Sciences, engineering & technology | Speakers for Schools

Topic: Sciences, engineering & technology

  • Sir Moir Lockhead

    Sir Moir Lockhead was born in a mining village in County Durham and first came to Scotland in 1979 to be Glasgow City Transport’s Chief Engineer, where he oversaw the final stages of the underground’s refurbishment. He joined Grampian Regional Transport as its General Manager in 1985 and led a management and employee buyout in […]

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  • Anne Lingford-Hughes

    Professor Anne Lingford-Hughes has been Professor of Addiction Biology at Imperial College London since 2009. She is also a Consultant Psychiatrist at Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust and has a particular interest in treatment of alcohol problems and comorbidity with appropriate medication. She graduated in medicine from Oxford University, completed her PhD at […]

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  • Katy Liddell

    Katy Liddell was appointed as MD of Commercial Development of TelefĂłnica Digital UK in February 2014. Responsible for growing Digital Revenues in both Consumer and Business P&L’s. Identifying the emerging digital products and services and accelerating commercialisation of these through our UK business.   Prior to this Katy was Business Manager for Sales and Service, […]

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  • Dr Patrick Lewis

    I have been working on neurodegenerative diseases for over ten years, first at the Mayo Clinic in Florida where I worked on the molecular basis of Alzheimer’s disease. I then carried out graduate studies at the Medical Research Council Prion Unit at the UCL Institute of Neurology where I completed a PhD on the molecular […]

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  • Tom Levitt

    Member of Parliament (High Peak, Labour, 1997-2010) When an MP: aide to Hilary Benn as International Development Secretary, member of DWP, Standards and Privileges select committees. (Left the Labour Party 2018 over Brexit and Corbyn). Former secondary school teacher (secondary, biology/science). Since 2010 – writer and consultant (as Sector 4 Focus) on responsible and sustainable […]

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  • Sir Martyn Lewis

    During 32 years as a television journalist Martyn Lewis anchored every mainstream national news programme on the UK’s two main terrestrial TV channels,including ITV’s News At Ten and the BBC’s Nine O’Clock News, before taking up a business career. He recently returned to broadcasting to present a weekly interview programme called “Agenda” on “The Wireless”, […]

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  • Eddy Leviten

    Eddy has over 25 years of experience in intellectual property, content protection, political lobbying, and the creative industries. His current role is Chief Operating Officer of FACT, responsible for business operations (investigations, due diligence, content protection, and digital forensics) for clients globally, including broadcasters, sports rights owners, major law firms, and financial services businesses. His […]

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  • Michael LeGoff

    Michael LeGoff is known as the catalyst for tech companies wishing to create value for stakeholders and supporting their transition from technology development to commercialisation. Michael has worked in technology businesses for nearly 30 years. He founded two tech companies, Dynex Power Inc. which he listed in 1998 and then Plessey Semiconductors Ltd which he […]

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  • Amanda Le Roux

    Amanda Le Roux joined Aveda in 2000 as the General Manager for Aveda UK and Europe to develop the business with a focus on the UK. In 2005, she was promoted to VP Europe to focus on opening up new markets, launching in Spain, Turkey, France and Scandinavia. In 2013 she was promoted to VP International […]

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  • Dr Jonathan Leach

    Jonathan is an experienced and senior general practitioner. Originally a Sheffield University medical school graduate, he initially elected to join the Army and worked around the world for 25 years, 17 years of which were overseas including operational tours in Northern Ireland, Former Yugoslavia and Iraq. Roles in the military included as a clinical GP, […]

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