Sports, leisure, & health | Speakers for Schools

Topic: Sports, leisure, & health

  • Adam Strudwick

    I’ve spent the last 15 years working in the global design industry creating spaces and places that engage individuals and support business. I’ve been lucky enough to work with future thinking organisations like Google and Microsoft to help them develop solutions that support how they want their staff to work now and to understand what […]

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  • Stanley Jackson

    Stanley Jackson is a successful business man who describes himself as a compulsive entrepreneur – his current business is the third that he has started so far in a career spanning more than 50 years …. Stanley is Chairman of Performing Artistes which he set up 24 years ago and which has grown from modest […]

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  • Daniel Adams

    Daniel, from Dundee, began his career as a journalist with publisher DC Thomson & Co. Ltd., writing for a range of magazines, newspapers, comics and books. During his eight years working in journalism (both with DC Thomson and as a freelancer), Daniel had the opportunity to interview and write about a number of high-profile public […]

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  • Marcia Zander

    Marcia Zander is a Silicon Valley technology senior executive and board member. Her focus is on creating value for companies through growth and scale, with a particular emphasis on Sales and Marketing for margin improvement. She was a core member of the team that created the semiconductor company NetLogic in 1999, taking it from zero […]

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  • Dr Shefaly Yogendra

    Shefaly Yogendra is a specialist in governance, risk and decision-making, a Board Director and a charity Trustee based in London. As a former founder and COO of a fine jewellery venture, she has valuable insights across the full value chain of a luxury brand. She has over two decades of commercial experience in corporate venturing, […]

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  • Matt Wrigley

    Matt’s participation has been made possible through Speakers for Schools partnership with the UK Automotive 30% Club and his school talks will include a focus on inspiring girls to consider opportunities in the automotive sector and encouraging all students to aim high.

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  • Derek Wyatt

    Former MP 1997-2010 & rugby international also played for the Barbarians; working on a BRAIN charity to focus on trauma; founder Oxford Internet Institute 2000; trying to find funding for a digital world foundation; winner 4 national ICT awards; author 7 books inc one on film; enjoy working with start ups and have started a […]

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  • James Worrall

    Liverpool born James is the Founder and CEO of Leaders in Sport, a London based, internationally focussed conference, training and intelligence service for industry leaders in sport. Leaders stands at the centre of a global network of senior executives running some of the most high profile organisations in sport globally from The NFL to NBA, […]

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  • Roger Wright CBE

    Roger Wright CBE has been Chief Executive of Snape Maltings since 2014. Prior to this he was Controller of BBC Radio 3 and Director of BBC Proms for 17 and 7 years respectively. Roger is recognised as one of the UK’s most experienced cultural leaders both nationally and internationally. Educated at Chetham’s School of Music […]

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  • Professor Miranda Wolpert MBE

    Miranda is Head of the Mental Health Priority Area at Wellcome Trust and Professor of Evidence Based Practice at UCL. Miranda has extensive experience as a clinician, policy advisor and academic in the field of child mental health. At Wellcome Miranda leads a £200million portfolio to transform outcomes for children and young people with anxiety […]

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