Culture, history & language | Speakers for Schools

Topic: Culture, history & language

  • Ian McAulay

    Ian joined Southern Water as CEO in January 2017 and was appointed to the Board from 1 February. Ian has more than 30 years of global water and environmental experience and a significant record of achievement operating in both publicly quoted FTSE 100/250 companies and privately held enterprises. Ian holds an honours degree in Civil […]

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  • Brian McBride

    Brian McBride is Deputy Chair at Trainline PLC, NED at WiggleCRC, the Bridgepoint owned global online Cycling retailer, and Kinnevik AB, the long established Swedish public company which invests in digital businesses like Zalando, Tele2 and Babylon. He is a Senior Adviser to Lazard’s Global Financial Advisory business and Senior Adviser with Scottish Equity Partners. […]

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  • Tim Marlow OBE

    Tim Marlow is Chief Executive and Director of the Design Museum in London. Formerly Artistic Director of the Royal Academy of Arts and Director of Exhibitions at White Cube, Marlow has been involved in the contemporary art world for the past thirty years as a curator, writer and broadcaster. He has worked with many of […]

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  • Richard Mantle

    Opera North is a national opera company based in Leeds, and is a leading UK arts organisation. Rooted in the North of England, international in outlook, we create extraordinary experiences, every day. Our award-winning work tours to theatre stages and concert halls throughout the North and beyond, including to London and major international festivals, and […]

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  • Perminder Mann

    Perminder Mann is the CEO of Bonnier Books UK, the publisher of bestselling adult and children’s books including international bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris, which has sold more than a million copies worldwide. Perminder is one of only seven BAME women to appear in a survey of the UK’s most powerful leaders, […]

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  • Keith Mackrell

    Keith Mackrell is one of the world’s most experienced international businessmen, who has worked in many parts of the world, and is a leading speaker on the Challenge of the Future and a wide range of business and management topics. Among his most well received presentations is a well illustrated slide show ‘The Politics and […]

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  • Helena Mackenzie

    Helena is currently the Head of Inward Investment & Business Development at Film London. She runs a busy department which includes the delivery of key industry events such as the London Screenings an annual 4 day showcase of independent British films, the Film London Production Finance Market, helping producers to raise part of the finance […]

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  • Portrait of Mervyn Lyn

    Mervyn Lyn

    For the best part of 35 years Mervyn has been at the coal face of contemporary music, helping break some of the most iconic artists in the world. He was born in Jamaica and came to England in 1967 with his three brothers, their parents left them in the capable hands of their grandmother while […]

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  • Robin Lustig

    I have been a journalist for more than 40 years, and have lived in, worked in, or travelled in, more than 80 countries. I worked for the BBC for more than 20 years and have broadcast from most of the world’s hot spots — Kabul, Baghdad, Kosovo, Harare, etc. — and specialise in world affairs. […]

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  • Professor Tim Luckhurst

    Head of South College and Associate PVC Engagement, Durham University Tim is Principal of South College, Durham University and Associate Pro Vice Chancellor Engagement. He is an academic member of Durham University’s Centre for Modern Conflicts and Cultures. Tim is also a member of the Editorial Board of The Conversation UK, an independent source of […]

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