Sciences, engineering & technology | Speakers for Schools

Topic: Sciences, engineering & technology

  • 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 Julia Angeles

    Julia Angeles

    Julia Angeles is a partner and investment manager at Baillie Gifford. She has almost 15 years’ experience finding and investing in exceptional growth companies that are shaping the world of tomorrow. Julia co-founded Baillie Gifford’s first thematic investment strategy, Health Innovation, and leads the firm’s first all-female fund management team. It was her passion for […]

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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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  • Sir John Armitt

    Sir John Armitt CBE FREng FICE FCGI Sir John Armitt is Chairman of the National Express Group, City & Guilds Group, and the National Infrastructure Commission. Sir John is also on the Board of the Berkeley Group and Expo 2020. In September 2013 Sir John published an independent review on long term infrastructure planning in […]

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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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