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Jennie Bond
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Royalty
After Dinner Speaker
Chairing and hosting events
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Jennie
Bond has been the BBC’s Royal Correspondent for twelve
years. She has also been a regular news presenter on BBC
television. Her book ‘Reporting Royalty’ details her exploits
as Royal Correspondent, focusing on the extraordinary
and often hilarious experiences of life on the road.
She began her career in journalism after graduating from
Warwick University in 1972. She worked on local papers
as a reporter for five years before joining BBC Radio
News where she gained a thorough grounding in radio news,
editing the main bulletins. She began her career
as a presenter, anchoring, among other programmes, the
top current affairs show in the UK, Today on Radio 4.
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Bunny Campione
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Antiques
Women in Business
Chairing and hosting events
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Well-known expert on BBC's
ever popular 'Antiques Roadshow'. She joined the
programme's team of experts in 1985, following a very
successful career with Sotheby's. It was at Sotheby's
that she was invited to create a department entirely devoted
to dolls and automata. Bunny's passion for animals
prompted her to stage the first ever auction of Teddy
Bears in 1982, almost every year since then she has seen
a new world record price for a Teddy Bear. As well
as speaking on a variety of topics relating to antiques,
including a behind-the-scenes look at her experiences
on and off the Antiques Roadshow, she regularly contributes
to magazines. |
Philippa Davies
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The Secrets of Selling Yourself
Confidence Building
Motivational
Personal Management Skills
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Work
psychologist and author. Philippa advises City professionals
board directors and politicians on their influencing and
communication skills. She has written six books,
most recently 'Get Up and Grow - How to Motivate Yourself
and Everyone else Too'. Her client list includes
two Prime Ministers. She was an Advisor to 1997
and 2001 Labour Party election campaigns. She has
written and presented a BBC 1 series on confidence-building
'Tomorrow the World' and written and presented a series
for Radio 5. www.getupandgrow.co.uk |
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Chairing and Hosting
After Dinner
Sport
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Broadcaster, writer, TV
and radio presenter, multilingual interpreter and speaker.
Her highly skilled background (educated at the Ursuline
Convent in Chester (an experience from which neither party
ever truly recovered) and New Hall Cambridge she graduated
with an Honours Degree in Modern Languages and humorous
tendencies in French, Italian, Spanish and English) and
professional attention to detail make her a natural choice
for blue-chip companies seeking an excellent MC and moderator
for their conferences or seminars. her sense of
humour and knowledge of sport, broadcasting, journalism,
radio and television means she is invited to add her own
individual style and humour to events as an after dinner
speaker. |
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Direct Marketing
Women in Business
Funny After Dinner Speaker
Chairing and hosting events
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Hugely
successful Yorkshire businesswoman and entrepreneur.
She is a highly respected marketer, high profile public
sector player and regularly appears in the media!
From launching her own direct marketing agency in 1982
it became the second largest independent direct marketing
agency in the UK. She is the author of DIY Direct
Marketing and has been honoured by her industry with UK
Direct Marketer of the Year. She is an excellent
presenter with a wealth of hands on experience.
She has spoken all over the world. She is great
fun and her after dinner presentations are particularly
riveting with stories of how to get it wrong in buckets
- backed with real-life examples. |
Elizabeth Filkin
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Teamwork
Corporate Integrity
Women in a Man's World
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Elizabeth
Filkin was a Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards
for three years until February 2002. In this high
profile role, her name was frequently in the national
press as her work involved endeavouring to uphold parliamentary
standards and the results of her investigations were
published. With a career in both the private and
public sectors, she maintains an active interest in
many areas of business and public life. She is
invited to speak on a wide range of topics. Ms
Filkin enjoys not only speaking, but also taking part
in question and answer sessions and debates, where her
sense of humour and keenness to accept a challenge are
both valuable and appreciated. Her speeches include
subjects such as standards in the House of commons,
governance in business and public sector organisations,
complaints systems, and dealing with corruption, in
addition to motivating staff, working as a team, investigation
and being publicly accountable.
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Sara Edwards
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Inspiration
Leadership
New Management Thinking
Teamwork
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Sara
Edwards is a speaker with vast experience in the hotel,
recruitment and human resources fields. She is currently
Director of Human Resources for The Savoy Group a position
she took up this year after being Human Resources Director
at Claridge's, the world famous, 5 Star Hotel in London's
Brook Street. In the last year she has been responsible
for winning the following awards, The Employer of the
Year - National Business Awards, Hotel of the Year -
London Tourist Board and HR Manager of the Year, Excellence
in Human Resources - Hotel & Catering Personnel
& Training Association, each one an amazing achievement,
but, when you consider the fact that at the same time
she was heavily involved with the opening of 'Gordon
Ramsay at Claridges', her achievements could be described
as phenomenal. |
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Business Intuition
Mind Development
After Dinner Speaker
Personal Management Skills
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accomplished international conference and after dinner
speaker. Mo covers topics on intuition and her own
journey to mind development. Working world-wide
as a business intuitive and life strategist Mo has hands-on
experience as a manager, company director and consultant.
She has advised industries as diverse as banking, entertainment,
travel and tourism, Oil and gas exploration and engineering.
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Women in a Man's World
After Dinner Speaker
Motivational
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Best
known in her role of "pits reporter" for ITV’s Grand Prix
programmes, Louise Goodman is an experienced journalist
and presenter who has spent most of her working life in
the fast lane. She has worked extensively in the
motoring and motorsports media. Louise spent her early
years in the business managing press relations for a range
of clients. In 1992 she became the Jordan Team Press
Officer where broadcasting formed an ever-expanding part
of her work. In 1997 she was invited to join Murray
Walker, Jim Rosenthal and Martin Brundle presenting ITV's
new Fl Show. |
Christine
Hamilton
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After Dinner
Inspirational
Politics & Current Affairs
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One
of the country's most charismatic "battleaxes",
Christine is in demand to speak at luncheons, dinners,
and gatherings of all kinds. As a solo speaker, she
has filled both Oxford and Cambridge Unions. Equally
at home with male, female or mixed audiences, she enlivens
many a conference dinner with her charm and humour.
She is a practised, entertaining and witty speaker,
whether talking about feisty women, or lifting the veil
on the discreet (!?) World of Westminster. |
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Environment
Health
Agriculture
After Dinner
Hosting and Chairing Events
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Well-known TV presenter from 'Tomorrow's
World' the popular BBC1 science series. Twice winner
of prestigious Glaxo Award for science journalism in newspapers.
Now fronts BBC1 'Watchdog Healthcheck' a peak time consumer
health programme. She is a populist with a serious
mind. Two decades of live TV and filming around
the world have produced some memorable stories for after
dinner speeches. Recently appointed by the Government
to sit on the Agriculture & Environment Biotechnology
Commission. |
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Inspirational
Motivational
Women in a Man's World
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Anyone
who followed the television series will be intrigued to
meet Alex and hear the real story first hand. She
tells her story with passion, excitement and humour.
What these women endured and what they learnt about themselves
and each other is fascinating and an insight into how
ordinary people can achieve extraordinary things.
She is a dynamic woman who has been an RSC actress, appeared
on Broadway, Mother, and helps run the family farm and
wine producing company 'Bodenham Wines'. www.bodenham-english-wines.co.uk |
Debbie Jenkins
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Marketing
Motivation
Innovation
E Business & IT
Change Management
New Management Thinking
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Don't
be fooled by her sweet smile and small size... Debbie
Jenkins means business! Often described as explosive,
challenging and even dangerous, Debbie is on a mission
to explode outdated marketing myths forever. Her unconventional
mixture of jokes, stories and LIVE HUMAN EXPERIMENTS will
have audiences laughing out loud at her, each other, and
themselves. She is a business woman on a mission, who
believes that UK businesses are being ripped off by the
hype of technology, marketing fads, management buzz-words
and governments aiming to emulate their Transatlantic
big brothers. While manufacturing fights (and in many
cases is succeeding) to become world-class in its processes
a massive gap in the performance of the UK's people, marketing
and professional support has now been spectacularly revealed.
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Val Loveday
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Women in Business
Sales & Marketing
Work Life Balance
Personal Management Skills
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Val
Loveday is an attractive articulate speaker and facilitator.
She is a qualified teacher, author, sales consultant,
trainer and international professional speaker.
She now runs her own company Love-to-Learn where she
specialises in designing and giving sales courses that
are tailored to individual company’s requirements. As
well as presenting sales courses Val also talks about
improving performance. She presents on succeeding
in life through positive attitude and effective self-management.
As a successful business woman her presentations are
particularly suited to other women in business a subject
she is passionate about.
Val’s background is with the financial services industry.
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Lucy Meacock
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Hosting and Chairing Events
After Dinner
Women in Business
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Main Anchor Woman on Granada TV. |
Marie Mosely
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Teamwork
Change Management
Corporate Communications
Leadership
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Marie
is a Business Psychologist, International Speaker and
Broadcaster. She has an ability to translate complex psychological
issues into plain English and to provide positive and
powerful techniques to enhance personal and organisational
performance. She is a member of the Media Panel of the
British Psychological Society, a former Director of the
Professional Speakers Association and her Clients include
some of the most successful organisations in the world.
Marie speaks and runs workshops on: Co-operation - turning
time into money, The pace of change - Adaptability, Making
Mergers, Acquisitions and Partnerships successful, Managing
effectively in a Stressful Environment and Corporate Group
and Team Focus Workshops. www.MarieMosely.com
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Kristina Murran
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Innovation & Creativity
Marketing
Women in Business
Work/Life Balance
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Kristina
was born in Australia and lived in 5 countries before
her family finally settled in the UK when she was 16.
She attended St John's College, Cambridge, where she trained
as a psychologist. After earning her MA she entered the
world of Marketing, joining Procter & Gamble here
in the UK. She spent the next five years working across
Europe handling brands such as Camay, Old Spice and Oil
of Olay. From there she moved into P & G's mergers
& acquisitions department before being made innovations
manager for Europe. She is now joint Managing Director
of ?What If! - Europe's most successful innovation
agency. She regularly speaks to business audiences all
over the world on all aspects of personal and organisational
creativity and innovation. In addition she is currently
acting as a specialist innovation consultant to many departments
of the British Government and is an Associate of the Prime
Ministers Delivery Unit. In conjunction with the other ?What If! partners, Kristina is author of the best selling
book Sticky Wisdom.
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Horticulture
Cottage Gardening
After Dinner Speaker
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Well-known voice on BBC 4's
'Gardener's Question Time' and presenter of TV programmes
'Garden Party', 'How Does Your Garden Grow' and 'Grass
Roots'. Lively communicator with a great sense of
humour who makes good use of her large fund of anecdotes
and research gleaned from many years working in horticulture
and the gardening media. |
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Leadership
Teamwork
Motivational
Women in Business
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Former
Chief Executive of London Borough of Lambeth, she led
Lambeth from being the worst London Borough to one of
the best. Born in Jamaica Heather was educated in
England and called to the Bar in 1981. Her insight
and knowledge re sought on a variety of topics and she
can very often been seen commenting in the media.
She is currently Chief Executive of Impower.
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Women in a Men's World
After Dinner Speaker
Leadership
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Dame
Stella Rimington was formerly Director General of the
Security Service (M15). She was appointed a non-executive
director of Marks & Spencer plc with effect from January
1st 1997. Dame Stella's interests include political
and current affairs, Northern Ireland and India, media
standards and issues concerned with women in professional
careers. Her autobiography ‘Open Secret’ was published
in September 2001. |
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Personal Management Skills
Change
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Leading Emotional Fitness
Coach, Author, Journalist, and Public Speaker.
Mo has a proven and outstanding track record as a personal
development coach, psychological counsellor, management
trainer and public speaker. Her dynamic and effervescent
personality often leads her to speaking engagements
where she enthrals her audience with her stories, singing
and drama style. She has appeared on various programmes
including Granada Breeze, ‘Vanessa’, Friday Night Live,
Time and Place, and Kilroy. As an author, Mo has
written four management development books for The Institute
of Management. She has recently published ‘Shift
Your Thinking, Change Your Life’ for Sheldon Press which
can help you get your brain in gear and train your mind
for happiness, prosperity and success.
www.inform-global.com
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Pamela Shimell
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Risk Management
Crisis Management
Strategy
Women in a Man's World
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Pamela
Shimell is an accomplished manager, author and speaker.
She addresses serious business audiences with her presentations
on Risk Management, Crisis Management, and all aspects
of planning and business risk, gleaned from her many
years at Arthur Andersen, as a senior manager in Business
Risk Consulting & Assurance. She also plans and
speaks at conferences and workshops on environmental,
toxicology and public perception issues, or she can
speak on the insider knowledge and gossip she acquired
whilst consulting and interviewing for her book, 'The
Universe Of Risk'. |
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Motivational
Teamwork
Personal Management Skills
After Dinner Speaker
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First
British woman to climb Everest in 1993. She then went
on to become the first British woman to climb the highest
mountain in each of the world’s seven continents.
She inspires her audience and makes individuals see
that they may underestimate their own potential. On
every climbing expedition Rebecca demon-strates endurance,
courage and the determination to succeed. Time and again
she has driven herself to new limits to reach her goals.
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Trish Tucker
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Inspiration
Motivation
Service Excellence
Women in Business
Sales & Marketing
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As
well as being highly successful in several industries
and countries Patricia has specialist and in-depth knowledge
of managing customer relationships. Patricia is marketing
manager with Zurich Financial services. Working in a
global centre of excellence and implementing best practice
strategies for the Zurich Group.
With over 17 years experience in service and customer
orientated industries, the primary focus throughout her
career has been building relationships with external organisations,
key partners and clients. Patricia has had extensive experience
in marketing services for industries including real estate,
hospitality, tourism, and financial services. Her expertise
and knowledge continue to develop both here in the UK
and around the Globe. Patricia also runs her own successful
business called Passion 4 Juice - a mobile juice bar offering
a range of organic and original combinations of fresh
pressed juice. Patricia is passionate about juicing, has
created her own passion plan and is living it.
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The Future of Work.
Globalisation.
Careers.
Work/Life Balance |
Writer
and speaker on the future of work and globalisation.
Successful leadership and competitive advantage both depend
on making sound judgements about the future. Helen’s presentations
have provided business leaders with new perspectives on
globalisation, technological advance, innovation and competitiveness
that compel immediate action in their organisations.
For Helen's website click here
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Motivational
Leadership
Teamwork
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Do
you want to get things moving in your company, to build
a team that works efficiently and effectively, to motivate
your people to achieve greater things? Well this woman
can help you do it. Heather is a behavioural analyst
and teamwork specialist. She is a favourite in all
sectors including the world of sport and inspired
Bolton Wanderers to achieve Premiership status for the
first time in 50 years). Known for her ability to
pack more words and laughs in per minute than Victoria
Wood, Heather will inspire you to give your lives and
businesses a kick start. |
