The Leading Speakers Bureau

Executive Product Manager of BBC iPlayer

Linda Davidson is the Executive Product Manager of BBC iPlayer, the heart of BBC’s online TV and radio services. She developed the first BBC sites, launched E4 and led digital distribution deals before broadening her base as European IT Director for Discovery Networks. She now lectures and helps companies innovate and diversify into new, validated revenue streams. Linda believes the challenge is to keep up with consumers’ expectations and what the workforce expect of their technology stack and that any investment in digital has to deliver measurable and meaningful ROI.

“A leading expert in digital media and online business”

[expand title=”In detail”] A former actress, writer and a media corporate, Linda attended drama school in London and moved into television acting where she appeared in several BBC series. She also worked as a TV sitcom writer, director and voiceover. She wrote for BBC Online, making contributions to Tomorrow’s World and Good Homes online and in the mid 90s, she was in charge of all the BBC’s drama websites.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]In her presentations Linda explores what digital can do for businesses and how to distinguish yourself from competitors. She also explores the latest trends, from Google hang-outs to hackathons and ‘unified’ communications.[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]Eye opening and highly inspiring, Linda Davidson is a great choice to speak at a wide range of corporate events. [/expand]

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CEO Saatchi & Saatchi Germany, Expert on Digitalization

Christian Rätsch is a passionate advocate of digital communication. A consultant, speaker and moderator who advised companies for many years during their way of getting digital, in November 2013 he was appointed CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi Germany. Christian joined Saatchi & Saatchi from the client side, coming from Deutsche Telekom where he was Head of Marketing for small and medium enterprises and formerly SVP Marketing Communications.

“A digital native and renowned commentator and leader in social and digital marketing”

[expand title=”In detail”] Christian began his career in advertising at EURO RSCG. He went on to roles with BBDO Consulting, a top management consultancy advising C suite clients at Mercedes Benz/BMW, Allianz and Swisscom, before entering the T-Systems as SVP Corporate Marketing & Communications. He is currently Head of the GWA’s Jury for their Effectiveness Award and is the recipient of numerous Marketing accolades including three golds for Corporate Publishing and two GWA Gold Awards for Effectiveness. He is an active blogger on the subject of online marketing. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Bringing communication to the point is Christian’s major concern. His experience of both, the client and agency side, as well as his rich experience in digital environments is a winning combination for clients from all businesses. As an expert on digitalization, he highlights the importance of Internet and its challenges for companies and above all, he analyses the subject of social media.
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[expand title=”How he presents”]Challenging and sharp, Christian Rätsch’s presentations are a highlight at prestigious events around the globe.[/expand]

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Senior Cyber Crime Advisor at PwC

Charlie McMurdie is an acknowledged cyber-crime and security expert. She has a proven and highly acclaimed reputation for generating strategic direction and delivery of operational capability to confront the impact of cyber-crime whilst proactively utilising and responding to emerging technologies which fuel it. Charlie is the Senior Cyber Crime Advisor at PwC and currently advises and leads for PwC on a range of global strategic and operational cyber security programmes.

“An internationally acclaimed authority on cyber security”

[expand title=”In detail”] Completing almost 32 years’ service in the Metropolitan Police retiring at the rank of Detective Superintendent, Charlie is an individual who has breadth of vision, innovation and credibility as demonstrated in establishing and building the Police Central e-crime Unit, a world class cyber-crime capability and the national cyber-crime investigative and enforcement body in the United Kingdom. In addition Charlie is an internationally acclaimed authority and advisor on issues within government and industry in relation to the Internet, communication technology, computing and security sectors.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Charlie is an effective ambassador and negotiator with refined interpersonal and influencing skills who led UK policing on a range of strategic programmes and sensitive partnerships. Her tremendous comprehension of all the criteria influencing cyber security offer decision makers from all fields the most complete analysis of this topic.[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]A distinguished, experienced speaker and highly respected expert, Charlie McMurdie provides excellent and useful inside knowledge on the topic of cybercrime and security. [/expand]

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Computer Security Expert

Avi Rubin is an internationally renowned expert on information security. He is professor of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University and Technical Director of the JHU Information Security Institute. His primary research area is computer security and the security of electronic medical records. In addition, he is the Director of the Health and Medical Security Lab at Johns Hopkins and also founded Harbor Labs, a company that provides technical expertise and testimony in high tech litigation.

“A leading voice on computer and information security”

[expand title=”In detail”] Prior to joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins, Avi worked in the Secure Systems Research Department at AT&T Labs Research. His work included the areas of cryptography, network security, Web security and secure Internet services. He has authored several books related to electronic security. Avi is a member of several advisory boards and the recipient of numerous national and international awards and recognitions. Avi received a B.S., M.S.E. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Avi’s remarks on technological and network security issues are of great interest for decision makers from all businesses. [/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Thought provoking and inspiring and with a captivating and humorous style, Ari Rubin’s presentations are well received at prestigious conferences around the globe. [/expand]

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Digital Pioneer & Founder of ipsy

Michelle Phan is a digital pioneer, who trail-blazed her way in the world of fashion and beauty on YouTube. With a growing global community of over 7.5 million, Michelle’s videos have been viewed more than 1 billion times, making her one of the most watched talents in the digital space. She is an award-winning content creator, and was recently honoured with the first-ever Streamy ICON award and the 2015 People’s Voice Webby Award for Best How-To and DIY Channel. Michelle has also been on Forbes 2015 30 Under 30 list in the category of Art and Style and Inc’s 30 Under 30 Coolest Entrepreneurs of 2015.

“Every accomplishment starts with the decision to TRY”

[expand title=”In detail”] Michelle’s career started from the comfort of her home, filming a simple makeup tutorial that inspired the online makeup tutorial phenomenon. She has been creating inspirational make-up tutorials since 2006 and has created over 200 make-up tutorials in that time. The very personification of an Entrepreneur and New Media Maven, Michelle promises to continue her meteoric rise on multi-platforms and raise her brand awareness further into the pop cultural conversation. In 2014, Michelle released her first book, ‘Make Up: Your Life Guide to Beauty Style and Success – Online and Off’. The book is packed with Michelle’s trademark beauty and style tutorials, stories and pictures from her own life and advice on the topics she is asked about most.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Michelle shares with her audiences, her experiences of how to build a successful brand, offering first-hand advice on the challenges of developing new businesses and openly discusses the highs and lows and the importance of social media and marketing strategies. [/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]Michelle Phan is an enthusiastic speaker, full of energy and positivity, who inspires and motivates audiences around the globe offering an added-value experience to each event[/expand]

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Acclaimed Futurist, Change Agent and Inspiring Speaker

Stefan Hyttfors is an acclaimed futurist and speaker focused on disruptive technologies, behavioural change and next generation leadership. His presentations always focus on global problems, global opportunities and global threats. The future is not to be predicted, it is to be created. Stefan’s vision is to help companies and individuals embrace disruptive change on a global scale to create a better future.

“ROI in the 21st century means Risk of Ignorance”

[expand title=”In detail”] Stefan started his career as a journalist and editor working for Expressen, Scandinavia’s largest daily newspaper at the time. Following that he founded his own consultancy and studied economics. In 2006 he saw the coming power of social media and his agency Wenderfalck started focussing 100% on digital PR. The strategy was very successful and was awarded several prestigious prizes. In 2012 he decided to leave the company to become a sought after business advisor and speaker at conferences around the globe.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]In his presentations, Stefan analyses how innovation, disruptive technologies and behavioural change affect the business world and social aspects of our life. He inspires companies from a wide range of fields and helps them to embrace change. He shows that with disruptive technologies and the power of networks we can find new business models and create wealth. [/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Highly energetic and provocative but with a good sense of humor, Stefan’s presentations are individually tailored to be as relevant as possible. He happily promotes clients’ events using video messages and Twitter and he likes using multimedia during his presentation to illustrate his message.[/expand]

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Technology Entrepreneur & Founder of Scramblr

Jane Young is a technology entrepreneur and founder of Scramblr, a platform that enables creative teams to set up their own online studios. Prior to this she founded London-based boutique digital agency Kanbee, delivering online and film projects. Jane is also a blogger at resonanceblog.com. Jane is a social business consultant, taking organisations on a journey from fragmented or non-existent social media presence and fear of losing control, to long-term commitment to a clear social strategy that looks beyond social media, to becoming a social business.

“One of the World’s First ‘Social Business Engineers’.”

[expand title=”In detail”] Jane has worked with brands like Dixons, Currys, PC World, Vodafone, Wildfire Word of Mouth, Grey and P&G – redefining what it means to do business in the 21st century, embarking on a journey of infrastructure, culture and process change, to cope with the always-on, real-time demands of today’s social customer.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Jane has a fresh and powerful vision of the future of communications. She helps her audience see past the jargon, hype and worms’ eye view of social media tools, to a bigger picture of how to drive growth in the 21st century; looking at how we can solve age-old business problems using new knowledge and capabilities.[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]Jane embraces challenge and presents in an optimistic and energetic style that engages her audiences.[/expand]

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Renowned Speaker, Thought Leader and Entrepreneur in Digital Media

Jonathan MacDonald is a highly respected thought-leader and entrepreneur in digital media. His experience, contribution to the industry, entrepreneurial spirit and passion mean that he is widely considered to be one of the primary strategists in the digital space, even placing 8th in the ‘Top 100 Digital Thinkers in the World’ industry poll. He is widely recognised as a significant contributor to the most cutting edge thought-leadership platforms including Google’s Think Insights.

“Jonathan is one of the leading keynote speakers in the world”

[expand title=”In detail”] Jonathan expands thought around the potential of technology, the shaping of society and the realities of business, all of which are constantly influenced by fast-paced, relentless change. This thought expansion inspires a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities, enabling people to utilise that knowledge to explore what the future could look like and whether they are building one they want to live in. During his career Jonathan has, among other things, been responsible for creating the world-wide mobile strategy for Ogilvy, played a key role launching Blyk, an ad funded mobile network, created Ministry of Sound’s digital strategy, and launched a Sky TV channel.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Jonathan enables people and organisations to modify their approach from one-off change management to the management of perpetual change. His exceptional insights are often the catalyst that a business needs to grow because of change, helping them to shape the future of the market and open up new revenue opportunities.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Jonathan has an impactful delivery style and highly engaging personal charisma. He consistently receives the highest feedback of any speaker on the circuit and leaves a lasting impact on every audience who has the pleasure of hearing him, which translates into tangible, bottom-line business benefit.[/expand]

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CEO of Zappos.com

Tony Hsieh is an American internet entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is the CEO of the online shoe and clothing shop Zappos.com. He originally got involved with Zappos as an advisor and investor in 1999, about 2 months after it was founded. Under his leadership, Zappos has grown gross merchandise sales from $1.6M in 2000 to over $1 billion in 2008 by focusing relentlessly on customer service. He was awarded with the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year Award in 2007.

“You need to break out of societal expectations and follow your passions. Be bolder”

[expand title=”In detail”] Prior to joining Zappos, he co-founded Venture Frogs and LinkExchange, Inc. During his tenure at LinkExchange, he was responsible for architecting some of the major technologies for the LinkExchange and served on the Board of Directors. His creativity led to the creation of many services to help web site owners grow their online traffic and sales. He has also worked as a Software Engineer at Oracle. He received a B.A. in Computer Science from Harvard University in 1995.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]The visionary CEO of Zappos explains how an emphasis on corporate culture can lead to unprecedented success. Tony shows how a very different kind of corporate culture is a powerful model for achieving success and happiness. He is convinced that by encouraging social and entrepreneurial mixing, long-term economic growth can be built. [/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Tony is renowned for his insightful, inspirational and thought-provoking speaking style. His presentations are lively, full of passion and fun as an expert on delivering happiness itself. He is in great demand by corporate clients the world over.[/expand]

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Former Managing Director Europe for LinkedIn

Kevin Eyres is the former Managing Director of Linkedin Europe and Talent Champion for the Tech City Investment Organisation. At LinkedIn he led their highly successful European growth strategy. He is an angel investor and board member of Essentia Analytics and of CDI Apps for Good, as well as the founder of GreyBella Ventures.

“Kevin ranked 22ndin Wired Magazine’s “The Wired 100” in 2010”

[expand title=”In detail”] Kevin has been responsible for the International operations of three Silicon Valley companies since arriving in Europe in 2000. He was the General Manager of AltaVista International spanning 14 countries. He joined SideStep, now Kayak, as MD in 2005 and in 2007 was appointed MD for LinkedIn. Both times Kevin joined the companies as their first employee outside the US.At LinkedIn, Kevin helped the then 14 million member base grow to over 100 million by April 2011. Kevin was instrumental in leading, developing and delivering LinkedIn’s international strategy and growth initiatives and under his leadership LinkedIn expanded into 8 countries.Kevin holds a BS in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Texas in San Antonio.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]In his presentations, Kevin extols the virtues of working together to achieve big goals. Well versed in multi-cultural companies doing business throughout Europe and Asia, his speech themes include Innovation and Growth, Leadership of Innovation and Hyper-growth and Transformation in the digital age.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]His high content presentations and excellent rhetoric skills make Kevin Eyres a highly sought-after speaker at prestigious conferences around the globe.[/expand]

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