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.
Vice President, Pearson Qualification Services
Investment Director, Octopus Ventures
Chief Executive Officer, Royal Society of Arts (RSA) & Former Chief Economist, Bank of England
Chair Emeritus, Travers Smith LLP
Tutor in Creative Writing, Business, and Communication Skills, University of Cambridge
Former Director General, BBC
Economics Commentator, Daily Telegraph
Author, Dialogue Books
Deputy Lieutenant for West Yorkshire & Motivational Speaker
Former MP and Chancellor of the Exchequer
Non Executive Director, Former Deputy Chairman, Future plc and Co- founder, Incisive Media
Senior Director, Turner & Townsend
Chief Constable, Gloucestershire Constabulary
Founder, Tortoise & Former Director of News & Current Affairs, BBC News
Chairman and Head of Research for Winton Capital
Former Non Executive Chair of NHS Improvement
Journalist & Royal Documentary Maker, Daily Mail
Senior Columnist, Financial Times
MD Royal Mail, MarketReach
Former Vice President, Legal at Paramount Pictures
Chief Constable, Essex Police
Partner, Arnold & Porter
Partner, Highgate
SVP Commissioning, BBC Studios & Channel Editor, BBC4
Founder & CEO, RealVNC
Co-Founder of Milltown Partners, Former Communications Secretary, Royal Family & Director of Communications, Manchester United
Former CEO of Barclays Corporate and Commercial Bank
Professor of IT, Gresham College
Member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England
Music Presenter, BBC Radio 6
Life Peer
Former Co-Founder, Brand Directors & Former Global Head of Partnerships, Endemol Shine Group
Chairman of Ocado and The AA, and Chair of The Creative Industries Federation
MP for North East Hertfordshire
Managing Director, FTI Consulting
Managing Director, Investment Consulting, Redington
UK Business Writer at Bloomberg
Academic, Economist, Author
Chairman, EasyJet, Chairman (designate), Nordea Bank
Chair, National Police Chiefs' Council
Director of Enrichment, Punchdrunk Enrichment
Chief Culture Writer , Guardian
Chair, Institution of Environmental Sciences
Chair of the Civil Aviation Authority, and a number of other organisations
International Editor, Channel 4 News
Former Managing Director - Brand & Insight, Barclays
Chairman, Anya Hindmarch
Editor, Private Eye
Diversity Consultant, ITV News & Trustee, Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre Trust
Chairman, Heart Academies Trust
Professor of Networking & Founder, Editorial Intelligence
MP for Washington and Sunderland West
Former Head of Government Affairs, Royal London
Chair, Severn Trent & Former Chairman, Capgemini
Former Commissioner, Metropolitian Police
Associate Artistic Director, English National Opera
Executive Chairman, Gretna Green
Social Affairs Correspondent, BBC
Emeritus Professor of Bioanalytics
Former Director General, Defence Medical Services & Former Chair, NHS Leadership Academy
