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.
CEO, Aviva
Former Director, Whitechapel Gallery
Former Business Correspondent, BBC
President of the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE)
Clinical Data Management Professional, Roche Products Ltd
Peer & Former Cabinet Minister
Author
Former MP for Grantham and Stamford
Founder and Chief Indie, Indie Bay Snacks & Co-Founder and Trustee, Founders Pledge
Director of Stewardship and Corporate Responsibility, Jupiter Fund Management plc
Former MP & Former Deputy Mayor of London
Chairman, Cancer Research UK
Director of Collections, Victoria & Albert Museum
Managing Partner EME, ReedSmith
Former COO, MediaCom
Journalist, Author & Television Director
MP, Staffordshire Moorlands & Former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Executive Director, Virgin Money Foundation & Former Operations and Strategy Director, UK Athletics
MP for Exeter
Broadcaster and Author
General Counsel, Bank of England
Non-Executive Director for global boards, Founder and President of The Miranda Brawn Diversity Leadership Foundation
Deputy Governor for Financial Stability, Bank of England
CEO, C. Hoare & Co. Private Bank, FTSE100 Board Director
MD and Senior Fund Manager, J.P Morgan
President, EMEA Business & Operations, Google
Partner, Mischon de Reya LLP
Founder, Lucky Generals
CEO (Brookman & May) and Former Director (BT and Vodaphone)
Fund Manager, Schroders
Managing Director, Commercial Mid Market & Board Chair, North Region NatWest Group
Manager, 42 Management & Production
Professor of Applied Maths, University of Bath
Vice President (Communities & National Engagement), King's College London and Crossbench Peer at the House of Lords
Marketing Director, The Athletic UK, Co-Founder and Creator, Tech Talent Charter
Executive Assistant & Founder, The Private PA
Chairman, Ofcom & Former Chairman of Channel 4 & Santander
Group CEO, Argonon
Layout Artist on Peppa Pig, at Karrot Animation
Head of Business & Commercial, Tanfield Chambers
Communications Expert & Speaker
Head of Client Development, UK Markets Corporate Solutions, JLL
Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Senior Strategic Advisor Scottish Government
Former Manager, Chesterfield Football Club
Senior Advisor, Gleacher Shacklock
Politics Journalist and Presenter, BBC Scotland
Controller, BBC 3
Strategist, Author, Mental Health Campaigner
Royal Correspondent, BBC
Emerging Technology, Strategy and Governance Adviser and charity founder
Circuit Judge, Snaresbrook Crown Court
Independent Adviser in Data Analytics Strategies, Allianz
Scientist (academic and industrial) and author
Founder & Non-Executive Director at Four Eyes Insight Ltd
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs & Brexit, Chief Whip, MP for Orkney & Shetland
Managing Director, Archipelo
Director of Research and Influencing, Alzheimer’s Society
Film & TV Agent, Northbank Talent Management
Director of Provider Development NHS England and Improvement
AG Leventis Professor of Greek Culture