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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.
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Brandie Deignan
Chief Executive Officer, Pier Health Group, Former Managing Director, Marco Pierre White Restaurants
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Professor Anne Dell
Professor of Carbohydrate Biochemistry, &Former Head of Life Sciences at Imperial College London
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Pawan Dhir
Board Member & Treasurer, The Brilliant Club & Former Managing Director, Global Head of Financial Accounting & Controlling, UBS
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Professor Sir Ian Diamond
Chair, Plan International & Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen
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Yasmin Diamond
Former Executive Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)
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Sir Martin Donnelly
Former Permanent Secretary of UK Business and Trade departments; former Managing Director of Boeing UK
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Pamela Dow
Exec Director, Government Skills & Curriculum Unit & Former Director, Cabinet Office, Brexit Readiness Unit
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Terri Duhon
Board Member, Morgan Stanley, Wise plc & Rathbones, Associate Fellow, The Said Business School, Oxford University
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Richard Duncalf OBE JP
Entrepreneur, LGBT Campaigner and Former LibDem Advisor and Party Treasurer, Chairman, Hervia Group