John Cleese
Often named the funniest man alive
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Sebastian Coe KBE, Baron Coe
Chairman of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games
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Gino D’Acampo
I'm a Celebrity: Gino D'Acampo crowned King of the Jungle
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Lynda Gratton
World class expert in human resource strategy
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Sir Ranulph Fiennes
The World's Greatest Living Explorer, Motivational Speaker and Author
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Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou
Chairman & Founder, EasyGroup - dubbed the “Serial Entrepreneur”
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Stephen Fry
High-profile presenter
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Adrian Chiles
Currently presents Working Lunch on BBC2 most weekdays and Match of the Day 2
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Dame Kelly Holmes
Double Olympic Gold Medallist
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Piers Morgan
Former editor of British tabloid newspapers the News of the World and the Daily Mirror & and controversial media figure
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Stephanie Flanders
Stephanie replaced Evan Davis as the BBC's Economics Editor in Spring 2008
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James Caan
James Caan is a hugely successful "serial entrepreneur" and a Dragon's Den investor. He is also a massively inspirational speaker for any level of business audience and has the necessary media profile and charisma to attract delegates to a conference.
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Digby, Lord Jones of Birmingham
Digby is a name synonymous with British business. He is acutely passionate about it having served as Director General at the CBI (2000 –2006) and Minister of UK Trade & Investment (July 2007 - October 2008)
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Duncan Bannatyne
Serial entrepreneur Duncan Bannatyne, or Dragon Duncan, as he is now known, was recently seen on BBC’s 2 Dragons Den, the latest reality show to hit our screens, but with a twis
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Deborah Meaden
Millionaire investor and “Dragon”
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Nick Robinson
The BBC’s political editor
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Ken Livingstone
Former Mayor of London
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James May
Hugely popular presenter of Top Gear
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Mary Portas
Mary is recognised throughout the trade as the “Queen of Shops”
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Kevin McCloud
Kevin is best known for Channel 4’s GRAND DESIGNS
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John Humphrys
Mention John Humphrys, and most people will give you one of two replies: the Today programme, and tough interviewing.
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Ben Ainslie OBE
Triple Olympic gold and silver medallist - Ben is Britain’s most successful Olympic sailor ever!
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Fiona Bruce
Fiona anchors the BBC’s flagship Ten O’Clock News and has co-hosted Crimewatch for the BBC
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Jim Lawless
Expert on change, team motivation and leadership communications
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Jimmy Carr
One of the most original and distinctive new stars on television
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Larry Hochman
Former Director of British Airways & Leading Authority on Change Management and Customer Relationship - gives impulses and directions
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René Carayol
René’s focus is on inspirational leadership and culture, bound together with a compelling philosophy founded on his own board level experience
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Adam Shaw
BBC2 Working Lunch presenter, is the winner of the Best Broadcast Journalist Award at this year’s (2007) top investment industry awards held by the AIC (The Association of Investment Companies).
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Stephen Sackur
Presenter of HARDtalk, the current affairs interview programme on BBC World and News 24
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Allan Leighton
Chairman of Royal Mail Group and a superb keynote speaker and is raising £1m for Breast Cancer Charities from his speeches
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Sir Gerry Robinson
One of the foremost business leaders in the UK
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George Clarke
George is an architect, writer and lecturer and one of the most successful property TV presenters on UK television
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Michelle Mone
Listed as one of the top 3 female entrepreneurs in the UK, Michelle has built a hugely successful career on an incredibly simple concept: giving today's women what they want
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Luke Johnson
Chairman C4, best selling business author & columnist
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Roger Flynn
Former Chief Executive of BBC Ventures Group
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Levi Roots
A chef, musician and entrepreneur
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Amin Rajan
CEO of CREATE–Research, a pan-European network
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Jeff Randall
Telegraph's Editor-at-Large and host of SKY News' Jeff Randall Live
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Noreena Hertz
Chair - Globalisation, Sustainability and Finance, Duisenberg School of Finance and Fellow, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
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Rt Hon David Blunkett MP
Former Home Secretary
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Wayne Hemingway MBE
Wayne believes in the supremacy of design, whether in clothes or in buildings. At the height of his fame as a fashion designer, he sold his iconic company, Red or Dead and turned his attention to social housing
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Jonathan Gabay
One of the UK's most dynamic independent advisors and practitioners on creativity, viral marketing, copywriting, direct response marketing and integrated business dynamics
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Josephine (Jo) Fairley
Co-founded the pioneering organic chocolate company Green & Black’s
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Jacqueline Gold
CEO of Ann Summers – 'The woman responsible for bringing sex to the high street and liberating thousands of women between the sheets' OK! Magazine
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George Alagiah
Presenter of the BBC Six O'Clock News
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Declan Curry
Business Presenter, BBC One & BBC News 24
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Jack Dee
One of the very best British stand-up comedians
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Julie Meyer
Online Dragon on Dragon's Den - Founder & Chief Executive, Ariadne Capital - Founder, Entrepreneur Country - Co-Founder, First Tuesday - Weekly columnist for City A.M.
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Rob Brydon
Best known for the ‘The Keith Barret Show’
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Robert Swan
The first person in the world who walked to the South and North Poles, adventurer and environmentalist
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Alastair Campbell
Former Director of Communications and Strategy Prime Minister’s Office
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James Cracknell
Olympic Champion, Broadcaster, Presenter, Motivational Speaker
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Peter Sissons
During 25 years at 1TN, and 20 at the BBC, he has presented almost every network news programme on terrestrial television
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Gareth Jones
Visiting Professor at the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, Visiting Professor at INSEAD and a Fellow of the Centre for Management Development at London Business School
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Frank Dick
Coach to coaches
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Miles Hilton-Barber
Miles has in the last six years set numerous world records while undertaking extreme endurance events in Siberia, and across the Sahara, Gobi, Qatar and Mojave Deserts .. all this being blind
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David Taylor
Arguably Britain's best speaker on Leadership
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Gerald Ratner
Entrepreneur & Businessman
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Tim Smit
CEO and co-founder, The Eden Project
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Michael Portillo
Portillo is a thoughtful, humorous and intelligent speaker who is able to transcend political boundaries and provide you with a truly memorable event
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Fru Hazlett
Former MD of GCap & Yahoo UK and Chief Executive of Virgin Radio
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Liam Halligan
Chief Economist at Prosperity Capital Management – one of the world's leading asset-management firms, with investments worth more than $5bn across Russia and the Former Soviet Union
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Allan King
Allan is well known as a presenter of award-winning television news, having been a main Sky News presenter for more than 14 years
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Jon Snow
The presenter of Britain's award-winning Channel 4 News
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Nicholas Owen
Nicholas chairs conferences and seminars and is a highly skilled conference facilitator and after dinner speaker. He has a wealth of experience hosting events and award ceremonies, both at home and abroad
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Jamie Robertson
Presenter of the World Business Report
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Sir Geoff Hurst
An iconic figure in global sport, Sir Geoff secured a unique place in the history of football when he became the first -- and still the only --- player to score a hat-trick in the World Cup Final
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Lawrence Leyton
Peak Performance Psychology
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Julie Starr
A highly respected coach and consultant with over 20 years experience in business and change management
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Kavita Oberoi
One of the UK's most successful female entrepreneurs
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Paul Lewis
Economic Expert from the BBC Radio 4's Moneybox
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Anatole Kaletsky
One of the country's leading commentators on economics, Kaletsky is Principal Economic Commentator and Editor-at-Large of The Times of London
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Dame Ellen MacArthur
The fastest, singlehanded, non-stop, multi-hull, global circumnavigator
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Graham Norton
The Chat Show master
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Jennie Bond
Broadcaster and journalist Jennie appears regularly on a wide range of television and radio programmes – from light entertainment to documentaries
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Joe Simpson
Touching the Void – BAFTA, Outstanding British Film of the Year 2004
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Sir Richard Needham
International & Commercial Director of Dyson, Chairman of Avon Rubber and Vice Chairman of NEC (Europe)
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Rowan Gibson
Global business strategist and bestselling author
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Sahar Hashemi
Sahar founded Coffee Republic, and built it into one of the UK’s most recognised high street brands
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Colin Jackson CBE
Without a doubt one of the greatest athletes that Great Britain has ever produced
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The Rt Hon Dr John Reid MP
Former Home Secretary
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Charles Dunstone
Widely respected and admired as one of the UK's most dynamic entrepreneurs
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Perry McCarthy aka The Stig
Perry McCarthy aka the original Stig from BBC Top Gear
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Kirsty Wark
One of Britain’s most highly regarded presenters
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Nigel Cole
Persuaded some of Britain's top actresses to strip naked.
Dealt with a major Hollywood star who was drunk by 10am.
Nearly killed Julia Roberts in the Borneo jungle.
Saved Robin Williams from a shark.
Had a fist fight with a major Hollywood producer on set in front of the crew.
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Penny de Valk
Chief Executive of Institute of Leadership and Management
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Raymond Snoddy
Presenter of the BBC's NewsWatch
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David Hughes
Emeritus Professor of Food Marketing At Imperial College, London
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Jim Dowdall
Highly sought after Stunt Performer with over 40 years experience in some of the finest movies ever made
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Martin Newman
One of the UK’s most experienced and respected e-commerce practitioners
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Alan Hansen
Alan is one of the most successful British footballers of all time, with a collection of major honours to his credit.
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Alistair McGowan
Impressionist, Stand-Up Comedian and Presenter
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Andrew Marr
Andrew Marr won the Richard Dimbleby Award at the 50th Annual BAFTA Television Awards in April 2004.
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Andrew Neil
Broadcaster and Media Commentator
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Angus Deayton
Comedian, Actor & Presenter
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Barbara Cassani
Current chairman of the board at Vueling Airlines, founder of budget airline Go Fly and was the first leader of London's bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics
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Barry Cryer
Comedian - Writer / Performer; After Dinner Speaker
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Chris Moon
One of the most inspirational speakers in the UK
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Sir David Frost
"A one man conglomerate"
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Evelyn Glennie OBE
World renowned solo percussionist
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Greg Dyke
The former BBC director general
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Heather Mills
Model, Activist and Goodwill Ambassador
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Jeremy Vine
He presents The Jeremy Vine Show at lunchtimes on Radio 2 and presents Panorama on BBC1.
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Karren Brady
Karren was voted Business Woman of the Year 2007
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Kate Sanderson
BBC presenter
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Kirsty Young
Channel 5 News Reader
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Lenny Henry
Lenny Henry’s career spans almost thirty years and counting.
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Lorraine Kelly
Well-respected TV presenter
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Mary Nightingale
One of ITN’s prestigious news casters
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Sir Matthew Pinsent
Winner of win 4 consecutive Olympic Gold medals
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Patrick Kielty
Brilliant, young Irish Presenter
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Penny Smith
GMTV's newsreader
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Rageh Omaar
Rageh Omaar rose to prominence as the BBC’s man in Baghdad
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Robert Winston
Internationally Acclaimed Authority on Genetic Research
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Robin Sieger
Robin is one of Europe’s top motivational speakers
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Roger Black
Gold Medallist Athlete
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Roger Bootle
Formerly Group Chief Economist at HSBC, Economic Adviser to Deloitte, Managing Director of Capital Economics, a Specialist Adviser to the House of Commons Treasury Committee and a Visiting Professor at Manchester Business School
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Sally Gunnell
Inspiring world beating performance time after time
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Sanjeev Bhaskar
One of the most original and distinctive new stars on television
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Simon Woodroffe
Founder and Creative Driving Force Behind YO! Sushi
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Dame Stella Rimington DCB
The first woman to head an intelligence agency in the world.
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Baroness Susan Greenfield
Professor Greenfield is a pioneering scientist, an entrepreneur, a communicator of science and policy adviser
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Terry Wogan
Fantastic host and brilliant after dinner speaker
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The Two Johns (John Bird & John Fortune)
Their sketches are spoofing city fatcats, Whitehall mandarins and New Labour spin doctors
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Colonel Tim Collins, OBE
Colonel Tim Collins is best known for his rousing speech to British soldiers hours before they entered into battle in Iraq.
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Tony Robinson
Actor and Writer - best known for his portrayal as the loyal but dim manservant Baldrick
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Sir Trevor McDonald
Television presenter, notable for having been the first black news anchor in the UK
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Michael Buerk
BBC News & Current Affairs, Author, Radio 4
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Shaun Smith
How to create a compelling customer experience
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Martin Glenn
President of PepsiCo UK and Change & Marketing Expert
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Adrian Webster
Sales Motivation from the author of Polar Bear Pirates
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James Cracknell & Ben Fogle
Two men in a boat
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Kriss Akabusi MBE MA
One of Britain’s most recognised and respected motivational speakers to Blue Chip and FTSE 100 companies
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David Smith
Economics Editor of The Sunday Times and moderator at the World Economic Forum 2006
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Rita Clifton
International branding expert and business leader
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Tiff Needell
Motoring Programme Presenter
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Richard Olivier
Actor, Director and Leadership Specialist
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Rohit Talwar
Global Futurist
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James Bellini
Expert in: long-term trends for the world economy, technology and social issues and the future outlook for business
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John Nichol
The tortured Gulf War British prisoner of war
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Doug Richard
Successful entrepreneur & former ‘Dragon’
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Frances Cairncross
Governor of Britain’s National Institute of Economic and Social Research
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James Woudhuysen
Professor of Forecasting and Innovation at De Montfort University, Leicester
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Janet Street-Porter
Journalist, presenter, producer and currently works as editor-at-large of the Independent newspapers
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Will Hutton
Chief Executive, The Work Foundation and Leading Commentator on Socio-Economic Issues
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Fearne Cotton
Fearne is currently one of television‘s hottest female properties
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Kate Thornton
Kate is the talented and versatile presenter of THE X FACTOR
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The Honourable Carol Thatcher
British journalist and the daughter of Lady Thatcher, the former British Prime Minister
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David Blunkett
Former Home Secretary
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Alan Duncan MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Trade,Industry & Energy
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David Lloyd
Entrepreneur and former tennis professional
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Max Clifford
PR guru, one of the UK's best known publicist and a consummate media manipulator
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Sarah Beeny
Presenter of Channel 4’s prime time show Property Ladder
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Richard Reed
Richard is the co-founder of Innocent drinks, the UK’s fastest growing food and drinks company and the no.1 smoothie brand in the UK
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Pete Cohen
TV Expert, Presenter, Psychologist and Motivational Speaker
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Justin Hughes
Justin served as an Army Officer before gaining a degree in physics. He then joined the RAF & Red Arrows and was awarded the Wilkinson Sword for Outstanding Leadership during officer training
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Richard West
Living with Formula 1
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Denise van Outen
Actress and Presenter
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Liza Tarbuck
Presenter and Awards Host
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Hamish Taylor
“If you want a breakthrough, look outside your current environment!”
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Paul Tizzard
Paul believes that you can do anything that you set your mind to
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David Bryon
Former Managing Director of bmibaby
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Hamish McRae
A noted global Economist, Author and Futurist
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Ian Wilmut
The Cloning Pioneer & “Creator of Dolly”
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Tony Hawks
Tony is a TV and radio comedian and bestselling author. He's a regular guest on radio programmes including The News Quiz, Just a Minute and recently presented his own series on Radio 4, 'Tony Hawks’ Lost Weekends.'
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