Sciences, engineering & technology | Speakers for Schools

Topic: Sciences, engineering & technology

  • Mr Keith Roberts

    I was state schooled in North Wales; my father was a plumber and mother house wife. I trained in Cardiff and began working in 1999. I progressed through surgical training and on the way to my current job conducted a PhD (a role for iron in oesophageal cancer) and worked on local air ambulances for […]

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  • Professor Gina Rippon

    Professor Gina Rippon is Professor of Cognitive Neuroimaging at Aston University. She uses brain imaging techniques such as Magnetoencephalography (MEG), Electroencephalography (EEG) and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to explore the relationship between brain and behaviour. She has a particular interest in developmental disorders such as dyslexia and autism and has recently been involved in […]

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  • Ian Ritchie

    Ian C Ritchie CBE, FREng, FRSE, FBCS Ian Ritchie is the non-executive Chairman of Iomart plc, Computer Applications Service, the Interactive Design Institute, Blipfoto, Cogbooks and Red Fox Media. He founded OWL in 1984 which pioneered hypertext application development (a forerunner to the world wide web) and sold the company to Panasonic in 1989. Since […]

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  • Trewin Restorick

    Trewin Restorick is Founder and CEO of the award-winning charity Hubbub UK www.hubbub.org.uk which transforms the way environmental messages are communicated by bringing people and organisations together as a force for good. He is also Chair of Student Hubs http://www.studenthubs.org/ Previously Trewin created Global Action Plan the UK’s leading environmental behaviour change charity. Trewin is […]

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  • Karla Reffold

    Experienced and passionate recruiter and business owner. Karla has experience running businesses in recruitment, staffing and ecommerce. Experience recruiting up to CXO level and across a variety of industries. Karla has 10 years experience as a recruiter and business leader. She is committed to growing and developing BeecherMadden as an award winning international recruitment company, […]

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  • Portrait of Matthew Reed

    Matthew Reed

    Matthew became Chief Executive of Marie Curie in 2019 having previously served as Chief Executive of The Children’s Society, Chief Executive of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust and a director at Christian Aid. Before that, Matthew was a parish priest where he had the privilege of caring for a number of people in the last chapter […]

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  • Dr Laura Rebollo-Neira

    I am a Lecturer in Mathematics and deliver the Analysis Stream in the BSc Mathematics Programme of Aston University. My research interests are in the are of Mathematics of Signal Processing. Before joining Aston University as a lecturer I held research positions at Imperial College, London, and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia Spain. I feel […]

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  • Paul Rawlinson

    Paul Rawlinson is currently a non Executive director of Classic Prop Co; a business which supplies props to film and streaming companies. Until March 2021, the Chairman of Barts Charity; an organisation which helps support Barts Trust and the School of Medicine and Dentistry in providing healthcare to 2.6 million people in the East end […]

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  • Professor Jeremy Ramsden

    After both industrial and academic posts in Switzerland and the UK, in recent years Jeremy has cofounded several high-technology start-up companies, engaged in air quality sensors and nanomaterials, among others. He remains Hon. Professor of Nanotechnology at the University of Buckingham. His most recent book is Climate Change from First Principles; he has also authored […]

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  • Alexandra Prigent-Labeis

    Alexandra Prigent-Labeis advises top executives, investment teams, entrepreneurs and public figures to improve their communication strategy, self-confidence and leadership. Her approach is unique in combining body intelligence and storytelling techniques to design high impact communication for individuals and organisations. Her flagship programmes include Posture & Leadership, Capital Raising & Roadshow and Executive Branding. Her work […]

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