Sports, leisure, & health | Speakers for Schools

Topic: Sports, leisure, & health

  • Edward Vince

    Ed Vince is a London-based Creative Director currently leading the International Team at Airbnb, where he oversees all of the advertising outside of the US. Ed spent five years in California working for both Apple and Facebook before returning to the UK. Prior to this he led his own design studio, working on publishing projects […]

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  • Louisa Vincent

    Louisa is a non-executive director of the Ecofin US Renewables Infrastructure Investment Trust and Chair of Fight For Sight. She has had a 30-year career in financial services, working globally in institutional, wholesale and retail investment management, most recently as a managing director with Lazard Asset Management Limited where she was Head of Institutions. Prior […]

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  • John Vary

    A thought leader in the field of retail disruption and human centred innovation, John is Futurologist at the John Lewis Partnership. He is responsible for the Partnership’s innovation team where he oversees the gathering of intelligence about the future; the composing of stories about possible alternative futures; the invention and production of new products and […]

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  • Paul Vaughan

    Paul works with NHS England/NHS Improvement as the Head of Perceptions and General Practice Nursing (previously Director of Nursing – Transformation at NHS England) where the focus of his role is on general practice nursing and the delivery of the GPN Ten Point Plan. Paul also leads Nursing Now England, a programme of work to […]

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  • Prof. Ashok Venkitaraman

    Ashok Venkitaraman is the Ursula Zoellner Professor of Cancer Research at the University of Cambridge, and directs the Medical Research Council Cancer Unit there. His work has advanced our understanding of how cancer is prevented by genes that maintain the integrity of the information stored in the human genome. He discovered that inherited faults (“mutations”) […]

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  • Portrait of Ewan Venters

    Ewan Venters

    As CEO of Fortnum & Mason, Ewan led the famous Piccadilly destination to a succession of major achievements during his time in post. Under Ewan’s leadership, Fortnum’s has recorded record sales and profits, and have also expanded beyond their historic London home into new locations including prestigious stores in Dubai, Heathrow Airport and St Pancras […]

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  • Adam Vandermark

    Adam is an award-winning TV series producer, achieving 11 industry awards (including 4 consecutive National Television Awards) and BAFTA shortlisted for digital creativity. He is also a previous participant on the Royal Television Society awards judging panels and a member of the Edinburgh Television Festival Advisory Committee. Having worked with Channel 4, ITV and the […]

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  • Professor Jonathan Valabhji OBE

    Professor Jonathan Valabhji is National Clinical Director for Diabetes and Obesity at NHS England and NHS Improvement. He is clinical lead for the NHS England Diabetes Programme, including the Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme, a collaboration between NHS England, Public Health England and Diabetes UK that has seen England become the first country to […]

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  • Ian Twinley MBE DL

    Ian Twinley joined Ford Motor Company in 1979 as an Engineering Trainee. He finished his apprenticeship in 1983 and then held a number of appointments in Ford of Britain, Ford of Europe and Ford U.S.A during a 22year period. Leadership roles included Marketing for Europe, Fleet & Leasing across Europe, Financial Management & Accounting, Strategic […]

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  • Anna Turney

    Ambitious, energetic, dedicated! Double Paralympian, Anna Turney competed on the same slopes as Olympic ski racers, without the use of her legs. Until 2006, Anna aspired to snowboard race for GB but became paralysed in a snowboarding accident. She didn’t let this stop her. Four years after becoming paralysed on snow, Anna finished 6th in […]

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