Speaker Directory

WELCOME TO OUR SPEAKER DIRECTORY

Our speakers are leaders at the top of their industry, influencing and shaping their sector or society.

We connect speakers and their prestigious networks to state school students across the UK, through ‘Inspiration’ (school talks) and our ‘Experience‘ programme (Insight Days, Work Experience).

Our network is 1,700 strong and growing. See who’s already taking part below.

To find out how we work and what talks are about, see our School Talks page.
If you are looking for information for your talk, please see our Speaker Guides here.
To take part, find out more about the commitment on our FAQ page.

Guy Phillipson

Chairman of Internet advertising regulator, JICWEBS.org

David Pichilingi

CEO, Sound City & Modern Sky

David Pickard

Director, BBC Proms & Former General Director, Glyndebourne Productions Ltd

Daryl Pile

Managing Director - Channel Sales, Gamma Group

Sarah Pinch

MD, Pinch Point Communications & Independent Advisor to the Welsh Assembly Commission

Johnny Pitt

Founder, Creative Lead at Launch

David Pitt-Watson

Investment Manager & Government Advisor

Justin Placide

Head of Net Zero Governance, Briefing & Fiscal Events, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

Rudi Plaut CBE CEng FIMechE

Chairman, Insect Detection Limited

Victoria Pomery

CEO, The Box

Rajiv Popat

Reporter & Journalist, ITV Central

Richard Porter

Director of Internal Communications and Business Information Services, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Jonathan Portes

Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London

Vice Admiral Duncan Potts

Former Director General Joint Force Development & Defence Academy

Martin Prendergast

Senior Leader in creative industries, including National Theatre and RADA

Bridget Prentice

Former Government Minister and Electoral Commissioner

Charles Prideaux

Group Head of Strategy and Solutions, Schroders

John Prideaux

Director of Podcasts and US Editor, The Economist

Ian Priest

Group CEO, Grace Blue & Former President, IPA

Ryan Prince

Hotel & Property Investor, Realstar Group

Joanna Prior

CEO, Pan Macmillan

Matt Prodger

Vice President, Cyber & Intelligence Solutions, Mastercard

Jonathan Prynn

Award Winning Journalist & Business Editor at the Evening Standard

Gideon Rachman

Chief Foreign Affairs Columnist, Financial Times

Rufus Radcliffe

Managing Director - Streaming, Interactive & Data | On Demand

Sunil Ramakrishnan

Vice President, CGI UK & Former Chief Revenue Officer, QiO Technologies & Former Head of AI & Blockchain & Industry 4.0, IBM

Sir David Ramsden

Deputy Governor, Markets and Banking at The Bank of England

Professor Jeremy Ramsden

Technical Director, Henge Precision Materials Ltd

Charlotte Ransom

CEO, Netwealth Investments & Vice President, Save the Children

Sandy Rattray

Former CIO, Man Group & Former CEO, AHL Partners LLP

Menna Rawlings CMG

Her Majesty’s Ambassador to France & Former Director-General, Economic & Global Issues, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Paul Rawlinson

Non executive Director, Classic Prop Co

Alice Rawsthorn

Design Critic and Author, New York Times

Dr Laura Rebollo-Neira

Lecturer in Mathematics, Aston University

Neil Record

Chairman, Record Currency Management Ltd

Matthew Reed

Chief Operating Officer, Business Growth Fund plc

Matthew Reed

Chief Executive, Marie Curie

Jonathan Reekie

Director, Somerset House

Tim Reeve

Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer, Victoria & Albert Museum

Rachel Reeves

Chancellor of the Exchequer & MP for Leeds West