The Leading Speakers Bureau

Vice President, Development & Acquisitions, The Trump Organization, Entrepreneur & Advisor to The Apprentice

Ivanka Trump has expanded the Trump Organization’s interests internationally, bringing the highly acclaimed Trump International Hotel & Tower brand to the global market. As one of today’s most influential style and social icons, she has appeared on the covers of Forbes Magazine, Golf for Women, Arena Magazine and The Evening Standard / UK, among many others, as well as numerous appearances as an advisor on NBC’s The Apprentice. She has recently gone into the diamond business with her own Ivanka Trump diamond jewellery line and Madison Avenue boutique.

Ivanka holds the distinction of being the youngest director among U.S. public boards

[expand title=”In detail”] Ivanka Trump received her Bachelor’s degree in real estate from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, and is a magna cum laude graduate. She joined The Trump Organization in 2005 as a member of the development team. She is currently involved in over 30 national and international real estate projects. She actively participates in all aspects of real estate development from deal evaluation, analysis and pre-development planning to construction, marketing, operations, sales and leasing. Prior to joining The Trump Organization, she was a Project Manager in the Retail Development division of Forest City Ratner Companies.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]An accomplished speaker and jet-setting world traveller, Ivanka Trump, daughter of Donald Trump, makes appearances on behalf of the Trump Organization as one of the leading women in commercial real estate. Her high global profile means she has been able to appear and be featured in various worldwide media. Known as one of the haute-marketers of our time, she discusses what it means to take control of, and maintain brand integrity.[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]Ivanka Trump has a style and glamour together with business savvy. She openly shares life experiences, as well as providing valuable insights into how to be positioned to take advantage of great business opportunities.

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Founder of Really Responsible Training & Expert in Personal Development and Responsible Business Practice

Helen Morris-Brown is a straight-talking business speaker, adviser and coach. Helen’s client list includes TV presenters, major football clubs and leading executives from private, public and third sector organisations. She advises on becoming a Really Responsible Business, helping people to recognise and address unethical behaviour. She is an expert moderator and speaker on how to be a high-performing individual while maintaining psychological and emotional health. Her down-to-earth, no-nonsense approach is welcomed by her clients and sets her apart from many of the more conventional business speakers on the circuit.

“I wish I had the same personality when delivering a presentation”
Kerry Adams, London Fire Brigade

[expand title=”In detail”] She left school with nothing, but quickly secured a place at one of the UK’s leading drama schools, going on to work extensively in theatre and film production. Five years later she relocated to the USA, where she specialised in sports coaching and personal training, before realising her true vocation and returning home to qualify as a business psychologist. She went on to achieve a Masters degree in Occupational Psychology eventually becoming the founder of Really Responsible Training, Helen has helped hundreds of business leaders, teams and CEOs of charities understand how to embrace change and optimise their performance.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Helen shares her knowledge of the psychology of human behaviour, translating scientific theory into practical solutions for people at work. She helps audiences understand emotional and physiological responses to everyday situations, raising awareness of why we behave in certain ways: such as communicating effectively in a digital world, when we have evolved to deal only with face-to-face interactions. Audiences leave her presentations motivated to behave differently and perform better as a result.[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]Having worked in the entertainment industry, Helen knows how to bring psychology and neuroscience to life in her presentations. She keeps the audience engaged by combining comedy, sleight of hand and real-life stories to ensure that all the key points are memorable. She astonishes with illusions that challenge the way we think and enable people to see how the knowledge of neuroscience and psychology can benefit them at home and at work.[/expand]

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Rocket Scientist, Entrepreneur and Founder and CEO of IceCream

George Berkowski is seasoned entrepreneur with a number of exits. He has a passion for product development with a strong focus on mobile. A huge fan of data-driven strategy and a love for analytics. He is the author of ‘How to Build a Billion Dollar App’, the CEO and Founder of IceCream, one of the minds behind HALO, the Former Chair of MIT Enterprise Forum UK, Director of Isbjorn Consulting and Judge and advisor of the Next big App Fund. He was also a VP of Marketing for MirCorp the company that launched Space Tourism.

“Don’t start one of your own without taking his advice” (David Rowan, Editor, Wired magazine)

[expand title=”In detail”] George studied rocket science and economics MIT, and business at the École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris. His current venture IceCream revolutionises the way we use and store photo on handheld devices. He was also instrumental in the Launch of the internationally successful taxi hailing app HAILO. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Apps have changed the way we communicate, shop, play, interact, and travel, and their phenomenal popularity has presented possibly the biggest business opportunity in history. George gives audiences exclusive access to the secrets behind the success of a select group of apps and will show what it really takes to create your own billion-dollar, mobile business.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]A dynamic and engaging speaker his tailored keynotes are supported with strong and dynamic content. [/expand]

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Expert in Big Data & Analytics

Fern Halper, Ph.D., is director of TDWI Research for advanced analytics. She has published hundreds of articles, research reports, speeches and webinars on data mining, information technology, business analysis and strategy development during the past 20 years. Fern is co-author of several “Dummies” books on cloud computing, hybrid cloud, service-oriented architecture, service management and big data.

“A thought leader in Big Data”

[expand title=”In detail”] Prior to joining TDWI Fern was a partner at Hurwitz & Associates, a consulting, research and analyst firm that focuses on the customer benefits derived when advanced and emerging software technologies are used to solve business problems. She also served as Senior Vice President for enterprise applications and services for the Hurwitz Group and has held key positions at AT&T Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies. She taught courses on the use of information technology in business at several universities. Fern received her BA from Colgate University and her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Big data management is one of the major challenges that businesses, industries and organisations face. A thought leader in the area of advanced information technologies, Fern helps decision makers from all fields to make their companies smarter and enables them to innovate and grow faster.

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[expand title=”How she presents”]Her challenging presentations make Fern Halper a sought-after commentator at prestigious events around the globe.

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