Art, media & communications | Speakers for Schools

Topic: Art, media & communications

  • Terry Jardine

    Autograph is Europes foreost equipment supply/system design company and has been in business for 48 years. We provide services for Londons West End and much further afield be it touring in the UK or worldwide productions of plays and musicals. Amongst Autograph’s many current productions are: – Waitress, Wicked, Mamma Mia, Tina,The Band, Calendar Girls, […]

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  • Portrait of Kathryn Jacob OBE

    Kathryn Jacob OBE

    Kathryn Jacob is CEO of Pearl&Dean, the cinema advertising company. She was the first girl in her family to go to University and when she left she joined a regional newspaper group as a graduate trainee, still not sure what she wanted to do. This is not really a great idea but she was lucky […]

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  • Alex James

    Alex is a Manchester based radio presenter and broadcaster, voice-over, event host and public speaker. With over a decade of presenting skills and a passion for new, and popular music, Alex has worked for some of the UK’s biggest commercial radio groups and is a regular contributor for the BBC. Alex is currently part of […]

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  • Chi Chi Izundu

    Chi Chi started her journalistic career at the age of 17 as a regular columnist for Girl About Town magazine. A few years later she joined BBC London 94.9 as a researcher, before graduating to become a producer working on the Saturday Sport show, the Jon Gaunt show, Drive, Vanessa Feltz and other programmes. She […]

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  • Portrait of Sam Jackson

    Sam Jackson

    Sam has worked across broadcasting and the recorded music industry for nearly 20 years, collaborating with many of the world’s greatest classical and jazz musicians. During that time, he has held a range of senior leadership roles and prior to joining the BBC was Executive Vice-President of Global Classics & Jazz for Universal Music Group. […]

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  • Portrait of Right Honourable Sir Stephen Irwin

    Rt Hon Sir Stephen Irwin

    Sir Stephen Irwin was born in Belfast, went to state schools and came to England for university. He became a barrister, a QC and a judge. He retired from the Court of Appeal in 2020. When he was a barrister he dealt with a wide range of cases, including accidents and crime. He specialised in […]

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  • Portrait of Tim Irwin

    Tim Irwin

    Tim is CEO of Essence in EMEA, a position he has held since December 2018. Prior to that he was the COO at Essence. Essence is a media planning and buying agency focussing on working with clients who want to drive transformative change in marketing. Across EMEA Essence employs c. 500 people and our clients […]

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  • Portrait of Richard Hytner

    Richard Hytner

    Richard, a Cambridge University law graduate, is responsible for Saatchi & Saatchi’s global strategy and programme of continuous transformation. He joined Saatchi & Saatchi in 2003 as Chairman & CEO for Europe, Middle East and Africa, having graduated as a Sloan Fellow from London Business School. Prior to that, Richard had been UK CEO & […]

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  • Portrait of Nick Hytner

    Nick Hytner

    Nick Hytner is the former Director of the National Theatre. His work includes productions at the Northcott Theatre, Exeter, Leeds Playhouse, and the Royal Exchange, Manchester, where he was Associate Director. He has directed Measure for Measure, The Tempest and King Lear for the RSC. For the National: Ghetto, The Wind in the Willows, The […]

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  • Portrait of Armando Iannucci

    Armando Iannucci

    Armando Iannucci is a writer and broadcaster who has written, directed and produced numerous critically acclaimed films, television and radio comedy shows. His screenplay for the film ‘In The Loop’ was nominated for an Oscar at the Academy Awards. His iconic series for the BBC – ‘The Thick of It’ – was nominated for 13 […]

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