Business and Keynote Speakers

Broadcaster, Columnist, Co-Founder and Creative Director of Glassette; her most recent Channel 4 series ‘The Great Big Tiny Design Challenge’ has been recommissioned for a second series. Could see her chiming with your audience with regards to creativity and curation of content.

Laura Jackson

Former child soldier from South Sudan, turned international recording artist, activist and philanthropist. He is owner of Gatwitch Records, Jal Gua Foods and founder of Gua Africa charity. Jal’s vision is to share his experiences for social emotional learning through the Arts Business and Philanthropy, in order to create a higher state of conscious global awakening.

Emmanuel Jal

From bass player in Blur in the 1990s to farmer, cheese-maker and newspaper columnist, Alex has packed a great deal into his life. He left the hedonistic lifestyle of a rock star behind, to move to the country and although Blur are back together Alex's heart remains in cheese.

Alex James

Poppy Jamie is an entrepreneur, TEDx speaker and entertainment presenter. At 25 Poppy founded her first start-up, an accessories brand “Pop and Suki” with best friend and model/actress Suki Waterhouse. At 26 Poppy founded Happy Not Perfect (HNP) a mental well-being start-up application and corresponding product line which is being launched in 2018.

Poppy Jamie

Executive Editor of The Scotsman writing regularly on finance and economics as well as covering politics and current affairs. A regular contributor to Scotland on Sunday and Spectator Business and a regular on BBC Scotland radio and television.

Bill Jamieson

Nick is an internationally-recognized thought leader on how leadership, innovation, and sustainability can transform the future of business in an increasingly complex, digital, and disrupted world.

Nick Jankel

Founding CEO of the Invictus Games who is an experienced strategy and management consultant. Business and leadership speaker with emerging markets expertise.

Ed Janvrin

Former Merrill Lynch stockbroker Mark Jeffries has become a trusted adviser and communications consultant to some of the world's largest and most successful corporations, agencies and partnerships.

Mark Jeffries

Simon Jenkins is a journalist and author. He writes a column twice weekly for the Guardian and weekly for the Evening Standard, as well as broadcasting for the BBC.

Simon Jenkins

Named one of the most creative entrepreneurs for 2020, Shivvy Jervis is an award-winning Trends Forecaster, Broadcaster and the Founder of forecasting lab FutureScape 248.

Shivvy Jervis

From postman to MP to Home Secretary but Alan's early political career began with his Trade union involvement. His achievements within the labour government included Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; Secretary of State for Trade & Industry; Secretary of State for Education and Skills; Secretary of State for Health and Home Secretary.

Alan Johnson

FT Columnist and serial entrepreneur. Luke took over the then small, struggling PizzaExpress which only had 12 owned restaurants and grew it to over 250.

Luke Johnson

Paul has been the Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, the UK's leading economic research institute since 2011; previously he had spells at spells at HM Treasury, the Department for Education and the FSA. A frequent contributor to broadcast media has published extensively on the economics of public policy.

Paul Johnson

Was UK Minister of State for Trade & Investment until August 2008. Prior to this he was Director General of the CBI and appeared in the latest incarnation of the BBC’s Troubleshooter programme, following in the footsteps of Sir John Harvey Jones. A board member at Jaguar Land Rover, HSBC and Triumph Motorcycles, he is an enthusiastic champion of British business and has led trade delegations to the Far East.

Digby Jones

Sanderson Jones is far from your average comedian. He knows how to start a business from scratch and all that goes into it and is the Co-Founder of a non-religious church The Sunday Assembly; of which there are now 28 assemblies worldwide.

Sanderson Jones