Rachel Botsman

Rachel Botsman is an author, Oxford University lecturer and expert in all things trust.  She is consistently recognised as a top keynote speaker amassing over five million views across her TED talks alongside renowned credibility as an author. Botsman also contributes regularly to major publications such as: The Guardian, Financial Times and Harvard Business Review. Following her success as an author, her books have been translated into 14 different languages with ‘Who Can You Trust’, her second book, being named as one of the best books of the year by WIRED.  Why not take a leaf from Rachel’s book yourself, in the form of a keynote speech?

Rachel has lived and worked in 4 different continents throughout her career so far and is passionate about challenging ideas around trust, giving insightful speeches with aims of creating change and engaging audiences. This earnt her a rightful spot in LinkedIn’s top 10 influential speakers. She was a Trust Fellow at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School at which she designed and taught new courses based on trust and technology. She is also known to be an advisor to senior leaders and governments developing trustworthy cultures in organisations. On top of this, Rachel also hosts the BBC series Money, Money, Money as well as her own podcast called ‘Rethink Moments’ in which she challenges different cultural ideas and events with the help of experts in the specific field.

Following her success in the industry, she was named Women of the Year, ‘The Progressive Voice’ InStyle. It recognised her contributions and ideas in technology. This, alongside many other achievements landed her in Monocle’s Top 20 Speakers in the world, which is representative of her acumen amongst the space.

Using her professional experience and knowledge, she is available to offer speeches and support passing on her expertise to organisations such as Goldman Sachs, Adobe and Snapchat. Rachel is also a seasoned TED speaker for whom she has delivered three talks to date. These consist of We’ve Stopped Trusting Institutions and Started Trusting Strangers, The Currency of the New Economy Is Trust and The Case for Collaborative Consumption.