Economy & Business | Speakers for Schools

Topic: Economy & Business

  • Eric Burl

    Eric Burl is Head of Discretionary at Man Group, responsible for Man GLG and Man Global Private Markets (Man GPM). He is also a member of the Man Group Senior Executive Committee. Eric was previously Head of GPM, Co-Head of Global Sales and Marketing, Head of Americas. Based in New York, Eric was responsible for […]

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  • Kalam Neale

    Recipient of the prestigious Pearson National Teaching Award for his outstanding commitment to digital innovation, Kalam, an experienced teacher, educator and educational leader previously served as Esports Programme Lead at Barnsley College, where he co-wrote the Esports BTEC in association with Pearson and British Esports, as well as being one of the first to offer […]

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  • Portrait of Rohit Mathu

    Rohit Mathur

    Rohit is a Partner with Digital Horizon, a venture capital fund investing in tech companies globally, especially those backed by immigrant founders. He leads on deals in the UK, India, and SEA. Previously he was the Lead for Barclays VC unit for the UK and held leadership roles in the Private Banking and Digital business. […]

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  • Portrait of David Davies

    David Davies OBE

    “David Davies OBE (born 1948) has worked at the top level of Sport and Media Communications for a generation. As a BBC Television Correspondent/Presenter for more than twenty years, uniquely he reported on General Elections and World Cups. He was the lead Presenter of “Midlands Today” for 5 years. As Executive Director of The Football […]

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  • Portrait of Doctor Vince Cable

    Dr. Vince Cable

    Vince is a former secretary of state: Business, Innovation Skills and Trade. He is the former MP for Twickenham, Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Chief Economist for Shell International. He is now an author, academic and business director.

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  • Portrait of Andrea Wareham

    Andrea Wareham

    Andrea Wareham is Chief People Officer for Pret A Manger, which creates freshly prepared food and organic coffee in its 450 shops in 11 countries across Europe, Asia and America. Pret has 8,000 employees. Andrea joined Pret twenty years ago and was appointed People Director in 2004. She is responsible for culture as well as […]

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  • Lieutenant Colonel Sulle Alhaji

    Born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Sulle joined the 3rd Battalion the Parachute Regiment in June 1978 and was posted to Germany (during the cold war) as part of NATO’s European defence. During this time, he was deployed to Northern Ireland on his first active duty in 1979. In 1982 he took part in the Falklands […]

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  • Portrait of Sara Crofts

    Sara Crofts

    I trained as an architect at Edinburgh College of Art where I specialised in historic building conservation. I then worked for a number of architectural practices dealing with the repair and conservation of historic buildings in both Edinburgh and Cumbria. Having undertaken the Lethaby Scholarship awarded by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings […]

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  • Portrait of Bernadine Brocker Wieder

    Bernadine Brocker Wieder

    Bernadine is a well published and prominent thought leader in the art and tech community. She co-founded Vastari in 2012 and has been shaping Vastari’s strategic direction, investor portfolio and industry advocacy ever since. Coming from the commercial art world, Bernadine holds a track record of successful entrepreneurial activities. Amongst others, Bernadine helped establish Trinity […]

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  • Portrait of Paul Richardson

    Paul Richardson

    Paul joined the Board of SOGB in November 2019 as Chair designate and took over as Chair in December 2019. A Solicitor by qualification, Paul’s early career was as a sports lawyer and has advised multiple rights owners, broadcasters, sponsors and athletes on a number of different governance and commercial aspects and worked on a […]

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