Ben Hanlin

Ben Hanlin is an awards host, award-winning speaker, magician, television presenter, and expert on human engagement and creativity.

He combines world-class magic with humour and eye-opening insights into connection, communication, and confidence.

Known for starring in ITV2’s Tricked, his appearances on Celebrity Juice, Dancing on Ice, and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Ben has spent more than a decade captivating audiences across television, live theatre, social media, and corporate stages. His magic performances have earned him a global following of over two million online, and his TEDx talk, How to Instantly Create Engagement and Connection, has established him as a top-class speaker on how to generate successful communication with audiences of all kinds.

Ben’s approach is simple: whether performing magic or delivering a keynote, it’s about making every interaction memorable. His presentations focus on useable techniques for building rapport, presenting with impact, and creating lasting engagement; skills that leaders, teams, and organisations rely upon increasingly in today’s world of information overload and short spans of attention.

Drawing on experience from global brand partnerships with Amazon Prime and McDonald’s, to hosting sold-out shows in London’s West End and the Edinburgh Fringe, Ben knows how to hold that attention, inspire confidence, and to keep things dynamic. His style is relatable, and hands-on, blending storytelling, humour, and a few moments of genuine astonishment that leave a real lasting impression.

Awarded Best Speaker of the Year 2024 at The Speaker Awards, Ben’s sessions are consistently praised for being both entertaining and deeply practical. Whether working with leadership teams, sales forces, educational institutions, or business audiences, he brings high energy, real-world techniques, and, a little bit of magic!

Ben is an absolutely brilliant awards host and Specialist Speakers was delighted as part of our sponsorship to present Ben Hanlin as host of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations [CIPR] Excellence Awards 2025 at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London, on 2nd of July. It was a great night!