Change Speakers

“ Just reading a list of Ibrahim’s achievements is exhausting” was the verdict of Scotland’s Sunday Post on this multitalented whizz-kid. Although still only in his mid-thirties, he seems to have packed a number of careers into one.

Already a respected entrepreneur, philanthropist, academic and former paratrooper, he is fast building a formidable track record as an adviser to a number of world leaders.

Born and Raised in Scotland, Azeem went from teaching himself to spot good investments from the newspapers he read in his father’s shop to a fast-paced business career.

Azeem rapidly moved from outsourcing IT to India, through import and export to maritime insurance, and then setting up a private bank, building society and even a hedge fund, all before his 32nd birthday. In 2006 he was the youngest person on both the Sunday Times Scots’ Rich List and Carter Anderson’s UK Power 100 list.

During this time, his commitment to relentless goal-setting saw him spend seven years as a reservist in the IV Battalion Parachute Regiment – the British army’s elite airborne infantry reserve, and gain an MBA, an MSc(Econ) and is completing a PhD in Strategic Studies at Cambridge University.

As well as an honorary doctorate, he is now a Research Scholar at the International Security Program at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, a member of the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy’s Dean’s International Council, Director of Research at the European Centre for Advanced Defence and Strategic Studies in Geneva and Member of the Board of Directors at the Institute of Social Policy Understanding.

He has also been named an ‘emerging World Leader’ by Yale in their World Fellows Program. His columns are regularly published around the world, and can be read in Foreign Policy, The Scotsman and the Sunday Herald, The Middle East Times, The Huffington Post, Chicago Tribune and the LA Times.

Azeem now devotes much of his time to his own charities. As well as a private grant-giving foundation, he has founded charities which tackle problems as diverse as family and marriage breakdown in Scotland to providing clean drinking water in disaster areas.

He has offered strategic advice to the British government, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, the Prime Minister of Turkey, the First Minister of Scotland and the Sheikh of Dubai, on topics ranging from anti-radicalisation to improving social mobility and national competitiveness. He is also a founding member of the Aspen US-UAE initiative with Madeleine Albright.

Most recently, Ibrahim has been appointed an advisor to the Chairman of the US Homeland Security Congressional Committee on security and terrorism.

A self-made success in a number of diverse fields, Glasgow-born Azeem Ibrahim has been described by his peers as a brilliant young scholar, financial wizard and gifted entrepreneur.

In 2007, Azeem became the youngest member of the Bank of Scotland Asian Power 100 produced by Carter Anderson, which described him as one of the most influential and highest-achieving people in Britain. The same year Azeem was included in the Observer Courvoisier Future 500 – a definitive list of the nation’s most forward-thinking and brightest young innovators.

In December 2007, a Scottish Parliament motion signed by a number of MSPs congratulated Azeem and his contribution to the country and in April 2008 Azeem accepted the Lloyds TSB and KPMG Business and Commerce Excellence Jewel Award.

His achievements have attracted considerable recognition around the globe and over the last few years Azeem has met and advised a number of world leaders, including the Prime Minister of Turkey and leaders in the Gulf States.

Business Interests Azeem Ibrahim began by launching his own IT consultancy, later expanding the operation into continental Europe, and then moved onto an insurance corporation for the niche maritime-transportation market.

Since then, he has founded over half a dozen companies, mostly in the financial sector, including an online insurance company specialising in maritime insurance, a private online bank for commodity traders, and an FSA-regulated global macro hedge fund based in London.

He was the youngest person on both the Sunday Times Scottish Rich List in 2006 and Carter Anderson’s UK Power 100 list.

Azeem’s most recent venture is Ibrahim Associates, a global strategic consultancy firm aimed at advising governments, NGOs and non-profits on recognising and capitalising on strategic advantage.

Academic life

Azeem’s former professors refer to him as a ‘first-class critical thinker’. He obtained an MBA and an M.Sc.(Econ) in Strategic Studies, then read for a PhD at the University of Cambridge on Geopolitical Strategy. Azeem also served as a Research Scholar on the International Security Program at the JFK School of Government at Harvard University.

Azeem also sits alongside former UK Defence Chiefs as a Director and Board Member of the UKNDA – United Kingdom National Defence Association – which operates to improve the position of the armed forces in government circles.

In 2008 Azeem also became a member of the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy’s Dean’s International Council – a prestigious group of specialists from around the world with substantive experience in government and the private sector including former Prime Ministers, Presidents, Ambassadors and Diplomats.

The Council meets twice a year and acts as an advisory group for new policy initiatives and resource development for governments around the globe.

Since then he has been accepted as a Yale World Fellow in 2009. The programme selects emerging global leaders from over 1000 nominations and brought to Yale to undertake the Ivy League School’s signature program in advanced leadership training with some of the leading experts in various fields.

He has also been awarded an honorary doctorate from Glasgow Caledonian University for his contribution to ‘global international affairs and community developments in Scotland,’ an Adjunct Professorship from Fatih University in Istanbul, and was made a Fellow at the Macmillan Centre for International Area Studies at Yale University, an organization dedicated to improving Americans’ understanding of the world beyond their borders.

In 2010, Azeem was named as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2009 by the LSDP European Social Think Tank and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.

Most recently Azeem was appointed a Fellow and Member of the Board of Directors at the Institute of Social Policy Understanding in the USA.

Much of Azeem’s time is now devoted to his own charities. He operates a private grant-giving foundation (www.ibrahimfoundation.com) and founded and chairs a number of charities which tackle problems as diverse as family and marriage breakdown in the Asian community in Scotland, (www.unityfamily.co.uk), lack of access to higher education for Bosnian students (www.benevolencefund.org), and lack of access to clean drinking water in disaster areas (www.purifi.com). He also owns and manages a school for 500 orphans in Bangladesh (www.asia-pacificfund.org).

He has recently increased his involvement in independent charity initiatives. He launched the first think tank in Scotland which is dedicated to providing education in authentic Islamic teachings, which can help to reduce the appeal of perverse extremist Islamic narratives.

He has also been the Director of Strategy for the British Writers’ Awards, one of the largest educational initiatives in the UK, which has helped to expose over 300,000 children in 7,000 schools to the benefits of creative writing, and secured endorsements from the leaders of the biggest political parties in England and Scotland.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales’ Charity, the Princes’ Scottish Youth Business Trust Charity, has also recently appointed him an Ambassador.

Political Involvement

Azeem has also broadened his political involvement over the last year. He was the youngest member of Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Special Task Force on Social Mobility, on which he was appointed the sub-team leader tasked with studying how internships could help to improve access to the professions in Britain.

He is a regular contributor of editorials to the Scotsman newspaper, politics.co.uk, and a number of other publications around the world, on topics including budgetary policy, defence spending and policy, European integration, Israel-Palestinian peace talks, constitutional matters, Afghanistan and Pakistan, Islamic radicalisation, Scottish energy policy, and sharia law in Britain.

Other interests

For seven years until early 2006, Azeem was a reservist in the IV Battalion Parachute Regiment – the British army’s elite airborne infantry reserve where they are trained to be inserted by parachute behind enemy lines at short notice.

A citizen of both the US and the UK, he is a fitness fanatic keen on marathon and fell running, and speaks four languages.

Testimonials

“ The work that you have undertaken and published is serious and high quality. The analysis and rigour you bought to this issue (social mobility) will provide a firm platform for actions by the professions and government over the years ahead”
Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown, (as Prime Minister) – July 2009

“ I was struck by his great intelligence and wide ranging professional expertise and interests. Rarely have I met someone so accomplished at such an early age.”
Ambassador John Shattuck – US Assistant Secretary of State
for Democracy and Human Rights – February 2009

“ The Prime Minister has made a very wise choice by appointing Azeem Ibrahim to help disadvantaged people. He is an example to people everywhere and a sound choice to help others become high-flyers.”
Evening Times – January 2009

Scottish Muslim Contributor of the Year Award – 2010

Named as World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leader – 2010

Named as ‘Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2009’ by LSDP European Social Policy Think Tank – 2010

Honorary Doctorate from Glasgow Caledonian University – 2009

Scotland’s Distinguished Citizens Award – St Andrews Society – 2009

Insider Elite International Executive of the Year – 2009

Named as ‘Emerging Global Leader’ by Yale World Fellows Program – 2009

Scottish Asian Business Entrepreneur of the Year – 2008

KPMG – Lloyd TSB Business and Commerce Excellence Jewel Award – 2008

Sunday Times Scot’s Rich List inauguration – 2008

Youngest Member of Carter Anderson’s Bank of Scotland Power 100 – 2007

After many years in high-level diplomacy Charles Crawford has a unique profile as an imaginative, dynamic and even provocative speaker who has addressed audiences large and small in English, Polish and Serbian

After an Honours degree in Jurisprudence from Oxford University he qualified as a Barrister before joining the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

From 1985-87 Charles served as Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe’s official Speechwriter, contributing ideas/language for speeches by the Foreign Secretary (major set-piece speeches, Parliamentary debates and less formal after-dinner remarks)

His first job on joining the FCO in 1979 was to head the Indonesia Section, followed by his first posting, to communist post-Tito Yugoslavia. He returned to London in 1984 and after a year on the Aviation Desk was appointed FCO Speech-writer. He was posted to South Africa in 1987 as part of the Embassy team led by Ambassador Robin Renwick working to end apartheid.

Returning to London in 1991 he worked in the FCO Department dealing with the Soviet Union as communist rule collapsed. He then spent three years in Moscow as Political Counsellor and then served three times as HM Ambassador: in Sarajevo (1996-1998); in Belgrade (2001-2003) and most recently in Poland (2003-2007).

In 1987 he wrote the FCO’s first Guide to Speech-Writing, a dynamic text full of real-life examples on how to write speeches – and how to weed out lugubrious mistakes. Two decades later it remains a core part of the FCO’s speech-drafting training

He subsequently contributed to speeches by members of the Royal Family and successive Prime Ministers, as well as different Ministers and other senior personalities in public and commercial life

He left the FCO at the end of 2007 to start a new career as writer, consultant, mediator and trainer. In 2009 he joined the UK Conservative Party candidates list

In recent months Charles Crawford led training courses for senior EU and other officials and private clients aimed at improving their communication skills. He has written for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the Independent, DIPLOMAT and Total Politics.

In 2009 his audiences included the Headmasters Conference and Conservative Friends of Poland, as well as private groups and academic gatherings

In 2010 he and other former British Ambassadors in partnership with ADR Group launched a new senior strategic dispute resolution panel, ADRg Ambassadors

Charles Crawford’s trenchant observations on public policy issues are now available to a growing readership on his blog




Such honesty has no place in modern government…it’s bloody dangerous!
Andrew Dodge (Samizdata)

The most telling critique of this delusional foreign policy comes in regular instalments in the form of a blog by the former British ambassador to Poland, Charles Crawford. It’s called www.charlescrawford.biz, and if you want to know just how much in despair many of our diplomats are, this is the place to look
Dominic Lawson (The Times, 2010)

In 2005 a humorous FCO email he wrote as Ambassador to Warsaw (a satirical speech by Prime Minister Tony Blair damning other countries’ selfishness on EU Budget issues) caused a stir when it was leaked to the Sunday Times

His FCO written work was praised at the highest levels in London, NATO and the EU for its uncompromising dynamic style:

“fabulously readable and interesting analysis, with practical application … just about the best scenesetter [No10 staff] have ever seen”

“acrobatic and eye-catching in his use of language”

As a speaker Charles Crawford draws on dramatic episodes from his diplomatic career to explain wider policy themes, paradoxes and trends. His presentations are interesting and thought-provoking, but above all memorable

He is strong on foreign and public policy issues such as:

o Communism (and Vampires)
o Dealing with extremists and war criminals
o Climate change and PPP (perverse precautionary principles)
o Amazon Space: how the Internet is changing the strategic policy context
o International negotiation (as explained by Shrek, the Joker and Clint Eastwood)
o UK/European Union relations: Too Big (not) to Fail

Stephan Shakespeare is widely known as the charismatic founder of YouGov, PoliticsHome, ConservativeHome and 18 Doughty Street, the world’s first political internet TV station. Born in post war Germany, Shakespeare saw politics at work from an early age through his father who was a Journalist and press officer.

His family relocated to the UK in 1962 where he continued his education graduating from Oxford. Shakespeare was founding Principal of Landmark West Preparatory School in Los Angeles and held several senior teaching positions in California before returning to Britain as a political commentator, including a stint as a pollster for the Conservative party and spokesman for Jeffrey archer. Education remains an area of particular interest to him; he writes regularly for the national press on education policy.

Stephan Shakespeare has an unrivalled ability to understand and predict political outcomes. In the general election of 1997, he was beaten for the Colchester seat by Lib Dem candidate Bob Russell.

Within a year of founding market research and polling company YouGov he scored a major coup by predicting 2001 election victory for Labour to an accuracy of 1%. Shakespeare’s reputation as a fearsome innovator and businessman equals his political ability. YouGov has aquired major investment and now operates in the USA.

The Guardian included him in their line up of UK 100 most influential media personalities in 2008, rating him as “the pollster with the uncanny ability of getting it right”.

In 2008 Shakespeare along with Freddie Sayers established PoliticsHome which became rapidly established as the definitive source for political research and news.

PoliticsHome has become one of the most visited sites for political professionals and commentators, as with YouGov the operation has extended its services to America, and its innovative methods have been applied to the commercial sector across the world.

Roger Flynn worked at Virgin Group directly for Sir Richard Branson on business development and for the Group Finance Director on deal-making after the highly leveraged buy-out of Virgin Group Plc in 1989. The sale of Virgin Records, the launch of Virgin Radio, the explosive growth of Virgin Games and the launch of Virgin Airships are just some of the projects he worked on.

Roger joined British Airways in 1995 as General Manager World Sales & Distribution with a brief to radically change the way distribution worked in the Airline Industry. He began the move away from commission to travel agents as well as launching electronic ticketing and ba.com

He was recruited to Prudential immediately after the £2bn pension’s miss-selling debacle to run the UK Retail business (“The man from the Pru”) that caused the problem! He drove a major business transformation by introducing a multi-channel distribution model as well as a change of culture for the 6,500 staff

Following the Pru, Roger joined the BBC working for Greg Dyke and was a member of the Executive Committee. His role was to create Commercial Businesses from internal back-office functions and he delivered 3 profitable businesses with 4,500 staff transferred from Public Service. He was also instrumental in the overall BBC change programme

Roger has just completed a role as President International of SDI Media Group, a global company providing media services to the major players in the Film and Television Industry. SDI is Private Equity backed by Elevation Partners, a US based firm that includes Bono, the lead singer of U2 as a Managing Director and Co-Founder.

“Roger’s presentation perfectly complemented the theme of our Senior Leaders’ Risk conference. He related his relevant business experience in a way that resonated with the audience, particularly the challenges of managing change.” – David Godfrey, Divisional Risk Officer, Wholesale Risk, Lloyds Banking Group

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James Sale FRSA is a Director of Motivational Maps Ltd, an organisation with over 90 Management Consultants and Business Coaches licensed to use its unique product in the UK and abroad.

James is a recognised world expert on motivation, and also the World’s No 1 authority on Motivational Mapping and its application-rich set of tools – Reward Strategies, Management Development, Appraisal and Team Building.

James has 15 years intensive experience in training and mentoring managers, developing teams and appraisal systems, and creating the conditions for change and growth in organisations through understanding how people are incentivised and optimised. His methods and product – the Map – are now increasingly being used in some of the largest companies, the public sector, as well as the small to medium sized businesses.

James has nearly 30 books to his credit listed on Amazon; he has co-authored in total nearer 50 and as a member of the Society of Authors has served as Chair of one of its Writers Groups, and as a member on its Management Board.

Because increased motivation is the foundation of improved performance, the work that James does is exciting, innovative as well as effective. People, teams and organisations learn, usually, for the first time what really motivates them, and exactly how motivated they are, and from that basis how to develop precise reward strategies that target each individual’s, each team’s, and the whole organisation’s needs.

The journey for the managers and the staff is extraordinary – and the HR professionals and senior managers that commission James frequently want training and accreditation in this new expertise and technology. The unique Intellectual Property surrounding the Maps is entirely compatible and often integrated with other well known models of people development – for example, the coaching GROW model.

James is also an outstanding conference speaker, presenter and introducer of Map technology and ideas, which are readily and easily assimilated by staff. One of the outstanding benefits for companies of using its technology is its simplicity – people do not need a degree in psychology to understand what the Map reports mean. Furthermore, because motivation is what it is, it is non-judgemental. Finally, the reward strategies are highly cost effective – managers learn very quickly that money is a motivator for only a small proportion of the staff, and much cheaper methods of motivating are available.

The Builder is motivated by money and material satisfactions. But it is vital to determine what beyond money can motivate or demotivate him or her?

The Creator. We all know that creative types are supposed to be volatile, but are they really and what will set them off? Creators are the key to innovation – how do we unlock them?

The Director likes to be in control of people and resources and loves to be the one making all the decisions. But what happens when he or she doesn’t feel in control?

The Defender likes stability, security and safety? Is this your main motivator at work? Defenders may act irrationally and undermine team objectives if their core security is threatened.

The Searcher. Is doing meaningful work more important to you than the money? What is it you are looking for? Do you know? Does your boss know?

The Spirit. So you like to plough your own furrow, hate rules and paperwork and being bossed around. How can the skills of the spirit type be channelled positively.

The Expert. You love to learn and absorb information you or a colleague may need one day. You want to be master of your trade or profession? How do we expand the talent of the expert to value the

The Friend is a people focussed team player. Work has to be sociable and they will nearly always be the first to show at company social events. Loyalty is high with this type, however they must feel valued.

The Star. You are good at your job and you want everyone to know about it? You must be recognised for your achievements or your loyalty could be questioned.

Differentiate your business by implementing the business motivation tool, improve staff satisfaction and boost team performance with Motivational Maps.

Try your own Personal Motivation Profile to get a taste of what Motivational Maps can do.

Andy Gilbert has been the driving force behind the values driven company Go MAD Thinking, which he formed in 1996, created to improve and transform personal and business thinking through his unique framework.

Author of over 20 books, including his seminal work ‘Go MAD – The Art of Making a Difference’, and presenter of over 100 video and audio programmes, he is constantly exploring ways of using new media and technology with which to allow the world access to his critically acclaimed thinking system. His podcast series has consistently been at the top of the iTunes Business podcast chart, ahead of the likes of Harvard Business School and notching up over 55,000 downloads in the past 12 months.

Over the past 18 years, 11 of which have been dedicated to Go MAD Thinking, Andy has garnered a wealth of knowledge and experience as a top-level business coach and business improvement expert. He has been deployed on 11 international assignments on behalf of the British Government and EU in former Eastern European Countries. He is regarded worldwide as one of the most prominent specialists in organisational change and restructuring and spends much of his time facilitating leadership and business improvement programmes.

He is highly in demand as a conference and keynote speaker due to the combination of his self-effacing style, wit and passion for opening minds.

Topics include:

Thinking strategies
Work-life balance
Leadership
Organisational culture
Think yourself smarter
Change management
Management stystems

Baroness Helena Kennedy QC grew up in Glasgow, raised from a working-class background. She has dedicated her professional life to giving a voice to those with the least power by championing civil liberties and promoting human rights.

Elevated to the House of Lords in 1997 – she has argued with passion, wit and humanity for social justice and written and broadcasted on a range of issues, from medical negligence to women and childrens rights.

Beyond the House of Lords, Helena Kennedy is an acclaimed public speaker, regularly requested for lectures and after-dinner speaking.

As a member of the Doughty Street Chambers in London she has been involved in many prominent cases; including the Brighton Bombing, the Michael Bettany espionage trial, the Guildford Four appeal and the bombing of the Israeli embassy. She has acted for many battered women who have killed their husbands.

She was a British member of the International Bar Association Task Force on Terrorism. She currently chairs the inquiry for the Royal College of Pathologists and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health into infant death, following miscarriages of justice where mothers were wrongly convicted of infanticide.

She is a life peer participating in the House of Lords on issues of human rights, civil liberties, social justice and culture.

From 1992 to 1997, she was chair of the constitutional reform group Charter 88, persuading the Labour government to make devolution and human rights legislation central to thier manifesto. She is also on the board of the Independent newspaper and chair of the Human Genetics Commission, advising government on the ethical, social and legal issues related to genetic science.

An active and prominent promoter of education issues, Kennedy was commissioner on the Hamlyn National Commission on Education from 1991 to 1993. In 1997, her report Learning Works, for the Further Education Funding Council sparked great changes within education policy. Subsequently, The Helena Kennedy Foundation was established to help disadvantaged students into higher education.

In 1993, she became the first chancellor of Oxford Brookes University from 1993 to 2001 and is now president of the School of Oriental and African Studies at London University, the National Children’s Bureau and vice president of the Association of Women Barristers and the Haldane Society.

She is chair of The British Council and the Human Genetics Commission. A trustee of the Club of Three: a tri-lateral network of countries comprising UK, France, Germany, and the KPMG Foundation. A member of the Foreign Policy Centre advisory council, the International Centre for Prison Studies, World Bank Institute, the Independent News & Media board and the Académie Universelle des Cultures. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the City and Guilds of London Institute.

As a media personality, she has presented radio and television programmes including Heart of the Matter, Raw Deal and the award-winning Time, Gentlemen, Please for the BBC, and is a frequent guest on both radio and television, including Any Questions, Newsnight, Question Time and The Today Programme.

She made the film Mothers Behind Bars, which radically changed policy within women’s prisons. She created the highly political drama series Blind Justice, which lifted the lid on many of the legal scandals of the era.

Helena Kennedy’s new book Just Law: the changing face of justice and why it matters is now available – click here to review or purchase

The leading global futurist Anne Lise Kjaer’s exceptional eye for social trends is matched by an original and inspiring way of translating fledgling concepts into commercial business propositions.

She is a popular and charismatic speaker – with regular conference engagements throughout Europe, Scandinavia and North America. Her audiences range from today’s leading executives to tomorrow’s brand developers.

Kjaer’s insight into every area of futures – from food to fashion, cars and electronics to the next big thing in retail – has given her a worldwide client base and a unique ability to engage and inspire her audiences. ‘The future is not some place we go but one we create,’ she says.

Kjaer’s 100+ international clients are an A-Z of world-leaders including Nokia, IKEA, Masterfoods, Sony, Unilever and Toyota. Her speciality is bridging the creative and intellectual process, shaping the strategies and core concepts that drive the businesses and brands of the future. She delivers an intelligent and inspiring outlook on the future.

This unique world vision was defined by Matthew Temple in the Financial Times thus: ‘as fertile as Dali’s only she creates social prototypes…based on nascent trends.’ But Kjaer’s real talent is to create clarity out of the many and complex micro trends that threaten to overwhelm and confuse us. By defining future consumers, she breathes life and inspiration into the serious business of designing and marketing into the 21st century.

Her pan-European career began in the trends forecasting business – via her native Denmark, Paris and Hamburg – and led eventually to London where kjaer global’s unique philosophy was further developed. Using holistic principles, by combining scientific with social, emotional and spiritual research, the company builds up a complete multidimensional picture of the next generation of consumers – and their must-have products and services. ‘Our methodology is complex and many-layered, but the core philosophy is simple – by logic we prove, by intuition we discover,’ says Kjaer.

‘We are surrounded by conflicting trends, yet so many of them will fall by the wayside. So the key – as never before – is to view the future consumer not as mere end user, but as a dynamic part of your business growth,’ says Kjaer. ‘If the challenge is to create clarity out of complexity, then that means getting to know – and identify with – your consumers. Only then can you understand what they will want from you.’

Allan Lieghton started his career in Mars Confectionery as a Salesman in 1974. He worked his way up through the company before leaving in 1991.

He then joined Pedigree Petfoods, where he was Sales Director until his appointment in 1992 to Asda Stores Ltd. He began his career in Asda as Group Marketing Director and was appointed Chief Executive in September 1996.

Asda is widely regarded as a text-book example of how a company can turn itself round. It has become both a leading player in its market and is regularly cited as one of the best companies in the country to work for. In November 1999 when the American company Wal-Mart bought Asda Allan became the President and CEO of Wal-Mart Europe.

In November 2000 Allan Leighton left Asda and developed a new work ethic – ‘Going Plural’. He has developed a portfolio of interests, and is currently Chairman of Bhs Ltd, Consignia plc, and Wilson Connolly Ltd.

He is Non Executive Chairman of Cannons Group Ltd and lastminute.com, Non Executive Director of Dyson Appliances Ltd, BskyB, and George Weston Ltd, and Deputy Chairman of Leeds Sporting plc. As a keynote speaker he shares his remarkable experiences with corporations, speaking on subject such as leadership, customer service and change.

Larry Hochman spent many years as Head of British Airways in New York and as Director of AIR MILES. Hochman is a globally recognised expert on the future trends of ethics, values, loyalty, service, people leadership and corporate team culture.

He is not just a theorist, but has turned his thoughts into tangible business triumphs internationally. At AIR MILES, Larry created what is widely recognised as one of the most progressive cultures and remarkable commercial successes, first as Director of Customer Service, then as Director of People and Culture.

Hochman currently consults and advises internationally recognised brands and service leading companies on building customer relationships to last a lifetime; global leadership in times of radical change; the war for talent and the future for HR; customer collaboration and building one corporate culture for success. His international experience and global focus have made him one of the top advisors to the world’s greatest multinational companies.

Alongside his numerous speaking engagements all over the world, Larry, who pioneered corporate mentoring work in the U.K. at Air Miles, is personal mentor to many senior executives and CEO’s.

• “BUILDING CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS to last a lifetime”,
• “GLOBAL LEADERSHIP in times of radical change”,
• “THE WAR FOR TALENT and THE FUTURE OF HR”,
• “CUSTOMER COLLABORATION – the only sustainable edge”,
• “BUILDING ONE CORPORATE CULTURE FOR SUCCESS”

Hochman is one of the most popular keynote speakers in the world and has now delivered nearly 500 speeches in 45 countries and has spoken on every continent.

Sir John Banham is the Chairman designate of Johnson Matthey PLC, Cyclacel Limited (the UK-based cancer therapeutics company) and Spacelabs Inc. (a world leader in heart monitoring equipment, based in Seattle, USA). He is also the senior independent director of AMVESCAP PLC and a non executive director of Merchants Trust PLC.

Former Director General of the CBI, he set up a number of initiatives which focused on developing closer relationships between ‘Government and Business’ and ‘Business and Education’. After leaving the CBI, he was Director/Chairman of a wide cross-section of companies, including: National Power, National Westminster Bank, Westcountry Television, and Labatt Breweries. At Tarmac, Whitbread, Kingfisher and Geest he created significant shareholder value. He led the Audit Commission and the Local Government Commission for England and saved the taxpayer well over £1 billion a year.

Sir John started his career in the Foreign Office in 1962 after gaining a first class Honours Degree in Natural Sciences and in 1964 spent a year with J Walter Thompson, learning marketing and from there moved to Reed International, where he went on to become Director of Marketing for the Wallcovering Division of the Group.

In 1969 he joined the management consultants, McKinsey & Co., becoming a Principal in 1975 and the youngest ever British Director in 1980. During this period he gained wide industrial experience in the UK, the United States and Europe. He was directly responsible for major consultancy assignments with a variety of leading UK companies in engineering, aviation, food processing, mineral extraction and other manufacturing and service groups at critical stages in their development.

Sir John was the first Controller (Chief Executive) of the Audit Commission when it was established in 1983, set up to monitor efficiency and seek better value for money in local government. Under Sir John’s leadership it identified improvements worth over £2 billion a year and launched a range of reforms now being implemented in local government finance, the management of secondary schools, Council housing and community care. He held that position until 1987, when he left to become the Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry.

On leaving the CBI in 1992, he took up the position of Chairman of the Local Government Commission for England which he held until his departure in March 1995 when the Secretary of State for the Environment announced his intention to reform the Commission since its review of the counties in Shire England had now been largely completed.

In addition to his Chairmanships, Sir John is Director of Merchants Trust Plc and a Non-Executive Director of National Westminster Bank Plc and National Power Plc. He serves as Chairman of the Remuneration Committees for National Westminster Bank Plc and National Power and Kingfisher Plc.

Sir John is a Managing Trustee of the Nuffield Foundation and Honorary Treasurer and Member of the Council of the Cancer Research Campaign. He holds an Honorary Doctor of Law degree from the University of Bath (1987) and an Honorary Doctor of the Science degree from the University of Exeter, as well as being an Honorary Fellow of his old college, Queens College, Cambridge. Sir John became the first Fellow of Cornwall College when it became independent in 1993.

Sir John has written numerous publications including ‘The Future of the British Car Industry’ (1975), ‘Realising the Promise of a National Health Service’ (1977), together with a number of reports for the Audit Commission on education, housing, social services and local government finance (1984-87). He has also co-authored many reports for the CBI on the UK economy, skills and education, transport, the infrastructure, urban regeneration, manufacturing (1987-92) and local government. In addition, Sir John Banham is the author of ‘The Anatomy of Change: Blueprint for a New Era’ (1994).

Sir John Banham was knighted in 1992, was born in Torquay and lives in West Cornwall. His recreations include country walking, classical music, gardening and writing all of which he very much enjoys when not working or engaged in his other successful sideline of after-dinner and conference speaking events.

Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE is a scientist, writer, broadcaster and member of the House of Lords. She is Professor of Pharmacology at Lincoln College, Oxford University and Director of the Royal Institution.

With a well earned reputation as one of the most influential women in the world, she is an outstanding keynote speaker on change and tomorrows’ people. She has deeply insightful perspectives on the effects of scientific and technological advancements on the human race as well as business management and leadership.

Susan Greenfield achieved a first class degree at St. Hilda’s College, Oxford and a DPhil in the University Department of Pharmacology.

She was included as one of the 50 most powerful women in Britain by The Guardian and she has also made a wide range of broadcasts on TV and Radio – particularly for the BBC’s Tomorrow’s World and Innovations. In addition she writes a column for The Independent as well as regularly contributes to a number of national newspapers including The Times and The Telegraph.

In 1995 she was elected to the Gresham Chair of Physic, which entails giving six public lectures a year in the City of London. She was general editor in 1996 for “The Human Mind Explained” (Cassell) and has recently authored The Human Brain: A Guided Tour which was published as paperback in 1998 (Phoenix Press) and which in both editions, reached the best seller list. In addition, she has written a fortnightly column for The Independent on Sunday on aspects of science, as well as a more occasional column on education for The Independent “The View From Here”. She also makes routine contributions to The Times, The Times Higher Education Supplement and The Telegraph.)

In January 1998 she was consultant and “agony aunt” on a six week series on the brain, “Brainpower” in The Sunday Times magazine. She has been profiled in most of the broadsheets and was included as one of the 50 most powerful women in Britain by the Guardian and ranked number 14 in the “50 Most Inspirational Women in the World” by Harpers and Queen. She received the Michael Faraday medal from the Royal Society for making the most significant contribution in 1998 to the public understanding of science, as well as receiving the “Woman of Distinction” 1998 award.

In her illuminating and lively presentations, Susan Greenfield illustrates how the massive growth of electronic media is fundamentally altering our brains and central nervous system and that while change is inevitable, companies must choose how to respond to that change.

Susan Greenfield shares invaluable advice on leadership and the human mind and is immensely popular with audiences around the world.

She is highly sought after for her ability to make science, technology, the human mind and other comprehensive subjects more accessible. She breaks the mould and changes audiences’ preconceptions by offering valuable information in a remarkably down to earth manner.

“One of the most inspirational women in the world.”Harpers & Queen

Dr Neville Bain is Chairman of the Institute of Directors. He is a Non-Executive Director of Scottish & Newcastle plc, Biocon Ltd, an international company registered in India with a market cap of $1.2 billion, and Provexis plc, an Aim listed company developing functional food Until March 2006 he was Chairman of Hogg Robinson plc. He was Chairman of Royal Mail.

Dr Bain has worked internationally for most of his career, first with Cadbury Schweppes in New Zealand where he was born; in Australia, South Africa and the United Kingdom. He also spent 6½ years with Coats Viyella plc where he was Group Chief Executive.

Dr Bain graduated from Otago University, New Zealand, with a Master of Commerce (Hons) degree and with double Bachelors degrees in Accounting and Economics. He has also been awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, is a Fellow Chartered Accountant, a Fellow Cost and Management Accountant, a Fellow Chartered Secretary, a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Keenly interested in business education, he has published numerous papers and is the author of three management books published by Macmillan: “Successful Management” 1995, “Winning Ways Through Corporate Governance” which he co-wrote in 1996 with Professor David Band, and “The People Advantage” written with Bill Mabey, published in 1999.

The book Roads to the Top profiled eighteen of the country’s most outstanding business leaders, including Sir John Harvey-Jones, Gerry Robinson, Archie Norman, Martin Taylor and Lord Sheppard. In the book, Neville Bain is described by a colleague at Coats Viyella thus: ” Truly bright and outstanding as a leader, with the capacity to run an even larger, more complex organisation than Coats Viyella. His strength lies in his ‘helicopter vision’, his ability to rise above things and also a charisma that leads people to transcend themselves.”

Neville Bain is equally charismatic as a speaker on topics such as leadership, change, globalisation, governance and strategy.

Paul Birch is a creativity and organisational change consultant who helps organisations to solve impossible problems and find profitable solutions. He is an inspirational teacher, speaker, coach and facilitator whose style is both common sense and fun.

Paul worked for British Airways for 18 years, in everything from Marketing to Mergers & Acquisitions. As Head of Business Planning he took a billion pounds out of the cost base; as Corporate Jester he challenged the set thinking that permeates most modern organisations. He has worked extensively in the public sector, advising on HR strategy, integrating change programmes and developing definitions for future focussed management planning.

He has been a visiting lecturer at Henley Management College and Oxford University and has written nine books on creative thinking, organisational change, coaching, teamwork and leadership.

The most original business ‘guru’ in the business

A phenomenon who has delighted audiences throughout Britain and abroad, Geoff Burch is an extraordinary speaker, whose unique and hilarious outlook on all manner of business topics has made him the most prolific of speakers in the market. He is the author of one of the most famous business books of all time, ‘Resistance is Useless’, the Art of Business Persuasion which has been published in over 65 countries following its outstanding success in the USA, and his latest book, ‘The Way of The Dog’. ‘Resistance is Useless’ has been referred to by McKinseys’s as a benchmark for business thinking.

His unconventional image and extensive humour have allowed him platforms on both the corporate and stand-up comedy stage. His credentials are impressive having worked extensively with the likes of BT, Barclays, Lloyds, the CBI, Consumers’ Association, Prudential, Phillips, ABTA, and numerous other companies to present, motivate, and train.

Geoff’s latest book ‘The Way of The Dog’ is published by Wiley; the book explores the phenomena of the most unstable staff being the key to inevitable success for the change embracing organisation. His hit 10 week BBC2 series in 2008, ‘All Over The Shop’, focused on retail businesses and how to improve by cutting costs and increasing sales and turnover. His humorous style and easily explained advice worked well and has created a cult following.

The son of a Viennese psychiatrist, Geoff Burch has a wealth of experience in illustrating the thinking required to make our customers love us! Geoff Burch is equally at ease speaking at a conference as he is after dinner. It is our belief that virtually every company could benefit from his entertaining style and compelling message.

Having gained a reputation as both a funny and persuasive speaker, he was constantly being asked to teach his skills to others. His style is relaxed and fun, his observations are unique, and his impact on an audience is amazing. You could fill a room with a cross-section of people from a part-time cleaner to a CEO of an international company, and everybody would come away with new ideas. Geoff Burch looks at every conceivable area of business, and is renowned for taking a sideways look at the latest business fads and fashions – translating the ones of value into a memorable message that everyone can understand.

Geoff Burch is meticulous in preparing his presentation, studying the profile of the audience, the market in which they work, the competition they face, and how to exploit the advantages they have. He then combines this specific information with his generic approach to any situation. His power to make any organisation believe in itself and to establish and maintain the motivation to succeed is central to his presentation.

Geoff Burch can speak amusingly on almost any business topic, and is capable of delivering presentations on subjects such as: ‘FAST’ Companies, Customer Relationships, Change, People Motivation, Sales, Working Together, Empowerment, and How Everyone can Deliver the Vision. All of these are presented in a hilarious, thought-provoking, and memorable way where even apparently the dullest business subject is turned into an exciting rollercoaster ride that leaves the audience thrilled.

Will Hutton is executive vice chair of The Work Foundation, the most influential voice on work, employment and organisation issues in the UK. Regularly called on to advise senior political and business figures and comment in the national and international media, Will is today one of the pre-eminent economics commentators in the country.

He began his career in the city, as a stockbroker and investment analyst before moving to the BBC, where he worked both on radio, as a producer and reporter, and on TV as economics correspondent for Newsnight. Prior to joining The Work Foundation, Will spent four years as editor-in-chief of The Observer, for which he continues to write a closely-watched weekly column.

Will’s best-known book is probably The State We’re In, which was seen at the time as setting the scene for the Blair revolution. Since then he has published The State to Come, The Stakeholding Society and (with Anthony Giddens) On The Edge, a groundbreaking analysis of globalisation. His most recent book is The Writing on the Wall: China and the West in the 21st Century and his forthcoming book is an exploration of the terms, definitions and basis of the perception and reality of fairness in business and social terms.

Outside The Work Foundation, Will is a governor of the London School of Economics, where he is also a visiting professor. He is an honorary fellow of Mansfield College, Oxford, a member of the Scott Trust and a fellow of the Sunningdale Institute. In 2004, Will was invited by the European Commission to join a High Level Group on the mid-term review of the Lisbon Strategy and act as its “rapporteur” for the final report.

Business Leadership is not for the faint hearted – whether your company is a start up or a FTSE100 giant. And it’s even more challenging in the roller coaster world of technology where today’s pioneer can quickly become yesterday’s museum exhibit. Nobody knows this better than Ken Olisa who has been at the top of household name IT businesses on both sides of the Atlantic for the last 25 years.

In November 2009 Olisa was elected as the 5th member of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority; the body commissioned to provide scrutiny and conduct review of the allowances scheme for MP’s.

Ken’s technology career spans over 30 years, commencing with IBM from whom he won a scholarship while at Fitzwilliam, College Cambridge University where he read Natural, Social, Political and Management Sciences.

At IBM he held various posts in systems engineering, sales and marketing, before joining Wang Laboratories in 1981. Following a period as Marketing Director for Europe, Vice President of US Marketing and then of Worldwide Marketing, Ken was appointed Senior Vice President and General Manager of Europe, Africa and the Middle East (EAME). Here he was responsible for the sales, marketing, support, service and administration activities within 11 Wang subsidiaries and 92 distributors. In that role he led the team which restored the EAME operation to profitability; following which he launched an unsuccessful MBO resulting in his departure!

Ken moved on to test his entrepreneurial mettle by founding Interregnum, the technology merchant bank (www.interregnum.com) in 1992. He led that company through the roller coaster ride of its early growth; its entry into, and exit from, a joint venture with BDO Stoy Hayward; the IPO on London’s AIM exchange in 2000; and the tricky years that followed the collapse of the dotcom boom.

At Interregnum, Ken worked at the forefront of the entrepreneur/technology growth cycle which commenced in the mid 1990s. As well as serving on the Boards of many of Interregnum’s investments and advisory clients, Ken notched up some interesting firsts, including chairing the UK’s first publicly listed Internet Service Provider (ISP) – Voss Net – on its admission to AIM and holding a similar position on the Board of the first Israeli technology company to be listed on the junior exchange – DMATEK. He was also a principal advisor to, and Director of, uDate.com which became one the UK’s few dotcom successes when it was sold to Barry Diller’s USA Interactive in 2003.

Ken retired from Interregnum in 2006 and now runs the highly respected boutique technology merchant bank – Restoration Partners.

Ken curently serves on the Boards of two FTSE 100 companies: Thomson Reuters (where he is a member of the Audit Committee) and ENRC (Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation) where he serves on the Audit, Nominations and Remuneration Committees). He was a Director ( and Chair of the Remuneration Committee) of Canada’s largest software developer – Open Text Corporation (Nasdaq: OTEX) – until December 2008. In addition he serves on the Board of, or is an adviser to, several privately held and innovative companies including BioWisdom, Prevx, Independent Audit and Metapraxis.

Ken’s knowledge and experience of large and small enterprises, technology and marketing and his willingness to speak his mind makes him much demand as a public speaker.

A believer in the Victorian ethos that successful commerce is the fuel of public service, Ken is a Freeman of the City of London; a Liveryman and Warden of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists; Director of the Thomson Reuters Foundation; Chairman of Thames Reach (a charity working to shelter and resettle the homeless in London); a Vice President of the British Computer Society; a member of the Government’s Women’s Enterprise Taskforce; and was an inaugural Postal Services Commissioner from 2001 to 2004.

In 2003 Ken won the 2003 BVCA/Real Deals Private Equity Personality of the Year Award and in 2006 he was elected as a Fellow of the British Computer Society. He was named in the top 10 most influential black men in Powerlist 2008.

Ken is one of the most powerful, relevant and highly rated speakers available today and accepts only a limited number of engagements each year. His masterclass sessions to senior management entitled What they don’t teach you at business school, have been celebrated by business leaders from all sectors.

‘Head of Making Things Happen’

September 2009 saw Mark Gallagher appointed Head of Cosworth Formula 1 business; great news for F1 as his reputation for dynamic business innovation and nurturing talent has been refered to as “inspired” by former boss and Jordan F1 team owner Eddie Jordan.

With all of 2010’s major teams opting for Cosworth power, Mark plays a crucial role in delivering the performance they will rely on.

With over 25 years experience in the world of Formula One, Mark Gallagher is principally known for his nine years working as ‘Head of Making Things Happen’ at Jordan Grand Prix, and heading sponsorship for Jaguar/Red Bull Racing.

Prior to joining Cosworth, Mark consulted for Formula One teams/sponsors. Throughout his career he has been involved in driver management including drivers such as Mark Webber. Mark makes regular TV appearances as an F1 expert on BBC, Sky News, CNN and many European channels.

During his career he has worked directly with leading drivers including Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill, and multiple champions Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna. He owned and ran the succesful A1 Grand Prix team Ireland in the World Cup of Motorsport™, scoring 9 podium finishes and two victories in the 2007/08 world championship.

As former Formula One journalist and broadcaster with the BBC in the 1980s, Mark was Grand Prix correspondent for publications including the Sunday Express in London prior to becoming a media relations consultant to major sponsors including Marlboro and Canon.

In 1990 he began working with Eddie Jordan, announcing the creation of the Jordan Formula One team, and although he then worked briefly in the World Rally Championship with Ford and Subaru, it was to Jordan that he returned, becoming head of marketing and joining the management board during the team’s most successful years.

At Jordan, famously described by legendary broadcaster Murray Walker as ‘the most motivated team in F1’, Mark was referred to as ‘head of making things happen’, a title that has stuck with him to this day in the motor racing industry.

Working directly with the sport’s top drivers and teams Mark has gained a unique insight into what it takes to be a winner in the high-pressure world of Formula One. Team work, leadership and motivation are key among the qualities needed to succeed in this most demanding of sports, while Mark has much to share on the operational issues affecting Formula One teams, including logistics, quality control, health and safety.

Mark is also able to explain Formula One’s approach to tackling the issues surrounding climate change, the burning of fossil fuels and his belief that the sport will become a research and development tool for the automotive industry in terms of producing technological solutions to the challenges facing it in the 21st century.

“Simply the best and most inspiring ‘real management’ speaker I have ever heard”
Maersk

With a relaxed, anecdotal and humorous style, Mark gives businesses and organisations a rare insight into the world of Formula One, and what it takes to build winning teams and compete for success at world level.

Internationally renowned and celebrated, Marcus Buckingham is the leading consultant in his field, a sought-after speaker, and a New York Times bestselling author. Challenging accepted and entrenched social theory, Buckingham pioneered a revolutionary concept: that people will be dramatically more effective, successful, and fulfilled when they play to their strongest skills rather than attempting to improve their weaknesses. He calls his research-based technique the “strengths revolution,” and his work has been proven again and again in boardrooms, seminars, and individuals’ lives around the world.

Hailed as a visionary by corporations such as Toyota, Coca-Cola, Master Foods, Wells Fargo, Microsoft, and Disney, Marcus Buckingham addresses more than 250,000 people in live audiences around the globe each year. He recently led a workshop sponsored by Oprah Winfrey for 30 talented—but unfulfilled and unhappy—women. Acting on his advice, they were able to make immediate significant and positive changes in their lives.

More than 1.7 million people downloaded the three-hour workshop video, and more than 100,000 unique contributors came online to post messages when his workshop and its results were featured on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” The extremely successful workshop became the basis for Buckingham’s book, FIND YOUR STRONGEST LIFE: What the Happiest and Most Successful Women Do Differently, to be released in September 2009 by Thomas Nelson.

Marcus Buckingham’s previous books include: First, Break All the Rules (coauthored with Curt Coffman, 1999); Now, Discover Your Strengths (coauthored with Donald O. Clifton, 2001); The One Thing You Need to Know (2005); Go Put Your Strengths To Work (2007); and The Truth About You: Your Secret to Success (2008). There are more than 3.7 million copies of his books in print.

Prior to founding TMBC—a company that creates strengths-based management training solutions for organizations worldwide—he utilized his nearly two decades of experience as a Senior Researcher at Gallup Organization to break through the preconceptions about achievements and get to the core of what drives success. Buckingham and Gallup developed the StrengthsFinder personality test, which identifies signature themes that help employees quantify their personal strengths in the workplace and at home. Since the StrengthsFinder debuted in 2001, more than 5 million people have accessed this important tool to discover their strengths.

Marcus Buckingham has been featured on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” “Larry King Live,” “The Today Show,” “Good Morning America,” and “The View.” He has been profiled in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Fortune, Fast Company, and Harvard Business Review.

A member of the Secretary of State’s Advisory Committee on Leadership and Management, Marcus Buckingham graduated from Cambridge University with a Master’s Degree in Social and Political Science. He lives in Los Angeles.

As Head of Global Brand & Business Development, Christian Majgaard was creative genius and senior director at LEGO responsible for their global brand, product and campaign development of their core business (toys) as well as their Theme Park, Media and Brand Licensing divisions.

Christian left LEGO to help international companies develop and implement strategies for customer focused growth (Brand Strategy, Innovation and Corporate Vision/Identity).

Both through his leadership experience, his consultancy practise and his global record of success through innovation, Christian Majgaard is internationally recognised for adjusting corporate effectiveness through implementation of technologies and innovative strategies.

As a global executive leader, Christian championed world famous toy maker LEGO’s change from a low tech plastic brick manufacturer to a brand that thrived on technologies such as robotics and interactivity developing both company and product through applied technology.

Christian has successfully addressed change issues and applied strategy for international brands such as Motorola, Nestle and Unisys among his board level clients. His work with a major health sector client is an IMD Switzerland case study benchmark for innovation and implementation.

He has maintained close relations to LEGO and their CEO is Chairman of Christian’s consultancy business.

Christian is a renowned speaker at conferences throughout the world on Creativity, implementation, Innovation and Strategy.

Testimonials

“Your speech became the clue of the day”
ICBI/ Fund Forum International, executive summit, France

“Of all the seminars we have held this year, by far the most popular was the one with Christian Majgaard as speaker”
Norwegian Market Research Association, Norway

“a fire broke out in all of us after your speech Friday morning”
Head of marketing, Lindberg Intl.

“ Your presentation to Oras Intl. was SUPER”
Organiser of Oras intl. management seminar,

“ you made a great, great presentation”
PA consulting, head of executive seminar Global clients.

“A 1000 thanks for such an inspiring presentation and great management of the following discussion. We certainly hope to draw on you again”
Head of corporate HR, Copenhagen Stock Exchange. Management seminar.

“I think the team did an excellent job and I am really looking forward to working with you on the next steps…”
Swiss Re, head of Global Branding, Switzerland”

“The customers greatly appreciated your presentation to them, so many of them have now asked for copies of your presentation and further involvement”
Motorola, head of intl. seminar for VIP customers, London

Literature

Featured as one of the “21 leaders for the 21 century” in the book by
Dutch–British professors Fons Trompenaars and Charles Hampden Turner.

Featured in case on strategic business development by IMD business school, Switzerland,
about the development and global launch of the LEGO MINDSTORMS brand.

Consulting

Adviser to the innovation board of RABO Bank Holland
Brand strategy, Swiss Re, world leader in reinsurance
Brand strategy, Danisco, world leader in food ingredients
Brand strategy, LEGO, world leading creative toy brand
Brand research, Bang & Olufsen, world’s most prestigious audiovisual brand
Adviser to business development team at Heineken
On prize committee for Intl. media and advertising awards.