The Leading Speakers Bureau

Greatest Indian Spinner of All Time and speaker

Anil Kumble is without doubt India’s greatest bowler of all time – not only in terms of wickets, but also by being a member of the winning team on more occasions than any other bowler in the history of Indian cricket. Be it Test matches or ODIs, Anil has always been a match-winner. He was awarded the Padma Shri, one of India’s highest civilian honours, by the Government of India in 2005.

“One of the most recognized cricketing personalities”

[expand title=”In detail”] Anil made his debut in England in 1990, raising hopes of resurgence in the art of leg-spin. But it was not until his recall against South Africa sixteen months later that he proved his abilities on the international stage. Since then he went from strength to strength. Kumble was appointed the captain of the Indian Test cricket team in 2007.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]By combining his close understanding of motivation and self-development with his personal experiences he consistently inspires, motivates and entertains audiences. Anil understands the dynamics of becoming a champion – how to dream a dream, set goals and take the necessary steps to fulfilling ones potential.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Highly entertaining Anil’s tailored presentations are filled with anecdotes from his career. He is also part of our Top Indian keynote speakers. [/expand]
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Indian International Cricketing Icon

Sachin Tendulkar is much more than his cricketing genius, the greatness of Sachin Tendulkar lies in his approach towards the game of cricket and the commitment he shows while playing for his country. In terms of his mind-boggling cricketing achievements and the mass adoration he commands all over the world, Sachin is an once-in-a-lifetime cricketer. Apart from his sublime skills, Tendulkar is blessed with a shrewd cricketing brain that helps him achieve a better understanding of the game and come up with his own set of innovations.

“Mentally very strong, Sachin Tendulkar is at his best when confronted by a challenge”

[expand title=”In detail”] Sachin Tendulkar was the first batsman to score 10,000 runs in one-day cricket, making the record in the third game of a five-match series against Australia in 2001. He reached the landmark when he scored 34 runs in his 266th match and 259th innings. He scored a world record 28 hundreds and 50 half-centuries in his 10,000 runs in his amazing 12-year career.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Impressive as his cricketing statistics are they cannot represent the true essence of his genius. Sachin Tendulkar is a true cricketing hero who draws on his experiences as a professional sportsman to demonstrate how teamwork and leadership can lead to success. His up front presentations and lust for life ensure that audiences are left truly entertained.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Sachin Tendulkar is a charismatic, humorous and highly respected speaker whose presentations are filled with a plethora of hilarious anecdotes from his impressive career as an international cricketer.[/expand]
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World Chess Champion and Speaker

Viswanathan Anand is at the forefront of the Chess world having won rapid, classical chess events and also against computers during his distinguished career. In 2007 and 2008 he won the World Chess Champion. The pinnacle of his career was in 2000 when he became the First Asian to win the (15th) World Chess Champion in Teheran.

“Viswanathan Anand is a truly gifted individual”

[expand title=”In detail”] By 14 Viswanathan was the “Boy Wonder” of Indian chess and his lightning speed, ability to see and read the game far ahead, as well as great intuition, saw him emerge as the Youngest Indian National Champion at age of 16. As he grew in strength and reputation, he won the strongest tournament at that time, The “Reggio Emilia” in Italy in 1991 ahead of Kasparov & Karpov. His successes are many including wins at the World Cup, Chess Classic of Mainz, Corsica Masters, Credit Suisse Masters and the Corus Super GM tournament at Wijk Aan Zee.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Viswanathan Anand is known as the “One man Indian Chess revolution” whose ambition it is to be able to take chess to the grass roots level. He has throughout his career, for almost 20 years now, been way ahead of his times and peers. His dream is to make chess available to everyone.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Viswanathan Anand is a speaker and truly international performer who keenly promotes the game in his vivid presentations, through innovative methods and fascinating insights that touch his audiences. He also enjoys “simult” challenges. He is also part of our Top Indian keynote speakers. [/expand]
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Former Ice Hockey Coach and Performance Trainer

Mark McGregor was team manager for the Canadian National ice hockey team, Team Canada. As team manager, he was responsible for recruiting Canadian players in Europe and developing the team. During an impressive career he has been an in-house trainer with various companies and organizations and a keynote speaker at many events world-wide. Since 1999, he has been ranked as one of the top speakers at the St. Gallen Business School, the St. Gallen Management Program and the St. Gallen Management Institute.

“Great leaders have enormous energy and the ability to energize others, set aggressive goals and reward progress.” Mark McGregor

[expand title=”In detail”] After playing ice hockey for many years through minor, junior and university ranks, Mark became an ice hockey coach in Germany and in the Swiss National A League. In Australia, he worked for the world’s largest management training group and in Canada, he was a trainer with Canada’s biggest leadership and customer service training institute. Twice, he was rated by the participating companies as the top ‘management trainer of the year’ out of thirty speakers across Canada.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Mark realised there are many parallels between the sports world and the business world, he draws upon these similarities to show audiences how they can achieve “peak performance” through better teamwork, communication and leadership.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Mark’s passionate presentations use some of the techniques he developed for coaching and are both a highly enjoyable learning experience as well as an effective motivational tool.[/expand]
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Former Wimbledon Star

John McEnroe first made Grand Slam headlines in 1977 while still in his teens by capturing the French Open mixed doubles title and reaching the singles semi-finals at Wimbledon. He achieved further prominence in 1978 when he won the NCAA singles title during an All-American freshman season at Stanford University.

He then turned professional and began asserting his mastery with three successive US Open Championships in 1979, 1980 and 1981. He ended Borg’s five-year reign at Wimbledon with a commanding victory in 1981 that landed him as the men’s top ranked player (and youngest to achieve it), a position he held for four years. He took another Wimbledon title in 1983. But John McEnroe’s most memorable year was 1984 with Wimbledon and US Open titles and the highest annual winning percentage in Open history.

[expand title=”In detail”] In addition to his singles achievements, John has dominated the field as a doubles player, earning four Wimbledon titles and three US Open titles. John was the world’s top-ranked doubles player, as well as the leading men’s singles player. His 1992 Wimbledon doubles victory with Michael Stich raised him to the top-ten pantheon of Grand Slam winners.

John McEnroe’s most notable tennis accomplishments, however, are in his Davis Cup history, a tournament in which John has represented the USA for many years. He led the US team to the title several times while establishing the record for the most US Davis Cup wins.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Currently, John McEnroe excels as a network television commentator for the CBS, NBC and USA Networks at the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. He also competes in a select number of tournaments and several special events and has recently opened the John McEnroe Gallery in New York, featuring the works of some of his favourite artists. It seems fitting that the world’s greatest tennis artist is helping contemporary artists achieve prominence and fame.[/expand]
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Former World No. 1 Tennis Player

Bjorn Borg is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Sweden and is regarded by some observers and tennis players as the greatest player in the sport’s history. During a 9-year career, he won 41 percent of the Grand Slam singles tournaments he entered and 89.8 percent of the Grand Slam singles matches he played. Both are male open era records. In addition, Borg’s six French Open and five consecutive Wimbledon singles titles are an all-time record. He is also the only player to have won in three consecutive years both Wimbledon and the French Open.

“A Tennis Icon”

[expand title=”In detail”] Nowadays the company, Worldwide Brand Management AB, licenses his name under the Bjorn Borg Sport collection in seven European markets. The upscale line, created in 1997, includes clothes, footwear, bags, eyewear and fragrances. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]As a former tennis superstar with universal appeal, Bjorn speaks candidly about the ups and downs of his career and inspires audiences with his motivational messages.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Bjorn holds audiences attention around the world with his absorbing presentations.[/expand]
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Former Dutch Professional Tennis Player, 1996 Wimbledon Men’s Singles Champion and Sport star speaker

Richard Krajicek is a Dutch Tennis legend. Since 2004 he has been the tournament director of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. In 2009 he made a surprise appearance on the professional golf circuit as a caddie for Wil Besseling, having managed him for two seasons. Since leaving the top-level of the game, Krajicek has featured alongside other retired professionals on the Tour of Champions and run The Richard Krajicek Foundation which builds sports facilities for children in the Netherlands’ inner-city areas.

“The ’96 Wimbledon champion was nicknamed ‘Crackerjack’ for his awesomely powerful serve”

[expand title=”In detail”] Richard Krajicek began playing tennis at the age of four, and after several successful years on the junior circuit, he turned professional in 1989. He retired from the professional tour in 2003. During his career, he won 17 singles and 3 doubles titles. His career-high singles ranking was world number 4 in 1999 and was named ATP Comeback Player of the Year in 2002. In 2000 he earned ATP’s Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of Year award, and in 1999 the Dutch Postal system released a stamp featuring the ’96 Wimbledon champion. He was awarded The Dutch Sportsman of the Year 1996, organized by the Dutch Olympic Committee.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Having been through some tough times in his career and overcome them to become the only Dutch player to have won a Grand Slam, Richard Krajicek’s story is one with many ups and downs. In his motivating presentations he explains how he dealt with setbacks and gives insights into his ambitions on his way to the summit.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Best remembered for winning the 1996 Wimbledon Championships and ending the dominance of Pete Sampras at the All England Club, the 6′ 5″ Dutchman, Richard Krajicek is a powerful and emotive speaker. He speaks about his experiences in professional athletics and the lessons he drew from them.[/expand]
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Legendary Former International Pakistan Cricket Captain & Politician

Imran Khan was an inspirational all-rounder for Pakistan for over 20 years. He captained Pakistan in 48 Tests and 139 ODIs (both records for Pakistan). Since retiring, Khan has written opinion pieces on cricket for various British and Asian newspapers and also appears as a cricket commentator on Asian and British sports networks, including BBC Urdu and the Star TV network. He has provided analysis for every cricket World Cup since 1992, which includes providing match summaries for BBC during the 1999 World Cup.

Number 8 on the all-time list of the ESPN Legends of Cricket

[expand title=”In detail”] Imran Khan was educated at Aitchison College, the Cathedral School in Lahore, and the Royal Grammar School Worcester, England and studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Keble College, Oxford. Through worldwide fundraising, he helped establish the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre in 1996 and Mianwali’s Namal College in 2008. In 1996, he founded and became the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice). He achieved the all-rounder’s triple (securing 3000 runs and 300 wickets) in 75 Tests, the second fastest record. He ended his career with 88 Test matches, 126 innings and having scored 3807 runs. In 1992, he was given Pakistan’s civil award, the Hilal-i-Imtiaz.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Cricketer turned politician, known as the Lion of Lahore in his playing days, Imran Khan is a very keen observer who is one of cricket’s greatest all-rounders and the former captain of Pakistan’s World Cup winning team. He provides worldwide audiences with insights into his playing and political career and into the personal pressures of being an international sportsman and national icon.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Imran Khan is a very believable figure of authority who delivers eloquent and emotive presentations.[/expand]
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Member of the Winning 1966 England World Cup Team

Geoff Hurst is the only soccer player ever to score a hat-trick in a World Cup Final. Geoff played for England 49 times and scored 24 goals. After 16 years he retired from top flight soccer, and started his own motor warranty business with fellow team mate Martin Peters. However, since 1995 he has been busy with speaking engagements and personal endorsements. As Director of Football for McDonalds UK, he has helped create 10,000 new football coaches, coaching children across the UK.

The only player ever to score a hat-trick in a world cup final

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Geoff Hurst was born in 1941. His distinguished career started in April 1959 with West Ham United at Upton Park. He made 411 league appearances, 88 cup appearances, and in a grand total of 499 appearances scored a massive 248 goals. Geoff was awarded an MBE in 1977 and in November 1998 was knighted for 30 years of service and contribution to football.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Most recently Sir Geoff has turned his hand to public relation activities which include after dinner and motivational speaking. He is able to draw on the similarities that exist between sport and business to motivate and inspire.[/expand]
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Arsenal’s Pioneering Profiler, Top UEFA Advisor, Psychologist & TV Pundit

Jacques Crevoisier devised the psychometric test that is used today by Arsenal to test their players. He has known Arsène Wenger OBE for 40 years and, since 2004, has been compiling psychological profiles on existing and prospective Arsenal players below the age of 22, totalling over 5,500 tests on professional footballers and Olympic athletes. One of Europe’s most high profile coaching figures, Jacques was also one of the most influential figures behind the scenes at Liverpool FC in recent years. He is an expert on coaching and mentoring having overseen the development of many of France’s top footballers.

“The brains behind Arsene Wenger’s youth revolution”

[expand title=”In detail”] Jacques worked for UEFA’s technical department as a senior manager and also as a high-ranking adviser to European Football’s governing body. His 10 years as National Coach earned him a glowing reputation within the French Football Federation. He has a PhD in Psychology and is an officially recognised instructor of Physical Education. He obtained a degree from the French National Institute of Sports and Physical Education.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]A very charismatic speaker and an Adviser to Europe’s footballing body, UEFA, Jacques is the psychologist who profiles Arsenal’s young players and provides a special insight into Arsène Wenger’s special philosophy and policy. Having delved into the minds of some of the finest young players Europe has seen, among them Henry, Anelka, Trezeguet, Walcott, Wilshere and Ramsey, he uses his expertise and insight to motivate, stimulate and inspire his audiences. With the experience gained from measuring psychological endurance, competitiveness, emotional control, stress resistance and aggression among other things, he knows precisely how to develop strong teams and the importance of strong leadership.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Perhaps Arsène Wenger’s most trusted coach, Jacques is a respected and succinct speaker who informs, entertains and focuses on being successful. He regularly provides coaching presentations and lectures around Europe. He is a dynamic and well liked communicator.[/expand]
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