
Speaker Directory
WELCOME TO OUR SPEAKER DIRECTORY
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.
- To find out how we work and what talks are about, see our School Talks page.
- If you are looking for information for your talk, please see our Speaker Guides here.
- To take part, find out more about the commitment on our FAQ page.

Gisela Abbam, FRSA, MBA
Chair, General Pharmaceutical Council & Senior Director, Government Affairs, PerkinElmer

Sereena Abbassi
Former CEO, gal-dem & Former Equity & Inclusion Consultant & Former Worldwide Head of Culture & Inclusion, M&C Saatchi

Sir Roy Anderson
Professor of Epidemiology, Imperial College London & Former Chief Scientific Advisor, MoD

Robert Arnott
Director, No10 Delivery Unit & Former Director of Strategy, Social Mobility & Disadvantage, Department for Education

Peter Ayton
Department of Psychology Associate Dean Research | School of Arts and Social Sciences, City University London

Christopher Baker
Director, European and Scottish Art and Portraiture, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

Ed Balls
Senior Fellow at Harvard University Kennedy School's Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Visiting Professor to the Policy Institute at King's College London, and Chairman of Norwich City Football Club

Gordon Banks
Company Founder and Director, Cartmore Building Supply Co & Former Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister

Professor Ian J Bateman OBE
Professor of Environmental Economics and Director of the Land, Environment, Economics and Policy Institute (LEEP) , University of Exeter