Our speakers are leaders at the top of their industry, influencing and shaping their sector or society.
We connect speakers and their prestigious networks to state school students across the UK, through ‘Inspiration’ (school talks) and our ‘Experience ‘ programme (Insight Days, Work Experience).
Our network is 1,700 strong and growing. See who’s already taking part below.
Journalist, The Times & Chair, Index on Censorship
Senior Director, Government Affairs, PerkinElmer & Chair, British Science Association
Equity & Inclusion Consultant & Former Worldwide Head of Culture & Inclusion, M&C Saatchi
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Hyden Talent
Solicitor, Business Leader and Diversity Campaigner
Executive Director, Mary's Meals UK
Director Education and Skills, British Film Institute
Director of Membership and Stakeholder Engagement/Director of Communications and Engagement, NHS
Global Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – Consumer Healthcare, GSK
Former Outreach Director, The Stage
Award-Winning Science Journalist
Executive Director, Government Communications
Director of Communications and Public Affairs, University of Glasgow
BP/Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Corrosion & Materials, University of Manchester
Managing Director, WildKat PR
Founder, Capita & Chairman, Aldridge Foundation
Former MP & Former Shadow Foreign Secretary
MP for Bethnal Green & Bow
Former Group Managing Director, Portland
CEO, Landsec
Chairman, Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox
CEO, Big Talk Productions
Visual Effects Supervisor and Founder, Time Based Arts
Master, Jesus College, University of Cambridge; Member, BBC Trust & Co-Founder, Somethin' Else
Managing Director, Getmyfirstjob.co.uk
Lecturer in Roman History, Royal Holloway, University of London
Director, Museum of London
Chief Architect, Onfido
Former Partner at PwC and Co-Chair of the Muslim Jewish Forum of Greater Manchester
Chief Risk Officer, M&G Investments
Head of Regional Structured Finance, Scotland RBS
Professor of Computer and Information Sciences, Northumbria University
UK Corporate Affairs Director, Tesco plc
Professor of Epidemiology, Imperial College London & Former Chief Scientific Advisor, MoD
Finance & Education Reporter, Quartz
Chief Corporate Officer, ScottishPower
Executive Chairman, Cicero Group
UK Distribution & Fulfilment Director, Tesco
Investment Manager, Baillie Gifford
CEO, Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce & Former Executive Director, Mansion House
Chair, Science Museum Group
CEO, The Alchemists
Senior Vice President, Viacom International Media Networks
Creative Partner & Founder, Creative Orchestra Advertising
Director of Strategy, Social Mobility & Disadvantage, Department for Education
Director of Learning & Performance, Media Zoo
Former President of the Faculty of Public Health
Director, Bradford Literature Festival
VFX and Animation Partnership Director, NextGen Skills Academy
Former CEO, E2V & Former Chair, Employment and Skills Board, CBI
Chairman, Hg Capital LLP
Chair of UK Insolvency Service and other current appointments
Sustainability Director, Thames Water
Department of Psychology Associate Dean Research | School of Arts and Social Sciences, City University London