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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.

Clive Sheldon

King's Counsel

Professor John Shepherd CBE

Emeritus Professor of Earth System Science, University of Southampton

Piers Shepperd

Technical Director, Wonder Works Limited

Chris Sherwood

Chief Executive, RSPCA

Portrait of Mitesh Sheth MBE

Mitesh Sheth MBE

Chief Investment Officer of Multi-Asset, Newton Investment Management

Alistair Shields

Group Commercial Services Director, VW Group

Will Shu

Founder and CEO, Deliveroo.com

Anand Shukla

Student, Kings College London & Former Chief Executive, The Brightside Trust

Romano Sidoli

Former Head of Magazine Relations, News Team Group & Former Managing Director, NME – Time Inc. (UK) Ltd

Portrait of Professor Martin Siegert

Professor Martin Siegert

Co-Director, Grantham Institute for Climate Change

Dr Jeremy Silver

Advisor, Entrepreneur and Author, Member of Board of Trustees, British Library, Former CEO, Digital Catapult

Jessica Simor KC

Barrister, Matrix Chambers

Harjot Singh

Chief Strategy Officer, Europe & UK, McCann Worldgroup

Sanjay Singhal

CEO, Voltage TV Productions

Portrait of Amit Sinha

Amit Sinha

Senior Director - Engineering Operations, Azure CXP, Engineering, Microsoft, Executive Fellow, World Economic Forum

James Ski

Founder, Sales Confidence, Investor, Advisor & DealMaker for various startups & Former Chief Revenue Officer, Opogo

Lucy Skilbeck

Director of Actor Training, RADA

Jon Slade

Chief Commercial Officer, Financial Times

Rebecca Smart

Managing Director, Publishing, DK

Professor Sir Gregor Smith

Chief Medical Officer , Scottish Government

Portrait of Doctor Michael Smith

Dr Michael Smith

'Chairman of the Schools' Aerospace Careers Programme

Amy Smith

Head of Talent, Framestore

Lord Chris Smith

Master of Pembroke College, Peer, former MP and Cabinet Minister

Penny Smith

Broadcaster & Journalist

Professor Sir Steve Smith

Former Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive, University of Exeter

Jon Smith OBE

Executive Chairman Sports Media Ventures Ltd, Director, First Artist

Arthur Snell

Managing Director, Orbis Business Intelligence Limited & Former UK Diplomat

Dan Snow

Co Founder History Hit Podcast & Former Historian & Broadcaster, BBC

Dame Cilla Snowball

Former Group Executive, AMV BBDO

Rupert Soames OBE

Chair, CBI & Former Group Chief Executive, Serco Group Plc

David Soanes

Member, Prudential Regulation Committee, Bank of England & Former UK Country Head, UBS Group

Samira Sohail

Chief Executive Officer Luxo Beta, Former Product Director, Newsela

Lord Clive Soley

Former Member of the House of Lords and former MP

Sir Alistair Spalding

Chief Executive & Artistic Director, Sadler's Wells

Ruth Spellman OBE

Non Executive Director, Learning and Work Institute, Member of board of Directors, Speakers for Schools

Patrick Spence

Creative Director, ITV Studios & Former Head of Drama, Tiger Aspect and Former Managing Director, Fifty Fathoms

Jason Spencer

Business Development Director, ITV

Fiona Sperry

CEO, Three Fields Entertainment

David Sproul

Chairman, Starling Bank

Cristina Squires

Director of Content, Sky News