The Leading Speakers Bureau

Entrepreneur & Global Speaker

VusiThembekwayo is a Global Business Speaker, private equity CEO, CEO of MyGrowthFund and an Iconoclasts merchant. Today he is one of the youngest directors of a listed company and is the CEO of a boutique investment and advisory firm.

“The edge of chaos is the world in which he lives.”

[expand title=”In detail”] VusiThembekwayo is making waves internationally as a thought-provoking young business leader from the continent with many ideas on solving economic issues in Africa. His mission is to change the African narrative by challenging the mindset and approach towards achieving economic freedom.
Vusi has been the catalyst for change in businesses across the globe through expertise in strategy, leadership and sales. Ranked number 1 in public speaking at the age of 17, Vusi went on to receive third place in the world at the English-Speaking Union International Competition. He delivered his first professional talk in 2002 and over the past 15years he has been gracing the global stage with his humour, and charisma.
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[expand title=”What he offers you”]He doesn’t just talk business – he lives it. He does more than inspire revolution, he initiates it. He has been the catalyst for change in businesses across the globe through expertise in strategy, leadership and sales.
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[expand title=”How he presents”]Vusi delivers the messages your business needs to hear – like it or not, with great content and hilarious anecdotes.[/expand]

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Expert on the Transformation of Customer Relations

Steven van Belleghem is a thought leader on the transformation of customer relations and the future of marketing. He runs his own inspiration & coaching company, B-Conversational, which helps clients set up long-term inspirational programs to change the mindset and enrich the knowledge of their teams.

“Steven helps companies adapt their strategy to today’s conversation age”

[expand title=”In detail”] He is a co-founder of consultancy firm Nexxworks and the co-founder of content creation company Snackbytes. He spent the first 12 years of his career as a consultant and managing partner of the innovative market research company InSites Consulting. During that time, the company grew from 8 to 130 staff with offices in 5 countries. Steven is also a part-time marketing professor at Vlerick Business School. Steven is the author of four bestselling books. He became known for his first book, The Conversation Manager, which won the award for most innovative marketing book of 2010. Over 100,000 copies of his books were sold and they are published in 7 languages.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Steven is an expert in inspiring companies to become true customer-centric organizations, in our high speed digital world. His talks inspire companies about the smart usage of technology to foster customer relationship without forgetting the human side of business. His keynotes are mind stretchers for business leaders. [/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]A very energetic and pragmatic keynote speaker, Steven takes his audience on a journey to the world of modern customer relationships in a clever, enthusiastic and inspiring way.[/expand]

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Leading Millennial Expert

Chelsea Krost is one of America’s leading Millennial influencers, LinkedIn Rated Top 20 Millennial marketing and brand strategists, a sought-after keynote speaker, Forbes Contributor, and the #MillennialTalk chat host whose influence shapes marketing strategies of not only small businesses but Fortune 500 corporations.

“Unlocking the mysteries of Millenial mindset”

[expand title=”In detail”] Chelsea sat on the board of Cosmopolitan Magazine as a Millennial Board Member and has been a brand ambassador/spokesperson for many notable and diverse brands such as Intel, MasterCard, IBM, Suave, Skype, TurboTax, Illy Coffee, and The International Rotary.Chelsea was the youngest broadcast radio producer and talk show host to create a program for Millennials by Millennials when she was just 16, back in 2007.Teen Talk Live was innovative and ahead of its time. Chelsea led the show into success then started producing and appearing in TV spots first on Local News and then onto National News outlets.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Chelsea is hot on the speaker’s circuit today as a panellist and keynote speaker representing her generation. She shares business start-up tips and emphasises the importance of establishing a firm foundation with which to build upon. She provides a much needed voice to Millennials and helps others understand their generation.[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]Chelsea is an inspirational and informative speaker on life in the millennial world. Chelsea is truly a consummate professional and delivers a compelling story about life in the world from a different point of view, a different age and completely different mindset.[/expand]

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Entrepreneur & Founder of Gravity Industries Ltd

Richard Browning is an English inventor, entrepreneur and speaker. He founded Gravity Industries Ltd in March 2017, the company behind the “Daedalus Mark 1”, a flight suit that uses six miniature jet engines to achieve vertical flight.

“The Real Life Iron Man”

[expand title=”In detail”] Real-life Iron Man, Richard Browning, tests the boundaries of gravity with his jet-powered suit. As the founder of Gravity, Richard’s dream was to reimagine an entirely new form of human flight, leaning on an elegant collaboration of mind and body augmented by leading-edge technology.The UK-based inventor has thrown away the rule book with his suit powered by six small jet engines.Richard was an Oil Trader with BP for 16 years. He developed new business in many countries including Azerbaijan, Mozambique, Russia and conducted trade relations with many more. Innovating the corporate structure, he has been a key player in investing in start-up technologies, exploring and scaling up business ideas, Richard has survived the bumpy road of business.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]A brilliant speaker and inventor, Richard believes in dreaming the impossible. He is able to share his story of creation, innovation and the latest technology with zeal and wit on the corporate circuit
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[expand title=”How he presents”]A dynamic speaker, Richard captures his audiences with his insightful, memorable and informative presentations. Richard is a popular speaker at events around the globe.[/expand]

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Adjunct Professor of Political Science & Applied Research Fellow, Peace & War Center

Sarwar A Kashmeri is a specialist and commentator on US-European business and political relations and has been publicly cited by the US Commerce Department for his work in assisting American exporters to understand the threats and opportunities presented by the European Union.

“A brilliant policy analyst and thought leader with exceptional credentials”

[expand title=”In detail”] Part of the information technology business for over 30 years, Sarwar founded and ran two technology companies in New York prior to setting up his own communications practice. He also served as the founding chairman of Accounting Systems International, the first global consortium of accounting systems integrators. He has written for several well-known publications including The New York Times/International Herald Tribune, The Guardian, U.S. News & World Report, The Hill, and is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post. He is the host of Global Currents for the Foreign Policy Association, a program of conversations with global leaders to explore the intersection of globalisation, international business, and foreign policy.
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[expand title=”What he offers you”]Sarwarspeaks frequently before business, foreign policy, and military audiences using his geopolitical observations and analysis. He sits on panels and moderates speeches by global and business leaders.

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[expand title=”How he presents”]With a wealth of experience SarwarKashmeri is an eloquent speaker with a great energy whether giving a speech or moderating a discussion instantly engages all audiences.[/expand]

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Co-founder & Product Manager of Gapminder Foundation

Anna Rosling Rônnlund is a Co-Founder and board member of the Gapminder Foundation, whose mission statement is to fight devastating ignorance with a fact-based worldview everyone can understand. After a few years as User Experience Designer at Google, Anna is now the Head of Design & User Experience at Gapminder.

“Her mission is to understand how culture and income collide to affect how we live our domestic lives”

[expand title=”In detail”] Anna holds a Degree in Sociology and Photography.
She designed the user-interface of the famous animating bubble-chart tool called Trendalyzer, used by millions of students across the world, to understand multidimensional time series.The tool was acquired by Google where Anna worked as Senior Usability Designer, where she designed interactive search results for statistical queries as well as the Motion Chart in Google Spreadsheets. She went back to Gapminder in 2011 to develop new free teaching material. As Product Manager, Art Director & Usability Lead of the Gapminder Foundation she is running the Dollar Street project which makes everyone’s living condition understandable to everyone, by using photos as big data.
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[expand title=”What she offers you”]A user-interface designer, Anna shares with audiences worldwide her personal mission – to make it easy for anyone to understand the world visually. With the Dollar Street project, she uses photos as big data to illustrate the living conditions for families around the globe.
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[expand title=”How she presents”]Anna’s innovative project helps us to understand culture and global income disparity better through visual documentation of domestic life worldwide, in a way that is clear, evidence-based and supported by striking visuals.
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Director of Research at Tulane University

Peter Ricchiuti is the business professor you wishedyou had back in college! His humour and insight have earned him numerous teaching awards at Tulane University where he created and runs the nationally acclaimed Burkenroad Reports student stock research programme.

“If the majority of people were right, the majority of the people would be rich…and they’re not!”

[expand title=”In detail”] Peter is a graduate of Babson College and began his career with the investment firm of Kidder Peabody in Boston. He later managed Louisiana’s $3 billion investment portfolio while serving as the Assistant State Treasurer.From Jackson Hole to Jupiter, Peter has addressed more than 1100 groups in 47 states and several countries. He has been featured in BARRON’S, Kiplinger’s, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. He also hosts a popular weekly business radio show on National Public Radio in New Orleans called “Out To Lunch.”[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Following the herd has rarely produced superior long-term results. Tulane University’s Peter Ricchiuti will share his informative and entertaining perspective on financial markets, the importance of proper diversification and the cyclical nature of both stocks and investment sectors. He will also tell us about the unusual securities research program he heads up with his students.
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[expand title=”How he presents”]Peter Ricchiuti believes that the decision makers need the proper tools to correctly balance survival and opportunism. Making the right calls involves blocking out the noise.[/expand]

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CEO Enterprise Garage Consultancy

Dr. Mario Herger, CEO of Enterprise Garage Consultancy, is a technology and trend researcher who identifies ex-ponential trends. For more than 15 years he has worked with high-tech companies helping them to understand the mindset and latest trends, guiding them through the network of innovators and the importance of entrepreneurship.

“The Silicon Valley is an almost inexhaustible source of innovations which has an immense influence of the economy and society in the world”

[expand title=”In detail”] Mario Herger has a PhD in Chemical Engineering. He held various positions at SAP in Germany and in the US including Head of Development and Innovation Strategy. Since 2011 he is the Cofounder and CEO of Enterprise Garage, a boutique consultancy, whose goal is to breath some of Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurial and innovative spirit into companies and start-ups. He consults for many Fortune 500 companies, conducts inspirational tours to Silicon Valley and runs workshops on Intrapreneurship, Foresight Thinking, Creativity, Exponential Thinking, Innovation, Gamification, Design Thinking and Gamification.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]With his deep knowledge of the mindset of Silicon Valley and what makes it successful, Mario Herger has a unique perspective on the challenges that corporations face in an ever faster changing world where disruptive innovation can come out of nowhere. His insights are highly valuable for business leaders who are looking for solutions on how to improve innovation and foster the entrepreneurial spirit in their organisations. [/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Mario Herger is a passionate and entertaining speaker. His infectious energy leave the audience highly inspired and ready for change. [/expand]

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World Renowned Consumer and Shopper Behaviouralist

Ken Hughes is one of the world’s leading Consumer and Shopper Behaviouralists. Heblends his vast expertise in consumer psychology, social anthropology, behavioural economics and neuromarketing to answer the question to which he has dedicated most of his career: Why do shoppers buy and how can we make them buy more?

“One of most respected voices on shopper, digital and retail”

[expand title=”In detail”] Ken is acknowledged as one of the most respected thought leaders on Shopper Marketing and Shopper Centricity, Omnichannel& Digital Strategy alongside Retail Futurology. He is a part-time Professor in consumer behaviour and a board member & strategic advisor to many organisations on the future of consumerism and shopper trends.While his boutique consumer insight organisation, Glacier Consulting, began life as a market research agency, he soon identified his key area of interest was people, not markets. How humans express their desires and expectations through how and what we buy has become his sole focus, resulting in his agency advising a global client base of some of the world’s biggest brands – Unilever, 3M, IKEA, Coca-Cola, and Heineken to name a few.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Specialising in consumer psychology and social economics, Ken helps companies find their creative and innovation through a blend of discovery, fun, play, mischief and risk. Ken is a brilliant keynote business speaker who can help organisations positively disrupt.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Voted best speaker at most conferences he has the honour of being invited to attend, Ken is most famous for his international career as a keynote speaker.His keynote speeches deliver thought disrupting and inspiring content in a captivating and highly energetic manner, all served with a generous helping of Irish wit.[/expand]

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Professor of Influence & Persuasion

Zoe Chance wants to get inside your head. More specifically, the Yale School of Management Professor wants to help good people and businesses do well in the world. The more we understand what influences decision-making, the more we can make better decisions.

“A brilliant thinker with a passion for educating the brightest minds”

[expand title=”In detail”] Prior to joining the Yale faculty, Zoe enjoyed numerous diverse and successful experiences, including marketing a $200 million segment of Barbie, developing an executive education leadership programme at Harvard University, acting on stage and film, and starting a small business.Her 4Ps Framework for Behaviour Change is the foundation for Google’s global food guidelines, helping 60,000 people make healthier choices every day. She also collaborates with various industry partners through her work at Yale’s Center for Customer Insights. Named to the Thinkers50 2016 Radar list of up-and-coming management thinkers, Zoe is passionate about turning knowledge into practice.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Through the lens of behavioural economics, Zoe studies and teaches persuasion and decision-making, focusing on simple ways to understand how to help others lead richer, healthier, happier lives.[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]Zoe delivers engaging, interactive presentations and workshops to organisations and conferences worldwide.[/expand]

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