Economy & Business | Speakers for Schools

Topic: Economy & Business

  • Portrait of Matt Ash

    Matt Ash

    Founder of Changeably, a creative agency created to help businesses improve engagement & productivity by making work a better place for everyone. I head up a creative team of content creators (html developers, script writers, graphic designers, filmmakers & animators) who investigate & build practical solutions to complex challenges in large companies. My journey was […]

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  • Portrait of Professor John Ashton CBE

    Professor John Ashton CBE

    Professor John Ashton CBE, formerly North West Regional Director of Public Health and Regional Medical Officer from 1993 – 2006 and Director of Public Health and County medical Officer for Cumbria from 2006- 2013 has been elected President of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal Colleges of Physicians from 2013 – 2016 was […]

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  • Portrait of Syima Aslam

    Syima Aslam

    Syima Aslam is the founder and Director of the Bradford Literature Festival (BLF), which she established in 2014. A 10-day literary and cultural celebration, BLF welcomes more than 70,000 visitors to Bradford annually and is celebrated as the most socio-economically and ethnically diverse literary festival in the UK. Under Syima’s directorship, BLF has made a […]

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  • Portrait of Keith Anderson

    Keith Anderson

    Keith Anderson Chief Corporate Officer, ScottishPower Chief Executive Officer, ScottishPower Renewables Keith is Chief Corporate Officer for ScottishPower with responsibility for the Iberdrola Group’s activities in the UK and in particular leading the Group’s £15bn investment plan to 2020. Keith was appointed to the Board in February 2012. Keith also retains his role as Chief […]

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  • Portrait of Iain Anderson

    Iain Anderson

    Iain is an expert in integrated communications, global political risk and public policy. He has over 25 years experience in communications, initially as a business journalist and then as a founding shareholder at Incisive Media. He has also worked for a range of politicians, including Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke MP on his leadership bids. Iain […]

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  • Portrait of Dame Mary Archer

    Dame Mary Archer

    Dame Mary read chemistry at St Anne’s College, Oxford, and went on to do her PhD at Imperial College, London, followed by post-doctoral fellowships at Oxford and The Royal Institution, London, where she developed her longstanding research interest in physico-chemical aspects of solar energy conversion. She then taught chemistry for ten years for Newnham and […]

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  • Portrait of Lucy Armstrong

    Lucy Armstrong

    Lucy is chief executive of The Alchemists, which works with high growth mid-corporate businesses to accelerate their development and success. Her experience ranges from funding start up and early stage manufacturing businesses in the North East through to mergers and disposals of international operations. She is the first chair of the Independent Professional Standards Council […]

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  • Portrait of Gisela Abbam MBA

    Gisela Abbam, FRSA, MBA

    Gisela is the Chair of the General Pharmaceutical Council, and a Senior Director for Government Affairs at PerkinElmer. She is the former Chair of the British Science Association and also serves on the Boards of Everywoman Ltd and Briyah Institute, USA. Gisela is the Founder and former Managing Director of OTGA Management Consultancy. She serves […]

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  • Portrait of Sereena Abbassi

    Sereena Abbassi

    Sereena Abbassi is committed to creating organisational transformation that is grounded in a deep-seated belief that all our liberations are tied to each other. Her approach is both creative and strategic – and done with lots of heart. She is the Worldwide Head of Culture & Inclusion at M&C Saatchi Group, an Activist, an Equity, […]

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