Art, media & communications | Speakers for Schools

Topic: Art, media & communications

  • Louisa Vincent

    Louisa is a non-executive director of the Ecofin US Renewables Infrastructure Investment Trust and Chair of Fight For Sight. She has had a 30-year career in financial services, working globally in institutional, wholesale and retail investment management, most recently as a managing director with Lazard Asset Management Limited where she was Head of Institutions. Prior […]

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  • John Vary

    A thought leader in the field of retail disruption and human centred innovation, John is Futurologist at the John Lewis Partnership. He is responsible for the Partnership’s innovation team where he oversees the gathering of intelligence about the future; the composing of stories about possible alternative futures; the invention and production of new products and […]

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  • Jonathan Vaughan

    Jonathan is Vice Principal and Director of Music at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. He was formally Director of the National Youth Orchestra and before that, Chairman and playing member of the London Symphony Orchestra. He studied Double Bass and Piano at the Royal College of Music. As well as performing with many […]

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  • Prof. Ashok Venkitaraman

    Ashok Venkitaraman is the Ursula Zoellner Professor of Cancer Research at the University of Cambridge, and directs the Medical Research Council Cancer Unit there. His work has advanced our understanding of how cancer is prevented by genes that maintain the integrity of the information stored in the human genome. He discovered that inherited faults (“mutations”) […]

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  • Portrait of Ewan Venters

    Ewan Venters

    As CEO of Fortnum & Mason, Ewan led the famous Piccadilly destination to a succession of major achievements during his time in post. Under Ewan’s leadership, Fortnum’s has recorded record sales and profits, and have also expanded beyond their historic London home into new locations including prestigious stores in Dubai, Heathrow Airport and St Pancras […]

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  • Adam Vandermark

    Adam is an award-winning TV series producer, achieving 11 industry awards (including 4 consecutive National Television Awards) and BAFTA shortlisted for digital creativity. He is also a previous participant on the Royal Television Society awards judging panels and a member of the Edinburgh Television Festival Advisory Committee. Having worked with Channel 4, ITV and the […]

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  • Lord Vaizey of Didcot

    Ed is the former Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). He was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for the constituency of Wantage in 2005, and was re-elected in 2010 with an increased majority. Born in 1968, Ed attended Merton College, Oxford. When he left university, […]

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  • Professor Jonathan Valabhji OBE

    Professor Jonathan Valabhji is National Clinical Director for Diabetes and Obesity at NHS England and NHS Improvement. He is clinical lead for the NHS England Diabetes Programme, including the Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme, a collaboration between NHS England, Public Health England and Diabetes UK that has seen England become the first country to […]

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  • Ian Twinley MBE DL

    Ian Twinley joined Ford Motor Company in 1979 as an Engineering Trainee. He finished his apprenticeship in 1983 and then held a number of appointments in Ford of Britain, Ford of Europe and Ford U.S.A during a 22year period. Leadership roles included Marketing for Europe, Fleet & Leasing across Europe, Financial Management & Accounting, Strategic […]

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  • Joe Twyman

    One of Britain’s best known political pollsters, Joe Twyman is Co-Founder and Director of Deltapoll. He previously worked as Head of Political and Social Research at YouGov and was a director at the founding of the company back in 2000. Prior to leading the Political and Social Research Team at YouGov, Joe held a variety […]

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