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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.

Hilton Dawson

Founder, Northumbria People & Former MP

Fiona Dawson

Former Global President Mars Food, Multisales and Global Customers

Dr Jon Day

Writer, Literary Critic, Academic, King's College London

Tracy De Groose

Former Executive Chair, Newsworks & Former CEO, Dentsu Aegis Network UK & Ireland

Brandie Deignan

Chief Executive Officer, Pier Health Group, Former Managing Director, Marco Pierre White Restaurants

David Dein MBE

Former Chairman of Arsenal and the Football Association

Jo Delahunty KC

Gresham Professor of Law, Gresham College

Professor Anne Dell

Professor of Carbohydrate Biochemistry, &Former Head of Life Sciences at Imperial College London

Hugh Dennis

Actor & Writer

Simon Derungs

Former Head of Marketing Communications, BT Group

Yonca Dervişoğlu

CMO EMEA, Google

Sir Stephen Deuchar CBE

Former Director, Art Fund and Tate Britain

Bob Dewar

Former Ambassador to Ethiopia and Madagascar

Rajeeb Dey

CEO, Learnerbly

Pawan Dhir

Board Member & Treasurer, The Brilliant Club & Former Managing Director, Global Head of Financial Accounting & Controlling, UBS

Professor Sir Ian Diamond

Chair, Plan International & Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen

Yasmin Diamond

Former Executive Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)

Michelle Dickson

Director, Strategy, Arts Council England

Brett Dixon

President, Association of Personal Injury Lawyers

Dr Jennifer Dixon CBE

CEO, The Health Foundation

Philip Dobree

CEO, Jellyfish Pictures

Professor Dame Athene Donald

Master of Churchill College, University of Cambridge

Sir Martin Donnelly

Former Permanent Secretary of UK Business and Trade departments; former Managing Director of Boeing UK

Tom Dore

Vice President, British Esports Association

Sir Lloyd Dorfman

Chairman, Prince's Trust International

Nipa Doshi

Cofounder of Doshi Levien, Furniture Designer & Colour Specialist

Jasmine Dotiwala

Broadcaster, Producer, Director and Columnist

Pamela Dow

Chief Operating Officer, Civic Future & Former Exec Director, Government Skills & Curriculum Unit

Terri Duhon

Board Member, Morgan Stanley, Wise plc & Rathbones, Associate Fellow, The Said Business School, Oxford University

Richard Duncalf OBE JP

Entrepreneur, Investor, Non Exec Director, LGBT Campaigner and Former LibDem Advisor and Party Treasurer

Kevin Dunckley

Chief Sustainability & Innovation Officer, HH Global

Ian Dunn

Former Chief Operating Officer, PlantLife

Mathew Dunn

CFO, Gymshark & Former CFO and COO, ASOS

Sir Jan du Plessis

Chairman, Financial Reporting Council & Former Chairman, BT Group

Sandeep Dwesar

Associate at FEI (Festivals and Events Intl Ltd), Trustee, Former Joint Interim Managing Director, Barbican Centre

Jane Dyball

Former CEO, MPA Group, Founder Laffittes Ltd

Ben Dyson

Interim Programme Director, NHS People Plan

The Rt. Hon. Lord John Dyson

Retired Master of the Rolls (President of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and Head of Civil Justice)

Bill Eagles

Film and TV Director

Professor The Right Honourable Sir David Edward KCMG KC FRSE

Lawyer, Professor and Former Judge, Court of Justice of the European Communities