The Leading Speakers Bureau

Founder of The Eden Project

Tim Smit is Chief Executive and co-founder of the Eden Project, in Cornwall. Eden began as a dream in 1995 and opened its doors to the public for an exhibition in 2000. The press dubbed it “the Eighth Wonder of the World.”

Tim is also on the Board of the Prince’s Trust Business Division, a member of the Cornwall Gardens Trust, and a Director of Kneehigh Theatre. He was also appointed Patron of the Urban Parks Forum.

“Great thinking comes from being liberated from the constraints of curriculum”

[expand title=”In detail”] Eden is rated Number 4 in the paid for Visitor Attractions. To date more than 4 million people have walked through its gateway. It is most proud that it is changing people’s perception of the potential for the application of science and indeed, the public language of science as well as living up to its mission to play a massive part in local regeneration.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]The inspirational founder of the Eden project, Tim Smit is the man some call “The Richard Branson of Cornwall”. He shows audiences how he has achieved incredible success against all odds combining vision, inspirational leadership, great marketing and brilliant planning to create a unique experience.[/expand]
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Top Motivational Business Speaker, Author

Robin Sieger is a successful businessman, best selling author, and broadcaster with offices in the UK and the USA. He is a leading success strategist and has developed a reputation within media and industry as a performance expert. At the age of 29 Robin was diagnosed with cancer, it was this life-changing experience that made him determine to re-examine, his notion of success.

And believe. Because when you believe you can, you will. Robin Sieger

[expand title=”In detail”] After studying science at university, Robin went on to have a successful career as a television writer. Robin set up his first company Sieger International, with the sole aim of teaching people within organizations to develop themselves and reach their full potential. Robin has set up successful publishing and educational technology businesses. He firmly believes that organisational culture is a reflection of what people believe about themselves and the company they work for.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Robin works to push the boundaries of self-belief, and he challenges audiences to ‘dream big’ and not be limited by fear and a natural resistance to change. His work is the result of years of dedicated study and an unquenchable thirst for understanding why some people and organisations are successful and others not.[/expand]
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Leading Expert on Energy and Global Economics

Daniel Yergin is a highly respected authority on international politics, economics and energy. He is Chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates and Vice Chairman of the Global Decisions Group.

He is both a Pulitzer Prize winner and recipient of the 1997 United States Energy Award for “lifelong achievements in energy and the promotion of international understanding.”

“No one could ask for a better account of the world’s political and economic destiny since World War II.”

The Wall Street Journal

[expand title=”In detail”] Daniel has been named one of the 500 most influential people in the US in the field of foreign policy by the World Affairs Councils of America. He is a Trustee of the Brookings Institution, a Director of the US-Russia Business Council, and on the Advisory Board of the International Institute for Economics. He plays a leadership role in the global energy industry and is a member of the US Secretary of Energy’s Advisory Board, The National Petroleum Council and the only foreign member of the Russian Academy of Oil and Gas.

In 2005 he was awarded the Medal of the President of the Republic of Italy for combining “an understanding of the dynamics of the market with a broad view of the forces of geopolitics as he seeks to point the way to the positive outcomes for the world community.”[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Daniel offers great insights into the current state of the world’s petroleum industry and its effects on the world economics. With a wealth of experience and an unparalleled depth of research into the world’s energy markets, he is highly sought-after by organisations eager to benefit from his considerable expertise[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Compelling and informative, his presentations capture the issues, while grounding them in his audiences’ context.[/expand]
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Professor of Management Practice, Global Authority on Achieving Strategic Agility

Donald N. Sull is a Professor of Management Practice in Strategic and International Management and Faculty Director of Executive Education at the London Business School where he designed, directs and teaches an intensive week-long “boot camp” to help senior executives thrive in turbulent markets. He has been identified as a guru by the Economist, which named his theory of active inertia as an idea that has shaped business management over the past century. His current research areas include how successful companies make and execute strategy in unpredictable markets, regulated technology-intensive industries (medical devices, telecommunications), and high-tech sectors (enterprise software, consumer electronics).

[expand title=”In detail”] Donald’s current research areas include how successful companies make and execute strategy in unpredictable markets, regulated technology-intensive industries (medical devices, telecommunications), and high-tech sectors (enterprise software, consumer electronics).[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]In his invaluable presentations Donald advises established and start-up companies on the most suitable business strategies and growing revenues while maintaining financial and operational discipline. In particular he demonstrates how to successfully operate in volatile industries and markets.[/expand]
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Leading Authority on Leadership

David Ulrich is a Professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and a partner at the RBL Group a consulting firm focused on helping organizations and leaders deliver value. He studies how organizations build capabilities of leadership, speed, learning, accountability, and talent through leveraging human resources.

“Competitive success is a function of organizational excellence.”

David Ulrich has been ranked among the top 50 most influential business thinkers. In 2009 Thinkers 50, the global ranking of management gurus, placed him among the list of most influential thinkers.

[expand title=”In detail”] David Ulrich is the Editor of Human Resource Management Journal, serves on the editorial board of 4 other journals, and participates in board and advisory work for consulting and professional firms. He has been listed by Business Week as one of the world’s ‘top ten educators’ in management and the top educator in ‘human resource issues’. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]His teaching and research addresses the question: how to create an organization that adds value to customers and investors? He studies how organizations change, build capabilities, learn, remove boundaries and leverage human resource activities. In 2009 and 2007 Thinkers 50, the global ranking of management gurus, placed him among the list of most influential thinkers.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]David Ulrich’s cutting-edge presentations provide an invaluable overview of the most promising developments in HR management. He is a thought provoking speaker with a wealth of experience.[/expand]
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Renowned Expert on Leadership and Best-selling Author

John P. Kotter, a world-renowned expert on leadership at the Harvard Business School, has been the premier voice on how the best organizations actually “do” change. His international bestseller ‘Leading Change’ — which outlined an actionable, 8-step process for implementing successful transformations — became the change bible for managers around the world.

In October 2001, Business Week magazine rated John Kotter the No.1 “leadership guru” in America

John Kotter has been ranked among the top 50 most influential business thinkers. In 2009 Thinkers 50, the global ranking of management gurus, placed him among the list of most influential thinkers.

[expand title=”In detail”] Prof. Kotter is a graduate of MIT and Harvard. He joined the Harvard Business School faculty in 1972. In 1980, at the age of thirty-three, he was voted tenure and a full professorship. His honours include an Exxon Award for Innovation in Graduate Business School Curriculum Design. In 1996, ‘Leading Change’ was named the No 1 management book of the year and in 1998, ‘Matsushita Leadership’ won the Financial Times Book Award for biography/autobiography. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Professor Kotter’s goal is to mobilize an audience to action, spurring them to re-examine their practices and provide more leadership in their spheres of activity. The process he uses is not the norm at business meetings. His method is both intellectual and emotional. It involves audience participation as well as one-way lecturing. In 2009 and 2007 Thinkers 50, the global ranking of management gurus, placed him among the list of most influential thinkers[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]In his presentations he uses humour, videotape, prepared slides, case studies and a little theatrical flourish. He presents to groups as small as ten and as large as many thousands. Audience members are quite often senior executives in their organisations but may also be middle managers, staff, or mixed groups. Regardless of the group size or make-up, audience feedback is consistently positive and enthusiastic.[/expand]
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Professor of Economics & Co-Director LSE Global Governance, LSE

Danny T. Quah is a highly respected figure in the world of economics. He is a Council Member on Malaysia’s National Economic Advisory Council. He serves on the Steering Committee of the Abu Dhabi Economics Research Agency (ADERA) and the Editorial Boards of East Asian Policy, Journal of Economic Growth, and the Journal of Global Policy and is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Economic Imbalances. At LSE he is also Senior Fellow at LSE IDEAS, Senior Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of Human Rights, and Chair of the China Summer School Board for the LSE-PKU Summer School.

Danny Quah continues to make a significant contribution to the field of Monetary Economics

[expand title=”In detail”] Danny Quah obtained his Ph.D. from Harvard University and his A.B. from Princeton University. He joined LSE in 1991 after having taught as an assistant professor in MIT’s Economics Department. In 2001 he was named one of ten heroes of dissemination by the ESRC. As a regular contributor to major economic journals, he also found a place in Who’s Who in the World and Who’s Who in Economics (1997). When not at work, Danny, a second dan blackbelt holder, competes in regional and national taekwon-do tournaments.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]In economics, Danny Quah has made huge contributions across a very wide range of areas, ranging from time-series econometrics, business cycles, inflation, and international income inequality to, most recently, technology and economic growth. His experience includes working as a consultant for the World Bank, governor of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, and consultant to the Bank of England among his credentials. He regularly speaks at seminars around the world on his focus subjects, including inequality in economic growth and policies that affect societies such as international property rights issues.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Exceedingly passionate about economics and other important issues, Danny introduces his audience to new thinking in a fluid and relaxed style, being both articulate and soft-spoken; he regularly presents to groups from over 120 different nationalities and cultures on a weekly basis.[/expand]
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One of the World’s Leading Wine Authors and Oeonologists

Hugh Johnson is considered worldwide as the leading wine author. The two exceptional successes of his amazing career are ‘The World Atlas of Wine’ which is celebrating its quarter century and the annually updated ‘Pocket Encyclopedia of Wine’ now in its second decade.

With his extensive knowledge and his outstanding talent Hugh’s strength is taking the incredibly complex subject of wine and making it accessible to any audience.

International Wine & Spirit Competition 1998 Communicator of the Year.

[expand title=”In detail”] Hugh Johnson began acquiring his knowledge of wine as a member of the Wine and Food Society at Cambridge University. In 1963 he succeeded André Simon as editor of ‘Wine and Food’. With the publication of his first book ‘Wine’ he established himself, at the age of 27, as one of the subject’s foremost writers. Hugh regularly publishes articles in the most prestigious magazines worldwide. He was feature writer for Condé Nast Magazines, Editor of the Wine and Food Magazine, Wine Correspondent for the Sunday Times and Wine Editor of the New York Cuisine Magazine. Currently Hugh is President of The Sunday Times Wine Club and The Hugh Johnson Collection Ltd.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]A highly respected author, editor and broadcaster, Hugh is a brilliant communicator and experienced speaker who inspires his audiences with his sensibility and expertise.

He has appeared in several TV series including ‘Wine – A User’s Guide’. ‘Vintage – A History of Wine’ and ‘Return Voyage’.

Acknowledged as a leading authority he won numerous awards including the contested Literature prize from the Academy of Bordeaux, 1987, in 1998 he won the highest decoration from the German Gastronomic Academy (GAD) and 1998 he was chosen as the Communicator of the Year from the International Wine and Spirit Competition.[/expand]
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Fund Management Guru

Nicola Horlick is a senior fund manager and the CEO of Bramdean Asset Management LLP. Nicola has worked in the fund management industry for over twenty-five years and has participated in the growth of some of the UK’s premier asset management businesses.

“A leading fund management guru”

[expand title=”In detail”] Nicola joined SG Warburg as a graduate trainee in 1983, which became Mercury Asset Management. In 1991, she joined Morgan Grenfell Asset Management as Director and became Managing Director of the fund management division of the UK business in 1992. Over the next four years, funds under her management rose from £4 billion to £22 billion. After leaving Morgan Grenfell, Nicola took six weeks out to write her autobiographical account of her daughter’s traumatic treatment for leukaemia, revealing the real woman behind the headlines. The book was called ‘Can You Have It All?’ and the proceeds went to Great Ormond Street Hospital. In 1997, Nicola co-founded the UK arm of Société Générale Asset Management (SGAM), pulled in £7 billion worth of investments for SGAM and also took time off to have her sixth child.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Nicola is highly respected for having survived an extensive array of challenging experiences in her life both personally and professionally and under the intense gaze of the national media. Drawing from these experiences, Nicola provides her audiences with practical insights into the drive and energy needed to succeed in today’s world. She shares invaluable advice on leadership and the work-life balance and is immensely popular with a variety of audiences.[/expand]
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Best-selling Author, Global Business Strategist and Expert on Radical Innovation

Rowan Gibson is widely recognised as one of the world’s foremost thought leaders on business innovation. The media have labelled him “Mr. Innovation”, “the Innovation Grandmaster”, “the W. Edwards Deming of innovation” and “a guru among the gurus”. Rowan is co-founder of www.innovationexcellence.com – the world’s most popular innovation website. The portal, which builds on an international group of over 12,000 members from over 175 countries, offers an arsenal of resources from today’s innovation thought leaders and practitioners that is aimed at helping every company achieve innovation excellence.

“Rowan is one of the world’s most in-demand speakers”

[expand title=”In detail”] Over the last two decades, Rowan’s international clients have included some of the world’s largest and most successful organisations. His media appearances include Forbes, CNN, BusinessWeek and BBC World Service. He is the internationally bestselling author of two major books on business strategy and innovation, which have been translated in over 20 languages. His books, articles, interviews and columns have been widely read around the globe and he has been interviewed extensively on television and radio, as well as in the international press, and appeared in several business documentaries.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Rowan Gibson offers presentations teeming with provocative, illuminating ideas, good questions, fresh insights, and alternative ways of thinking. He shows audiences how to seize new growth opportunities, create new markets and even transform entire industries by recalibrating their whole organisational system around the paradigm of innovation.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Rowan’s keynote speeches, executive sessions and innovation masterclasses are tailor-made to fit each audience, industry sector and event format. He endeavours, wherever possible, to use business cases and examples that are relevant to the specific audience. He uses very graphic PowerPoint slides – each typically features just one powerful image and a single statement – which makes his presentations extremely dynamic. [/expand]
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