17 years as a manager in Latin America. In 2012 he was appointed Chairman of the Formula One Group which promotes the FIA Formula One World Championships.

“Peter Brabeck-Letmathe is an example of a globalised manager”

[expand title=”In detail”] Mr. Brabeck-Letmathe studied economics at the University of World Trade in Vienna. After graduating in 1968, he joined Nestlé sales operations in Austria and held various managing posts in several countries. In addition, he has been a member of the Boards of Directors of L’Oréal SA, Paris, since 1997 and Exxon Mobil Corporation. He is also a member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum and a member of the European Round Table of Industrialists. For his outstanding achievements he received several national and international recognitions.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]With a wealth of experience in the retail industry gained during his career at Nestlé, Peter is able to offer audiences the benefit of his considerable insights into Global Business. He shares his knowledge with a unique perspective focusing on the importance of ethics and values to increase customer loyalty and the all important bottom line.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]His tailored high content presentations make Peter Brabeck-Letmathe a highly sought after speaker at conferences around the globe.[/expand]
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Austrian Daredevil, Freefall World Record Holder

Felix Baumgartner is a skydiver and a BASE jumper. His nickname is “Fearless Felix” and “God of the skies” because of the dangerous nature of the stunts he has performed during his career. In 2012 he made history by breaking the world record for the highest-ever skydive, jumping from a balloon more than 39km (128,000 ft) up in the stratosphere and became the first person to break the speed of sound without mechanical assistance. The daredevil skydiver and helicopter pilot has made a career out of pushing the boundaries of human flight, always seeking to go faster, higher and further.

“Baumgartner is an extreme sports legend, and will go down as such in the history of extreme sports”

[expand title=”In detail”] Felix began skydiving when he was 16, polishing his aero-acrobatic skills in the Austrian military’s demonstration and competition team. In the 1990s, he moved from traditional skydiving to Base jumping, leaping off fixed objects and using a parachute to break the fall. He has completed many incredible feats in his BASE jumping career, broke two other world records (highest freefall and highest manned balloon flight) to complete his most daring mission to date.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Felix is motivated by scientific endeavour, the desire to see what the human body can achieve. He is also spurred on by the desire to see what no-one else has seen, to be alone at the highest reaches of the skies. Drawing upon his own personal experiences he inspires and challenges audiences to achieve goals beyond their wildest dreams. [/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Felix Baumgartner amazes and entertains audiences around the world with stories of his record-breaking death-defying stunts. Using footage and photos from his world famous escapades, he leaves audiences awe-inspired and speechless. [/expand]
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Paracyclist, Ex Formula One Driver

Alex Zanardi is an Italian racing driver and paracyclist. Eleven years after losing both legs in a horrific Champ Car accident, he claimed a gold medal in the first of his Paralympic handbike events in London 2012. Using a carbon-fibre handbike, he designed and built himself, he was able to achieve the goal he set himself some eight years ago when a sport he took up in order to fulfil a spur-of-the-moment decision to enter the New York marathon became the new focus of his life.

“Alex Zanardi – A true champion”

[expand title=”In detail”] He won two CART championship titles in North America during the late 1990s. He also spent some time as a Formula One driver. He returned to racing less than two years after the accident, competing in the FIA World Touring Car Championship between 2003 and 2009. Switching sports, he took up competition in handbiking, and in 2011, he won his first senior international handbiking medal, the silver medal in the H4 (Handbike) category time trial at the UCI World Road Para-Cycling Championships.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Despite all his adversity, Alex reinvented himself to become a champion once more. He shares his achievements and proves how there is no reason why we can’t do the same regardless of how impossible our goals may appear. He’s the ultimate example of someone who made the best of his situation and thrived.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Alex is an inspirational and effective corporate speaker. He talks in depth about his experiences and inspires audiences with his stories, told in a very grounded, simple an authentic way[/expand]
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Doctor of Science in Astronautics, Former US Astronaut – Gemini XII – Apollo XI, First Moon Landing

Buzz Aldrin is one of the Apollo 11 astronauts who, in 1969, landed their Lunar Module on the moon’s Sea of Tranquility and became the first two humans to walk on the moon. This unprecedented heroic endeavor was witnessed by the largest worldwide television audience in history. He was presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor amongst over 50 other distinguished awards and medals from the United States and numerous other countries.

Upon stepping foot on the moon, Buzz remarked to Houston, “Beautiful, beautiful. Magnificent desolation”

[expand title=”In detail”] Since retiring from NASA, the Air Force, and his position as Commander of the Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, Dr. Aldrin has remained at the forefront of efforts to ensure a continued leading role for America in manned space exploration. To advance his lifelong commitment to venturing outward in space, he founded his rocket design company, Starcraft Boosters, Inc., and the ShareSpace Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to opening the doors to space tourism for all people.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Dr. Aldrin encourages audiences to “reach for the stars” in life and their endeavours, and shares his memories of his momentous walk on the moon, the travels he’s taken since and his vision for the future. [/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Dr. Aldrin’s fascinating presentations are highly sought after by a diverse range of audiences. He draws upon his experience and insights with stories of his space walks and moon walks, and takes us on a journey into the future with his vision of a space-faring world.[/expand]
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Self Made Millionaire

David Fishwick is a self-made millionaire who achieved his success through hard graft, northern grit, determination and a bucketful of common sense. Frustrated with the banking crisis, David decided to set up a bank to provide a lifeline to the local businesses struggling to get help from the financial big boys. His efforts are the subject of a forthcoming Channel 4 series due to be screened during the summer 2012, called Bank of Dave.

“You must never ever give up. Against all the odds, we went against all the institutions, and just kept going. I deeply care about this. We need to change banking in Britain, forever.

[expand title=”In detail”] David has made his name with his North Valley Road Minibus and Vans empire but he wanted to put something back into the community. Along with offering his customers a far better rate of interest than they get in established banks, David doles out honest and constructive business advice – just like a traditional bank manager. David’s TV series and accompanying book charts his progress as he faces the challenges of setting up his own bank to make a profit within 180 days.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]David is a real inspiration and a brilliant speaker. He describes the journey as he attempts to turn the discredited financial system on its head. It charts David’s progress from his initial idea to making it all happen against a backdrop of red tape and a stringent regulatory framework.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]It is inspirational to see someone who is so passionate about trying to change the status quo. David’s ability to tell his story in a very grounded, simple and authentic way enables him to touch everyone in his audience.[/expand]
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Founder of dm-drugstores, Entrepreneur of the Year 2008

Götz Werner is one of the most outstanding managers in the German retail industry. He is founder, shareholder and board member of the dm-drugstore and was the CEO for 35 years. The company has shops in 11 European countries and the company philosophy has a holistic approach. He is considered a humanist and an anthroposophist and was named “Waldorf-Discounter” by Manager Magazine.

“One of Europe’s most successful holistic entrepreneurs”

[expand title=”In detail”] From 2003 to 2010 Mr. Werner headed the Interdisciplinary Institute for Entrepreneurship at the University of Karlsruhe. He also founded the “Unternimm die Zukunft” Initiative and is a board member of GLS Bank. In 2010 he donated his shares to a charity organisation. In 2004 Mr. Werner received the Innovation Award for Education, in 2005 he received the Manager Award from the German Association of Entrepreneurs (BDU) and Ernst & Young named him Entrepreneur of the Year 2008. The same year Mr. Werner received the German Federal Cross of Merit and received the German Trade Award in 2010.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]In his presentations Götz Werner explains the importance of sustainability as part of the business culture. He also describes his concepts for the future in which the person is the key for success. He thinks that business, the environment and social issues have to go hand in hand to ensure a sustainable and successful future.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]His success and charisma make Götz Werner a highly sought after speaker at national and international conferences.[/expand]
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