Business Speakers

Michael Hastings
Professor of Leadership at Huntsman Business School, Vice President of UNICEF UK, Former Head of Corporate Social Responsibility for the BBC, Former Global Head of Citizenship for KPMG & Life Peer of the House of Lords
Jaap Haartsen
Inventor of Bluetooth
Karlheinz Brandenburg
Co-inventor of the MP3, Chief Executive Officer at Brandenburg Labs & Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society
Kate Hardcastle
Joint Founding Partner of Insight with Passion, Broadcaster for Rock 'n' Roll Business, Contributor to Forbes, Retail Expert for ITV, Trustee of the Diana Awards & Expert on Consumer Insight
Jay Vijayan
Founder & CEO of Tekion Corp & Former Chief Information Officer at Tesla
Lars Rasmussen
Co-founder of Google Maps & Former Director of Engineering at Facebook
Gordon Smart
Host of Morning Live on BBC One, Founder of Restless Natives & Former Deputy Editor at The Sun
Victoria Scholar
Head of Investment at Interactive Investor, Former Freelance Journalist for ITN & the BBC, Former Associate Producer for Bloomberg & Former Broadcast Journalist for CNBC, Named CITY AM Analyst of the Year 2023
Rosanna Lockwood
Presenter for News UK, Regular Presenter of Talk TV’s First Edition & Former Producer for Bloomberg TV
Karishma Vaswani
Asia Politics Columnist & Commentator for Bloomberg, Former Chief Asia Presenter for BBC News & Former Assistant Producer of CNBC Asia
Clare Kenny
Co-founder of The Wellbeing Academy, Wellbeing Thought Leader at EXIMIA, Former Employee Wellbeing & Engagement Manager at Burberry, TEDx Speaker, Wellbeing Strategist, Corporate Consultant, Mental Health Thought Leader
Eric McDermott
Chief Next Officer & Founder of NEXTpectations, Author of 'Team Amplifiers: 8 Ways Teams Thrive in Rapid Change' & Named the ‘Best Business Influencer of the Year’ by the American Business Awards